What if open science really saves you time and boosts your impact? @globalbioimaging.bsky.social & GerBI's Spotlight on Data reveals how FAIR practices protect your unpublished work while making your research more discoverable and reusable. 👉 Join the series #BioImaging #OpenScience #DataManagement

🚨ngff-spec release candidate out🚨 Just out: ngff specification version 0.6.dev4 (github.com/ome/ngff-spe...), which will be the last dev version (!) and mark the beginning of the 🚧spec-phase🚧 (see also forum.image.sc/t/ngff-weekl...) This means: let's develop some implementations 👷‍♀️👷‍♂️ #OME2026 👋

#OME2026 is coming to an end. It has been a truly welcoming, motivating, and inspiring experience full of intensive exchange and shaped by an exceptionally open and collaborative spirit. Grateful for the many insightful discussions, new connections, and shared ideas. Thank you!

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What a delight to listen to Carole Goble's inspiring keynote at #OME2026 on community building, charismatic leadership, and endurance! A powerful reminder that lasting infrastructures are shaped not only by technology, but especially by the social experience: leveraging trust, thrust & transparency.

Matthew Hartley from EMBL-EBI, UK, demonstrating live at #OME2026 the power of recent updates around the BioImage Archive @bioimagearchive.bsky.social: Seamless image browsing enabled by OME-Zarr, and enhanced data search functionality are boosting the FAIRness of bioimage data significantly. 👏

#OME2026 day 2 opens with Shuichi Onami from RIKEN, Kobe, Japan, speaking about SSBD, an infrastructure for sharing biological dynamics data. SSBD combines repository functionality based on minimum required metadata with an added-value database containing richly curated datasets for optimal reuse.

Katy Wolstencroft from Amsterdam UMC, who has co-developed the original #FAIR principles, speaking at #OME2026 about national strategy in the Netherlands to make (image) data FAIR, building, among others, on OMERO and BIOMERO to enable research data infrastructure ecosystems at scale.

Kiya Govek from The Jackson Laboratory gave the inspiring opening lecture at the #OME2026 meeting, bringing us the community contributor perspective based on her online community survey. Next up: An Update from the OME Ecosystem

It's on! #OME2026 kicking off at Haus der Universität in Düsseldorf! @sweidtkamp.bsky.social opened this exciting community event, looking ahead at three days of exchange to shape bioimage data management as an international collaborative endeavor.

Prof. Martin Heil, Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at @hhu.de, welcomes the #OME2026 community with warms words at this historic venue - the Haus der Universität. Welcome to Düsseldorf to all community members and supporters. 👏

A significant moment at #OME2026: Thanking Prof. Jason Swedlow, the founder of OME, who shaped this remarkable community work since the beginning of the millenium. His work & leadership were honored - even with a nod to his famous blue shirts by OME's Interim Board, nominated by Jason in Oct '25.

The 19th OME Meeting just kicked off in Düsseldorf! So happy to welcome this wonderful community to @hhu.de together with @nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social and the @openmicroscopy.org Team — really looking forward to the days ahead. 😊 Join online: gerbi-gmb.de/event/ome-20... #OME2026 #NFDI4BIOIMAGE #OME

Looking for a course on STED? You still have time to apply by 17 April 🔬⏰ @gerbi-gmb.de @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eulimi.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @france-bioimaging.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @danishbioimaging.bsky.social @bioimagingna.bsky.social

A great reminder that the #FAIR principles only truly make sense when all aspects align! Check out this spot-on visualization by @tom-bssnnt.bsky.social

📢 Bioimaging folks, your input matters! The NFDI4BIOIMAGE Research Data Management Survey 2026 is live. Help shape future tools, services & training. ⏱️ ~20 min | 🔒 anonymous | 🌍 open to all 👉 nfdi4bioimage.de/en/community... 🗓️ Deadline: April 30, 2026 Please share! 🧬

#GerBIMeeting2026 kicking off day 2 in Fulda with inspirations from collaborating scientific communities, represented by Claudia Giesecke-Thiel (DGfZ), Johannes Jägers (Young Physiologists), and Yara Reis (GBI). Chaired by Hella Hartmann (GerBI). Next Up: Industry Spotlight

"GerBI ist open, creative, inspiring, playful, yet always professional" - Bettina Weigelin at the #GerBIMeeting2026, highlighting a great GerBI community feeling.

