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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🚨Two fully-funded #PhD positions🚨
Join @slcuplants.bsky.social to help us explore intriguing fundamental plant development questions in a supportive, friendly institute with fantastic supervisors & exceptional support services 🌿🧬🔬
Find out more www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/PhD
Pls share
#plantscijobs
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Join @slcuplants.bsky.social to help us explore intriguing fundamental plant development questions in a supportive, friendly institute with fantastic supervisors & exceptional support services 🌿🧬🔬
Find out more www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/PhD
Pls share
#plantscijobs
1/3🧵
December 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🚨Two fully-funded #PhD positions🚨
Join @slcuplants.bsky.social to help us explore intriguing fundamental plant development questions in a supportive, friendly institute with fantastic supervisors & exceptional support services 🌿🧬🔬
Find out more www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/PhD
Pls share
#plantscijobs
1/3🧵
Join @slcuplants.bsky.social to help us explore intriguing fundamental plant development questions in a supportive, friendly institute with fantastic supervisors & exceptional support services 🌿🧬🔬
Find out more www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/PhD
Pls share
#plantscijobs
1/3🧵
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We must have been #ExtraNice this year- our #cilia & #centrosome 🧪 community- 🎅 Santa just dropped the 1st session of 2026 line-up @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social e-symposia- www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... See you on the other side! Happy Holidays!
BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series
BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series
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December 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
We must have been #ExtraNice this year- our #cilia & #centrosome 🧪 community- 🎅 Santa just dropped the 1st session of 2026 line-up @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social e-symposia- www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... See you on the other side! Happy Holidays!
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We've got some fantastic 'Featured image' posts lined up for 2026, but we'd love to have recommendations (which can be self-nominations!) for more.
focalplane.biologists.com/tag/featured...
focalplane.biologists.com/tag/featured...
We’ve highlighted some wonderful images and researchers in our ‘Featured image’ series in 2025. To celebrate, we’re inviting you to vote for your favourite in our image competition!
#FluorescenceFriday
Check them out here: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/19/v...
#FluorescenceFriday
Check them out here: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/19/v...
Vote for your favourite 'Featured image' from 2025 - FocalPlane
Vote for your favourite 'Featured image' from 2025 - News
focalplane.biologists.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
We've got some fantastic 'Featured image' posts lined up for 2026, but we'd love to have recommendations (which can be self-nominations!) for more.
focalplane.biologists.com/tag/featured...
focalplane.biologists.com/tag/featured...
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Has napari helped your research this year? Why not say thank you to free and open source software by making a small donation? Every bit helps your friendly core team fix bugs and bring new features to life! CZI will match up to $75K in donations! opencollective.com/napari/donate
December 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Has napari helped your research this year? Why not say thank you to free and open source software by making a small donation? Every bit helps your friendly core team fix bugs and bring new features to life! CZI will match up to $75K in donations! opencollective.com/napari/donate
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Calling all glia researchers! 🧬 Registration is open for the UK Glia 2026 meeting (8–9 June). Abstract deadline: 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... In this post, we highlight one more speaker, Andrew Greenhalgh @headimmume.bsky.social of the University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk
December 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Calling all glia researchers! 🧬 Registration is open for the UK Glia 2026 meeting (8–9 June). Abstract deadline: 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... In this post, we highlight one more speaker, Andrew Greenhalgh @headimmume.bsky.social of the University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk
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Thank you to all our partners, contributors, and the global community who helped shape AI4Life!
All resources remain open and available for reuse, adaptation, and further development.
Use them. Cite them. Contribute back.
Now… What’s next?
ai4life.eurobioimaging.eu/whats-next-f...
All resources remain open and available for reuse, adaptation, and further development.
Use them. Cite them. Contribute back.
Now… What’s next?
ai4life.eurobioimaging.eu/whats-next-f...
December 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Thank you to all our partners, contributors, and the global community who helped shape AI4Life!
All resources remain open and available for reuse, adaptation, and further development.
Use them. Cite them. Contribute back.
Now… What’s next?
ai4life.eurobioimaging.eu/whats-next-f...
