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Featured image with Elena Nicolay

Posted by FocalPlane, on 11 September 2026

Our featured image, acquired by Elena Nicolay, shows double-transgenic zebrafish larvae in a Pop Art-style collage, with macrophages and neurons depicted in different colours.

Imaging spotlight: FOCUS-3D

Posted by FocalPlane, on 10 September 2026

In this Imaging spotlight, Qinghua Zhang, Joaquín Navajas Acedo, Guoqiang Yu and team introduce FOCUS-3D, a tool for segmenting cells from 3D fluorescence microscopy images. We learn what's different about FOCUS-3D and how the researchers made it useful and usable for a wide-range of biologists.

Imaging spotlight: Live imaging reveals epithelial cell extrusion in a sea anemone

Posted by Ines Fournon-Berodia, on 7 September 2026

In this Imaging spotlight, Inés Fournon Berodia and colleagues share how live confocal imaging and machine-learning-assisted image analysis revealed epithelial cell extrusion in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.

Microscopy preprints: bioimage analysis

Posted by FocalPlane, on 4 September 2026

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

FocalPlane features... cell migration webinar 2

Posted by FocalPlane, on 3 September 2026

Register for the second webinar in our FocalPlane features... cell migration series. In this webinar, we focus on new models for studying cell migration.

Featured image with Luz María Fuentealba Pérez

Posted by FocalPlane, on 28 August 2026

Our featured image, acquired by Luz María Fuentealba Pérez, shows the last breath of Arabidopsis thaliana, the most widely used plant model worldwide.

Imaging spotlight: CenSpark

Posted by FocalPlane, on 24 August 2026

In this Imaging spotlight, we hear about CenSpark, a small molecule probe for live imaging of centrioles, from Cédric Pourroy, Georgios Hatzopoulos, Pierre Gönczy and team.

Microscopy preprints: applications in biology

Posted by FocalPlane, on 21 August 2026

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we share preprints that use microscopy tools to answer questions in biology.

JCS snapshot - Golgi disintegration and functional disruption during paraptosis

Posted by FocalPlane, on 19 August 2026

In our latest JCS snapshot we hear from Xiang Cui, who, together with Min Cui and team, uncover a role for Golgi disintegration and functional disruption during paraptosis. In this snapshot, Xiang Cui take us through the key findings from their research.

Featured image with Mayuri Varma

Posted by FocalPlane, on 14 August 2026

Our featured image, acquired by Mayuri Varma, shows a human iPSC-derived cortical organoid stained for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), a well-established marker of astrocytes.

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Microscopy-related articles from our journals

Toggle-Untoggle – a cell segmentation tool with an interactive user verification interface J Cell Sci 2025 138: jcs264154
The ratio of Wnt signaling activity to Sox2 transcription factor levels predicts neuromesodermal fate potential Development 2025 152: dev204661
The short isoform of Tango1 is dispensable for zebrafish survival but is required for skeletal patterning and integrity Biology Open 2025 14: bio062117

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