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ALT poster session at meeting
ALT FocalPlane features… quantitative plant imaging across scales Thursday 15 October, 15:00 BST (UTC+1) Organised by Alex Johnson and Joe McKenna FocalPlane logo Picture of Marcel Dickmanns (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry & Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) Exploring the Molecular Landscape within Plant Cells by Cryo-Electron Tomography Picture of Laura Copeland (University of Strathclyde) Multimodal Quantitative Fourier Ptychographic Microscopy and Fluorescence Imaging Reveals Stable Bacterial Colonisation Architecture Under Phosphate Limitation #FocalPlaneFeatures focalplane.biologists.com Cryo-ET segmentation of a plasmodesmata.
ALT Alongside the supporting and pleasant production process, I was happily surprised to learn that The Hebrew University is part of this amazing Open Access initiative with The Company of Biologists. I was further surprised of how smooth, quick and easy the approval process was. And the tree that was planted– it was a thrill to learn about it, such a simple and brilliant idea! I could never afford Open Access and this has been a very positive experience. Thanks!
ALT A photo of Hannah Clayton holding a biologging tag
ALT We were excited to submit our paper to Journal of Experimental Biology because The Company of Biologists uses surplus processing charges to develop and implement programs that benefit our community, which is a great way to reward scientists (directly or indirectly) for their valuable volunteered time for peer-reviewing and editing. The grant that funded our work had already expired when our paper was submission-ready unfortunately, but the University of Kentucky Libraries and The Company of Biologists had a Read & Publish agreement that allowed us to publish in the journal we wanted AND make it accessible for everyone! So, I’m glad that this type of agreement exists and I hope it continues to bring in new institutions to participate.
ALT FocalPlane features… quantitative plant imaging across scales Thursday 15 October, 15:00 BST (UTC+1) Organised by Alex Johnson and Joe McKenna FocalPlane logo Picture of Marcel Dickmanns (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry & Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) Exploring the Molecular Landscape within Plant Cells by Cryo-Electron Tomography Picture of Laura Copeland (University of Strathclyde) Multimodal Quantitative Fourier Ptychographic Microscopy and Fluorescence Imaging Reveals Stable Bacterial Colonisation Architecture Under Phosphate Limitation #FocalPlaneFeatures focalplane.biologists.com Cryo-ET segmentation of a plasmodesmata.
ALT Jay (left) and Liz (right) Scott.
ALT Publishing in Development was a wonderful experience. We are especially grateful that the Read & Publish agreement with Johns Hopkins University enabled us to publish Open Access free of charge. The agreement is an important investment in open science, and I hope similar partnerships become more common across scholarly publishing.