All resources remain open and available for reuse, adaptation, and further development.
Use them. Cite them. Contribute back.
Now… What’s next?
ai4life.eurobioimaging.eu/whats-next-f...
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As we wrap up the year, we’re reflecting on what AI4Life delivered and what continues beyond the project.
AI4Life concluded in August 2025, but its outcomes remain central to FAIR, accessible AI-powered bioimage analysis.
Here’s where to start:
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/ai4life...
AI4Life concluded in August 2025, but its outcomes remain central to FAIR, accessible AI-powered bioimage analysis.
Here’s where to start:
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/ai4life...
December 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
As we wrap up the year, we’re reflecting on what AI4Life delivered and what continues beyond the project.
AI4Life concluded in August 2025, but its outcomes remain central to FAIR, accessible AI-powered bioimage analysis.
Here’s where to start:
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/ai4life...
AI4Life concluded in August 2025, but its outcomes remain central to FAIR, accessible AI-powered bioimage analysis.
Here’s where to start:
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/ai4life...
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We have an opening for a research support officer. Come and join us! Please share.
Are you an enthusiastic and ambitious scientist looking for a challenging project?
Come and join @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social’s group as a Research Support Officer and help decipher the molecular mechanisms of telomere maintenance!
Apply by 11 JAN
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU715/r...
Come and join @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social’s group as a Research Support Officer and help decipher the molecular mechanisms of telomere maintenance!
Apply by 11 JAN
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU715/r...
December 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We have an opening for a research support officer. Come and join us! Please share.
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Join the Reck-Peterson lab in NYC as a HHMI Research Technician! This role will support our new work on the cell biology of secondary metabolite production in filamentous fungi. Apply here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
Research Technician - Reck-Peterson Lab
Primary Work Address: 418 E 71st St #21, New York, NY, 10021 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. About the role: The Reck-Peterson lab studies the molecular mechanism...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Join the Reck-Peterson lab in NYC as a HHMI Research Technician! This role will support our new work on the cell biology of secondary metabolite production in filamentous fungi. Apply here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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Add a bit of FAIR data themed fun to your holidays🎄❄️ Our FAIR BioImage Data Crossword brings a light, screen-free activity to your holiday travels, gatherings or breaks.
🧩 Download & print from Zenodo (also includes an online play option)
zenodo.org/records/1779...
🧩 Download & print from Zenodo (also includes an online play option)
zenodo.org/records/1779...
December 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Add a bit of FAIR data themed fun to your holidays🎄❄️ Our FAIR BioImage Data Crossword brings a light, screen-free activity to your holiday travels, gatherings or breaks.
🧩 Download & print from Zenodo (also includes an online play option)
zenodo.org/records/1779...
🧩 Download & print from Zenodo (also includes an online play option)
zenodo.org/records/1779...
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We believe that, as our future leaders in biology, it is vital to provide #ECRs with the right support during the early stages of your academic career. We offer a number of practical ways to help you meet the unique needs and challenges you may encounter: www.biologists.com/about-us/ear...
Supporting early-career researchers
On these pages we highlight the range of resources that we offer to early-career researchers.
www.biologists.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We believe that, as our future leaders in biology, it is vital to provide #ECRs with the right support during the early stages of your academic career. We offer a number of practical ways to help you meet the unique needs and challenges you may encounter: www.biologists.com/about-us/ear...
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*APPLY NOW* for Introduction to Image Analysis 2026! 😃🔬
Great workshop designed to empower researchers with the necessary skills and tools to confidently analyse their data.
Apply by Fri, 16 Jan: https://ow.ly/hHRi50XNaG4
Great workshop designed to empower researchers with the necessary skills and tools to confidently analyse their data.
Apply by Fri, 16 Jan: https://ow.ly/hHRi50XNaG4
December 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
*APPLY NOW* for Introduction to Image Analysis 2026! 😃🔬
Great workshop designed to empower researchers with the necessary skills and tools to confidently analyse their data.
Apply by Fri, 16 Jan: https://ow.ly/hHRi50XNaG4
Great workshop designed to empower researchers with the necessary skills and tools to confidently analyse their data.
