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Australia's largest network of microscopes and expertise – open to all Australian researchers & businesses, enabled by the Australian Government through NCRIS. micro.org.au myscope.training youtube.com/c/MicroscopyAustralia
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A newly developed nanoscale #catalyst has the potential to be translated into a sustainable technology to produce green #hydrogen from just seawater and sunlight: empowering the hydrogen economy. micro.org.au/news/convert... @englishanu.bsky.social‬ #NCRISimpact #NetZero

Researchers have discovered why #CriticalMinerals accumulate around the edge of continental cores. This info can be used to predict probable new locations for essential critical minerals. Supported by our ANU facility. @englishanu.bsky.social‬ #NCRISimpact #NetZero‬ micro.org.au/news/new-exp...

Based in Adelaide? This is a great opportunity to upskill in the design and fabrication of microfluidic/electronic, MEMS, optical and sensing chips – and it's free!

Save the Date! There are now only 298 days until the next Light Microscopy Australia symposium. This will be hosted at the University of Sydney from 3-5th Feb 2026. Follow this page and make sure that you renew your @australianmms.bsky.social membership to be kept up to date with symposium details!

Fossilized fish up to 16 million years old found in Australia with last meal still intact! 🧪 More awesome research by Prof. Michael Frese and team featured by CNN (and riffed on by Stephen Colbert). edition.cnn.com/2025/03/28/s... Supported by our ANU facility #NCRISimpact youtu.be/-SSrijr6Zzc?...

This week, we're hosting the #EuroBioImaging All Hands Nodes Meeting at @embl.org Heidelberg! Yesterday we focused on #imaging technologies with Nodes & industry board partners. Today we explore international collaboration with @micro-au.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social & much more to come!

Great opportunity to explore @ai4life.bsky.social's FAIR, open, community-driven repository of pre-trained AI models for image analysis, along with lessons learnt. @ausbias.bsky.social @australianmms.bsky.social @nifaustralia.bsky.social

Keeping a world icon clean! This awesome research is supported by our ANU facility. Read more: micro.org.au/news/cleanin...

We'll be announcing the winners of the Node-FocalPlane image competition tomorrow. Be sure to get your vote in if you haven't already done so! If you are at #biologists100 you can vote via the app. If not, visit: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/03/11/v...

If, hypothetically, a person were trying to set up a career panel series for bioimage analysis, what kinds of roles (or specific people) would you want to hear more about? Hypothetical nominations of all stripes welcome :) #bioimageanalysis

We are so lucky to work with the amazing women of Sydney Microscopy and Microanalysis. From managing facilities to sharing expertise with researchers, this #InternationalWomensDay, we'd like to celebrate some of the unsung heroes of the research world: the professional staff that make it happen.

🌟Explore our 2024 Research Highlights! 🌟 From needle-free insulin to converting CO2 to electricity, join us in celebrating these awesome Aussie discoveries enabled by open-access, Govt-funded research infrastructure – #NCRISimpact 🧪🔬 micro.org.au/news/explore... @globalbioimaging.bsky.social

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📣 JOB ALERT 📣 Are you an expert in secondary ion mass spec (SIMS) with a passion for mineral characterisation and surface analysis? Great opportunity to support high-impact research based in Brisbane 🇦🇺 – closes 24 March 🧪 uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare... #STEMjobs #academicsky #sciencejobs

Check it out – an NCRIS starter pack! Did you know we are part of a wider community of Australian research infrastructure providers? All enabled by the @ausgov.bsky.social through the #NCRIS program! Follow for events, initiatives, jobs and awesome research ⬇️ 🧪 go.bsky.app/Gp86KkF

This technology could help fine-tune plant genes to increase crop yield and improve food quality for global food security – enabled by our University of Queensland facility, the Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, published in @natureplants.bsky.social #NCRISimpact

🎉 Job Opportunity 🎉 Our University of Queensland facility is looking for a Senior X-Ray Scientist – applications close 16th of Feb, so get in quick! uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare... #X-ray #hiring #STEMjobs #wewantyou

My favourite view of the microscope 🔬, with it's pants off!! This is a JEOL F200 transmission electron microscope (TEM) and under the table you can see the CMOS camera made by Gatan which we use for imaging and 4D STEM!

So excited to see our @sydneyuni.bsky.social facility featured by @veritasium.bsky.social! 🧪 A great explanation of the incredible capabilities of the Themis S/TEM at Sydney Microscopy and Microanalysis – open to all Australian researchers through #NCRISimpact www.youtube.com/watch?v=88bM...

Submit your entries for the Microscopy Australia image competition at #APMC13 by the end of today – gift cards to be won! 'People's Choice' voting will start tomorrow – come by the booth and vote for your favourite image. More details here: micro.org.au/events/micro...

Join us in Melbourne for the next Global BioImaging train-the-trainer course! Learn to deliver effective training programs at your light microscopy facility. Free of charge, travel grants are available. @australianmms.bsky.social #LMA @louisecole.bsky.social

🎙️ Global BioImaging Train-the-Trainer 2025 Course is open for applications 📅 17-21 November 2025 📍 Melbourne, Australia ⚫ Course for imaging core facility professionals to organize and deliver effective training programs ⚫ Travel grants available globalbioimaging.org/internationa...

