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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Join us for the next #IBIwebinar by Dr. Nitin Mohan, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
Title: FROM MOLECULES TO MOTION: SUPERRESOLUTION
IMAGING OF CELLULAR TRANSPORT NETWORKS
Time: 26th November, 2025 | 3-4 PM IST
Please register here - uu-se.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Title: FROM MOLECULES TO MOTION: SUPERRESOLUTION
IMAGING OF CELLULAR TRANSPORT NETWORKS
Time: 26th November, 2025 | 3-4 PM IST
Please register here - uu-se.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Join us for the next #IBIwebinar by Dr. Nitin Mohan, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
Title: FROM MOLECULES TO MOTION: SUPERRESOLUTION
IMAGING OF CELLULAR TRANSPORT NETWORKS
Time: 26th November, 2025 | 3-4 PM IST
Please register here - uu-se.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Title: FROM MOLECULES TO MOTION: SUPERRESOLUTION
IMAGING OF CELLULAR TRANSPORT NETWORKS
Time: 26th November, 2025 | 3-4 PM IST
Please register here - uu-se.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions!
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions!
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
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Interested in pursuing a PhD by working on a long-neglected marine organism and making a lot of discoveries? Darwin Trust offers a PhD studentship for international students (anyone non-UK) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Interested in pursuing a PhD by working on a long-neglected marine organism and making a lot of discoveries? Darwin Trust offers a PhD studentship for international students (anyone non-UK) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Applications close tomorrow - hope to see you in January! If not, stay tuned for future editions :)
Big news! Our week-long #bioimageanalysis bootcamp is BACK! Learn how to think about bioimage analysis like the pros do, learn what corrections you should (and shouldn't!) apply to your images, learn open source tools, and more. Apply NOW at broad.io/BAB3 for our January 2026 course!
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Applications close tomorrow - hope to see you in January! If not, stay tuned for future editions :)
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📢 Postdoc position: Biochemistry & Bacterial cell biology
in our group at Marburg University, Germany, funded by the ERC Advanced Grant "C-SWITCH"
🔗More information at shorturl.at/OlvlL
📅Deadline: Nov 30, 2025
Please repost. #Postdoc
in our group at Marburg University, Germany, funded by the ERC Advanced Grant "C-SWITCH"
🔗More information at shorturl.at/OlvlL
📅Deadline: Nov 30, 2025
Please repost. #Postdoc
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
📢 Postdoc position: Biochemistry & Bacterial cell biology
in our group at Marburg University, Germany, funded by the ERC Advanced Grant "C-SWITCH"
🔗More information at shorturl.at/OlvlL
📅Deadline: Nov 30, 2025
Please repost. #Postdoc
in our group at Marburg University, Germany, funded by the ERC Advanced Grant "C-SWITCH"
🔗More information at shorturl.at/OlvlL
📅Deadline: Nov 30, 2025
Please repost. #Postdoc
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The EMBO Practical Course "Hack your microscope" in Oeiras, PT, 20–25 Apr 2026 aims to innovate, democratize advanced #imaging technologies and shape the future of open-source #microscopy – Apply now!
Deadline: 12 Dec
meetings.embo.org/event/26-mic...
#EMBOmicroscope #EMBOevents 🧪
Deadline: 12 Dec
meetings.embo.org/event/26-mic...
#EMBOmicroscope #EMBOevents 🧪
Hack your microscope
Recent advances in open-source microscopy have made high-resolution, customizable imaging systems more accessible, allowing researchers to overcome the constraints of traditional commercial solutions…
meetings.embo.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The EMBO Practical Course "Hack your microscope" in Oeiras, PT, 20–25 Apr 2026 aims to innovate, democratize advanced #imaging technologies and shape the future of open-source #microscopy – Apply now!
Deadline: 12 Dec
meetings.embo.org/event/26-mic...
#EMBOmicroscope #EMBOevents 🧪
Deadline: 12 Dec
meetings.embo.org/event/26-mic...
