FocalPlane
@focalplane.bsky.social
FocalPlane is a community site for anyone with an interest in microscopy. Hosted by Journal of Cell Science (@jcellsci.bsky.social) and The Company of Biologists (@biologists.bsky.social).
https://focalplane.biologists.com/
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📢Our latest #preprint list is now up on FocalPlane
This week we highlight the latest tools and techniques in microscopy. Drop us a note if we’ve missed a preprint that you’ve enjoyed reading.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/28/m...
This week we highlight the latest tools and techniques in microscopy. Drop us a note if we’ve missed a preprint that you’ve enjoyed reading.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/28/m...
Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging - FocalPlane
Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging - News
focalplane.biologists.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
📢Our latest #preprint list is now up on FocalPlane
This week we highlight the latest tools and techniques in microscopy. Drop us a note if we’ve missed a preprint that you’ve enjoyed reading.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/28/m...
This week we highlight the latest tools and techniques in microscopy. Drop us a note if we’ve missed a preprint that you’ve enjoyed reading.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/28/m...
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#EuroBioImaging is expanding & consolidating! 🎉 We welcome 3 new Nodes in 🇫🇷 France, 🇪🇸 Spain and the 🇳🇱 Netherlands. There are now a total of 295 imaging facilities in Euro-BioImaging, forming 39 Nodes!
Warm welcome to the new facilities. 🥳
Learn more🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/euro-bi...
Warm welcome to the new facilities. 🥳
Learn more🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/euro-bi...
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
#EuroBioImaging is expanding & consolidating! 🎉 We welcome 3 new Nodes in 🇫🇷 France, 🇪🇸 Spain and the 🇳🇱 Netherlands. There are now a total of 295 imaging facilities in Euro-BioImaging, forming 39 Nodes!
Warm welcome to the new facilities. 🥳
Learn more🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/euro-bi...
Warm welcome to the new facilities. 🥳
Learn more🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/euro-bi...
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Why choose JCS?
- FREE to publish (OA options available)
- Fast-track option for papers with reports
- Preprint friendly, format-free submission + scoop protection
- Published by a not-for-profit publisher
- A tree planted for every peer-reviewed article🌳
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re...
- FREE to publish (OA options available)
- Fast-track option for papers with reports
- Preprint friendly, format-free submission + scoop protection
- Published by a not-for-profit publisher
- A tree planted for every peer-reviewed article🌳
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re...
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Why choose JCS?
- FREE to publish (OA options available)
- Fast-track option for papers with reports
- Preprint friendly, format-free submission + scoop protection
- Published by a not-for-profit publisher
- A tree planted for every peer-reviewed article🌳
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re...
- FREE to publish (OA options available)
- Fast-track option for papers with reports
- Preprint friendly, format-free submission + scoop protection
- Published by a not-for-profit publisher
- A tree planted for every peer-reviewed article🌳
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re...
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1/2 A special #FluorescenceFriday for me! 🌈
Live muscle precursors on a pupal fly testis (Lifeact-eGFP, 🔥-depth-coded).
It's special because this is on the poster for the @sfb1348.bsky.social Meeting in May — my first time being featured as a speaker on a poster! 😀
Feeling very grateful & excited!
Live muscle precursors on a pupal fly testis (Lifeact-eGFP, 🔥-depth-coded).
It's special because this is on the poster for the @sfb1348.bsky.social Meeting in May — my first time being featured as a speaker on a poster! 😀
Feeling very grateful & excited!
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
1/2 A special #FluorescenceFriday for me! 🌈
Live muscle precursors on a pupal fly testis (Lifeact-eGFP, 🔥-depth-coded).
It's special because this is on the poster for the @sfb1348.bsky.social Meeting in May — my first time being featured as a speaker on a poster! 😀
Feeling very grateful & excited!
Live muscle precursors on a pupal fly testis (Lifeact-eGFP, 🔥-depth-coded).
