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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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Crick Bioimage Analysis Symposium 2023 - a Review

Posted by , on 22 December 2023

(By Vanessa Dao, Hradini Konthalapalli, Olatz Niembro Vivanco, Karishma Valand) The Crick Bioimage Analysis Symposium had its first in-person meeting in 2022. This year, #CBIAS2023 gathered around 200 people on site and 80 virtually. It has been an exciting two days of bringing biomedical researchers and their questions together with image analysis and their techniques.
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Featured image with Julien Rességuier

Posted by , on 22 December 2023

Our featured image, acquired by Julien Rességuier, shows the branchial cavity lymphoid architecture of an adult zebrafish. It is a 2D projection of a 3D multi-field of view acquisition of a transversal cryosection (30 μm) that has been stained with fluorescent phalloidin (inverted LUT – grey/copper) and DAPI (blue) to reveal tissue structures and labelled
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Science Communications Officer at The Company of Biologists

Posted by , on 18 December 2023

We are currently recruiting for an exciting Science Communications role to enhance the community content on our journal websites and grow our social media presence in China through our WeChat channel.
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Upcoming webinar: A deep dive into biomolecular condensates using single-molecule FRET

Posted by , on 11 December 2023

We are delighted to open the registration for our FocalPlane features… webinar with Samrat Mukhopadhyay. The webinar, co-hosted with PicoQuant, will take place on Zoom on Thursday 11 January at 14:00 GMT (15:00 CET and 19:30 IST). Samrat will talk about recent research from his group at IISER Mohali describing the use of single-molecule FRET
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