📣 Help spread the word! @globalbioimaging.bsky.social #Imaging4All — 3rd Call Open! Fully funded mobility grants for low/middle-income country researchers to access imaging technologies for experiments and training. 🗓 Deadline: 28 Feb 2026 More info: globalbioimaging.org/i4a

Mark your calendars for 2026! Swipe below to see what exciting events and opportunities our community can look forward to in 2026 👇🏾

We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join Marco Tripodi’s group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, where you'll design and develop computational pipelines to acquire and analyse behavioural and neurophysiological data. More details: www.nature.com/naturecareer... Closes 04 JAN #PostdocJobs

Don't forget - abstract submission and registration are *OPEN* for the 21st International Microscopy Congress #IMC21 🙌 🙂 🔬 (31 August - 4 September 2026) Be sure to take your place at the world's premier event for the global microscopy community! https://www.imc21.org.uk/#IMC21

🔬 Hands-on bioimage data stewardship workshop 27/2/2026 Uni of Liverpool Learn the complete data lifecycle from acquisition to repository submission. Train-the-trainer format - take materials back to your facility! ✓ 25 places ✓ Up to £100 travel ✓ Apply by 7 Jan Apply👇 3 more in Scotland, SW, SE

Come on, do it. You know you want to. ⬇️

Everybody welcome but spaces are limited. So don’t delay registration. Up to £100 travel costs covered. So looking forward to this.

🔬 Hands-on bioimage data stewardship workshop 27/2/2026 Uni of Liverpool Learn the complete data lifecycle from acquisition to repository submission. Train-the-trainer format - take materials back to your facility! ✓ 25 places ✓ Up to £100 travel ✓ Apply by 7 Jan Apply👇 3 more in Scotland, SW, SE

We’re excited to announce our special guest speaker for Flora in Focus: A Microscopy Conference for Plant Scientists Join us as Dr Alex Johnson, Research Fellow at University of Exeter, presents “Probing plant endocytosis at multiple scales.”

Bookings are now *OPEN* for Virtual Flow Cytometry Data Analysis Course Spring 2026. Great interactive, virtual course suitable for anyone relatively new to flow cytometry or those keen to expand their experience with applications and specific analysis 🙂 Book now: https://ow.ly/APHm50XAxMB

🧪 Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course (SOMC) 2026! 📍 University of Strathclyde | 21–30 July 2026 🌍 UK’s largest & most comprehensive practical microscopy course 🎓 Ideal for PhD students, postdocs & technical/facility staff 🗓️ Apply by 16 Jan 2026 📄 More info: www.centreforbiophotonics.com/somc26

📣 Hey, UK-based researchers! Funding available to perform #imaging projects at #EuroBioImaging's UK Node. Don't miss this excellent opportunity to get access to cutting-edge imaging & expertise to enhance your research! 🗓️ Apply by Dec 9 www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/uk-bioi...

After the 9 Dec deadline, the next rounds will close on 31 March, 31 July and 30 Nov 2026!

#EuroBioImaging is expanding & consolidating! 🎉 We welcome 3 new Nodes in 🇫🇷 France, 🇪🇸 Spain and the 🇳🇱 Netherlands. There are now a total of 295 imaging facilities in Euro-BioImaging, forming 39 Nodes! Warm welcome to the new facilities. 🥳 Learn more🔽 www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/euro-bi...

Join us for an EMBL-EBI @aibio-uk.bsky.social community workshop exploring how AI and LLMs can advance FAIR and AI-ready data in the life sciences. Registration is free but essential. Please register by 6 January 2026. Learn more and sign up here: www.ebi.ac.uk/about/events...

UK Bioimaging @bioimaginguk.bsky.social launches User Access Fund for Researchers Researchers can apply for up to £5k for access to bioimaging facilities at @calm-stp.bsky.social, @esric-imaging.bsky.social, KCL, Liverpool, Oxford Brookes & York. First round deadline: 9 December 2025

BIOIMAGE ANALYSTS ASSEMBLE!!! #CBIAS2025

🔬There are 2 weeks left for applications in this round! 🔬Next deadlines are 31 March, 31 July and 30 November 2026! 🔬DM us for any queries!

