🔬 The authors of this new open access paper compare three different methods of X-ray analysis in a scanning electron microscope (SEM): energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), wavelength-dispersive X-ray (WDX) and micro X-ray fluorescence (µXRF) spectroscopy.

🔬By covering cicada wings with graphene, this study employed tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) combined with atomic force microscopy (AFM).

📣The December issue of the Journal of Microscopy is now available to view online! The issue features the following papers: - Effect of the delayed wash (deglycerolisation) on the red blood cell morphology: Comparison of AFM and optical profilometry

📣 Deadline extended for mmc2025 special issue! We welcome submissions from speakers and poster presenters at mmc2025 for an upcoming special issue. We recommend that contributions adopt the ‘Rapid Publication’ style, with: - no more than 20 references - no more than 3 figures

🔬This new #OpenAccess invited review explores the combination of ExM with commonly used advanced fluorescence imaging modalities, including Lightsheet Fluorescence Microscopy (LSFM), Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED), Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM), ...

🔬This new study presents a novel unsupervised method for mitosis detection, leveraging the geometric properties of the Cassini oval to reduce computational costs and enhance robustness. The approach integrates a newly developed deep learning model, MaxSigNet, for initial cell segmentation.

What a great result! - congratulations to everyone involved! 🙂 Many thanks to the @tech-commit.bsky.social team for the recognition, and for all the ongoing efforts being made in support of technicians in the imaging community 🔬👏

📣We are pleased to welcome two new Scientific Editors to the Journal of Microscopy! Professor Rik Drummond-Brydson (University of Leeds, UK) and Dr Thomas Walther (University of Sheffield, UK) have recently joined the Journal as Scientific Editors.

🔬In this new Methods and Protocols paper, the authors use expansion microscopy adapted for sea urchin embryos to enable ~4x isotropic expansion across stages from 2-cell to pluteus.

📣The Data Analysis in Imaging (DAIM) RMS science section and international collaborators are launching a special issue of the Journal of Microscopy, with the topic: “High-Performance Computing and Cloud-based solutions for image analysis in life and physical sciences”.

Great to be here at the Cryo Microscopy Group Meeting in #Nottingham! Please come and chat to us about RMS membership, the upcoming #IMC21, the Journal of Microscopy and much more! 😀🔬

📣 We are pleased to announce that former Journal Scientific Editor, Professor Mark Rainforth, has won the 2025 Royal Microscopical Society President's Award. Mark dedicated many years of service to the RMS - including serving as the RMS President from 2006-2009. tinyurl.com/msppcn48

🔬In this new open access paper, the authors present a unifying theoretical and computational framework for modeling high-NA point spread functions (PSFs) based on the Richards–Wolf integral. By proving the equivalence between Fourier- and Bessel-based formulations and

📣 Wiley and Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) have an agreement which allows eligible authors to publish open access without paying an article publication charge (APC) in the Journal of Microscopy.

🔬The authors of this new Open Access paper demonstrate the distinction of fluorescent molecules based on FLIM phasor analysis, called lifetime separation, in live-cell imaging using open-source software for analysis.

📣Open call for papers: mmc2025! We welcome submissions from speakers and poster presenters at mmc2025 for an upcoming special issue. We recommend that contributions adopt the ‘Rapid Publication’ style, with: - no more than 20 references - no more than 3 figures

📣The Journal of Microscopy is pleased to announce the publication of a special issue featuring papers which focus on Ptychography. The issue was guest edited by Andrew Maiden (University of Sheffield), and Laura Clark and Peter O'Toole from the University of York.

🔬 This new open access paper by W. Pfeiffer, N. S. Mueller, R. Hillenbrand, I. Niehues & P. Kusch, presents the realisation of correlative TEPL/TAPL and s-SNOM measurements within a single side-illuminated near-field optical microscope. Free to view here: doi.org/10.1111/jmi....

📣There are >100 UK Institutions who are part of a deal between Wiley and Jisc which allows researchers free #OpenAccess publication in the Journal of Microscopy at no direct cost. The cost of publishing is covered under the terms of the agreement. Check your eligibility here > bit.ly/4g2KYU1

🔬This new Open Access paper provides a comprehensive review of the evolution, current applications, and future trajectory of CoMic within the field of heritage science. The authors present a historical overview of microscopy in heritage studies and detail the principles...

📣 The Journal has published a special issue, honouring the career of Professor Paul Walther and his legacy in the field of electron microscopy. In March 2024, after 46 years, he retired from Ulm University, Germany, where he led the Central Facility for Electron Microscopy.

🔬New Methods and Protocols published! The authors present a methodology for deep learning-based segmentation by transforming high-quality ex situ laboratory data to train models for segmentation of in situ synchrotron data, demonstrated through a metal oxide dissolution study.

🔬 This new open access Journal of Microscopy study presents hyperspectral tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) imaging of collagen protofibrils, offering chemical and structural insights into early fibrillogenesis by acquiring nanoscale molecular profiles of collagen intermediates.

📣Open call for papers: AI in Imaging! The deadline for papers for the upcoming 'AI in Imaging' special issue has been extended to 31 December 2025. The special issue will be guest edited by Gianluca Tozzi, Peter Soar & Tuan Nguyen, all from the University of Greenwich. tinyurl.com/249c6b9e

🔬A collection of our recently published 'Methods and Protocols' papers is available to view online in a virtual issue. We welcome new 'Methods and Protocols' submissions and ask that these papers are: - A concise description of a specific technical development, method or protocol.

