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Microscopy preprints - bioimage analysis

Posted by FocalPlane, on 18 October 2024

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we focus specifically on bioimage analysis and data management.

FocalPlane features... Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics with Journal of Cell Science

Posted by FocalPlane, on 17 October 2024

Our November webinar is a celebration of Journal of Cell Science’s Special Issue: Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics. Our Guest Editors, Lucy Collinson and Guillaume Jacquemet, have invited the authors of three of the papers published in this issue to present their research. View the ‘Special Issue: Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics’ here. Thursday 14

Latin America Light Microscopy Fundamentals: Train-the-Trainer

Posted by Claire Brown, on 17 October 2024

From June 3-7, 2024, a dedicated team of imaging scientists ran the Latin America Light Microscopy Fundamentals Train-the-Trainer event in Buenos Aires. Twenty four imaging scientists from across Latin America and Africa were trained in how to run a fundamentals light microscopy course.

Featured image with David Gaboriau

Posted by FocalPlane, on 11 October 2024

Our featured image, acquired by David Gaboriau, shows human fibroblasts with mitochondria (Tom20) in yellow, alpha tubulin in pink and actin in grey. It’s a 3D-SIM image taken on a Zeiss Elyra PS.1, reconstructed in Zen and presented as a maximum intensity projection. Find out more about David’s research below: Research career so far: I’m originally a

Microscopy preprints – applications in biology

Posted by FocalPlane, on 4 October 2024

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we share preprints that use microscopy tools to answer questions in biology.

Apply to become a reporter at the Biologists @ 100 conference

Posted by FocalPlane, on 3 October 2024

Are you keen to get more science communication experience? Is your research related to microscopy or cell biology? FocalPlane is looking for a reporter to attend and report from the Biologists @ 100 conference, happening 24 - 27 March 2025 in Liverpool, UK.

Featured image from Lama Khalaily

Posted by FocalPlane, on 27 September 2024

Our featured image, acquired by Lama Khalaily, captures the intricate structure of a mouse cochlea’s hearing organ, highlighting two essential cell types involved in hair cell regeneration. The image reveals four organized rows of sensory hair cells (red), responsible for hearing, intertwined with non-sensory supporting cells (green). These supporting cells play diverse roles in the

Advantages of LED Illumination for Neuroscience Research

Sponsored by CoolLED, on 26 September 2024

LED microscopy illumination has disrupted traditional approaches to high-speed imaging and optogenetic stimulation for neuroscience, and the CoolLED Support Team are available to help researchers understand which filters, light sources and other components are right for each individual setup.

FocalPlane features... reproducibility in imaging

Posted by FocalPlane, on 23 September 2024

Our next FocalPlane features… webinar is on reproducibility with talks from Helena Jambor and Kota Miura. Helena's talk will cover the community checklists for publishing images, which were developed by QUAREP-LiMi and published at the end of 2023, as she tells us 'How not to lie with image data'. Kota's talk will focus on bioimage analysis and

FocalPlane features... data management

Posted by FocalPlane, on 23 September 2024

The fourth webinar in the latest series of FocalPlane features… was on data management. Caterina Strambio De Castillia introduced us to the topic of research data management, while Tom discussed how to use OMERO from the perspective of a group leader, a microscopist and an image analyst. We wrapped up the webinar with a short

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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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