Starting today! We are looking forward to welcoming the Community at Kloster Frauenberg in Fulda for the 2026 GerBI-GMB Community Meeting. #GerBIMeeting2026

🚀 The GerBI-GMB Community Meeting is fully booked onsite! This biennial gathering brings together imaging scientists from academia & industry. Open for members and non-members! More here: t1p.de/kcj7x 💻 Online-attendance registration still open — most sessions streamed live! 🔗 t1p.de/cj9fs

19th #OME Community Meeting, Düsseldorf · 28–30 April 2026 Registration is now open! Join researchers, developers, and imaging facility staff to connect, share experiences, and discuss the future of OME tools. Details & registration (deadline: 31 March 2026): gerbi-gmb.de/event/ome-20...

Great news for German #BioImaging! 🤝 #GerBI & #de.NBI just signed an MoU to launch a GerBI #OMERO platform. de.NBI brings the cloud, GerBI handles ops, support & community. 🧩 A testbed + training hub for everyone. Stronger data, stronger science. More soon!

🎉 ELMI 2026 registration is OPEN! Join us in Coimbra 🇵🇹 June 16–19 for Europe’s premier microscopy event. 🔬 Cutting-edge talks 🧪 Hands-on workshops 🤝 Meet top researchers & vendors Secure your spot now! 🔗https://shorturl.at/IkyxX Post sponsored by @okolab.bsky.social

OME-NGFF Hackathon in Zürich just started! We're organizing ourselves to dig into various topics during the next few days. Let's shape the future of microscopy image data standards together. #OME-NGFF_Hackathon #GerBI

💬 We’re excited to announce, together with @gerbi-gmb.de, another Ask the Experts session! 🎉 Next week, on Nov 5 from 3–5 pm CET, we’ll discuss Spatial Transcriptomics with our invited experts: Jan-Philipp Mallm, Sheida Hadji Rasouliha and Marina Peralta! If you are interested to join, reach out!

Another #RDM4mic meeting, which focused on research data management for microscopy, took place @uni-muenster.de. 💫 Several NFDI4BIOIMAGE task area leaders and data stewards met on site and contributed to the program. Susanne Kunis' presentation is already available: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

🔬 Join us in Leipzig! The #YMIA panel discussion "The Power of Sharing: Open Data in Bio-image Analysis" is happening in person at UFZ Leipzig on Friday! Organized by the Young Microscopists & Image Analysts (YMIA) Team, part of the GerBI community. #BioImageAnalysis #Microscopy #OpenData

🔬We are looking forward to the #RDM4mic meeting that will take place from October 21-23 at the University of Münster. It is co-organized by @nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social and @gerbi-gmb.de and aims to bring together members of the imaging and #RDM community. Read more: 👉 hackmd.io/@marietoveli...

First day of our 5th Day of Intravital Microscopy conference has started! Organised by our Team Intravital Microscopy and the working group of the @wsic.bsky.social and iFIT Cluster of Excellence. Already had amazing talks and are looking forward to many more ✨ #IvMic2025

🚀 Registration is open for BioHackathon Germany 2025! Join us 1–5 Dec in Walsrode for hands-on projects, networking, and innovation in #bioinformatics. 🧬🤝 🏨 Anders Hotel Walsrode | 🍽️ Social events | ✈️ Easy travel 🔗 Seats limited—register now! www.denbi.de/de-nbi-event... #Hackathon

We're happy to announce the 2025 International OME-NGFF workshop 🎉 📅 Dates: - Symposium: Nov 10–11, 2025 - Hackathon: Nov 12–14, 2025 📍 Location: Zurich, Switzerland Full details & registration: www.biovisioncenter.uzh.ch/en/events/Up...  #bioimaging #openscience #OMENGFF #OMEZarr (1/x 🧵)

📢 Deadline Extended! We’re excited to announce that the registration deadline for in-person attendance at the #foundingGIDE Community Event has been extended. 🗓️ New deadline: 30 September 2025 (previously 31 August 2025)

⏰ Reminder: The early bird registration and abstract submission for our 5th Day of Intravital Microscopy close on September 5! Don’t miss your chance to join us in Tübingen on 18–19 Sept. Secure your spot today! 👉 bit.ly/3IOlJtJ

