We’re running two intensive training courses in the next couple weeks, and we’d love to see you there! Next week, it’s an Intro. to Scientific Computing, and the following week it’s an Intro. to Python. More details here: www.york.ac.uk/biology/tech... #datascience #bioinformatics #python

Results of the Global Microscopy Survey is now published with data from 241 different facilites. See: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author... Also see its companion publication on Flow Cores: doi.org/10.1111/jmi.... @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @bioimagingna.bsky.social

Book now for our Light Microscopy Summer School 2026! Great course taught with hands-on, practical sessions, suitable for both novices and more experienced users 🙂🔬 https://ow.ly/WwFZ50YVqNH

Full house on the morning after the night before at TSN conference 2026. Great meeting for all technical staff @ctlslifescience.bsky.social

Not just for microscopists, but relevant to all technical specialists. Making the invisible visible: A global examination of careers and recognition for Imaging Scientists in core facilities - Thompson - Journal of Microscopy - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨 We are hiring! Personally, I think this is a fantastic job, good salary, and fun work place with exceptional colleagues. ⚠️ Warning, I’m quite biased… but still right! 😜 Join us! Apply!!! 🎉 careers.humantechnopole.it/job/AI-Exper...

napari 0.7.0 is available now! 🚀🎉 It's a BIG release so read the full release notes, with highlights: napari.org/stable/relea... We want to thank everyone who has worked incredibly hard on this release including our 11 new brilliant contributors 🤩 and the community for their support and feedback!

Hands-on, Flow Cytometer Course June 2026. Fully interactive, fun and engaging throughout, led by some of the most reputable cytometrists. Very small groups with individual tutors at each instrument. Feedback average 5/5! For more details - www.york.ac.uk/biology/tech...

Thx for the invitation. Great evening. Credit to @openflexure.bsky.social for the microscope & Jodie Malcolm & co making it ideal for live cell incubators. share.google/GjvRhmmIXlPU... @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

Excited to be invited to talk at the The Yorkshire Philosophical Soc @ypsyork.bsky.social on Tuesday evening. See www.ypsyork.org/events/seein... It will speed through many techniques & end on our most exciting project to date! @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social

Virtual Flow Cytometry Data Analysis Course Spring 2026 Open to all and starts morning in the Americas and afternoon in Europe and Africa. Very interactive www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca... @isacytometry.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

Unleashing live-cell imaging for the masses! Adapting the OpenFlexure Microscope for Affordable Live-Cell Imaging www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Fits into existing incubators for time-lapse experiments & feeds into existing bioimaging analysis pipelines. Thanks @wellcometrust.bsky.social funding

Please see below. York is one of these sites, enabling everything from the basics to some of the most advanced microscopy applications

Pure joy. The last of #TheMicroscopists season with Steve Altschuler and Lani Wu. From Princeton to Microsoft, Rosetta to Harvard and having to learn biology as PI’s in undergad lectures! Just a wonderful listen Stream bit.ly/microscopist... @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social @bitesizebio.bsky.social

Great Interview - Topic: "Love of Science" "Getting Old" "Love of Sports" "Dropping out of College" "Challenges of Hearing Loss" "The Magic of Woods Hole" "Death" "Resilience and Failure" "Funding Cuts" - lots of emotions in this one. #AllTheFeelings

Emotional - Uri Manor @manorlaboratory.bsky.social was so wonderfully open & an inspiration to listen on #TheMicroscopists Uri talks about growing up with hearing loss & a winding path through baseball-music-restaurant work led him to physics & then biology - pls share Stream bit.ly/microscopist...

Leonel Malacrida @ipmontevideo.bsky.social Uruguay stars in #TheMicroscopists chats about early ambitions of becoming a vet, the twists/turns, the unique challenges/opportunities in Latin America. +how biking and staying active helps him remain balanced beyond the lab. Stream: bit.ly/microscopist...

An inspiration career - Elisa May chats about her progression to Chief Enabling Technology Officer @ German Cancer Research Center (@DKFZ), one of the largest and most influential research hubs in the world on #TheMicroscopists Stream bit.ly/microscopist... @gerbi-gmb.de @eurobioimaging.bsky.social

Tables flipped. 'Phil Lang is not a scientist' podcast sharing the great research & fantastic scientists behind research @UoYork. Flattered to be a 'fantastic scientists'...but 'Phil is not a scientist', so I got away with it😉 open.spotify.com/episode/6F0G... - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

From PhD in Hong Kong to @institutpasteur & back to Australia @wehi-research.bsky.social. An enlightening #TheMicroscopists with Kelly Rogers incl the challenges of balancing research/facilities/& staff. + wanting to be a forester & passions outside of work. Stream: bit.ly/microscopist...

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

Manu Prakesh ($1 #foldscope fame) guest stars on #TheMicroscopists. Quite incredible drive & desire for making science hands-on & accessible. He also talks about his passion for fieldwork, & explains why he has barnacles growing in his bathroom! Stream bit.ly/microscopist... @prakashlab.bsky.social

Already over 1,000 streams of this special edition of #TheMicroscopists that discusses an often difficult topic. Please do watch/listen/reshare and help raise awareness.