#EMBOmicroscope #EMBOevents 🧪
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5 more days to apply for bioimage analyst position at the beautiful city of Helsinki
🚀Join Helsinki BioImaging as an Image Analysis Specialist🖥️to support cross-disciplinary image analysis projects. If you love coding and are interested in working at the crossroads of computer science and biology, apply by 🗓️ November 15, 2025⤵️
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#jobopening
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#jobopening
Image Analysis Specialist/Engineer/Coordinator, Helsinki Bioimaging
Image Analysis Specialist/Engineer/Coordinator, Helsinki Bioimaging
jobs.helsinki.fi
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
5 more days to apply for bioimage analyst position at the beautiful city of Helsinki
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This year we are celebrating our 100-year anniversary. Discover some of the most important milestones on our 100-year timeline: www.biologists.com/100-years/ti...
100 years timeline
Back to 100 years anniversary page
www.biologists.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This year we are celebrating our 100-year anniversary. Discover some of the most important milestones on our 100-year timeline: www.biologists.com/100-years/ti...
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The Leading Edge community has been a life-line as I navigate *points to everything*.
Zara was such a shining light of wisdom and warmth. She will be sorely missed, but her legacy will continue in everyone who had the utmost privilege to interact with her.
Apply, apply, apply!!!!
Zara was such a shining light of wisdom and warmth. She will be sorely missed, but her legacy will continue in everyone who had the utmost privilege to interact with her.
Apply, apply, apply!!!!
The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor.
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The Leading Edge community has been a life-line as I navigate *points to everything*.
Zara was such a shining light of wisdom and warmth. She will be sorely missed, but her legacy will continue in everyone who had the utmost privilege to interact with her.
Apply, apply, apply!!!!
Zara was such a shining light of wisdom and warmth. She will be sorely missed, but her legacy will continue in everyone who had the utmost privilege to interact with her.
Apply, apply, apply!!!!
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Personal good news alert: I’ve been promoted to associate professor and it’s time to update the ol’ bio! Launching my lab at UCSF has been a privilege + I’m so grateful to my team and community here. More exciting science ahead! 🚀
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Personal good news alert: I’ve been promoted to associate professor and it’s time to update the ol’ bio! Launching my lab at UCSF has been a privilege + I’m so grateful to my team and community here. More exciting science ahead! 🚀
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Curious how mechanics shape the developing eye? 👁️
Join us for your PhD at the interdisciplinary
@lsiexeter.bsky.social to explore early eye morphogenesis
through developmental biology, biophysics and computational modelling.
lsi.exeter.ac.uk/groups/harma...
Supported by @swbiodtp.bsky.social
Join us for your PhD at the interdisciplinary
@lsiexeter.bsky.social to explore early eye morphogenesis
through developmental biology, biophysics and computational modelling.
lsi.exeter.ac.uk/groups/harma...
Supported by @swbiodtp.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Curious how mechanics shape the developing eye? 👁️
Join us for your PhD at the interdisciplinary
@lsiexeter.bsky.social to explore early eye morphogenesis
through developmental biology, biophysics and computational modelling.
lsi.exeter.ac.uk/groups/harma...
Supported by @swbiodtp.bsky.social
Join us for your PhD at the interdisciplinary
@lsiexeter.bsky.social to explore early eye morphogenesis
through developmental biology, biophysics and computational modelling.
lsi.exeter.ac.uk/groups/harma...
Supported by @swbiodtp.bsky.social
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Exciting news! PoL PI Elias Barriga @eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social has been awarded the Innovation Award by the German Society for Cell Biology! (DGZ) 🏆
The DGZ recognizes his contributions, including the discovery that mechanically induced electric fields guide collective cell migration. Congrats!
The DGZ recognizes his contributions, including the discovery that mechanically induced electric fields guide collective cell migration. Congrats!
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Exciting news! PoL PI Elias Barriga @eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social has been awarded the Innovation Award by the German Society for Cell Biology! (DGZ) 🏆
The DGZ recognizes his contributions, including the discovery that mechanically induced electric fields guide collective cell migration. Congrats!
The DGZ recognizes his contributions, including the discovery that mechanically induced electric fields guide collective cell migration. Congrats!
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Excellent #postdoc opportunity available in @sjorsscheres.bsky.social’ group, working on new image processing algorithms for #cryoEM structure determination in their #RELION open-source software.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Apply by 25 NOV
#PostdocJobs #ScienceJobs
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Apply by 25 NOV
#PostdocJobs #ScienceJobs
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Excellent #postdoc opportunity available in @sjorsscheres.bsky.social’ group, working on new image processing algorithms for #cryoEM structure determination in their #RELION open-source software.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Apply by 25 NOV
#PostdocJobs #ScienceJobs
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Apply by 25 NOV
#PostdocJobs #ScienceJobs
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Just under a month left—apply by December 5 through the link on my website!