Prof. Dylan Owen @owenlabuob.bsky.social and team are building an open database of single-molecule localisation microscopy #SMLM data representing the distribution of proteins in cells called nano-org – another great talk at #APMC13! Check it out here: nano-org.bham.ac.uk

Stories & Structures – New Connections exhibition is now on display at #APMC13. Connecting Indigenous Culture and art with TEM images of the natural world. Come and see the amazing art and associated micrographs and read their stories. @australianmms.bsky.social

"Almost everything you've touched today was examined using microscopy during the design process" – what a great start to #APMC13, fantastic plenary talk by Prof. Jo Etheridge, @monashuniversity.bsky.social Centre for Electron Microscopy. Come visit us and @globalbioimaging.bsky.social at booth 72

Are you going to the Asia Pacific Microscopy Congress #APMC13 next week? Stop by to chat with us and @globalbioimaging.bsky.social – we'll have jigsaw puzzles, MyScope demos and a micrograph competition! micro.org.au/events/micro...

Are you planning your lectures/course content for this year? Check out MyScope – our free #microscopy training website with theory, quizzes and microscope simulators 🧪 Developed by our experts, open to the global community: www.myscope.training #openlearning

IMAGE COMPETITION AT APMC. Bring your excellent micrographs/reconstructions, not art works. Colour-enhancement is OK if it adds clarity. On A4 with caption and scale on the front and your name on the back (for judging anonymity). @australianmms.bsky.social #APMC13 @globalbioimaging.bsky.social

Such a wonderfully serendipitous discovery made on our Flinders facility's atomic force microscope! #NCRISimpact #innovation

Travel grants are now open for the @globalbioimaging.bsky.social Exchange of Experience – a fantastic opportunity for imaging scientists to share knowledge and develop solutions to common challenges – made possible by @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social globalbioimaging.org/exchange-of-...

Facing challenges with tools like Napari, Ilastik, CellProfiler? Join the Call4Help pilot event organised by the GloBIAS T&E group, 20-24 January 2025 for guidance from expert trainers. More info: tinyurl.com/2dpyzte5 Sessions tailored to your needs (not hands-on). #ImageAnalysis #GloBIASCall4Help

The Australian #Microscopy and #Microanalysis Society @australianmms.bsky.social is now on BlueSky! Give them a follow for all things microscopy down under. We'll also be at the Asia Pacific Microscopy Congress #APMC13 – come by our booth and say hello 👋

Enter the Wellcome Photography Prize NOW. It celebrates captivating stories of health, science and human experience from around the world. Open to all – 25 prizes up to £10,000 and great exposure. Entries close 14 January 2025. #microscopy #images @wellcometrust.bsky.social wellcome.org/photoprize

📣 JOB ALERT📣 Our UNSW Sydney facility is looking for a Technical Officer (to Jan 2026) to support bio/cryo sample prep and SEM/TEM user training. Join a lovely team in a busy core facility that specialises in electron microscopy! external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...

As we wrap up the year, we thank our expert staff for their dedication and hard work. Their efforts have enabled some remarkable research and achievements. Happy Holidays and best wishes for the New Year! 🎉 📸 Ti-based alloy powder for 3D printing taken by Dr Olexandra Marenych, UQ. #NCRISimpact

If you didn't manage to catch our recent webinar on deep learning denoising for volume microscopy you can check it out now YouTube. Thanks again to Volume Imaging Australia for organising! youtu.be/_DSGIU2Z8Tg @ai4life.bsky.social #ML #deeplearning #VEM #bioimaging #volumeimaging #denoising #VIA

⚠️ Only 1 week remaining to apply for the 3rd (and last!) AI4Life Open Call! Get personalised support in #DeepLearning for bioimage analysis. Apply now before it's too late! ai4life.eurobioimaging.eu/third-open-c... ⏳ Deadline: December 10, 2024 @REA_research #AI #Bioimaging #ImageAnalysis

Great to see the visibility for Imaging networks at #ICRI2024. Working together with partners like @micro-au.bsky.social and @nifaustralia.bsky.social within @globalbioimaging.bsky.social contributes to boosting our impact @eurobioimaging.bsky.social through collaboration and knowledge sharing.

International collaboration is a priority for us – partnering with @eurobioimaging.bsky.social has allowed us to learn and share critical research skills and to work together to advocate for imaging scientists. We are so pleased to renew this agreement marking 12 years of collaboration!

I will try to take on the challenge to highlight some of the cool bioimage analysis tools we use all the time. #BioimageTooloftheDay I will start with ijp-LaRoMe, a very nifty Fiji plugin that I use all the time to convert ROI to label images and vice versa github.com/BIOP/ijp-LaR...

Fellow #NCRIS facility @nifaustralia.bsky.social is now on BlueSky! Give them a follow for all your clinical imaging needs. As Australia's imaging research infrastructures, we work closely with the National Imaging Facility on a range of projects like #GlobalBioImaging. #BioImaging

We have an awesome next installment coming up in our #GlobalBioImaging Spotlight series next week. Marcela Diaz from Institute Pasteur Montevideo and #LABI will present on the impact of training and community building on imaging core facility career paths. Register here tinyurl.com/gbispotlight

New videos! Check out this introductory X-ray photoelectron #spectroscopy series from our University of Queensland facility by Dr Craig Stoppiello – feel free to share if useful for your users/students! #XPS #microanalysis #microscopy #openlearning www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K6Z...

Webinar: Deep learning denoising for volume microscopy 28th Nov, 4pm AEDT Join us to hear about supervised and unsupervised #deeplearning #denoisers for #microscopy followed by a live demo in collaboration with #VolumeImaging Australia. micro.org.au/events/via-w... #ML