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Featured image with Rohit Nautiyal

Posted by FocalPlane, on 9 May 2025

Our featured image, acquired by Rohit Nautiyal, shows a monolayer of brain endothelial cells seeded on a glass substrate coated with fibronectin. The cells were fixed and stained for ZO-1 (LUT- Red Hot) to visualize the tight junctions and actin (LUT-blue). The image was captured with a spinning disk confocal microscope and post-processed with Fiji

Interviews and researchers' testimonies from Biologists @ 100

Posted by Margarida Araujo, on 8 May 2025

During the Biologists @ 100 conference, we conducted and recorded interviews with a few researchers to get to know their work better, collecting their testimonies and feedback about the conference. At the end of the interview, researchers were asked to get their picture taken with a ‘polaroid frame’ and write a few keywords about their

Biologists @ 100 conference report

Posted by Margarida Araujo, on 8 May 2025

Biologists @ 100 conference highlights The Company of Biologists, a not-for-profit organization, plays a pivotal role beyond journal publishing by actively supporting biologists and the broader scientific community. At the recent Biologists @ 100 conference celebrating the 100 years of The Company of Biologists held in Liverpool from 24-27th March 2025, an early-career researcher (ECR)

Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by FocalPlane, on 2 May 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!

Biologists @ 100: Celebrating a century of supporting biologists and inspiring biology

Posted by Varsha Mahapatra, on 1 May 2025

The Company of Biologists celebrated their centenary at the Biologists @ 100 conference in Liverpool, UK. Held from March 24–27, this landmark event was more than just a celebration of history. It was an opportunity to reflect on a century of scientific progress, highlight the Company’s contributions to the scientific community, and address the challenges

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

Posted by Joyce Yu, 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

Featured image with Saurabh Chand Sagar

Posted by FocalPlane, 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

Microscopy preprints - bioimage analysis

Posted by FocalPlane, 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.

Featured image with Subhajit Karmakar

Posted by FocalPlane, 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.

Microscopy preprints - applications in biology

Posted by FocalPlane, 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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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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