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CCP volume EM OME-NGFF Hackathon 2026

Posted by Martin Jones, on 11 December 2025

This hackathon will run from 11th of March to the 13th of March 2026. Participants will spend 3 days working in small groups with a range of backgrounds on different aspects of how OME-NGFF can support volume EM analysis and data sharing.

New JCS snapshot: The MLL/WDR5 complex promotes midbody recruitment of KIF2C for microtubule depolymerisation and furrow initiation during cytokinesis

Posted by FocalPlane, on 10 December 2025

In our latest JCS snapshot we hear from Avishek Kataria, who, together with Shweta Tyagi and colleagues, discovered that the MLL/WDR5 complex promotes midbody recruitment of KIF2C for microtubule depolymerisation and furrow initiation during cytokinesis. In this snapshot, Avishek takes us through the key findings from their research.

Imaging with... INDICASAT AIP Advance Microscopy and Bioimaging Core Facility

Posted by FocalPlane, on 5 December 2025

In our ‘Imaging with…’ blog post, we meet the team at Nucleo de Microscopia Avanzada y Bioimagenes, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología de Panamá.

Federal Super-Resolution Network in Argentina

Posted by Lucía Lopez, on 4 December 2025

About twenty years ago, a series of methods known today as super-resolution microscopy were discovered. Since then, super-resolution microscopy has become a powerful tool for discovery in cell biology, biomedicine, and biophysics. However, the complexity of some methods, high costs, and demanding sample preparation protocols have hindered their widespread application. In Argentina, the group led

Epithelial Mechanics Fan Club

Posted by FocalPlane, on 4 December 2025

In this post, Nimesh Chahare and Julia Eckert tell us about the 'Epithelial Mechanics Fan Club'. You can follow the club on Bluesky, X, and now on their new website. Reach out to Nimesh and Julia if you would like to contribute.

Imaging spotlight: Volumetric Imaging via Photochemical Sectioning (VIPS)

Posted by FocalPlane, on 2 December 2025

In this paper highlight, we learn more about VIPS, a method developed by Srigokul Upadhyayula, Ruixuan Gao and colleagues.

Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by FocalPlane, on 28 November 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!

JCS snapshots: the cilia and flagella edition

Posted by FocalPlane, on 24 November 2025

Journal of Cell Science recently published a Special Issue on Cilia and Flagella: from Basic Biology to Disease, edited by Pleasantine Mill and Lotte Pedersen. We invited the authors of the research published in this issue to produce JCS snapshots, short videos highlighting the key findings from their papers. Below, you can find the snapshots

GloBIAS – The Global BioImage Analysts’ Society

Posted by Christa Walther, on 20 November 2025

Over the past two years, GloBIAS has evolved from a visionary concept into a thriving and steadily growing international network.

New JCS snapshot - Phosphorylation of VAMP3 couples IL-6 exocytosis to dendritic cell activation

Posted by FocalPlane, on 19 November 2025

In this JCS snapshot, we hear from Harry Warner who, together with Tongxiang Chen, Anthi Psoma, Geert van den Bogaart and colleagues, discovered that phosphorylation of VAMP3 couples IL-6 exocytosis to dendritic cell activation.

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Microscopy-related articles from our journals

Toggle-Untoggle – a cell segmentation tool with an interactive user verification interface J Cell Sci 2025 138: jcs264154
The ratio of Wnt signaling activity to Sox2 transcription factor levels predicts neuromesodermal fate potential Development 2025 152: dev204661
The short isoform of Tango1 is dispensable for zebrafish survival but is required for skeletal patterning and integrity Biology Open 2025 14: bio062117

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