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Featured image with Krystyna Gieniec

Posted by , on 1 August 2025

Our featured image, 'Unexpected guests' acquired by Krystyna Gieniec, is a 2D culture of mouse mammary fibroblasts stained for Acta2 (magenta) and Vimentin (gold), with some contaminating epithelial cells stained for pan-Cytokeratin (cyan). The image was acquired using a Leica Stellaris 8 confocal microscope.
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Reflecting on five years of FocalPlane

Posted by , on 30 July 2025

We are celebrating FocalPlane’s fifth birthday following its launch in 2020. The idea of launching a microscopy community site came from discussions between Journal of Cell Science’s (now former) Executive Editor Sharon Ahmad and Sean Munro, Head of Cell Biology at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge and a Company Director at The Company
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Microscopy preprints - new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by , on 25 July 2025

Here is a curated selection of preprints posted recently on new tools and techniques in imaging. Let us know if we are missing any recent preprints that are on your reading list!
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Exploring the Microcosmos through Foldscope-Frugal Science Microscopy in Focus

Posted by , on 18 July 2025

The third annual iteration of the Lodha Genius Programme at Ashoka University, Sonepat, featured a month-long workshop series for students of grades 9 and 10, introducing them to the intricate diversity of the microscopic world through the use of a frugal science innovation—the Foldscope. Much like the initiative described in this article on IndiaBioscience, this
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Featured image with Maik Bischoff

Posted by , on 18 July 2025

Our featured image, acquired by Maik Bischoff, captures a portion of the testis from the fruit fly Drosophila hydei. Like all insect testes, it is enveloped by a muscle layer. F-actin was stained using phalloidin, making the muscle fibers visible, while DAPI staining revealed the multiple nuclei within each syncytial myotube. An antibody against Drosophila
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Imaging in 2035: Sustaining Infrastructure Ecosystems & Advanced Technologies

Posted by , on 16 July 2025

Join us for the 2025 BINA Community Congress, held jointly with the Global Bioimaging Exchange of Experience 2025, as part of Imaging in 2035: Sustaining Infrastructure Ecosystems & Advanced Technologies, in Montreal, Canada. (Register Here) These back-to-back events will bring the global imaging community together to shape the future of imaging science and technology, as we consider where Imaging
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Widefield Fluorescence Imaging: Controlling Four-Channel LED Illumination in Software

Sponsored by CoolLED, on 15 July 2025

In modern fluorescence microscopy, the relationship between hardware and software is critical for efficiency, precision, and throughput. Among modern LED illumination systems, the CoolLED pE-400max for everyday widefield fluorescence imaging stands out due to its seamless integration with leading imaging software environments, including µManager, Leica LAS X, Evident cellSens and Nikon NIS Elements. These integrations
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FocalPlane features... membrane trafficking - apply to give a talk

Posted by , on 14 July 2025

We're looking for ECRs to present at our upcoming symposium which we are holding in collaboration with the popular membrane trafficking webinar series. Our keynote speaker for the symposium is Gillian Griffiths (Yale University).
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MITOtalks and FocalPlane features.... recording

Posted by , on 14 July 2025

Our recent FocalPlane features… webinar was a collaboration with the popular MITOtalks series and showcased research published in Journal of Cell Science’s Special Issue: Cell Biology of Mitochondria. MITOtalks organisers Sjoerd Wanrooij and Nuno Raimundo hosted the webinar with talks from Yuli Buckley on ‘Fis1 regulates mitochondrial morphology, bioenergetics and removal of mitochondrial DNA damage
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Microscopy preprints - bioimage analysis

Posted by , on 11 July 2025

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we focus specifically on bioimage analysis and data management.
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