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/
https://focalplane.biologists.com/
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The ABIC Students in Bioimaging Working Group is excited to announce the Student Mentorship Pilot Programme.
This is an initiative aimed at students (Undergrad to PhD) who are seeking mentorship in the microscopy space.
For more info visit: bit.ly/4bOfEdn
Application Deadline: 27 Feb 2026
This is an initiative aimed at students (Undergrad to PhD) who are seeking mentorship in the microscopy space.
For more info visit: bit.ly/4bOfEdn
Application Deadline: 27 Feb 2026
February 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
The ABIC Students in Bioimaging Working Group is excited to announce the Student Mentorship Pilot Programme.
This is an initiative aimed at students (Undergrad to PhD) who are seeking mentorship in the microscopy space.
For more info visit: bit.ly/4bOfEdn
Application Deadline: 27 Feb 2026
This is an initiative aimed at students (Undergrad to PhD) who are seeking mentorship in the microscopy space.
For more info visit: bit.ly/4bOfEdn
Application Deadline: 27 Feb 2026
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EMBO-FEBS Lecture Course – Membranes in Organelle Biogenesis
📍 Spetses, Greece | 🗓️ 10–16 May 2026
A week with leading experts on organelle biology, membranes, lipids, and dynamics.
⏰ Deadline: 1 March 2026
🔗 Info: network.febs.org/videos/membr...
📝 Register: spetses2026.sites.uu.nl
📍 Spetses, Greece | 🗓️ 10–16 May 2026
A week with leading experts on organelle biology, membranes, lipids, and dynamics.
⏰ Deadline: 1 March 2026
🔗 Info: network.febs.org/videos/membr...
📝 Register: spetses2026.sites.uu.nl
Membranes and their lipids and proteins in organelle biogenesis
The Joint FEBS/EMBO Lecture Course 'Membranes and their lipids and proteins in organelle biogenesis' will take place in Spetses Island, Greece, from 10–16 May 2026. Registration is open (deadline 1 Ma...
network.febs.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:28 PM
EMBO-FEBS Lecture Course – Membranes in Organelle Biogenesis
📍 Spetses, Greece | 🗓️ 10–16 May 2026
A week with leading experts on organelle biology, membranes, lipids, and dynamics.
⏰ Deadline: 1 March 2026
🔗 Info: network.febs.org/videos/membr...
📝 Register: spetses2026.sites.uu.nl
📍 Spetses, Greece | 🗓️ 10–16 May 2026
A week with leading experts on organelle biology, membranes, lipids, and dynamics.
⏰ Deadline: 1 March 2026
🔗 Info: network.febs.org/videos/membr...
📝 Register: spetses2026.sites.uu.nl
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Registration is OPEN for the 2026 Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology!!! Please spread the word!
@mads100tist.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @xenbase.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
@mads100tist.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @xenbase.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
February 10, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Registration is OPEN for the 2026 Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology!!! Please spread the word!
@mads100tist.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @xenbase.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
@mads100tist.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @xenbase.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
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Travelling to the future again. This thursday, we will be nosy and learn about mitochondria and their friendships.
February 10, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Travelling to the future again. This thursday, we will be nosy and learn about mitochondria and their friendships.
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📣 Great EM course with the participation of ZooCELL DCs and PIs 📣
Application deadline is tomorrow, don't miss this opportunity. Apply now! […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
Application deadline is tomorrow, don't miss this opportunity. Apply now! […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
February 11, 2026 at 9:25 AM
📣 Great EM course with the participation of ZooCELL DCs and PIs 📣
Application deadline is tomorrow, don't miss this opportunity. Apply now! […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
Application deadline is tomorrow, don't miss this opportunity. Apply now! […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
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💖 We join #LoveDataWeek2026 by sharing the recordings from Image Data Community Days 2025! Follow the “Where’s the data?” theme with on-demand sessions on FAIR principles, analysis tools, AI & preclinical imaging.
