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Featured image with the Hughes lab

Posted by , on 20 December 2024

Our featured image, acquired by Sanja Sviben, is an immuno-scanning electron micrograph of a primary cilium, taken from an intact human pancreatic islet. The cilium is a microtubule-based structure and is seen here labeled with colloidal gold for acetylated alpha tubulin.
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Our 2024 FocalPlane correspondents - Daniel Doucet, Subhajit Dutta and Greg Redpath

Posted by , on 19 December 2024

We had the pleasure of working with Daniel, Subhajit and Greg as our FocalPlane correspondents in 2024. You can read some of their posts here and look out for a few more coming out in 2025. As the year comes to a close, we took the opportunity to hear from them about their research and
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Microscopy preprints - new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by , on 13 December 2024

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!
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Early-career researcher event at Biologists @ 100

Posted by , on 6 December 2024

The Biologists @ 100 conference includes an early-career researcher (ECR) session on Monday 24 March, organised by British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB) and British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB) ECR reps Anahi Binagui-Casas, Emily Lucas and Aymen al-Rawi and The Company of Biologists. The workshop focusses on career opportunities inside and outside of academia.
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Featured image with Jiwon Lee

Posted by , on 6 December 2024

Our featured image, acquired by Jiwon Lee, is a 3D rendering model of Plasmodium falciparum showing the complex organisation of cellular organelles within the malaria parasite. Using a focused ion beam scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM), a series of high resolution 2D images were acquired. The image stack was aligned and each organelle was segmented in
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Cell biology jobs and events on FocalPlane

Posted by , on 4 December 2024

Did you know that, in addition to our popular microscopy jobs and events pages, you can now post cell biology jobs and events on FocalPlane?
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Democratising Microscopy in Latin America: Imaging Across Scales and Regions

Posted by , on 25 November 2024

In 2025, The Company of Biologists will host a Workshop on Democratising Microscopy in Latin America in Baños de Agua Santa, Ecuador. The Workshop organisers,  Constadina Arvanitis, Mario Del Rosario, Helena De la Torre, Mariana De Niz, Maria Fernanda Latorre Barragán and Licyel Lenny Paulas Condori, have put together a fantastic programme for the event
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Featured image with Md Hashim Reza

Posted by , on 22 November 2024

Our featured image, prepared by Md Hashim Reza, is an Andy Warhol-inspired illustration of a Candida albicans cell, post-expansion and labelled with BodipyTR, highlighting features of internal membrane organisation.
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Microscopy preprints - applications in biology

Posted by , on 15 November 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.
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FocalPlane features... Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics with Journal of Cell Science

Posted by , on 15 November 2024

Our latest FocalPlane features… webinar was a celebration of the research in Journal of Cell Science’s Special Issue: Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics. Our Guest Editors Lucy Collinson and Guillaume Jacquemet hosted the webinar with talks from Md Hashim Reza, Melanie Rug and Vikas Tillu.
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