PhD or Master's position available for Fall 2026!
Interested in how actin drives cell crawling, eating, dividing, or osmoregulation? What about pathogenesis of a brain-eating amoeba? Or eukaryotic evolution? If so, apply through my website: katrinavelle.wixsite.com/science/cont...
Please share!
Interested in how actin drives cell crawling, eating, dividing, or osmoregulation? What about pathogenesis of a brain-eating amoeba? Or eukaryotic evolution? If so, apply through my website: katrinavelle.wixsite.com/science/cont...
Please share!
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Just under a month left—apply by December 5 through the link on my website!
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Michael SCHLIERF @schlierflab.bsky.social's lecture is online !
👉 "Large Throughput Single-Molecule FRET to Study Protein Structure and Dynamics"
👉 youtu.be/WHCGmtLTkEs
@tudresden.bsky.social
@tum.de
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social
@cnrsingenierie.bsky.social
@cnrs.fr
#Mifobio2025 #GDRImabio
👉 "Large Throughput Single-Molecule FRET to Study Protein Structure and Dynamics"
👉 youtu.be/WHCGmtLTkEs
@tudresden.bsky.social
@tum.de
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social
@cnrsingenierie.bsky.social
@cnrs.fr
#Mifobio2025 #GDRImabio
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Michael SCHLIERF @schlierflab.bsky.social's lecture is online !
👉 "Large Throughput Single-Molecule FRET to Study Protein Structure and Dynamics"
👉 youtu.be/WHCGmtLTkEs
@tudresden.bsky.social
@tum.de
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social
@cnrsingenierie.bsky.social
@cnrs.fr
#Mifobio2025 #GDRImabio
👉 "Large Throughput Single-Molecule FRET to Study Protein Structure and Dynamics"
👉 youtu.be/WHCGmtLTkEs
@tudresden.bsky.social
@tum.de
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social
@cnrsingenierie.bsky.social
@cnrs.fr
#Mifobio2025 #GDRImabio
Incoming deadline - 7 November 2025
Apply for a @jcellsci.bsky.social @focalplane.bsky.social Training Grant to support your attendance at a #microscopy or #bioimageanalysis training course.
Open to ECRs in #cellbio. For more info: www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
Apply for a @jcellsci.bsky.social @focalplane.bsky.social Training Grant to support your attendance at a #microscopy or #bioimageanalysis training course.
Open to ECRs in #cellbio. For more info: www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Incoming deadline - 7 November 2025
Apply for a @jcellsci.bsky.social @focalplane.bsky.social Training Grant to support your attendance at a #microscopy or #bioimageanalysis training course.
Open to ECRs in #cellbio. For more info: www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
Apply for a @jcellsci.bsky.social @focalplane.bsky.social Training Grant to support your attendance at a #microscopy or #bioimageanalysis training course.
Open to ECRs in #cellbio. For more info: www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
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Our special issue on ‘Cilia and Flagella’ is now out! Huge thanks to all (authors + reviewers) who contributed, and to our wonderful Guest Editors (@cilialab.bsky.social + @lottepedersen.bsky.social) for pulling it together.
Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Volume 138 Issue 20 | Journal of Cell Science | The Company of Biologists
Journal of Cell Science publishes cutting-edge science encompassing all aspects of cell biology. It is published by The Company of Biologists, a not-for-profit organisation.
journals.biologists.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Our special issue on ‘Cilia and Flagella’ is now out! Huge thanks to all (authors + reviewers) who contributed, and to our wonderful Guest Editors (@cilialab.bsky.social + @lottepedersen.bsky.social) for pulling it together.
Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
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🕰️In November 2000, Nikon launched MicroscopyU, an online educational hub aimed at inspiring microscope users worldwide.
🌐MicroscopyU continues to be a trusted source of learning and inspiration.
🔗Explore tutorials, techniques & insights: microscopyu.com
#NikonMicroscopy
🌐MicroscopyU continues to be a trusted source of learning and inspiration.
🔗Explore tutorials, techniques & insights: microscopyu.com
#NikonMicroscopy
November 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
🕰️In November 2000, Nikon launched MicroscopyU, an online educational hub aimed at inspiring microscope users worldwide.
🌐MicroscopyU continues to be a trusted source of learning and inspiration.
