Our featured image, acquired by Emily Oren, shows the surface stiffness of an Arabidopsis thaliana hypocotyl. It was acquired using a Bruker Biowizard 5 Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and is of plasmolysed epidermal cells on a live seedling. In this image, brighter colours correspond with a higher Young’s Modulus. The stiff anticlinal cell walls are clearly visible, as well as the distinctive stiffness pattern of the guard cells surrounding the stomatal pore.

In our #featuredimage post, we are branching out into AFM with an image showing surface stiffness of an Arabidopsis thaliana hypocotyl from Emily Oren @slcuplants.bsky.social.

Check out our post to discover more about the image and Emily's research: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/04/10/f...

Geneticists challenge theory of how cells retain their identity In Science Advances, the results are presented that open the door to rewriting a chapter of cell biology.

@umeauniversitet.bsky.social

www.umu.se/en/news/gene...

Proof that textbook knowledge can still be rewritten.

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On #FluorescenceFriday we are featuring this beautiful FLIM image of compressed wood tissue from Ioannis Theodorou @ioathepatterns.bsky.social.

For more information about the image and Ioannis’s research check out our post: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/27/f...

Workshop venue seating with speakers with introduction by Helen Zenner from Company of Biologists

Picture of entrance to Buxted Park

English countryside with sheep

A big thanks to Alex, Joe, Marketa, Mark and @biologists.bsky.social for bringing together plant imaging enthusiasts across scales and career stages - all in a classic English countryside setting!🔬🌱 @ajcellbio.bsky.social @joemckenna.bsky.social @focalplane.bsky.social

On the second day lots of nice discussions and presentations and a hiking tour around buxted.

2nd day: "Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales" #BiologistsWorkshops. Yesterday, was nice half day mostly getting to know our fellow microscopists. Beautiful stories from different carreer stages with super beautiful microscope images.

xylem tissue imaged with a confocal microscope

Traveling from North Sweden to London for the "Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales" #BiologistsWorkshops Excited to learn more about plants bioimaging and receive some feedback for my preliminary work with T89. #Development #xylem #aspen #1st_original_post

A women with glasses and long brown hair is standing at a water front. She is wearing a hat and a warm jacket.

🧪🌾INTERVIEW: New tools to study how plant cells hold together🔬

Léa Bogdziewiez from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group developed innovative tools to study cell adhesion at a whole new level. She just defended her PhD thesis – congrats, Léa!

Learn more in this interview: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

📣 Finishing your PhD or recently graduated?
Looking to shape your own postdoc project?🧪🌾

Join us for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists on 28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden, and network with the UPSC community!

Learn more and apply: www.upsc.se/early-career...

📅 Apply by 11 Jan 2026

Working prototype of a heating/cooling modular algae photobioreactor with built in bubbler, multispectral sensor, and grow light. No custom PCB's. All off the shelf parts. Simple arduino code. Open source. This one's for @kylelauersen.bsky.social. I love making lab hardware. #scisky

Welcome to the #devbiolwriteclub Bluesky Boot Camp! I’ll be posting here regularly with thoughts and exercises to help scientists become better writers. Let’s start by managing expectations: I will NOT help you write better. I WILL help you become a better writer. 🧵 1/10