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BioImaging Utrecht – Image Contest 2015

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For the fourth year the Bio-Imaging Utrecht workgroup organizes a microscope image competition. The focus of this competition is to show that microscopic images often not only have scientific value but also an artistic value, the images will be judged on their visual effect. Any microscope image can participate in the competition. We have two categories: … Read more

Image analysis for beginners using ImageJ

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Image analysis for beginners using ImageJ (free multiplatform software) Tuesday October 13th David de Wied building, room 042         If you want to start using ImageJ/FIJI and have no clue where to begin. Or you just started using it and got stuck. During the hands-on session our experts will guide you through … Read more

Controlling organelle transport and positioning with light

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Optogenetic control of organelle transport and positioning. Petra van Bergeijk, Max Adrian, Casper C. Hoogenraad, Lukas C. Kapitein. Nature DOI: doi.org/10.1038/nature14086 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14128.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14086.html Proper positioning of organelles by cytoskeleton-based motor proteins underlies cellular events such as signaling, polarization, and growth. For many organelles, however, the precise connection between position and function has remained unclear, because … Read more

Microtubule minus-end binding protein CAMSAP2 controls axon specification and dendrite development

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Kah Wai Yau, Sam F.B. van Beuningen, Inês Cunha-Ferreira, Bas M.C. Cloin, Eljo Y. van Battum, Lena Will, Philipp Schätzle, Roderick P. Tas, Jaap van Krugten, Eugene A. Katrukha, Kai Jiang, Phebe S. Wulf, Marina Mikhaylova, Martin Harterink, R. Jeroen Pasterkamp, Anna Akhmanova, Lukas C. Kapitein, and Casper C. Hoogenraad http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2014.04.019 In neurons, most microtubules … Read more