Thrilled to share that our article in @jofmicroscopy.bsky.social is now accessible online and as open access! If you wonder how to start the analysis of your images, we propose a decision tree to help identify suitable methods. Just follow the link(s)... #imageanalysis #bioimaging

🔬Join Wiley on October 1 for a webinar presented by Dr. Nick Ariotti of the University of Queensland who will present his work creating a robust, structural analysis pipeline of macromolecules and lipid-protein complexes that does not require protein purification.

🔬In this new open access paper, the authors explored biologist-programmer interactions to come up with a common language that helps to make connections between how biological phenomena appear in scientific images, and how they are able to translate that into data and analysis strategies.

📣The October 2025 issue of the Journal of Microscopy is now available to view online! The issue features an invited review "An overview of reliable and representative DVC measurements for musculoskeletal tissues" and 11 original articles: tinyurl.com/3762kh9p

🔬This new Journal study employs multiscale techniques including AFM (Atomic force microscopy), SEM (Scanning electron microscopy), and LP-N₂GA (Low-Pressure nitrogen gas adsorption) to systematically analyse the impact of coal rank changes on pore structure and its evolutionary process.

🔬In this new Journal of Microscopy paper, the authors state that anomalously low values of the normalised variance in fluctuation electron microscopy (FEM) have been frequently reported.

🔬Specimens in cryo-electron microscopy range from isolated proteins to whole cells. This work addresses the preferred imaging modalities in relation to specimen thickness. Energy loss spectra were recorded in vitreous ice.

📣The Data Analysis in Imaging (DAIM) RMS science section and international collaborators are launching a special issue of the Journal of Microscopy, with the topic: “High-Performance Computing and Cloud-based solutions for image analysis in life and physical sciences”.

🔬In this new paper, the authors propose a lightweight Multi-Convolutional UNet (MCU-Net) aiming to maintain efficient super-resolution reconstruction performance by reducing the model parameter quantity.

📣 Call for papers: "Taking the Stage: The Future of Microscopy" The Journal has launched an open call for papers for an exciting new special issue which will feature submissions by Early Career Researchers. The issue will be guest edited by Katherine Paine, Myfanwy Adams and Colum O'Leary.

🔬Digital volume correlation is transforming musculoskeletal biomechanics by enabling 3D strain measurement in complex tissues under realistic loads. This review explores advances in multi-scale applications, in vivo integration, and coupling with computational models and, more recently, AI.

📣Authors from eligible Australian and New Zealand institutions may publish Open Access in the Journal of Microscopy with no article processing charge! Find out more here > authorservices.wiley.com/author-resou...

🔬In this new Open Access paper, the authors introduce a novel approach that combines Single-Side Band (SSB) ptychography with COM and iCOM. This method compensates for residual aberrations in 4DSTEM datasets.

📣We'd love to hear from you if you have any ideas for a special issue on a particular topic or arising from a meeting! Contact Jill Hobbs ([email protected]) or fill out the submission form below and we will be in contact to discuss your idea > rms.org.uk/library/jour...

🔬A collection of our recently published 'Methods and Protocols' papers is available online in a virtual issue. We welcome new 'Methods and Protocols' submissions and ask that these papers are: - A concise description of a specific technical development, method or protocol.

🔬To address the critical need for investigating proton radiation effects on living cells in space environments and deciphering biological mechanisms underlying low-dose cumulative radiation effects, this study developed a microbeam irradiation microscopy platform.

📣Open call for papers - deadline extension! The deadline for papers for the upcoming 'AI in Imaging' special issue has been extended to 31 December 2025. The special issue will be guest edited by Gianluca Tozzi, Peter Soar & Tuan Nguyen, University of Greenwich. tinyurl.com/249c6b9e

📣 The Journal has published a special issue, honouring the career of Professor Paul Walther and his legacy in the field of electron microscopy. In March 2024, after 46 years, he retired from Ulm University, Germany, where he led the Central Facility for Electron Microscopy.

🔬The authors of this new open access paper introduce a method for designing embedding media with an increased RI by increasing molecular orbitals, which is achieved by replacing elements in molecules commonly used for OC with elements possessing a more pronounced polarisability.

🔬This new open access manuscript presents a comparative analysis of two software packages, MC X-ray and PENELOPE. "Comparison of two Monte Carlo approaches for homogeneous bulk samples" by Dawei Gao, Yu Yuan, Nicolas Brodusch & Raynald Gauvin is free-to-view here: doi.org/10.1111/jmi....

📣There are more than 100 UK Institutions who are part of a deal between Wiley and Jisc which allows researchers free #OpenAccess publication in the Journal of Microscopy at no direct cost. Check your eligibility here > bit.ly/4g2KYU1

📣The August 2025 issue of the Journal of Microscopy is now available to view online! The issue features 5 original articles, a Methods and Protocols paper, a Letter to the Editor, response and commentary article. The issue is available to view here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652818...

📣Open call for papers: mmc2025! We welcome submissions from presenters at mmc2025 for an upcoming special issue. We recommend that contributions adopt the ‘Rapid Publication’ style, with: - no more than 20 references - no more than 3 figures - no more than 3000 words (including references)

🔬The authors use traction force microscopy to investigate motile sporozoites and the forces they produce during migration on their ventral surface. Their findings demonstrate that TLP is an important element of the force-generating machinery during sporozoite gliding motility.

📣Open call for papers: AI in Imaging! The deadline for papers for the upcoming 'AI in Imaging' special issue has been extended to 31 July 2025. The special issue will be guest edited by Gianluca Tozzi, Peter Soar & Tuan Nguyen, University of Greenwich. www.rms.org.uk/library/jour...