Apply by Fri, 16 Jan: https://ow.ly/hHRi50XNaG4
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#NFDI4BIOIMAGEfromAtoZ - R as in REMBI.
REMBI was developed by the light, electron, and X-ray microscopy communities to increase the likelihood that image data will be reused by their own reserachers, but also by other users of archived image material.
Read more:
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
REMBI was developed by the light, electron, and X-ray microscopy communities to increase the likelihood that image data will be reused by their own reserachers, but also by other users of archived image material.
Read more:
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#NFDI4BIOIMAGEfromAtoZ - R as in REMBI.
REMBI was developed by the light, electron, and X-ray microscopy communities to increase the likelihood that image data will be reused by their own reserachers, but also by other users of archived image material.
Read more:
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
REMBI was developed by the light, electron, and X-ray microscopy communities to increase the likelihood that image data will be reused by their own reserachers, but also by other users of archived image material.
Read more:
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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What's it like being Editor-in-chief of @jcellsci.bsky.social? doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
At the helm of JCS – Editors-in-Chief past, present… and future
The Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of Journal of Cell Science plays a key role in defining the overall vision of the journal, helping to decide on journal strategy, policy and priorities, and overseeing all co...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
What's it like being Editor-in-chief of @jcellsci.bsky.social? doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
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My lab in the NIH Intramural Program (Bethesda, MD) will be recruiting postdoctoral fellows over the next year with flexible start dates. We work on nanoscale cellular imaging of the plasma membrane and related organelles. Please reach out if you’re interested. www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdp-053...
December 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My lab in the NIH Intramural Program (Bethesda, MD) will be recruiting postdoctoral fellows over the next year with flexible start dates. We work on nanoscale cellular imaging of the plasma membrane and related organelles. Please reach out if you’re interested. www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdp-053...
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Happy to announce the publication of our foray into studying what happens to the transcriptomes of nuclei when cells fuse to form a syncytium. More to follow in the coming few years.
One really wonderful thing about the Company of Biologists is that's it's free to publish there for my university!
One really wonderful thing about the Company of Biologists is that's it's free to publish there for my university!
Epidermal cell fusion promotes the transition from an embryonic to a larval transcriptome in C. elegans
Highlighted Article:eff-1–mediated cell fusion drives transcriptomic progression from an embryonic to larval state in the C. elegans epidermis, without which developmental progression is delayed.
journals.biologists.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Happy to announce the publication of our foray into studying what happens to the transcriptomes of nuclei when cells fuse to form a syncytium. More to follow in the coming few years.
One really wonderful thing about the Company of Biologists is that's it's free to publish there for my university!
One really wonderful thing about the Company of Biologists is that's it's free to publish there for my university!
We've got some fantastic 'Featured image' posts lined up for 2026, but we'd love to have recommendations (which can be self-nominations!) for more.
focalplane.biologists.com/tag/featured...
focalplane.biologists.com/tag/featured...
We’ve highlighted some wonderful images and researchers in our ‘Featured image’ series in 2025. To celebrate, we’re inviting you to vote for your favourite in our image competition!
#FluorescenceFriday
Check them out here: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/19/v...
#FluorescenceFriday
Check them out here: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/19/v...
Vote for your favourite 'Featured image' from 2025 - FocalPlane
Vote for your favourite 'Featured image' from 2025 - News
focalplane.biologists.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
We've got some fantastic 'Featured image' posts lined up for 2026, but we'd love to have recommendations (which can be self-nominations!) for more.
focalplane.biologists.com/tag/featured...
focalplane.biologists.com/tag/featured...
We’ve highlighted some wonderful images and researchers in our ‘Featured image’ series in 2025. To celebrate, we’re inviting you to vote for your favourite in our image competition!
#FluorescenceFriday
Check them out here: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/19/v...
#FluorescenceFriday
Check them out here: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/19/v...
Vote for your favourite 'Featured image' from 2025 - FocalPlane
Vote for your favourite 'Featured image' from 2025 - News
focalplane.biologists.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We’ve highlighted some wonderful images and researchers in our ‘Featured image’ series in 2025. To celebrate, we’re inviting you to vote for your favourite in our image competition!