It's special because this is on the poster for the @sfb1348.bsky.social Meeting in May — my first time being featured as a speaker on a poster! 😀
Feeling very grateful & excited!
In a new post from @aicjanelia.bsky.social and @anjanja1024.bsky.social, Kevin Hamill shares ‘a day in the life’ of an AIC visitor. Kevin’s team went to the AIC to image components of the basal membrane using iPALM.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/24/y...
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/24/y...
You can appreciate a lot by looking – using the best microscope in the world – A day in the life of an AIC visitor - FocalPlane
You can appreciate a lot by looking – using the best microscope in the world – A day in the life of an AIC visitor - AIC at HHMI Janelia
focalplane.biologists.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
In a new post from @aicjanelia.bsky.social and @anjanja1024.bsky.social, Kevin Hamill shares ‘a day in the life’ of an AIC visitor. Kevin’s team went to the AIC to image components of the basal membrane using iPALM.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/24/y...
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/24/y...
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🌍 #ImagingWednesday goes to Denmark! 🇩🇰✨
Catch the full series on Instagram, featuring stunning images from not only Danish Bioimaging.
📸 Follow @eurobioimaging (buff.ly/c87QwgL)
Catch the full series on Instagram, featuring stunning images from not only Danish Bioimaging.
📸 Follow @eurobioimaging (buff.ly/c87QwgL)
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🌍 #ImagingWednesday goes to Denmark! 🇩🇰✨
Catch the full series on Instagram, featuring stunning images from not only Danish Bioimaging.
📸 Follow @eurobioimaging (buff.ly/c87QwgL)
Catch the full series on Instagram, featuring stunning images from not only Danish Bioimaging.
📸 Follow @eurobioimaging (buff.ly/c87QwgL)
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🚨 PhD opportunity in Strasbourg! 🚨
We’re looking for a motivated PhD student to join the @haploteam within the IMCBio program (PhD-2026-17).
🔗 imcbio-phdprogram.unistra.fr
Please spread the word or contact me if you’re interested!
We’re looking for a motivated PhD student to join the @haploteam within the IMCBio program (PhD-2026-17).
🔗 imcbio-phdprogram.unistra.fr
Please spread the word or contact me if you’re interested!
IMCBio International PhD Program
IMCBio International PhD Program - Application form
imcbio-phdprogram.unistra.fr
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
🚨 PhD opportunity in Strasbourg! 🚨
We’re looking for a motivated PhD student to join the @haploteam within the IMCBio program (PhD-2026-17).
🔗 imcbio-phdprogram.unistra.fr
Please spread the word or contact me if you’re interested!
We’re looking for a motivated PhD student to join the @haploteam within the IMCBio program (PhD-2026-17).
🔗 imcbio-phdprogram.unistra.fr
Please spread the word or contact me if you’re interested!
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And, if you've ever wondered what it is like to be a visitor to the AIC, check out this post by @anjanja1024.bsky.social and Kevin Hamill about visiting to use our iPALM system: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/24/y...
You can appreciate a lot by looking – using the best microscope in the world – A day in the life of an AIC visitor - FocalPlane
You can appreciate a lot by looking – using the best microscope in the world – A day in the life of an AIC visitor - AIC at HHMI Janelia
focalplane.biologists.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
And, if you've ever wondered what it is like to be a visitor to the AIC, check out this post by @anjanja1024.bsky.social and Kevin Hamill about visiting to use our iPALM system: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/24/y...
Meet the Global BioImage Analysts’ Society (GloBIAS)
Christa Walther, GloBIAS Community Manager, shares the origins of @globias.bsky.social, its aims and events. Follow along with the latest from the society in their dedicated blog series on FocalPlane.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/20/g...
Christa Walther, GloBIAS Community Manager, shares the origins of @globias.bsky.social, its aims and events. Follow along with the latest from the society in their dedicated blog series on FocalPlane.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/20/g...
