Working on plant biology? Want to detect leaf water stress or assess the quality of dry fruits like chestnuts and hazelnuts? TeraHertz Imaging could…
November 6, 2023
Learning new plant imaging techniques at an IFIEB training course
Katerina Kaduchova is a PhD student at the Centre of Plant Structural & Functional Genomics, Institute of Experimental Biology, Czech…
July 13, 2023
PHENOPlant: High-throughput phenotyping capability for plant research
Trying to understand optimum growth conditions for small to mid-size crop plants? Studying the impact of drought and other climate factors? Need to perform…
May 23, 2023
Looking at stem photosynthesis with FLIM
It all started at the Molecular and Biophysical Bases of Photosynthesis Conference held in Venice in May 2022. Sara Natale, then a PhD researcher…
October 19, 2022
Plant imaging at DIMP Neuromed Node
What better place to bring your plant imaging project than to DIMP Neuromed Node, located in the Technology…
March 14, 2022
Toppling the microscope - to shed new light on plant biology
Imaging living plants has always been challenging. Most microscopes place the sample horizontally – while plants grow vertically. But scientists at Czech Republic’s Institute…
September 17, 2021
Adapting imaging instruments to shed new light on plant biology
Imaging living plants as they grow has traditionally been very difficult as almost all microscopes place the sample horizontally but plants grow vertically. This…
January 18, 2021
Understanding how mechanical forces act in plant cells
Imaging technologies can help scientists understand how plant tissues respond to stress, such as drought, heat, or other environmental factors. Characterising the mechanical properties…
