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Help shape the Node’s future by taking part in their survey

Posted by , on 28 April 2025

The Node is turning 15 this year. If you’ve ever visited the Node to read, write and interact with the global developmental and stem cell biology community – thank you for your support! We would really appreciate any feedback you have about the Node, to make sure the community site is still relevant and useful
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Featured image with Saurabh Chand Sagar

Posted by , on 25 April 2025

Our featured image, acquired by Saurabh Chand Sagar, presents a laser scanning confocal projection of the Malpighian tubules (MTs) from third instar wandering-stage (118 ± 2 hours post-eclosion) wild-type Drosophila melanogaster larvae. In the image, red denotes F-actin protein, green highlights Discs Large, a protein involved in maintenance of apicobasal polarity, and blue marks the
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Microscopy preprints - bioimage analysis

Posted by , on 18 April 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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Featured image with Subhajit Karmakar

Posted by , on 11 April 2025

Our featured image, acquired by Subhajit Karmakar, depicts a dividing MDA-MB-231 cancer cell that has been stained to visualise the localisation of two key proteins: CK2, a highly oncogenic kinase, and an E3 ligase, a tumour suppressor.
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Microscopy preprints - applications in biology

Posted by , on 4 April 2025

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we share preprints that use microscopy tools to answer questions in biology.
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Announcing the winners of the Node–FocalPlane image competition.

Posted by , on 27 March 2025

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Node–FocalPlane image competition, which we presented at the Biologists @ 100 conference, as well as on the Node and FocalPlane. In first place is ‘Cell-estial bloom’ from Özge Özgüç. Özge’s image is a colony of live hiPSCs, with fluorescently labelled Lamin B delineating the nuclear lamina
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Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by , on 21 March 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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Biologists @ 100 video guide

Posted by , on 17 March 2025

It’s only one week to go until the start of the Biologists @ 100 conference and we’re looking forward to welcoming you in Liverpool. Together with our sister community sites, the Node and preLights, we’ve made a recording to give you a flavour of what to expect during the conference.
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Featured image with Omkar Joshi

Posted by , on 14 March 2025

Our featured image, acquired by Omkar Joshi, showcases a U2OS cell immunostained for paxillin (green), TOMM20 (mitochondria, white), and F-actin (labelled using SiR-Actin, magenta), with DAPI (yellow) marking the nucleus.
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Vote for your favourite image

Posted by , on 11 March 2025

We are delighted to unveil the shortlisted images in the Node–FocalPlane image competition. Thanks to everyone that entered, we received so many fantastic images and congratulations to all the finalists. You can vote for your favourite image using the poll at the bottom of the page.
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