GloBIAS – The Global BioImage Analysts’ Society - FocalPlane
GloBIAS – The Global BioImage Analysts’ Society - GloBIAS - updates from the community
focalplane.biologists.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Meet the Global BioImage Analysts’ Society (GloBIAS)
Christa Walther, GloBIAS Community Manager, shares the origins of @globias.bsky.social, its aims and events. Follow along with the latest from the society in their dedicated blog series on FocalPlane.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/20/g...
Christa Walther, GloBIAS Community Manager, shares the origins of @globias.bsky.social, its aims and events. Follow along with the latest from the society in their dedicated blog series on FocalPlane.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/20/g...
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An immense thank you again to @cbias.bsky.social committee, sponsors and fellow imaging friends for this fantastic symposium!
It's is not the end but the beginning of tons of papers to read, colleagues to contact, new collaborations to form. And most importantly, it's a 'see you soon' #CBIAS2026 🔬🥰
It's is not the end but the beginning of tons of papers to read, colleagues to contact, new collaborations to form. And most importantly, it's a 'see you soon' #CBIAS2026 🔬🥰
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
An immense thank you again to @cbias.bsky.social committee, sponsors and fellow imaging friends for this fantastic symposium!
It's is not the end but the beginning of tons of papers to read, colleagues to contact, new collaborations to form. And most importantly, it's a 'see you soon' #CBIAS2026 🔬🥰
It's is not the end but the beginning of tons of papers to read, colleagues to contact, new collaborations to form. And most importantly, it's a 'see you soon' #CBIAS2026 🔬🥰
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November 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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We are recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to study mechanisms of DNA replication stress using single-molecule imaging tools. If you are excited about microscopy, replisome dynamics, and genome stability, we’d love to hear from you.
Application deadline: 24 December
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Application deadline: 24 December
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Postdoctoral Fellow - H Yardimci Lab
www.crick.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
We are recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to study mechanisms of DNA replication stress using single-molecule imaging tools. If you are excited about microscopy, replisome dynamics, and genome stability, we’d love to hear from you.
Application deadline: 24 December
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Application deadline: 24 December
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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Super proud to be part of SFB1348 — and excited to share that I now officially have my own lab in Münster! 🎉🪰
We’ll study #cellbio & #morphogenesis, focusing on organ sculpting and #chirality in #Drosophila.
I’ll soon hire my first #PhD student — feel free to reach out!
#juniorPI #Science #devbio
We’ll study #cellbio & #morphogenesis, focusing on organ sculpting and #chirality in #Drosophila.
I’ll soon hire my first #PhD student — feel free to reach out!
#juniorPI #Science #devbio
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Super proud to be part of SFB1348 — and excited to share that I now officially have my own lab in Münster! 🎉🪰
We’ll study #cellbio & #morphogenesis, focusing on organ sculpting and #chirality in #Drosophila.
I’ll soon hire my first #PhD student — feel free to reach out!
#juniorPI #Science #devbio
We’ll study #cellbio & #morphogenesis, focusing on organ sculpting and #chirality in #Drosophila.
I’ll soon hire my first #PhD student — feel free to reach out!
#juniorPI #Science #devbio
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Outstanding PhD fellowship call OPEN for excellent students.
lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-...
This is for students incoming from outside Spain. And it is VERY well supported (ie at European levels).
If you’re interested in doing a PhD in our lab @irbbarcelona.org, reach out!!!!
lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-...
This is for students incoming from outside Spain. And it is VERY well supported (ie at European levels).
If you’re interested in doing a PhD in our lab @irbbarcelona.org, reach out!!!!
Doctoral INPhINIT fellowships - Incoming Call 2026
We grant 30 fellowships for researchers of any nationality who wish to pursue a doctorate in a STEM discipline at research centres of excellence in Spain or Portugal.
www.google.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Outstanding PhD fellowship call OPEN for excellent students.
lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-...
