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Featured image with Virginia Barrera

Posted by , on 2 February 2024

Our featured image was acquired by Virginia Barrera and was the winning image from the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Rosario (IBR-CONICET) annual retreat. It depicts a transversal cut of a soybean, with Calcofluor White staining cellulose and Basic Fuchsine labelling lignin.
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Announcing the 2024 FocalPlane correspondents

Posted by , on 1 February 2024

We are delighted to announce that we are continuing our FocalPlane correspondent programme and in 2024 we will be working with Daniel Doucet, Subhajit Dutta and Greg Redpath. They will benefit from a programme of writing groups, webinars and workshops coordinated by the in-house team at The Company of Biologists and will produce approximately six
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Time-resolved confocal fluorescence microscopy from PicoQuant

Sponsored by PicoQuant, on 31 January 2024

On January 11th Professor Samrat Mukhopadhyay shared insights into the complicated behavior of the FUS low-complexity domain during liquid-liquid phase separation. He and his team study protein dynamics at the single molecule level with Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS), single-molecule FRET (smFRET), and anisotropy to gain a comprehensive understanding. His excellent presentation sparked great interest: All
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FocalPlane features... Samrat Mukhopadhyay with PicoQuant

Posted by , on 31 January 2024

In case you missed ‘FocalPlane features…’, here is the recording of the webinar given by Samrat Mukhopadhyay on 'A deep dive into biomolecular condensates using single-molecule FRET', which we co-hosted with PicoQuant.
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New Reviews Editor at Journal of Cell Science

Posted by , on 25 January 2024

Dear FocalPlane community, Hi all, my name is Sara Morais da Silva and I recently joined the Company of Biologists as a Reviews Editor for the Journal of Cell Science.  In my new role, I will be working together with the JCS team, to publish review-type articles, Research Highlights and Cell Science at a glance
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Invitation to follow the LCI microscopy course on Zoom

Posted by , on 24 January 2024

It is my pleasure to invite you to follow the LCI facility microscopy course Microscopy: improve your imaging skills – from sample preparation to image analysis. The course starts next Monday (29 Jan) and runs until the 16th of February.As usual, all the course lectures are broadcasted live on Zoom. It is free of charge
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End-of-year community quiz

Posted by , on 16 January 2024

Thanks to everyone who participated in our end-of-year quiz together with the Node and preLights. We are delighted to announce that our winner is Benjamin Topacio! Check out the correct answers below:
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Targeted vCLEM of heterogeneous samples

Posted by , on 15 January 2024

by Karel Mocaer* and Paolo Ronchi# *Schwab Team and #EMCF, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Challenge Studying cells or events within their biological context (i.e. in tissues, ecosystem etc…) is highly relevant. However, volume EM techniques are limited in the volume that can be acquired. Therefore, targeting approaches are needed to characterize specific regions of interest. This
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Support for your next sustainable scientific event in 2024

Posted by , on 9 January 2024

Scientific conferences and workshops play a crucial role in promoting collaborations and spreading awareness about new advancement done in the field. If you are interested in how to organise this type of events in a more sustainable manner, we are happy to support you.   If you do not know where to start, feel free
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Featured images in 2023

Posted by , on 5 January 2024

In 2023, we started a featured image series and we have been delighted to highlight the microscopists that acquired these beautiful images! You can check out the full series here and in the gallery below. We are continuing the series in 2024 and would love to have nominations, including self-nominations. Send us an email at
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