Check out the detailed program for the 5th Day of Intravital Microscopy (18–19 Sept, Tübingen)! Our keynote: @matthiakarreman.bsky.social‬: "Imaging cancer networks in brain metastases in vivo." Full details 👉 bit.ly/3IOlJtJ #IVMIC25

#microscopycommunity- do you use BioFormats, OMERO, OME-TIFF, OME-Zarr or are you interested in open source and microscopy? Then you should check out the recordings from OME2025! buff.ly/fgUxoQf @openmicroscopy.org @gerbi-gmb.de‬. @jacksonlab.bsky.social‬ @mblscience.bsky.social

Today is already the last day of our #CoreFacility Leadership and #Management Course 2025 together with @hfpconsulting.bsky.social at Schloss Mickeln in Düsseldorf 🏰📚

Everything is set and ready for our #CoreFacility Leadership and Management Course together with @hfpconsulting.bsky.social at Schloss Mickeln in Düsseldorf 🏰We are excited to get started! If you are interested in the course check out: bit.ly/45LOPTy #LeadershipInScience #CFLM #microscopy

🔬 Join us for the 5th Day of Intravital Microscopy! 📅 September 18–19, 2025 | 📍 Tübingen, Germany Talks, discussions & networking around all things intravital imaging! 📝 Abstract submission deadline is fast approaching: Submit by July 30, 2025 Register & submit here: 🔗 bit.ly/44RTzFK #IvMic2025

So happy to have you on board! Welcome to the team! 🙌

Over the past few weeks, we've been actively highlighting our projects focused on FAIR image data management and OME-Zarr. Here is a collection, we've collected the related links to the webinars on our news page for you to (re)watch anytime! 🎥🔬: bit.ly/4nHu1DL #FAIRdata#OMEZarr#Bioimaging

#TiM2023 and #TiM2025 data is now publicly available! Find the data collected and annotated at the Trends in Microscopy conference in an OMERO-based framework introduced by I3D:bio '23 and extended in '25, supported by the @nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social data stewards. 👉 nfdi4bioimage.de/news/news-de...

🔬 YMIA is at the Helmholtz Imaging Conference 2025! Elena from the core team presents a poster about the YMIA community — who we are, what we do, and how we connect early-career researchers in imaging and analysis. She’s here to exchange ideas and meet you. Come say hi! #HIConference2025 #BSIC2025

💬 Our #GerBIchat is about to start! Join us and drop by to discuss large equipment proposals with our GerBI Legal & Financial Framework Team.

Core facility contributions are essential, and #ImagingScientists deserve to receive #CreditWhereItsDue. That’s why we fully support the #AcknowledgementGuidelines launched by @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and @globalbioimaging.bsky.social and have proudly displayed them in our digital office.

⌛ Only one week left! The application deadline for our open positions as Remote Web Developer, Remote Software Developer and Project Coordinator is just 7 days away. Don't miss your chance to apply! Check out all job openings on our careers page⬇️

🧠 Metadata and Standards Lead 🛠️ Job Alert: Metadata and Standards Lead (up to 100%, fully remote, based in EU) We’re looking for a thoughtful and technically skilled expert to help us shape the future of metadata in bioimaging.

🌐 Junior Web Developer / Scientific Prototyper 🛠️ Job Alert: Web Developer / Scientific Prototyper (up to 100%, fully remote, based in EU) We’re looking for a creative web developer to build engaging tools and interactive demos for the imaging community.

"What #FAIR #RDM tools are available to you in your laboratory or facility?" State of the #bioimaging #community captured during #ELMI2025 Core Facility Day

Michele Bortolomeazzi, Christian Schmidt and Jan-Philipp Mallm at @nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social have developed a new OMERO-web plugin: OMERO-vitessce. It enables the visualization of datasets hosted in #OMERO with the #Vitessce multimodal data viewer. Find the poster here: 👉 zenodo.org/records/1483...

@joshmoore.bsky.social presenting at #ELMI2025 about the #Bioimaging community's immense efforts to pave the way to OME-Zarr 1.0 - Stable cloud-readiness for bioimage data is getting real. Slides available in Zenodo: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... @gerbi-gmb.de @nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social