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Also in our list, we highlight a preprint on Phasor-based analysis for multiplex imaging in plants from Beatrice Lace @blace.bsky.social & Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social.
You can learn more in our 1st webinar in our quantitative plant imaging series: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/05/19/f...
@isabella-gaeta.bsky.social, @shuangshuangdu.bsky.social, @valentatormenta.bsky.social et al. show that the epidermal stem cell layer retains its capacity for proliferation despite significant fibroblast depletion during both adult and neonatal stages in vivo. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#StemCells
Congratulations to Ludwig @unil.bsky.social’s @johannajoyce.bsky.social, who began her two-year term today as president of the European Association for Cancer Research @helloeacr.bsky.social.
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#CanSky #OncoSky
Today was my very first time ever attending a proper #devbio conference @yen-network.bsky.social and I enjoyed it alot. 💯 blown away by the stunning imaging! Thank you YEN for giving me a chance to present my work, eventho its mostly #cellbio based, n to win 2nd prize for best talk is the 🍒 on 🎂!
Spinal motor neurons in dazzling detail. ✨
Each green dot is a spinal motor neuron - crucial but rare cells making up just 1% of neurons in the spinal cord. In diseases like ALS, they are selectively damaged, making them of special interest to neuroscientists.
#neuroskyence #FluorescenceFriday
How are two embryos alike?
As we collect spatio-temporal microscopy data, we want to quantify variability in the timing of key developmental events.
Alignment of multiple recordings is a core engineering challenge here and we suggest a solution; read about it:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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🏆 The Sammy Lee Award Winner! 🏆
This year’s Sammy Lee Award goes to Laura Bader for their incredible short talk on mechanoadaptation of the developing beating heart🌟
Huge congratulations, Laura!🎉
#YEN2026 #SammyLeeAward
🏅 Short Talk Prize | Runners-up 🏅
Congratulations to Anh Le and Marc-Erin Perrin for securing joint 2nd place for their brilliant short talks 🌟
A fantastic achievement - well done, Anh and Marc-Eric 🎉
#YEN2026
🖼Poster Prizes | Winners
🥉Juliette Gracia for her excellent poster on mesoderm patterning.
🥈Ruoheng Li for her engaging poster on “embryo origami”
🥇Ornella Clara for her insightful work on cardiovascular and endoderm morphogenesis
Fantastic contributions - congratulations to all! 🎉
#YEN2026
FocalPlane features... Thomas Ott and Simon Gilroy - News
Quantitative comparison of morphogenesis across individuals remains a fundamental challenge, as developing embryos vary in shape, orientation and developmental tempo. Moreover, real-time three-dimensi...
Our #preprint list is now up on FocalPlane. This week we focus on the latest tools in bioimage analysis and include a couple of preprints that simulate microscopy data.
Check them out and, as always, let us know if you have any recommendations.
focalplane.biologists.com/2026/06/12/m...
Great preprint by @vram142.bsky.social & Co www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... "fiber homotypy," where chromatin fibers with similar nucleosome spacing interact more frequently in 3D
--> Related to our previous "nucleosome homology recognition" in chromatin royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...
