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James Manton @jamesdmanton.bsky.social · 22d

The final version of our multispectral microscopy manuscript is now online at Nature Photonics: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The main additions are some further comparisons to yet more unmixing algorithms, in which we find that our algorithm is still the most accurate.

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Alex Johnson @ajcellbio.bsky.social · Aug 18

Deadline for funded places for PhDs, post docs and newish PIs has been extended to the 5th of September!

Alex Johnson @ajcellbio.bsky.social · Aug 18

Deadline for funded places has been extended to the 5th of September!

So if your a PhD, post doc, newish PI and like imaging plants - this is a great chance to hang out and talk with some experts in a fancy English countryside house

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · Jul 30

Early-career researchers, apply for a funded place at our Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales Workshop.

Find out more: www.biologists.com/workshops/fe...

#Workshop #Plants #Cells #Imaging #Microscopy #Microscope #Research #PlantPhysiology #PlantCells

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Gatsby Plant Science Education Programme @gpsep.bsky.social · Aug 13

Organised by Alex Johnson and Joe McKenna, who we have had the pleasure of working with at the Gatsby Plant Science Summer School, this is a great opportunity not to be missed!

Just 2 more days to apply for a funded place if you are an ECR

The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · Aug 13

Deadline approaching: Friday 15 August

Early-career researchers, apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales' organised by Mark Fricker, Alexander Johnson, Joseph McKenna and Markéta Šámalová.

www.biologists.com/workshops/fe...

Promotional flyer for the workshop titled "Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales", scheduled for 22–25 February 2026 at Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK. The flyer invites applicants from diverse scientific backgrounds and highlights a deadline of 15 August 2025. It lists organisers: Mark Fricker, Alexander Johnson, Joseph McKenna, and Markéta Šamajová, and features a lineup of speakers including Malcolm Bennett, Federica Brandizzi, Inge De Clercq, Murray Grant, Robert Hasse, Byung Ho Kang, Charlotte Kirchhelle, James Manton, Alex Martineire, Valerian Meline, Marisa S Otegui, Priya Ramakrishna, Florian Schur, Markus Schwarzländer, Richard Smith, and Daniel von Wangenheim. The right side of the flyer shows an image of Buxted Park. At the bottom are logos and social media icons for The Company of Biologists, along with the website workshops.biologists.com and hashtag #BiologistsWorkshops.

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · Jul 30

Early-career researchers, apply for a funded place at our Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales Workshop.

Find out more: www.biologists.com/workshops/fe...

#Workshop #Plants #Cells #Imaging #Microscopy #Microscope #Research #PlantPhysiology #PlantCells

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EMBL @embl.org · Jul 16

Brillouin microscopy showing strength in non-invasive, live-imaging applications!

Studying fruit fly embryos during gastrulation as cells rapidly change shape @prevedel-lab.bsky.social @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social @marialep.bsky.social characterised & mapped mechanical changes in 3D. rdcu.be/ev6ZX

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Marko Kaksonen @kaksonen.bsky.social · Jul 10

How does evolution shape ancient cellular processes? Our new paper uncovers the mosaic evolution of conserved and diverging endocytic traits in fungi!

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Mosaic evolution of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in fungi

Picco et al. take an evolutionary approach to study clathrin-mediated endocytosis in a fungal clade and discover that the process is evolving in a mosaic fashion. The early phase of endocytosis has sh...

www.cell.com

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Alex Johnson @ajcellbio.bsky.social · Jun 2

Interested in imaging plants, then this is a great workshop for you!

We have a great line up of speakers from plant and ‘outside’ fields, fantastic location and spaces for ECRs to come and join in the fun!

🌱🔬💻🤓

The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · May 30

Applications are now open for funded early-career researcher places at out Workshop 'Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales'.

Organised by Mark Fricker, Alexander Johnson, Joseph McKenna and Markéta Šámalová.

biologists.com/workshops/fe...

#Imaging #Cells #CellBiology #Biology

Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales
Organisers: Mark Fricker, Alexander Johnson, Joseph McKenna and Markéta Šámalová
Early-career researchers click to apply for funded places
22-25 February 2026
Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK

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Alex Johnson @ajcellbio.bsky.social · Feb 21

Super happy for 1st author Michelle this is out!

It was fun to help out and try some new ways of imaging. 🌱🔬

#plantsarepretty

bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Feb 21

Super-resolution expansion microscopy in plant roots https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.21.581330v1

Super-resolution methods enable spatial resolution far better than the optical diffraction limit of

www.biorxiv.org

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