🔗Explore tutorials, techniques & insights: microscopyu.com
#NikonMicroscopy
🌐MicroscopyU continues to be a trusted source of learning and inspiration.
🔗Explore tutorials, techniques & insights: microscopyu.com
#NikonMicroscopy
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📣 Fully funded PhD position available in collaboration with @jasonkinglab.bsky.social in @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: How do cells coordinate nutrient scavenging pathways?
📅 Deadline: 7th January 2026
More info 👇
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: How do cells coordinate nutrient scavenging pathways?
📅 Deadline: 7th January 2026
More info 👇
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: How do cells coordinate nutrient scavenging pathways? at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: How do cells coordinate nutrient scavenging pathways? at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
📣 Fully funded PhD position available in collaboration with @jasonkinglab.bsky.social in @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: How do cells coordinate nutrient scavenging pathways?
📅 Deadline: 7th January 2026
More info 👇
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: How do cells coordinate nutrient scavenging pathways?
📅 Deadline: 7th January 2026
More info 👇
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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HL60 cells take on so many fun shapes as they migrate! This #InsightFromImaging data features cells prepared by Leanna and imaged on the @aicjanelia.bsky.social LLSM by @cmhobson.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
HL60 cells take on so many fun shapes as they migrate! This #InsightFromImaging data features cells prepared by Leanna and imaged on the @aicjanelia.bsky.social LLSM by @cmhobson.bsky.social
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The FPbase spectra viewer just had it's biggest software refactor in 6 years. It *should* be largely invisible to the end user (hopefully just faster and less buggy). Please let me know if you find any issues as you use it!
www.fpbase.org/spectra/
www.fpbase.org/spectra/
FPbase Fluorescence Spectra Viewer
An interactive fluorescence spectra viewer to evaluate the spectral properties of fluorescent proteins, organic dyes, filters, and detectors.
www.fpbase.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The FPbase spectra viewer just had it's biggest software refactor in 6 years. It *should* be largely invisible to the end user (hopefully just faster and less buggy). Please let me know if you find any issues as you use it!
www.fpbase.org/spectra/
www.fpbase.org/spectra/
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Development that lasts a life time. Check out the 2025 special issue of @dev-journal.bsky.social on Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
Volume 152 Issue 20 | Development | The Company of Biologists
journals.biologists.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Development that lasts a life time. Check out the 2025 special issue of @dev-journal.bsky.social on Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
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Please repost - Multiple PhDs available
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November 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Please repost - Multiple PhDs available
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www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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📣 Want to enhance your #imaging capabilities? Try a #training course at one of the #EuroBioImaging Nodes...from light microscopy to electron microscopy to preclinical imaging & image data analysis, a range of courses are available.
👀 Check them out! 🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/training/fro...
👀 Check them out! 🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/training/fro...
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📣 Want to enhance your #imaging capabilities? Try a #training course at one of the #EuroBioImaging Nodes...from light microscopy to electron microscopy to preclinical imaging & image data analysis, a range of courses are available.
👀 Check them out! 🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/training/fro...
👀 Check them out! 🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/training/fro...
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🎉 Welcome to #SPAOM2025! 🔬✨
The 🇪🇸🇵🇹 microscopy community meets again to share ideas 💡, science 🧠, and innovation 🚀 in advanced optical imaging.
Let’s make it an inspiring meeting full of discoveries and connections! 🤝💫
#Microscopy #OpticalImaging #SPAOM #ScienceCommunity
The 🇪🇸🇵🇹 microscopy community meets again to share ideas 💡, science 🧠, and innovation 🚀 in advanced optical imaging.
Let’s make it an inspiring meeting full of discoveries and connections! 🤝💫
#Microscopy #OpticalImaging #SPAOM #ScienceCommunity
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🎉 Welcome to #SPAOM2025! 🔬✨
The 🇪🇸🇵🇹 microscopy community meets again to share ideas 💡, science 🧠, and innovation 🚀 in advanced optical imaging.
Let’s make it an inspiring meeting full of discoveries and connections! 🤝💫
#Microscopy #OpticalImaging #SPAOM #ScienceCommunity
The 🇪🇸🇵🇹 microscopy community meets again to share ideas 💡, science 🧠, and innovation 🚀 in advanced optical imaging.
Let’s make it an inspiring meeting full of discoveries and connections! 🤝💫
#Microscopy #OpticalImaging #SPAOM #ScienceCommunity