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[Peter O'Toole @YorkBioimaging]

Read about how @OpenFlexure has helped us develop new live-cell imaging capabilities in financially constrained settings
https://t.co/B7OzgvMIko
Thanks @wellcometrust and @BBSRC for supporting research in this area

[BioImaging North America @BioimagingNA]

#HappyFluorescenceFriday #microscopycommunity- Join us June 4 for “2D Image Analysis Workflow with QuPath” featuring Lhorane Lobjois and learn practical workflows and open-source tools for bioimage analysis using QuPath.

Learn more: https://t.co/tb2UpkZXKX

[Peter O'Toole @YorkBioimaging]

Results of the Global Microscopy Survey is now published with data from 241 different facilites.
See - https://t.co/xZGkl3riOz
Also see its companion publication on Flow Cores - https://t.co/ZDLs7nwtHx

[RMS @RoyalMicroSoc]

Get the most from your Confocal microscope by booking your place on this excellent course! 🙂🔬

Great 2-day course covering the principles of confocal #microscopy, utilising many different sample types and fluorescent probes.

https://t.co/8ahO42TYYp

[Peter O'Toole @YorkBioimaging]

Full house in the 1st session on the morning after the night before @UKTSNetwork conference 2026.
A meeting for all technical professionals within academia

[FocalPlane @focalplane_jcs]

📢Two weeks to go until the first webinar in our new series on quantitative plant imaging across scales.

We’ll hear from Beatrice Lace and Simon Gilroy in this webinar chaired by Alex Johnson and Joe McKenna.

https://t.co/GxsKhd2izh

[Peter O'Toole @YorkBioimaging]

Light Microscopy Summer School 2026
See - https://t.co/ktWOO3gAhl

Super engaging and lots of fun!
@GlobalBioImage @EuroBioImaging @BioImagingUK @RoyalMicroSoc @RMS_EarlyCareer

[BioImagingUK @BioImagingUK]

🔬 UK researchers - funding is available to access world-class bioimaging facilities!
The UK Bioimaging User Access Fund offers up to £5K for bioimaging or £2K for image analysis at 6 UK sites
Open to PhD students, postdocs, technicians & PIs
📅 Next deadline: 31 Jul '26
Link👇

[JournalofMicroscopy @JofMicroscopy]

📣 The Journal is pleased to announce a new special issue dedicated to 40 years of Atomic Force Microscopy!

With this special issue we aim to look forward to how the technique will grow over the next forty years, where new capabilities are emerging and future challenges.

[Biology at York @BiologyatYork]

How do parasites disguise themselves to evade our immune system? It’s all about gene selection.
The latest work from the Faria Lab in PNAS identifies a new master regulator: ESBX.
@JoanaRCF @PNASNews

[Peter O'Toole @YorkBioimaging]

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. Course Feedback averages 5/5!

For more details - https://t.co/EB2aTuzFvD

@DDCytometry @karen_hogg2591 @Graemejpark @BCILifeSciences @ISAC_CYTO

[BioImagingUK @BioImagingUK]

🐍 Learn Python for Image Analysis!
UK life scientists: join EuroBioImaging's hands-on beginner course at The Crick, London (23–25 June), running with sites in CZ, PT and SWE!
⏰ Register by 15/4— places are limited!
✈️ Travel funding may be available
https://t.co/alPPfcbPC6

[JournalofMicroscopy @JofMicroscopy]

🔬The March issue of the Journal is now available to view online!

The issue includes an invited review "Review of expansion microscopy combined with advanced imaging modalities" by Natalie Woo and Claire M. Brown.

The issue is available to view here: https://t.co/MlrQeOiVGR

[Peter O'Toole @YorkBioimaging]

Unleashing live-cell imaging for the masses!
This is MEGA-exciting!!!
Adapting the OpenFlexure Microscope for Affordable Live-Cell Imaging https://t.co/CwPVM2rwKZ
This can fit into existing incubators and capture time-lapse experiments and feeds into existing bioimaging analysis pipelines.
Thanks @wellcometrust for funding

[Peter O'Toole @YorkBioimaging]

From a PhD in Hong Kong; working @institutpasteur, then back to Australia to establish a central microscopy facility at @WEHI_research. An enlightening #TheMicroscopists with Kelly Rogers incl the challenges of balancing research, facilities, and developing staff.
Plus wanting to be a forester and passions outside of work.
Stream: https://t.co/5DK9L6gKM1

[DerekDaviesCytometry @DDCytometry]

Don't delay - register today!

[RMS @RoyalMicroSoc]

If you work in a #FlowCytometry core facility, then now's the time to register for Flow Cytometry Facilities Meeting 2026 (Jan 6-7) - and keep up to date with all the latest issues within the Flow community.

Register now: https://t.co/og50yd0PsL

[Peter O'Toole @YorkBioimaging]

Manu Prakesh (of $1 #foldscope fame) guest stars on #TheMicroscopists. Quite incredible drive & desire for making science hands-on and accessible. He also talks about his passion for fieldwork, & explains why he has barnacles growing in his bathroom!
Stream - https://t.co/MmTy2tquFn

[DerekDaviesCytometry @DDCytometry]

A reminder of the @RoyalMicroSoc Flow Facilities meeting, Liverpool on 6/7 Jan2026. Registration open until 5 Dec:
https://t.co/ewfO63XFXg

The meeting is relevant to ALL levels of Flow Facility staff and is especially useful to junior staff.

[BioImagingUK @BioImagingUK]

🧵 THREAD: New funding opportunity for UK bioimaging researchers!

1/ The UK Bioimaging User Access Fund is now open with up to £5,000 available for imaging experiments and £2,000 for image analysis (100% FEC) 💰