🎬 Watch anytime here
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🎬 Watch anytime here
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
February 11, 2026 at 9:49 AM
💖 We join #LoveDataWeek2026 by sharing the recordings from Image Data Community Days 2025! Follow the “Where’s the data?” theme with on-demand sessions on FAIR principles, analysis tools, AI & preclinical imaging.
🎬 Watch anytime here
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🎬 Watch anytime here
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Our latest ‘Imaging spotlight’ is from Jan Brugués @brugueslab.bsky.social & Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social where they discuss the microscopy & microrheology techniques that they used in their research dissecting the mechanics of cytokinesis.
focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/10/i...
focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/10/i...
Imaging spotlight - How to divide without a ring: a mechanical ratchet drives unilateral cytokinesis - FocalPlane
Imaging spotlight - How to divide without a ring: a mechanical ratchet drives unilateral cytokinesis - News
focalplane.biologists.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Our latest ‘Imaging spotlight’ is from Jan Brugués @brugueslab.bsky.social & Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social where they discuss the microscopy & microrheology techniques that they used in their research dissecting the mechanics of cytokinesis.
focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/10/i...
focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/10/i...
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We are hiring!
The Monash Organoid Program is searching for a skilled and motivated Research Officer to join the team.
More info about the position and how to apply can be found here (Job No 689543):
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
The Monash Organoid Program is searching for a skilled and motivated Research Officer to join the team.
More info about the position and how to apply can be found here (Job No 689543):
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Job Search
careers.pageuppeople.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 AM
We are hiring!
The Monash Organoid Program is searching for a skilled and motivated Research Officer to join the team.
More info about the position and how to apply can be found here (Job No 689543):
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
The Monash Organoid Program is searching for a skilled and motivated Research Officer to join the team.
More info about the position and how to apply can be found here (Job No 689543):
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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Thanks to its imaging development service and close collaboration with @bic-bordeaux.bsky.social, the LBM is overcoming technological barriers and making cutting-edge imaging accessible in the field of plant biology.
© Magali Grison
@france-bioimaging.bsky.social
www.biomemb.cnrs.fr/service-micr...
© Magali Grison
@france-bioimaging.bsky.social
www.biomemb.cnrs.fr/service-micr...
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Thanks to its imaging development service and close collaboration with @bic-bordeaux.bsky.social, the LBM is overcoming technological barriers and making cutting-edge imaging accessible in the field of plant biology.
© Magali Grison
@france-bioimaging.bsky.social
www.biomemb.cnrs.fr/service-micr...
© Magali Grison
@france-bioimaging.bsky.social
www.biomemb.cnrs.fr/service-micr...
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🔬Join our #ReproductionMS seminar with Dr.
@maikbischoff.bsky.social on "Coiling a Duct: How Mesenchymal Cells Sculpt Male Reproductive Organ Architecture" this Wednesday, 11 February 12pm CET. DM for Zoom details.
@maikbischoff.bsky.social on "Coiling a Duct: How Mesenchymal Cells Sculpt Male Reproductive Organ Architecture" this Wednesday, 11 February 12pm CET. DM for Zoom details.
February 9, 2026 at 10:22 AM
🔬Join our #ReproductionMS seminar with Dr.
@maikbischoff.bsky.social on "Coiling a Duct: How Mesenchymal Cells Sculpt Male Reproductive Organ Architecture" this Wednesday, 11 February 12pm CET. DM for Zoom details.
@maikbischoff.bsky.social on "Coiling a Duct: How Mesenchymal Cells Sculpt Male Reproductive Organ Architecture" this Wednesday, 11 February 12pm CET. DM for Zoom details.
Freya Cardozo attended the EMBO Course on Image Processing in Cryo-EM with the assistance of a @jcellsci.bsky.social -FocalPlane Training Grant.
Read more about Freya’s experience at the course ⤵️ focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/09/w...
Our next Training Grant deadline is 20 February.
Read more about Freya’s experience at the course ⤵️ focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/09/w...
Our next Training Grant deadline is 20 February.
