8 Mar 2021

infocus #61 March 2021 The changing face of microscopy: Celebrating 15 years of infocus

…It’s March 2006 and the first ever issue of infocus is hot off the presses. Facebook is about to open up its social network to the world – but no one will be using an iPhone to update their status for another year. The word ‘twitter’ merely relates to birdsong, and any zooming being done is strictly within the realms of speed and scale.

DOI: 10.22443/rms.inf.1.202

In politics, President George W. Bush is midway through his second term of office in the US, while the likes of Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac and Silvio Berlusconi still hold sway across Europe. But the winds of change are strengthening around the globe and even beyond; yes, the solar system is about to lose a planet, with poor old Pluto set for a downgrading…

Fast forward 15 years and the world – including that of microscopy - is a very different place. Here, our infocus Editorial Board Members highlight some of the most gamechanging advances in microscopy since the first issue in 2006 – and explain how they have transformed research across various different fields.

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