Next up @cellmorphosero.bsky.social from @uniofbath.bsky.social talking about EDITS: event detection in time and space #CBIAS2025

Day two of #CBIAS2025 kicked off by @lankylaste.bsky.social from @crick.ac.uk and the first session is on physical and mathematical modelling chaired by @natalieah.bsky.social , with the first presenter Ewa Paluch from @cam.bsky.social

What a great result! - congratulations to everyone involved! 🙂 Many thanks to the @tech-commit.bsky.social team for the recognition, and for all the ongoing efforts being made in support of technicians in the imaging community 🔬👏

🏆 Proud to share that @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social & BioImagingUK have been awarded the @tech-commit.bsky.social Award of Impact! This recognises our support of imaging technicians through: ✈️ 85 travel grants 📚 60 training subsidies 🔬 84K+ pupils engaged in outreach 📝 Core Facilities Poster & Policy

Less than a week to go for #CBIAS2025! A few hours left to register, in person in London or online over Zoom (registration deadline on Nov 20th) Find out all the information at the link below: www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/cri...

Our next #ForceTalk is Prof Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social on "Coping with mechanical stress: tissue dynamics during development, homeostasis and repair" 🗓️ 26 Nov 2025 🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force-talk-yanlan-mao #mechanobiology @kingsnmes.bsky.social

Interested in applying? DM us for any questions!

🧠 Have your say in shaping the UK Preclinical Imaging Network (UK-PIN)! Connect with peers in in vivo imaging & help define future priorities. 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/znswqexmuj #BioImagingUK @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social  @bioimaginguk.bsky.social

🔬 THREAD: UK Bioimaging User Access Fund is OPEN! Up to £5k for imaging experiments, £2k for image analysis Access world-class facilities at Crick, ESRIC, KCL, Liverpool, Oxford Brookes & York First deadline: 9 Dec 2025 📅 🧵👇

Some super cool imaging in this BBSRC Yorkshire Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (YBDTP) PhD www.findaphd.com/phds/project... @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social c @biologyatyork.bsky.social

⚕️ Don't miss the last consultation about establishing Biomedical and Pre-clinical imaging in the UK Node of Euro-BioImaging: 📅 Tuesday 11 Nov from 1400 - 1530 UK time 👂 One more chance to have your voice heard! 👇 Link to sign up in the comments

⚕️ Don't miss the last consultation about establishing Biomedical and Pre-clinical imaging in the UK Node of Euro-BioImaging: 📅 Tuesday 11 Nov from 1400 - 1530 UK time 👂 One more chance to have your voice heard! 👇 Link to sign up in the comments

🔬 Exciting new initiative: UK-PIN is bringing together the UK preclinical imaging community! 🎯 Goals: strengthen collaboration, support training & promote shared resources 📝 Help shape our direction - complete the survey: LINK in comments Please RT & share with colleagues!

🔬 THREAD: UK Bioimaging User Access Fund is OPEN! Up to £5k for imaging experiments, £2k for image analysis Access world-class facilities at Crick, ESRIC, KCL, Liverpool, Oxford Brookes & York First deadline: 9 Dec 2025 📅 🧵👇

🔬 UK Researchers: Up to £5K for bioimaging access now available! Access state-of-the-art facilities at 6 leading UK sites: 🔬 Francis Crick Institute 🔬 ESRIC Edinburgh 🔬 King's 🔬 Liverpool 🔬 Oxford Brookes 🔬 York First deadline: 9 Dec 2025 📅 Apply: www.rms.org.uk/user-access-fund Please re-post!

"It started in my thirties." BioImagingUK's Georgina Fletcher shares her perimenopause journey with @crick.ac.uk colleagues in this powerful World Menopause Day conversation on The Microscopists podcast. Real talk about a stage many don't see coming.

To mark World Menopause Day, Crick scientists Maxine Holder and Celine Bouchoux, as well as former Crick scientist Georgina Fletcher, appeared on The Microscopists podcast to talk about their experiences of perimenopause. Listen now 👇 themicroscopists.bitesizebio.com/episodes/the...