This is for students incoming from outside Spain. And it is VERY well supported (ie at European levels).
If you’re interested in doing a PhD in our lab @irbbarcelona.org, reach out!!!!
lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-...
This is for students incoming from outside Spain. And it is VERY well supported (ie at European levels).
If you’re interested in doing a PhD in our lab @irbbarcelona.org, reach out!!!!
We’re excited for the UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium this afternoon featuring the #JCSciliaSI!
To discover more about the research in this issue, check out these JCS snapshots, video highlights from authors about their research: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/24/j...
To discover more about the research in this issue, check out these JCS snapshots, video highlights from authors about their research: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/24/j...
JCS snapshots: the cilia and flagella edition - FocalPlane
JCS snapshots: the cilia and flagella edition - News
focalplane.biologists.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
We’re excited for the UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium this afternoon featuring the #JCSciliaSI!
To discover more about the research in this issue, check out these JCS snapshots, video highlights from authors about their research: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/24/j...
To discover more about the research in this issue, check out these JCS snapshots, video highlights from authors about their research: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/24/j...
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SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
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#CBIAS2025 discussion about software maintenance is turning into stories from the graveyard.
"Tool only opens image file format that does not exist anymore, so we use a selfmade Matlab script to convert it, to then run on on the machines in one lab....." 🥴😭
"Tool only opens image file format that does not exist anymore, so we use a selfmade Matlab script to convert it, to then run on on the machines in one lab....." 🥴😭
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#CBIAS2025 discussion about software maintenance is turning into stories from the graveyard.
"Tool only opens image file format that does not exist anymore, so we use a selfmade Matlab script to convert it, to then run on on the machines in one lab....." 🥴😭
"Tool only opens image file format that does not exist anymore, so we use a selfmade Matlab script to convert it, to then run on on the machines in one lab....." 🥴😭
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Motivational video for #MigrationMovieMonday. A persistent 4T1 breast cancer cell squeezing itself through a tight constriction despite undergoing repetitive nuclear envelope rupture. Credit: Kristen Nedza @weillinstitute.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Motivational video for #MigrationMovieMonday. A persistent 4T1 breast cancer cell squeezing itself through a tight constriction despite undergoing repetitive nuclear envelope rupture. Credit: Kristen Nedza @weillinstitute.bsky.social
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Our annual PhD call is closing at the end of this week on 30 November. If you're interested in carrying out world-class scientific research in Barcelona, you still have a few days left to submit your application! www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Our annual PhD call is closing at the end of this week on 30 November. If you're interested in carrying out world-class scientific research in Barcelona, you still have a few days left to submit your application! www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
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Do you have an exciting new chromatin/transcription story that you'd like to share with the #FN community?
Fill out this form to be considered for a talk in our Jan-June 2026 schedule! forms.gle/TBi38UgYxPAB...
Please repost and share!
Fill out this form to be considered for a talk in our Jan-June 2026 schedule! forms.gle/TBi38UgYxPAB...
Please repost and share!
Application to speak in the Fragile Nucleosome series
Thank you for your interest in our seminar series!
We use a variety of different session formats but, in general, trainees can plan for a ~15 min talk + 5min Q/A and PIs can plan for a ~25min talk +...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Do you have an exciting new chromatin/transcription story that you'd like to share with the #FN community?
Fill out this form to be considered for a talk in our Jan-June 2026 schedule! forms.gle/TBi38UgYxPAB...
Please repost and share!
Fill out this form to be considered for a talk in our Jan-June 2026 schedule! forms.gle/TBi38UgYxPAB...
Please repost and share!
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🚨D-2 before the launch of FBI Connect!🚨
Don’t miss Robert Quast’s presentation (CBS, Montpellier) on a multicolor smFRET technique to study membrane protein dynamics, with a focus on receptors involved in synaptic transmission.