Workshop report: EMBO Course on Image Processing in Cryo-EM - FocalPlane
Workshop report: EMBO Course on Image Processing in Cryo-EM - Education
focalplane.biologists.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Freya Cardozo attended the EMBO Course on Image Processing in Cryo-EM with the assistance of a @jcellsci.bsky.social -FocalPlane Training Grant.
Read more about Freya’s experience at the course ⤵️ focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/09/w...
Our next Training Grant deadline is 20 February.
Read more about Freya’s experience at the course ⤵️ focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/09/w...
Our next Training Grant deadline is 20 February.
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1/ 🚀🧪🤖 Big update for #Omega — the LLM-powered autonomous agent for bioimage analysis in @napari.org ! Custom LLM endpoints, layer actions, plugin extensibility, agentic widget maker, modernized UI, & 30+ fixes. Here's what's new in version *2026.2.8.2*:
February 9, 2026 at 6:40 AM
1/ 🚀🧪🤖 Big update for #Omega — the LLM-powered autonomous agent for bioimage analysis in @napari.org ! Custom LLM endpoints, layer actions, plugin extensibility, agentic widget maker, modernized UI, & 30+ fixes. Here's what's new in version *2026.2.8.2*:
Our #preprint list is up on FocalPlane. This list focusses on the latest tools in bioimage analysis.
Let us know if you have any recommendations to add to our list.
focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/06/m...
Let us know if you have any recommendations to add to our list.
focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/06/m...
Microscopy preprints: bioimage analysis - FocalPlane
Microscopy preprints: bioimage analysis - News
focalplane.biologists.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Our #preprint list is up on FocalPlane. This list focusses on the latest tools in bioimage analysis.
Let us know if you have any recommendations to add to our list.
focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/06/m...
Let us know if you have any recommendations to add to our list.
focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/06/m...
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Congrats to the 2026 SDB Award Winners!
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
bit.ly/4afnjiC
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
bit.ly/4afnjiC
February 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Congrats to the 2026 SDB Award Winners!
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
bit.ly/4afnjiC
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
bit.ly/4afnjiC
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A great opportunity to learn Python for image analysis from a group of excellent instructors! 🐍 🖥️ 📊 Financial aid available.
📣 We are accepting applications for the 2026 Boston Bioimage Analysis Course (BoBiAC): bobiac.github.io! Join us this July at Harvard Medical School for a 6-day intensive hands-on course to learn bioimage analysis with Python!
Apply by May 18th! No prior Python experience required!
🧫->🔬->💻->📊
Apply by May 18th! No prior Python experience required!
🧫->🔬->💻->📊
February 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
A great opportunity to learn Python for image analysis from a group of excellent instructors! 🐍 🖥️ 📊 Financial aid available.
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2nd postdoc job alert in the Crick Institute in London. Project will examine the role of motors & the cytoskeleton (actin, septins and microtubules) during vaccinia virus egress using biochemical, structural & cellular approaches + live cell imaging. spread the word.
crick.ac.uk/WayPostdoc20...
crick.ac.uk/WayPostdoc20...
Postdoctoral Fellow - Cellular signalling and cytoskeletal function lab
crick.ac.uk
February 6, 2026 at 8:29 AM
2nd postdoc job alert in the Crick Institute in London. Project will examine the role of motors & the cytoskeleton (actin, septins and microtubules) during vaccinia virus egress using biochemical, structural & cellular approaches + live cell imaging. spread the word.
crick.ac.uk/WayPostdoc20...
crick.ac.uk/WayPostdoc20...
In our latest ‘Imaging spotlight’ we learn about ShapeSpaceExplorer, a tool for measuring cell shape of migrating cells, developed by Samuel Jefferyes, Anne Straube @annestraube.bsky.social and colleagues.
focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/05/i...
