Advertisement

  1. Home
  3. neurobiology
Displaying posts with the tag: is_archive
Clear filters

Featured image with Ciarán Butler Hallissey

Posted by , on 13 September 2024

Our featured image, acquired by Ciarán Butler Hallissey, is a maximum-intensity projection of rat hippocampal neurons processed with ultrastructure expansion microscopy (U-ExM) and captured with a spinning disk confocal microscope. Find out more about the image and Ciarán’s research below. More about the image: Expansion microscopy physically increases the size of your sample to improve
Read more

Featured image with Shivangi Verma

Posted by , on 30 August 2024

Our featured image, acquired by Shivangi Verma, gives us a peek into the brain of a zebrafish. It depicts neurons in the whole brain of a larva expressing GCaMP6f, a fluorescent reporter of neuronal activity, using a pan-neuronal promoter. A 10-day old transparent homozygous albino larva was embedded in agarose and imaged using ZEISS Lightsheet
Read more

Microscopy preprints – applications in biology

Posted by , on 23 August 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.
Read more

Featured image with Theresa Wiesner

Posted by , on 21 June 2024

Our featured image, acquired by Theresa Wiesner, shows a neuron in dissociated hippocampal culture and was imaged using highly inclined thin illumination microscopy (HiLO). The neuron is transfected with a neurotransmitter (glutamate) sensor and shown in orange. The image was acquired using Nikon Elements software / microscope and post-processing was done using FIJI (ImageJ). Find
Read more

Get involved

Create an account or log in to post your story on FocalPlane.

Log in/register

Featured categories

Discussions
How to
Tools
Case studies
Interviews
Events
Jobs
Education
Blog series

Microscopy-related articles from our journals

Microscopy-related preprint highlights

© 2024. The Company of Biologists Ltd | Registered Charity 277992
Registered in England and Wales | Company Limited by Guarantee No 514735
Registered office: Bidder Building, Station Road, Histon, Cambridge CB24 9LF, UK