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Imaging with... INDICASAT AIP Advance Microscopy and Bioimaging Core Facility

Posted by FocalPlane, on 5 December 2025

In our ‘Imaging with…’ blog post, we meet the team at Nucleo de Microscopia Avanzada y Bioimagenes, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología de Panamá.

Federal Super-Resolution Network in Argentina

Posted by Lucía Lopez, on 4 December 2025

About twenty years ago, a series of methods known today as super-resolution microscopy were discovered. Since then, super-resolution microscopy has become a powerful tool for discovery in cell biology, biomedicine, and biophysics. However, the complexity of some methods, high costs, and demanding sample preparation protocols have hindered their widespread application. In Argentina, the group led

Epithelial Mechanics Fan Club

Posted by FocalPlane, on 4 December 2025

In this post, Nimesh Chahare and Julia Eckert tell us about the 'Epithelial Mechanics Fan Club'. You can follow the club on Bluesky, X, and now on their new website. Reach out to Nimesh and Julia if you would like to contribute.

Imaging spotlight: Volumetric Imaging via Photochemical Sectioning (VIPS)

Posted by FocalPlane, on 2 December 2025

In this paper highlight, we learn more about VIPS, a method developed by Srigokul Upadhyayula, Ruixuan Gao and colleagues.

Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by FocalPlane, on 28 November 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!

JCS snapshots: the cilia and flagella edition

Posted by FocalPlane, on 24 November 2025

Journal of Cell Science recently published a Special Issue on Cilia and Flagella: from Basic Biology to Disease, edited by Pleasantine Mill and Lotte Pedersen. We invited the authors of the research published in this issue to produce JCS snapshots, short videos highlighting the key findings from their papers. Below, you can find the snapshots

GloBIAS – The Global BioImage Analysts’ Society

Posted by Christa Walther, on 20 November 2025

Over the past two years, GloBIAS has evolved from a visionary concept into a thriving and steadily growing international network.

New JCS snapshot - Phosphorylation of VAMP3 couples IL-6 exocytosis to dendritic cell activation

Posted by FocalPlane, on 19 November 2025

In this JCS snapshot, we hear from Harry Warner who, together with Tongxiang Chen, Anthi Psoma, Geert van den Bogaart and colleagues, discovered that phosphorylation of VAMP3 couples IL-6 exocytosis to dendritic cell activation.

An Introduction to the Croatian Microscopy Society

Posted by FocalPlane, on 19 November 2025

The origins of the Croatian Microscopy Society (CMS) can be traced back to 1983, when the Section for Electron Microscopy was established within the Croatian Society of Natural History at the initiative of Prof. Zvonimir Devidé, the first head of the Section. What began as a small group of enthusiasts meeting in Zagreb to exchange

Celebrating a Century of Innovation: Nikon Microscope Solution’s 100th Anniversary Activities

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Microscopy-related articles from our journals

HCR spectral imaging: 10-plex, quantitative, high-resolution RNA and protein imaging in highly autofluorescent samples Development 2024 151: dev202307
filoVision – using deep learning and tip markers to automate filopodia analysis J Cell Sci 2024 137: jcs261274
C omputational tools for quantifying actin filament numbers, lengths, and bundling Biology Open 2024 13: bio.060267

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