"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.

This really is for everyone. I have seen the effects first hand, as an employer, a friend, and a husband and these 3 perspectives are great to learn from. Please do reshare

Help raise awareness and share. Brave/passionate/engaging. A must for everyone #perimenopause special podcast aimed at everyone. Stream: bit.ly/microscopist... #WorldMenopauseDay #WorldMenopauseDay2025 #LifestyleMedicine #InternationalMenopauseSocitety #MenopauseInfo #TheMicroscopists

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

Happy #FluorescenceFriday. Christophe Leterrier⭐in #TheMicroscopists and reflects on the make-or-break moment at the end of his postdoc when he came close to leaving academia before securing his CNRS position and how these experiences shape the way he mentors others. Stream: bit.ly/microscopist...

Oh yes-the one and only Robert Haase @haesleinhuepf.bsky.social From #GrandTheftAuto to the impact AI is having on #bioimaging. +the challenges of creating AI courses for bioimage analysis, & his unique perspective as a programmer-turned-biologist. Stream- bit.ly/microscopist... @globias.bsky.social

#job for a research Technician in @BiologyatYork working in neuroscience labs providing technical & scientific support using molecular biology & Drosophila @exdrososcientia.bsky.social @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social & Chen lab. Apply by 19/9/35 jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/tech...

NEW SEASON! #TheMicroscopists is back with guest star Maddy Parsons @KingsCollegeLon talking Dynamics of bioimaging Importance of imaging communities Big mountain adventures Love of animals Architecture + more! Stream: bit.ly/microscopist... @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social

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

Fun talking at #MM2025 in Salt Lake City. #CellPhe getting a brief introduction alongside how projects are using #SRM, #QPI through to spatial omic approaches. Thx @welcome trust and @ukri.org BBSRC for funding.

Crazy full for Uri Manor @manorlaboratory.bsky.social giving the closing plenty #mmc2025 @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social

BIG start to #mmc2025 with Assaf Zaritsky giving an awesome opening plenary. @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @globias.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social

...Behind the scenes with the RMS team as preparations for #mmc2025 gather pace. Our pre-Congress workshops and meetings will be kicking off tomorrow. It's almost time! 😃🔬💥 @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social

Always a great course. One of the few that includes both research and clinical applications. Great for beginners and those wanting to expand their knowledge of this vital technique.

The @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social Flow Cytometry Course 2025 registration is now open. Open to all! Another course that recieves 100% recommendation from previous delegates. www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca... #cytometry @isacytometry.bsky.social @ddcytometry.bsky.social

100% recommended Hands-on Confocal #Microscopy Course - Sept 2025. Hosted in the York @EuroBioImaging node with expert tutors. www.york.ac.uk/biology/tech... @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

Over 270 fully engaged people from over 25 countries attended our open forum on Navigating Strategies for Core Facilities 2025. www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca...

Headed to York for this weeks #flowcytometry course with @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social amd @karen-hogg.bsky.social It's always a fun week with plenty of hands-on time for delegates. Looking forward to their questions!

Very proud of Jodie Malcolm highlighting the rapid progress made in our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded programme to lower barriers of advanced imaging and data analysis. #elmi2025 @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @africanbioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social

One of the best plenaries from Elizabeth Hillman opened up #elmi2025. Inspiring and awesome. @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

Bang on time for #CYTO2025, meet ‪@isacytometry.bsky.social president-elect Virginia Litwin on #FlowStars. From the journey from academia-industry, pivotal role in CYTO Women, translational science, clinical trials, & standardization. Plus her outside hobbies, passions etc See-https://bit.ly/s6e6-p

Wrapping up a lovely two days in York hanging with @laurawiggins13.bsky.social @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social @caronjacobs.bsky.social and many other fabulous friends (old and new) to talk about how we can bring great label free imaging and image analysis to every part of the globe. (1/2)

What a team! How best to deliver infrastructure with impact. Team from Brasil, Nigeria, S Africa, USA, AZ, GSK, ioLights still energised after 2 long very productive days. Thx @wellcometrust.bsky.social for supporting this fast developing resource.

Calling all core facilities 'Navigating Strategies for Core Facilities 2025: Town Hall virtual Forum' 16th June. A joint @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social & MSA meeting that welcomes all. See - rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca... @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @bioimagingna.bsky.social @ctlslifescience.bsky.social

Registration is open for the Light Microscopy Summer School 2025 - This June, so sign up soon! www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca... @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social

Every thought about hopping to a career outside of academia? Anis Larbi is an excellent example, a former group leader at A-Star, that has kept his community and network ties. Hear about his motivations, passions and hobbies on #FlowStars See - bit.ly/s6e5-po @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social #cytometry

One of the fast rising stars. #FlowStars guest is Sofie Van Gassen #VIB. Everything from gardeing, to how a computer scientist can end up in #flowcytometry, her vision for data science in flow & her twin passions for developing algorithms & pipelines for data analysis. See/Hear bit.ly/s6e4-p