📅 Nov 27, 11:00 AM
🔗 Register: u-bordeaux-fr.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Don’t miss Robert Quast’s presentation (CBS, Montpellier) on a multicolor smFRET technique to study membrane protein dynamics, with a focus on receptors involved in synaptic transmission.
📅 Nov 27, 11:00 AM
🔗 Register: u-bordeaux-fr.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🚨D-2 before the launch of FBI Connect!🚨
Don’t miss Robert Quast’s presentation (CBS, Montpellier) on a multicolor smFRET technique to study membrane protein dynamics, with a focus on receptors involved in synaptic transmission.
📅 Nov 27, 11:00 AM
🔗 Register: u-bordeaux-fr.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Don’t miss Robert Quast’s presentation (CBS, Montpellier) on a multicolor smFRET technique to study membrane protein dynamics, with a focus on receptors involved in synaptic transmission.
📅 Nov 27, 11:00 AM
🔗 Register: u-bordeaux-fr.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Day two of #CBIAS2025 kicked off by @lankylaste.bsky.social from @crick.ac.uk and the first session is on physical and mathematical modelling chaired by @natalieah.bsky.social , with the first presenter Ewa Paluch from @cam.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Day two of #CBIAS2025 kicked off by @lankylaste.bsky.social from @crick.ac.uk and the first session is on physical and mathematical modelling chaired by @natalieah.bsky.social , with the first presenter Ewa Paluch from @cam.bsky.social
📢Did you know that researchers from around the world can apply for access to the latest microscopy technology & expert advice @aicjanelia.bsky.social?
In this blog series, the AIC team will give us an insight into how the Center works & their global impact.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/20/a...
In this blog series, the AIC team will give us an insight into how the Center works & their global impact.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/20/a...
AIC at HHMI Janelia
Introduction to the AIC at HHMI Janelia blog on FocalPlane
focalplane.biologists.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
📢Did you know that researchers from around the world can apply for access to the latest microscopy technology & expert advice @aicjanelia.bsky.social?
In this blog series, the AIC team will give us an insight into how the Center works & their global impact.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/20/a...
In this blog series, the AIC team will give us an insight into how the Center works & their global impact.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/20/a...
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Fluorescent microscopy is beautiful🔬✨
People who are pushing the envelope will not only uncover new biology, but captivate (and entice!) new generations of brilliant minds to love biology the same way we do
People who are pushing the envelope will not only uncover new biology, but captivate (and entice!) new generations of brilliant minds to love biology the same way we do
November 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Fluorescent microscopy is beautiful🔬✨
People who are pushing the envelope will not only uncover new biology, but captivate (and entice!) new generations of brilliant minds to love biology the same way we do
People who are pushing the envelope will not only uncover new biology, but captivate (and entice!) new generations of brilliant minds to love biology the same way we do
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Updated Trackmate8, tried out Trackastra! Got some issues with the conda path and numpy not being where it should be but got solved easily thanks to the extensive documentation. Trackastra performed at least as well as the LAP tracker and detected properly several divisions! Investigation ongoing 🤠🤠
Trackastra is part of the brand-new TrackMate v8.
It is the first deep-learning-based ("AI") drop-in replacement for TrackMate's regular LAP-Track algorithm.
Tracks out of the box for many types of datasets (bacteria, fluorescent nuclei, phase contrast cell culture etc), zero parameters to tune 🤖
It is the first deep-learning-based ("AI") drop-in replacement for TrackMate's regular LAP-Track algorithm.
Tracks out of the box for many types of datasets (bacteria, fluorescent nuclei, phase contrast cell culture etc), zero parameters to tune 🤖
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Updated Trackmate8, tried out Trackastra! Got some issues with the conda path and numpy not being where it should be but got solved easily thanks to the extensive documentation. Trackastra performed at least as well as the LAP tracker and detected properly several divisions! Investigation ongoing 🤠🤠