FocalPlane features... membrane trafficking recordings

Posted by FocalPlane, on 10 November 2025

In September, we hosted a special online symposium together with the Membrane Trafficking webinar series, organised by Francesca Bottanelli, Felix Campelo and Ishier Raote. The webinar featured short talks from Nick Ader (UNC Greensboro), Hannes Maib (University of Sheffield) and Mónica Quiñones-Frías (Brandeis University), followed by a keynote lecture from Gillian Griffiths (Yale University. You can view the recordings of

Featured image with Ludovica Altieri

Posted by FocalPlane, on 15 August 2025

Our featured image, acquired by Ludovica Altieri, shows murine primary cortical neurons developing interconnections. The cells are stained for neuronal tubulin (TUJI antibody, cyan) and DNA (DAPI, blue). Cultures were prepared by dissecting cortices from mouse embryos (E18), then mechanically dissociating single cells for plating. Explanted primary neurons placed in culture regress several stages back,