🔬 Introducing UK-BIAS: the UK BioImage Analysis Network! A new national initiative to connect image analysts, share expertise & strengthen our research community (inspired by F-BIAS 🇫🇷) 📝 Expression of Interest form open until Nov 5th

Hi all. This is the recording of the online seminar I gave following the kind invitation of #GLOBIAS. I share what we have learned delivering #BioimageAnalysis services in the IAH core facility of the @institutpasteur.bsky.social research.pasteur.fr/en/team/imag... ⬇️

Thank you to the team at @astra-zeneca.bsky.social for the kind invitation to talk at their cellular imaging symposium. Susan Cox was a difficult act to follow! @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social @yorkbioscience.bsky.social

Meet Andres Bodén! In an interview with @virsicas.bsky.social, he explains how managing the Microscopy Innovation Centre at King's allows him to balance tech development with user projects — to shape the future of microscopy & broaden its impact. 🔬 More⤵️ www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/meet-an...

Had a great visit to KCL for my second Euro-BioImaging Node interview — and really nice to meet Andreas! The MIC renovation looks fantastic. Hope the interview shines a bit more light on all the brilliant technical work happening across the Nodes!

✨Sponsorship opportunities for #ELMI2026 are now open!✨ Join us in Coimbra, Portugal (June 16–19, 2026) and connect with the global microscopy community. ✨ Packages are limited - secure your spot today! 👉 ppbi.pt #sponsorship #ELMI2026

📣Register your interest for UK Light Microscopy Facility Meeting 2026 (8-9 Jan, Newcastle, UK) Great meeting covering the basics of running a core facility, plus the latest technological and application developments 😀🔬 Sign up for info here: rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca... @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social

Want to hack with ~40 motivated developers in the OME-Zarr space this fall in Zurich, November 12 - 14th? The application window for the 2025 OME-NGFF workflows hackathon is closing on September 30th! Apply here to be part of this exciting week about OME-Zarr: forms.gle/849cf2fBk1pJ...

We have an opening for a Platform Support Officer to join our team at the Biological Optical Microscopy Platform at the University of Melbourne. For full details or to apply go to go.unimelb.edu.au/xb3p @micro-au.bsky.social @australianmms.bsky.social

🔬 CALLING UK BIOLOGICAL IMAGING FACILITIES! Join the UK Euro-BioImaging Node! 🎯 Need: ≥20% capacity for community use + 5yr commitment ✨ Get: International recognition + funding support + collaboration 📅 Info webinar: Oct 9, 12:30-14:00 ⏰ Closes: Dec 2, 16:00 Website in comments below 👇

Our Scientific Ambassador @virsicas.bsky.social interviewed Robert Lees, an expert in multiphoton & light sheet microscopy at the 🐙 Octopus facility, part of Euro-BioImaging’s UK Node @bioimaginguk.bsky.social. 🔬Learn more about his role in the full interview🔽 www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/meet-ro...

Exciting news! Our NSF-funded project Imaging-PHD will make microscopy data more reproducible & shareable by standardizing how hardware info is captured. Thrilled to get started with our amazing multi-institutional team! 🔬🚀

Are you a biomedical imaging facility in the UK, interested in becoming part of #EuroBioImaging's UK Node? Join the Community Consultations to learn more about this fantastic opportunity!🔽

🔬 Expanding the UK Node of Euro-BioImaging! Seeking BIOMEDICAL imaging facilities to join Europe's largest imaging network £1.9M new MRC/BBSRC funding secured Join our consultations: 📅 Oct 23, 12:30 PM or Nov 11, 2:00 PM (Zoom, 90 mins) Ready to connect with researchers across UK & Europe?

Money Talks! At least it does for the success of many core facilties. A webinar with Emma Hesketh an me discussing all things around facilities. www.thermofisher.com/uk/en/home/e... @thermofishersci.bsky.social #UKTSN @ctlslifescience.bsky.social @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social @abrf.bsky.social