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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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Registration is open for the Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium 2026

Posted by Stefania Marcotti, on 10 April 2026

We are pleased to announce that registration for the seventh edition of the Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium (CBIAS 2026) is now open! The symposium will take place at the Francis Crick Institute in London (UK) on November 23rd-24th, 2026. Please find more information on our webpage:https://www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/crick-bioimage-analysis-symposium-2026 Unsure whether CBIAS is for you? Read reviews of

Featured image with Emily Oren

Posted by FocalPlane, on 10 April 2026

Our featured image, acquired by Emily Oren, shows the surface stiffness of an Arabidopsis thaliana hypocotyl. It was acquired using a Bruker Biowizard 5 Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and is of plasmolysed epidermal cells on a live seedling.

Interview with Elisabeth Kugler

Posted by Helen Zenner, on 9 April 2026

Elisabeth Kugler is the founder and director of Zeeks , a science communication and marketing company. Prior to starting Zeeks, Elisabeth trained as a biologist specialising in microscopy and bioimage analysis. I met Elisabeth over Zoom to discuss her career path, how and why she set up her company, her step-by-step approach for tackling new challenges

[FRANCE-BIOIMAGING] Join the SFBS 2026 workshop & symposium!

Posted by Marine Beraud, on 9 April 2026

Registrations are now open for the Sino-French BioImaging Symposium 2026 (SFBS 2026), which will take place in Bordeaux (France) from October 14 to 21, 2026. This event is organized within the framework of the International Research Network (IRN) BioImage between France and China, aiming to strengthen scientific exchanges between the French and Chinese bioimaging communities

Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by FocalPlane, on 3 April 2026

Here is a curated selection of the latest preprints on new tools and techniques in imaging. Let us know if we are missing any recent preprints that are on your reading list!

Cell Modeling in Space and Time at CSHL

Posted by Assaf Zaritsky, on 3 April 2026

We are excited to announce the first Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) meeting on Cell Modeling in Space and Time, taking place June 22-25, 2026. This inaugural gathering is designed to dismantle the traditional silos between disciplines, fostering creative interactions between experimental cell biologists, computational scientists, biophysicists, and mathematical modelers. The meeting will promote interdisciplinary

The NFDI4BIOIMAGE Research Data Management Community Survey 2026

Posted by Lisa Schaefer, on 2 April 2026

German BioImaging, within its work in the NFDI4BIOIMAGE consortium, and in collaboration with Euro-BioImaging ERIC, has launched the NFDI4BIOIMAGE Research Data Management Community Survey 2026. The survey aims to better understand how bioimaging data are generated, processed, managed, and shared across the life sciences community.

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