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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social 21 hours ago

We are accepting submissions for our upcoming special issue – Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics. This issue will be coordinated by @franbottanelli.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti alongside our Editor @guijacquemet.bsky.social.

Extended deadline: 1 May 2026
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/im…

FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social 2 days ago

We are excited to launch a new webinar series, Macro to micro: quantitative plant imaging across scales, organised by @ajcellbio.bsky.social and @joemckenna.bsky.social. Our first webinar will featured talks from @blace.bsky.social and Simon Gilroy.

focalplane.biologists.com/2026/03/30/n…

FocalPlane features… quantitative plant imaging across scales
Thursday 30 April, 15:00 BST (UTC+1)
Organised by Alex Johnson and Joe McKenna
Image of Beatrice Lace (University of Freiburg)
Multiplexing and Endogenous Fluorescence Discrimination Using FLIM in Plants
Image of Simon Gilroy (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Do plants feel pain? How imaging has brought plant wound signaling into the human timescale.
#FocalPlaneFeatures focalplane.biologists.com
Image of a segmented root

the Node @the-node.bsky.social 2 days ago

#SciArt Profile: Brittany Carr

In this profile, we meet @drbjcarr.bsky.social, an Assistant Professor at University of Alberta. Brittany uses acrylic, watercolour, gouache & ink to create pictures of the natural world & uses microscopy for ‘science’ art.

thenode.biologists.com/sciart-profi…