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Imaging spotlight: ShapeSpaceExplorer - FocalPlane
Imaging spotlight: ShapeSpaceExplorer - News
focalplane.biologists.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
In our latest ‘Imaging spotlight’ we learn about ShapeSpaceExplorer, a tool for measuring cell shape of migrating cells, developed by Samuel Jefferyes, Anne Straube @annestraube.bsky.social and colleagues.
focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/05/i...
focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/05/i...
📢New workshop report on FocalPlane
Yelena Ivanova shares her learnings from the popular York confocal course: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/03/w...
Yelena’s attendance was supported by a JCS-FocalPlane Training Grant.
Discover more about the grants ⤵️ focalplane.biologists.com/jcs-focalpla...
Yelena Ivanova shares her learnings from the popular York confocal course: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/03/w...
Yelena’s attendance was supported by a JCS-FocalPlane Training Grant.
Discover more about the grants ⤵️ focalplane.biologists.com/jcs-focalpla...
Workshop report: York Confocal Microscopy course - FocalPlane
Workshop report: York Confocal Microscopy course - News
focalplane.biologists.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 PM
📢New workshop report on FocalPlane
Yelena Ivanova shares her learnings from the popular York confocal course: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/03/w...
Yelena’s attendance was supported by a JCS-FocalPlane Training Grant.
Discover more about the grants ⤵️ focalplane.biologists.com/jcs-focalpla...
Yelena Ivanova shares her learnings from the popular York confocal course: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/03/w...
Yelena’s attendance was supported by a JCS-FocalPlane Training Grant.
Discover more about the grants ⤵️ focalplane.biologists.com/jcs-focalpla...
The Centre for Research in Cellular Biology of Montpellier @crbm-montpellier.bsky.social is recruiting Junior/Senior Group Leaders.
Check out the details on our cell biology jobs board: focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology...
Check out the details on our cell biology jobs board: focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology...
The Centre for Research in Cellular Biology of Montpellier (CRBM) is recruiting Junior / Senior Group Leaders - FocalPlane
The Centre for Research in Cellular Biology of Montpellier (CRBM) is recruiting Junior / Senior Group Leaders to shape its research in the coming decade
focalplane.biologists.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:19 AM
The Centre for Research in Cellular Biology of Montpellier @crbm-montpellier.bsky.social is recruiting Junior/Senior Group Leaders.
Check out the details on our cell biology jobs board: focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology...
Check out the details on our cell biology jobs board: focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology...
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📢 Require access to imaging equipment and/or image analysis but strapped for funds? Look no further than the UK Bioimaging User Access Fund. 👇👇👇👇
🔬UK researchers: Access cutting-edge bioimaging tech + expert support with our User Access Fund!
💷 £5k for imaging
💷 £2k for image analysis
Choose from 6 top UK facilities, contact them, then apply!
rms.org.uk/user-access-fund
⏰ Next deadline: 31 March
✅ Decision in 4 weeks
Pls share!
💷 £5k for imaging
💷 £2k for image analysis
Choose from 6 top UK facilities, contact them, then apply!
rms.org.uk/user-access-fund
⏰ Next deadline: 31 March
✅ Decision in 4 weeks
Pls share!
February 2, 2026 at 1:37 PM
📢 Require access to imaging equipment and/or image analysis but strapped for funds? Look no further than the UK Bioimaging User Access Fund. 👇👇👇👇
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Join us for the next #IBIwebinar by
Dr. Elvis Pandzic,
Senior Lecturer,
Katharina Gaus Light Microscopy Facility,
Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre,
University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney
#Bioimaging #Microscopy #IndiaBioImaging #ScienceWebinar #LifeSciences
Dr. Elvis Pandzic,
Senior Lecturer,
Katharina Gaus Light Microscopy Facility,
Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre,
University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney
#Bioimaging #Microscopy #IndiaBioImaging #ScienceWebinar #LifeSciences
February 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Join us for the next #IBIwebinar by
Dr. Elvis Pandzic,
Senior Lecturer,
Katharina Gaus Light Microscopy Facility,
Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre,
University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney
#Bioimaging #Microscopy #IndiaBioImaging #ScienceWebinar #LifeSciences
Dr. Elvis Pandzic,
Senior Lecturer,
Katharina Gaus Light Microscopy Facility,
Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre,
University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney
#Bioimaging #Microscopy #IndiaBioImaging #ScienceWebinar #LifeSciences
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Videos are now available from the 2025 QuPath Training Course, from @iamichaelnelson.bsky.social, @zmikulski.bsky.social, and myself.