#FluorescenceFriday
Check them out here: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/19/v...
#FluorescenceFriday
Check them out here: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/19/v...
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Tracking coordinated cellular dynamics directly from images -- New method paper by labmates @bgraedel.bsky.social & @macdobry.bsky.social ! Python package & @napari.org plugin, all the good stuff:
Paper: doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
Code: github.com/pertzlab/arc...
Plugin: github.com/pertzlab/arc...
Paper: doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
Code: github.com/pertzlab/arc...
Plugin: github.com/pertzlab/arc...
December 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Tracking coordinated cellular dynamics directly from images -- New method paper by labmates @bgraedel.bsky.social & @macdobry.bsky.social ! Python package & @napari.org plugin, all the good stuff:
Paper: doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
Code: github.com/pertzlab/arc...
Plugin: github.com/pertzlab/arc...
Paper: doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
Code: github.com/pertzlab/arc...
Plugin: github.com/pertzlab/arc...
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Next, we are highlighting Renata Basto, a @jcellsci.bsky.social Editor who has published in @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social and @biologyopen.bsky.social, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists
December 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Next, we are highlighting Renata Basto, a @jcellsci.bsky.social Editor who has published in @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social and @biologyopen.bsky.social, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists
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Advanced grad students + postdocs: apply for the 2026 #kitpqbio summer course, "Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals," at buff.ly/OXXMKEv. Apply by Feb. 1.
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Advanced grad students + postdocs: apply for the 2026 #kitpqbio summer course, "Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals," at buff.ly/OXXMKEv. Apply by Feb. 1.
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
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Apply for Development's Pathway to Independence programme
The programme aims to support a small number of researchers in the fields of developmental biology, stem cells and regeneration as they transition from postdoc to group leader. Read more ⬇️
thenode.biologists.com/apply-for-de...
The programme aims to support a small number of researchers in the fields of developmental biology, stem cells and regeneration as they transition from postdoc to group leader. Read more ⬇️
thenode.biologists.com/apply-for-de...
Apply for Development's Pathway to Independence programme - the Node
Development are currently welcoming applications for our Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, which aims to support a small number of researchers in
thenode.biologists.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Apply for Development's Pathway to Independence programme
The programme aims to support a small number of researchers in the fields of developmental biology, stem cells and regeneration as they transition from postdoc to group leader. Read more ⬇️
thenode.biologists.com/apply-for-de...
The programme aims to support a small number of researchers in the fields of developmental biology, stem cells and regeneration as they transition from postdoc to group leader. Read more ⬇️
thenode.biologists.com/apply-for-de...
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In parallel, we'll be publishing a special issue on Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics - you can find out more at:
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/im...
Submission deadline: 1 April 2026
#imaging #microscopy #cellbiology
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/im...
Submission deadline: 1 April 2026
#imaging #microscopy #cellbiology
Registration for our Imaging Cell Dynamics meeting is still open! Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social and @giuliazanetti.bsky.social.
Find out more: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
Early-bird deadline: 16 January
#imaging #microscopy
Find out more: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
Early-bird deadline: 16 January
#imaging #microscopy
December 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In parallel, we'll be publishing a special issue on Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics - you can find out more at:
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/im...
Submission deadline: 1 April 2026
#imaging #microscopy #cellbiology
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/im...
Submission deadline: 1 April 2026
#imaging #microscopy #cellbiology
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Registration for our Imaging Cell Dynamics meeting is still open! Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social and @giuliazanetti.bsky.social.
Find out more: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
Early-bird deadline: 16 January
#imaging #microscopy
Find out more: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
Early-bird deadline: 16 January
#imaging #microscopy
December 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Registration for our Imaging Cell Dynamics meeting is still open! Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social and @giuliazanetti.bsky.social.
Find out more: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
Early-bird deadline: 16 January
#imaging #microscopy
Find out more: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
Early-bird deadline: 16 January
#imaging #microscopy
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My lab is hiring a postdoc (ERC funded)! If you're interested, get in touch!
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
My lab is hiring a postdoc (ERC funded)! If you're interested, get in touch!