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Enhancing Global Access: interview with CZI grantee Caron Jacobs

Posted by Mariana De Niz, on 24 January 2024

AFRICA BIOIMAGING CONSORTIUM: BUILDING THE AFRICAN MICROSCOPY COMMUNITY Caron Jacobs is one of the leaders of the Africa Bioimaging Consortium, whose aim is to unite a pan-African network of imaging and life scientists. The project focuses on enabling access to technology in various ways, including infrastructure, expertise, networking, and the ‘Teach Africa Microscopy’ program, tailored

The role of CZI in Expanding Global Access to Microscopy

Posted by Mariana De Niz, on 24 January 2024

Having noticed the impressive impact that CZI has had on bioimaging progress, community-building, capacity-building, and providing support to underserved communities, during this ‘Imaging the Future Week’ we decided to highlight the work of scientists worldwide, who are CZI grant-recipients. They shared with us their successes and challenges, the role that CZI has had on their

End-of-year community quiz

Posted by FocalPlane, on 16 January 2024

Thanks to everyone who participated in our end-of-year quiz together with the Node and preLights. We are delighted to announce that our winner is Benjamin Topacio! Check out the correct answers below:

Targeted vCLEM of heterogeneous samples

Posted by Mario Elias Ortega Sandoval, on 15 January 2024

by Karel Mocaer* and Paolo Ronchi# *Schwab Team and #EMCF, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Challenge Studying cells or events within their biological context (i.e. in tissues, ecosystem etc…) is highly relevant. However, volume EM techniques are limited in the volume that can be acquired. Therefore, targeting approaches are needed to characterize specific regions of interest. This

Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging

Posted by FocalPlane, on 12 January 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 preprints that are on your reading list.

Vote for your favourite JCS cover from 2023

Posted by Helen Zenner, on 12 January 2024

We were lucky enough to have fantastic cover images at Journal Cell Science in the past year. Now, it’s time to pick your favourite! To vote, select the issue in the text following the images and then click ‘Vote’. Voting is open until 22 January 2024.

Support for your next sustainable scientific event in 2024

Posted by teodora.rinciog, on 9 January 2024

Scientific conferences and workshops play a crucial role in promoting collaborations and spreading awareness about new advancement done in the field. If you are interested in how to organise this type of events in a more sustainable manner, we are happy to support you. If you do not know where to start, feel free

Featured images in 2023

Posted by FocalPlane, on 5 January 2024

In 2023, we started a featured image series and we have been delighted to highlight the microscopists that acquired these beautiful images! You can check out the full series here and in the gallery below. We are continuing the series in 2024 and would love to have nominations, including self-nominations. Send us an email at

Microscopy preprints – bioimage analysis tools

Posted by FocalPlane, on 29 December 2023

Here is a curated selection of preprints published recently. In this post, we focus specifically on new tools for bioimage analysis and data management released up until 20 December.

Crick Bioimage Analysis Symposium 2023 - a Review

Posted by vanesssadao, on 22 December 2023

(By Vanessa Dao, Hradini Konthalapalli, Olatz Niembro Vivanco, Karishma Valand) The Crick Bioimage Analysis Symposium had its first in-person meeting in 2022. This year, #CBIAS2023 gathered around 200 people on site and 80 virtually. It has been an exciting two days of bringing biomedical researchers and their questions together with image analysis and their techniques.

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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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