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FocalPlane is a community site for anyone who uses microscopy in their research. It is a place where you can interact with a global community of imaging scientists, engineers, chemists, and bioimage analysts.

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Euro-BioImaging Scientific Ambassador programme: now accepting applications!

Posted by , on 16 January 2025

We are excited to announce that Euro-BioImaging is now accepting applications for its 2025-2026 Scientific Ambassador program. This program will raise awareness about the services and opportunities provided by Euro-BioImaging, by engaging with new user communities. Through their advocacy and engagement, Scientific Ambassadors help foster a greater understanding of Euro-BioImaging services, making imaging technologies more

Highlighting signalling biosensors 1.

Posted by , on 16 January 2025

Why there is interest in signalling biosensors, considerations for using biosensors, and the original biosensor, GFP. Why write about signalling biosensors? In my first postdoctoral position, I was introduced to the concept of endosomal signalling- a way for receptor signalling outcomes to be changed by delivering a signal to different regions of the cell. I

Celebrating 100 years of The Company of Biologists

Posted by , on 14 January 2025

Happy New Year, everyone. 2025 is a big year for us at The Company of Biologists, marking 100 years since the Company was founded. We’re using this opportunity to reflect on what we do, how we got here and what lies ahead, alongside some special celebrations of this once-in-a-lifetime milestone. Here, I highlight four projects

France-BioImaging Challenge is back! Fuse My Cells

Posted by , on 13 January 2025

For a second running year, France-BioImaging organizes its data machine learning competition: we introduce you Fuse My Cells challenge! What is France-BioImaging? France-BioImaging is a french National Infrastructure in Biology and Health (INBS) laureate in 2011 of the national Program “Investissements d’Avenir” (PIA-ANR) in the field of biological imaging. FBI is at the crossroads between molecular and cell biology,

Microscopy preprints – applications in biology

Posted by , on 10 January 2025

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

An interview with Lina El Hajji

Posted by , on 9 January 2025

Lina was one of the three-minute talk presenters at our science communication event, SciCommConnect. At the event, which we co-hosted with the Node and preLights, we were treated to fantastic talks on a range of topics. Lina has kindly allowed us to share her presentation and we caught up with Lina to learn more about

Meeting report: Biomolecular Horizons 2024

Posted by , on 6 January 2025

In September 2024 I attended the Biomolecular Horizons conference in Melbourne, Australia. This was a large conference with 9 concurrent sessions over 4 days. There was a lot of great biology presented from around the world, but in my meeting report I wanted to highlight something unique about the conference: the Indigenous Perspectives in Biomolecular

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Neuromuscular junctions – Rebecca Simkins

Mitochondria and microtubules – Till Stephan

Mammary gland organoid – Oona Paavolainen

Dopaminergic neuron – Nick Gatford

CLEM HeLa cell – Marie-Charlotte Domart, Chris Peddie

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Updated on 2 October 2024