Watch for multiplex tutorials! For image analysis inspiration! Or just watch to hear me speak like an overcaffeinated squirrel!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Watch for multiplex tutorials! For image analysis inspiration! Or just watch to hear me speak like an overcaffeinated squirrel!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
February 3, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Videos are now available from the 2025 QuPath Training Course, from @iamichaelnelson.bsky.social, @zmikulski.bsky.social, and myself.
Watch for multiplex tutorials! For image analysis inspiration! Or just watch to hear me speak like an overcaffeinated squirrel!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Watch for multiplex tutorials! For image analysis inspiration! Or just watch to hear me speak like an overcaffeinated squirrel!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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👀 Check out @the-node.bsky.social where
@alejotorrescano.bsky.social (first author) share
#behindthepaper stories about our recent paper
⤵️
Behind the paper: “Spatially organized cellular communities shape functional tissue architecture in the pancreas” thenode.biologists.com/behind-the-p...
@alejotorrescano.bsky.social (first author) share
#behindthepaper stories about our recent paper
⤵️
Behind the paper: “Spatially organized cellular communities shape functional tissue architecture in the pancreas” thenode.biologists.com/behind-the-p...
Behind the paper: “Spatially organized cellular communities shape functional tissue architecture in the pancreas” - the Node
Behind the paper story from Alejo Torres Cano on their recent paper describing how spatially organized cellular communities shape functional tissue architecture in the pancreas.
thenode.biologists.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:05 PM
👀 Check out @the-node.bsky.social where
@alejotorrescano.bsky.social (first author) share
#behindthepaper stories about our recent paper
⤵️
Behind the paper: “Spatially organized cellular communities shape functional tissue architecture in the pancreas” thenode.biologists.com/behind-the-p...
@alejotorrescano.bsky.social (first author) share
#behindthepaper stories about our recent paper
⤵️
Behind the paper: “Spatially organized cellular communities shape functional tissue architecture in the pancreas” thenode.biologists.com/behind-the-p...
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Last chance to submit your abstract for 'Cellular mechanisms driven by phase separation'! Let's tackle emerging questions in cellular organisation, adaptation, and robustness together 🧬🦠 #EESPhaseSeparation
19 – 22 May 2026
Submit your abstract by 10 Feb: s.embl.org/ees26-08-bl
19 – 22 May 2026
Submit your abstract by 10 Feb: s.embl.org/ees26-08-bl
February 2, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Last chance to submit your abstract for 'Cellular mechanisms driven by phase separation'! Let's tackle emerging questions in cellular organisation, adaptation, and robustness together 🧬🦠 #EESPhaseSeparation
19 – 22 May 2026
Submit your abstract by 10 Feb: s.embl.org/ees26-08-bl
19 – 22 May 2026
Submit your abstract by 10 Feb: s.embl.org/ees26-08-bl
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After 15 years as Editor-in-chief (EiC), Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social will be stepping down at the end of 2026 & we are seeking feedback from the cell biology community as part of the consultation process for appointing a new EiC.
We'd love to hear from you: www.surveymonkey.com/r/GZCC9F9
We'd love to hear from you: www.surveymonkey.com/r/GZCC9F9
February 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
After 15 years as Editor-in-chief (EiC), Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social will be stepping down at the end of 2026 & we are seeking feedback from the cell biology community as part of the consultation process for appointing a new EiC.
We'd love to hear from you: www.surveymonkey.com/r/GZCC9F9
We'd love to hear from you: www.surveymonkey.com/r/GZCC9F9