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Register now for FocalPlane features... quantitative plant imaging

Posted by , on 23 September 2026

In this webinar, we'll hear from Marcel Dickmanns on 'Exploring the Molecular Landscape within Plant Cells by Cryo-Electron Tomography' and Laura Copeland on 'Multimodal Quantitative Fourier Ptychographic Microscopy and Fluorescence Imaging Reveals Stable Bacterial Colonisation Architecture Under Phosphate Limitation'.
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Imaging spotlight: linking mechanical forces and the Golgi

Posted by , on 22 September 2026

In this Imaging spotlight, Felix Campelo, Stéphanie Miserey and Jean-Baptiste Manneville highlight the key findings from their research asking whether the Golgi apparatus can sense and respond to mechanical forces. They talk about the importance of selecting the correct microscope for your question rather than assuming that the most sophisticated microscopy is best, as well
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Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by , on 18 September 2026

Here is a curated selection of the latest preprints 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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Featured image with Elena Nicolay

Posted by , 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.
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Imaging spotlight: FOCUS-3D

Posted by , 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.
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Imaging spotlight: Live imaging reveals epithelial cell extrusion in a sea anemone

Posted by , 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.
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Microscopy preprints: bioimage analysis

Posted by , 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.
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FocalPlane features... cell migration webinar 2

Posted by , 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.
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Featured image with Luz María Fuentealba Pérez

Posted by , 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.
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Imaging spotlight: CenSpark

Posted by , 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.
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