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[email protected] are running an Authorship & Acknowledgements Survey! Share your thoughts on how core facility staff contributions are recognised in publications, and help us advocate for better recognition and support career advancement🤝🌎🔬 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

So much happening in the segmentation space for bioimage analysis. These two papers that were published online today really stood out to me as noteworthy (a thread).

Keep going!

Happy Valentines for those who celebrate it #fluorescenceFriday

Our Data Analysis in Imaging (DAIM) Committee has launched a new Slack channel with @bioimaginguk.bsky.social UK to help image analysts find support, advertise events and share resources. Find out more and join the community! rms.org.uk/resource/dat... @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🔬👩‍🔬 🎉 A big thank you to the fantastic scientists we get to work with every day as well as our enthusiastic event participants! Let's continue to break down barriers and advance equality in science 💪 📸 Kinga Lubowiecka/ EMBL

Excited to announce a workshop on JOBS for AX NSPARC users! A great chance to explore automation and streamline imaging workflows. 📅 Thurs 13 March, 14:00-15:00 – JOBS Intro Webinar 📅 Tues 25 March, 10:00-17:00 – 1-2-1 JOBS Drop-in Sessions forms.office.com/pages/respon...

This is from our lightsheet, I'm speachless #microscopynightmares

Answering the call of @haesleinhuepf.bsky.social, Christian Tischer, Pete Bankhead, @kbias.bsky.social @bethcimini.bsky.social My Fiji training notes are now FAIR. All online in an open format to download and use for teaching and training. All in Google Doc or PDF formats bit.ly/4hkfEBF

Don't forget to enter our #EarlyCareer Award Competition 2025 (Deadline for entries: 14 Feb) Great opportunity to receive recognition for your work - and to win a cash prize! 🔬😃 Find out more and enter: rms.org.uk/opportunitie... @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social

🚨 Save the Date! 🚨 AI4Life & @globias.bsky.social are hosting a 4-part webinar series to showcase AI4Life services and lessons learned. 📅 When: Feb 13, Apr 10, Jun 12, Aug 14 🖥️ How: Online | 🎥 Recorded 🔗 Registration: bit.ly/registration...

A microscopist nightmare… (not ours thankfully)

My department @ucl-cdb.bsky.social, is looking to hire a lecturer (assistant prof equivalent) in computational cell biology www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Hands-on Confocal Microscopy course. April 2025 Fun, engaging, from novice to expert. Open to all. www.york.ac.uk/biology/tech... Hosted at our York @eurobioimaging.bsky.social labs @globalbioimaging.bsky.social Please reshare

Applications for our Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis 2025 course (Mar 24-Apr 8) are due on Jan 31! Come immerse yourself in microscopy and image analysis with me, @talleylambert.bsky.social, @bethcimini.bsky.social, @florianjug.bsky.social & Hunter Elliott! Please RT

Call 4 Help Pilot Event by GloBIAS, 22 Jan–5 Feb 2025! Offering life scientists a chance for hands-on guidance & support for #bioimage_analysis using Napari, Ilastik & CellProfiler. 💡 Details: www.globias.org/activities/c... 🔗 Sign up! Application until Friday 17 Jan: forms.gle/7hsJgramrFXB...

📢Registration for EM-UKI 2025 closes *this Thursday* (23 Jan) Join us in #Liverpool for this excellent, open forum for discussion of the latest developments and challenges in #ElectronMicroscopy 🔬 rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca... @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social

Back to work, back to #fluorescencefriday. Cheeky neurons in a mice hipoccampus #corefacility #lightmicroscopy

back from holidays...

The Centre for Molecular and Cell Dynamics at UCL has 18 microscopes and 200 active users across 300 groups. We have a custom website to showcase the equipment that we have and share news, says Virginia Silio at #UKLMFM2025. 🧪🧠@virsicas.bsky.social @uclofficial.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social

Back from the break and diving into the fluorescence fun! 🎉 Happy #FluorescenceFriday to those who celebrate!

12th years living in the UK #anniversary #immigrant

Last chance to apply for @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social Introduction to #ImageAnalysis at @uniofgalway.bsky.social with @lankylaste.bsky.social, @martinjones.bsky.social and @kerrythompson8.bsky.social - closing date is Sunday! Browse the course content here: rms-daim.github.io/introduction...

Osaka, the cat

New paper out! We share our experiences from conducting #bioimageanalysis workshops, using open-source software and building a community around training: doi.org/10.1002/jemt... Thanks to the dream team of rockstars, @david-j-barry.bsky.social, @martinjones.bsky.social and Tom Slater

Now on @focalplane.bsky.social, our conference highlights of #CBIAS2024, written with @zeinabrekad.bsky.social and @fmlove.bsky.social. For all who love #bioimageanalysis, we can not recommend that conference enough :)

Turns out that it's even easier to apply if you have the correct link to follow 🤠 CORRECT LINK: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKU906/p...

Last chance to apply: Application deadline is tomorrow December 18th.

Here is the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Happy #fluorescencefriday! Oh gosh I'm tired (description on the ALT)