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Cover: Ex vivo activation of an unfertilised mature Drosophila melanogaster egg initiates a propagating increase in intracellular calcium. This calcium “wave” starts at the posterior of the egg and moves towards the anterior. Longitudinal-section views at ten second intervals after activation are displayed as Calcium Green-1/Texas Red Dextran ratio images. Increasing Calcium concentration is shown from blue-green-red-white. In this issue, York-Andersen et al. describe how a calcium wave co-ordinates key developmental events in Drosophila egg activation. Photo credit: Richard M. Parton and Clare L. Bromley. See the article by York-Andersen et al. (doi: 10.1242/bio.201411296).
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Interviews – Stéphanie, Jessica and Lana
In our latest interviews with BiO first authors, Stéphanie Cottier, Jessica Sam and Lana de Vries each tell us about the implications of their findings, project surprises and life as an early-career researcher.
When fieldwork meets a global pandemic
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For Lauren O’Connell (Stanford University), lockdown had a dramatic start when members of her lab were given 24 hours’ notice to detag their poison frogs and evacuate their field station in French Guiana. Read the full story to find out more and hear how her lab is now returning to the bench.
Journal of Cell Science launches new microscopy community site
FocalPlane is an online meeting place for microscopists and biologists to share the latest microscopy news, events and resources. Find out more from Community Manager Christos Kyprianou and read the origin story of FocalPlane.