Euro-BioImaging

✨ We are delighted to be part of "La Vie est Belle!" - an exhibit of 35 images by Montpellier Ressources Imagerie facility (MRI), part of France-BioImaging, and Addict aux Sciences The exhibit celebrates the aesthetic and scientific beauty of life as revealed through advanced imaging technologies. After several stops in Montpellier, France, the exhibit is now in Pézénas, where it is open to the public as part of the "Temps d'Expo" photography festival until November 2, 2025. This initiative is supported by the #EVOLVEproject to raise awareness of bioimaging and the mission of Euro-BioImaging among the local community. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, the exhibition embodies a deeper ambition: to strengthen the connection between science and society. 🤝 By inviting imaging engineers and researchers to meet the public, the project creates a space for dialogue, transparency, and trust in science.🔬 More ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dGUjTmYR

✨ We are delighted to be part of "La Vie est Belle!" - an exhibit of 35 images captured by Montpellier Ressources Imagerie facility (MRI), part of France-BioImaging. The exhibit celebrates the aesthetic and scientific beauty of life as revealed through advanced imaging technologies. After several stops in Montpellier, France, the exhibit is now in Pézénas, where it is open to the public as part of the "Temps d'Expo" photography exhibit until November 2, 2025. This initiative is supported by the #EVOLVEproject to raise awareness of bioimaging and the mission of Euro-BioImaging among the local community. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, the exhibition embodies a deeper ambition: to strengthen the connection between science and society. 🤝 By inviting imaging engineers and researchers to meet the public, the project creates a space for dialogue, transparency, and trust in science.🔬 More ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dGUjTmYR

Not all Halloween masks are man-made… some are microscopically terrifying 👀🎃. Would you have guessed that this is actually an insect head? 🔬Matyas Molnar captured an autofluorescence from an insect head (top region). Signal was captured in three different colours using bandpass filters, and blue-green-red virtual colours were added to the channels. Author: Matyas Molnar, BioVis Platform, Uppsala University, Sweden Technology: ZEISS Microscopy Lightsheet Z.1.

Are you a researcher working in the UK 🇬🇧 ? It’s your chance to apply for funding to do an imaging project in one of the facilities that are part of #EuroBioImaging’s UK Node. The UK BioImaging User Access Fund covers:  🔬  up to £5,000 for bioimaging hardware access,  🖥️ up to £2,000 for image analysis as a stand-alone service  🧪  consumables,  🧳  travel & accommodation expenses,  🧑🔬 comprehensive technical support & training. 🗓️ Applications on a rolling basis - apply for the first round of funding by December 9! More info ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dNmqte23

🌏 Earlier this month, the foundingGIDE Community Event 2025 meeting took place in Brisbane, Australia. It brought together experts from across the world to discuss shared challenges and solutions in biological and preclinical imaging data. From community-driven infrastructure and metadata standards to ontologies, big data management, and AI-readiness, the sessions and workshops showcased a vibrant community committed to building a more interoperable imaging ecosystem. Topics ranged from: ● Harmonising bioimaging and preclinical data standards ● Strengthening metadata and ontology frameworks ● Building sustainable, interoperable infrastructures for large-scale image data ● Exploring cross-disciplinary collaboration and AI-driven approaches for future imaging technologies The event featured inspiring contributions from international partners, including RIKEN, the Research Data Alliance (RDA), the Allen Institute for Cell Science, Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), and many others, reflecting a truly global effort towards the Global Image Data Ecosystem (GIDE). As coordinator of foundingGIDE, #EuroBioImaging is proud to foster this international collaboration, connecting communities, infrastructures, and policies to make imaging data FAIR and reusable for all. 👉 Stay tuned for highlights, recordings, and key takeaways on the https://lnkd.in/eXWp5tXH

🥁 We are excited to announce the winners of the “Summer” round of the Four Seasons of the Invisible Imaging Contest! 🥇 The first prize goes to Tomáš Figura of Charles University for the image "A Sea Brimming with Starfish". 🥈 The runner-up is Kirstin Vonderstein, PhD of the Finnish Advanced Microscopy Node, University of Helsinki, for the image "Summer’s Hidden Glow: Autofluorescence of Cosmos Bipinnatus". Resembling a perfect summer holiday scene with a blue sea full of starfish, Tomáš Figura’s winning image is actually the seed surface of Alyssum Alyssoides, a xerophilic European plant that produces seeds in the summer. 🔬 Imaged with a scanning electron microscope + colourised. Kirstin Vonderstein’s runner-up image captures the stamens of a Cosmos Bipinnatus flower found blooming along the wayside during the height of summer.  🔬 Imaged with a stereomicroscope, showing natural autofluorescence. Congratulations to both for revealing the hidden beauty of the microscopic world! ✨  For more info about the images & the contest, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/d3iyG8yW #ImagingContest #EuroBioImaging #ScienceArt #ResearchExcellence #MicroscopyArt

[𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥] 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗕𝗜 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 🔬 Join us on 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟳 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭:𝟬𝟬 𝗮𝗺 for the very first session of FBI Connect, a new webinar series 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 developed by France-BioImaging facilities and teams and 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵.  𝗙𝗕𝗜 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹, whether you’re looking for a new tool or just curious to learn more. 🎙️ For this launch edition, Robert Benjamin Quast (𝘊𝘉𝘚, 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳) will present a 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲-𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗧 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲, allowing precise 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀. 🧠 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 #neurosciences: metabotropic glutamate receptors, key players in synaptic transmission and promising therapeutic targets for depression, anxiety and neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. 💡 But that’s not all! 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 such as #cardiology and #microbiology, opening new avenues for studying membrane proteins and pathogens. 👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄: https://lnkd.in/dQNNXcbc

In previous week I luckily participated in Train-the-trainer 2025 Euro-BioImaging workshop at EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany. I represented the Israeli Node from the Bioinformatics Unit at Life Sciences Core Facilities at the Weizmann Institute of Science. All was great: the organisation, hospitality, trainers, trainees, content, networking, and more... Especially, I want to thank the organisers, Daniela Aviles Huerta, Dale Lawson, and Victoria Alonso for putting all together for a very exciting and successful event. And for thinking on all small details :) In addition, many thanks to the trainer Sylvie Le Guyader for working with me on my ideas for a future course, and share with me her precious knowledge. Lastly, I want to thank the organisers for awarding me the EVOLVE (Euro-BioImaging – Vision – Open Science – Landscape – Visibility – Excellence) grant for that visit. Ido Azuri

🌍🔬✨ 𝗚𝗕𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 Missed the last talk on the 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁? 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/eePbhrF7 — it gives a close look at a highly successful initiative whose simple recipe has made a real impact across the UK and is going international. The 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 showcases the essential roles of imaging scientists, offering a space to share experiences, tackle challenges, exchange solutions, and connect globally while raising awareness of their impact in the scientific community. 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗨𝗽: Mariana De Niz will share her insights on global imaging careers on November 20th & 21st — exploring career mobility, regional differences, international networks, and how small initiatives can create a big impact. 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: tinyurl.com/gbispotlight #GlobalBioImaging #SpotlightSeminar #ImagingScientists #ValueAndRecognition Kelly Vere MBE/ Andrew Filby/ Mariana De Niz Royal Microscopical Society German BioImaging - Gesellschaft für Mikroskopie und Bildanalyse e.V. Microscopy Australia Canada BioImaging BioImaging North America Mexican Bioimaging Workshops Latin America Bioimaging India BioImaging (IBI) Imaging South East Asia (iSEA) Euro-BioImaging African BioImaging Consortium

🔵Back after an amazing week in Heidelberg! Xiaowen Wang, Agata Alcaraz and Katharina Kaiser from the CFIB (Core Facility for Integrated BioImaging) in Copenhagen attended the first Euro-BioImaging/Evolve Train-the-Trainer course at the Imaging Center at EMBL in Heidelberg from October 20–24. With funding from the Evolve project, our colleagues joined participants from various nodes across Europe to share experiences, tools, and training formats; co-develop their upcoming courses; and explore opportunities for industry collaboration. Clara Prats, DBI Director, also participated as a trainer, presenting the CZI M2H Boot Camp and the Cross-Institutional DBI PhD course. The 2025 PhD course is currently taking place (September 8–November 17) and is hosted by four institutions across Denmark. Thanks to all the trainers, organizers, and participants who made the Train the Trainer course possible! 🔬Our takeaways: ◉The importance of clearly formulating learning objectives ◉Ideas for creating interactive learning experiences ◉Making the most of resources such as webinars and pre-recorded tutorials We are looking forward to implementing these outcomes in our facility! 😊 🔵Additionally, during the week of October 20–24, Sonia Diaz, DBI Coordinator, participated in a job shadowing experience with Marianna Childress, Communications Officer at Euro-BioImaging. During this time, Marianna shared insights into Euro-BioImaging’s mission, structure, and communication strategy. "I truly enjoyed my week of job shadowing in Heidelberg. Marianna’s guidance and openness made the experience both enriching and motivating. I am grateful for the opportunity to learn about target audiences, engagement with Euro-BioImaging examples, training courses, communication workflows, newsletters and strengthening collaboration" explains Danish BioImaging Coordinator. It was a busy job-shadowing week, which also included a MarComm breakfast organized by the bioRN Life Science Cluster, featuring a talk by Tabea Rauscher, EMBL’s Creative Team Lead, entitled ‘Branding the Life Sciences: Why Identity Matters.” Both the Train-the-Trainer course and the job shadowing are part of the Euro-BioImaging EVOLVE project. 📸In the photos: Left: From left to right — Xiaowen Wang, Katharina Kaiser, and Agata inside the Imaging Center at EMBL Right: Sonia Diaz G. and Marianna Childress at the entrance of Euro-BioImaging at EMBL #eurobioimaging #evolveproject #training #job_shadowing #collaboration #trainthetrainer