📢📄🔬New publication with involvement of our staff: Marco Marcello, Tom Waring and image analyst @makaefer.bsky.social. Images recorded on our Andor Dragonfly microscope and visualised in Imaris @oxfordinstruments.bsky.social provided by the facility. 🎉🎊

Marie Held@makaefer.bsky.social · 7d ago

📢📄🧑‍💻🔬 New protocol from the University of Liverpool: a reproducible 3D microfluidic model of the human blood-brain barrier using human brain endothelial cells and primary human astrocytes. www.jove.com/t/71652/esta...

Latest publication coming out of the facility, including FAIR imaging data, posted on @bioimagearchive.bsky.social, and python code provided as a @jupyter.org notebook posted on @github.com 💪

Marie Held@makaefer.bsky.social · last mo.

📢📢 Finally out in PLOS Pathogens: journals.plos.org/plospathogen... in conjunction with the BioImage Archive Dataset 10.6019/S-BIAD2625 High-throughput images generated in @cci-liv.bsky.social and analysed with @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social @python.org @jupyter.org

An insight into the global bioimage analysis community 🌍 Last month, the results of the GloBIAS survey 2024 were published in the Journal of Microscopy. Among the authors were @nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social task area leads @haesleinhuepf.bsky.social and Christian Tischer.

Teaching in sweltering heat in London but our image analyst @makaefer.bsky.social is going strong on this three day distributed python course.

Marie Held@makaefer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today running Day 2 of the Evolve Distributed Python Training Course (lnkd.in/gF3kJuri). It is the UK Node's turn to teach today. Thanks to @eurobioimaging.bsky.social Euro-BioImaging for concertating four nodes: Sweden, UK, Portugal and Czech Republic.

Maria Alieva #ELMI2026 combines live 3D imaging with #cancer cells from patients and behavioral profiling to track how T cells engage tumors, revealing patient-specific responses www.nature.com/articles/s41... @livunicancer.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

BEHAV3D: a 3D live imaging platform for comprehensive analysis of engineered T cell behavior and tumor response - Nature Protocols

BEHAV3D is a 3D live imaging platform for analyzing engineered T cell behavior and tumor response. This provides insights into the mode of action of cellular immunotherapy, capturing heterogeneity wit...

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Sinem Saka (EMBL) #ELMI2026 combines automated axon ROI annotation in iPSC-derived neurons with spatial transcriptomics to map which RNAs are enriched or depleted during aging. Impressive. @natsansor.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

#ELMI2026 New, really useful tool from Ana Clara Rodrigues (EMBL) for correlative X-ray and light microscopy: probes visible in both modalities, enabling imaging across scales @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

Tumours are addicted to cysteine. Peter Dedeker #ELMI2026 new excitation-ratiometric biosensor (Cystector) tracks cysteine levels in real time, great new tool for #cancer research www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @livunicancer.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

A genetically-encoded cysteine biosensor to monitor cysteine dynamics across life domains

Cysteine is a central metabolite in cellular redox regulation and iron-sulfur cluster assembly. Despite its critical role, monitoring cysteine dynamics in living systems has remained a challenge due t...

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Clearing and imaging #organoids without fixation? Not impossible. Great talk by Takeshi Imai #ELMI2026 on a clever approach that could open new possibilities. Recent paper here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41820664/ @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

Nice talk by Michael Weber ELMI2026 on the future of 3D histology: high-throughput workflows, fast #lightsheet scan, robotics-driven sample processing, and neural networks trained to analyse tissue. @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

Ricardo Henriques showing how a code can tune itself! Liquid Engine generates and tests multiple CPU and GPU variants, learns what works best on your hardware and data, and picks the fastest path automatically www.nature.com/articles/s41... @bioimaginguk.bsky.social #ELMI2026

Efficiently accelerated bioimage analysis with NanoPyx, a Liquid Engine-powered Python framework - Nature Methods

NanoPyx optimizes bioimage analysis workflows by dynamically selecting code variations based on input data and hardware. This ensures maximum computational efficiency, enabling fast analysis of large ...

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Excellent talk by Xian (Edna) Hu this morning at #ELMI2026 explaining the extended focus method she has developed and implemented at the NORMIC Node to improve live cell imaging and endorsing the #EVOLVE Train-the-Trainer & job shadowing programmes.

#OMEZarr is here, what are the tools that make it usable in practice? Great talk by Virginie Uhlmann on FRACTAL, showing OME-Zarr workflows with real-world image analysis applications like #drugresponse fractal-analytics-platform.github.io #ELMI2026 @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

Great talk by Ilaria Testa #ELMI2026 : Event-triggered microscopy. Widefield finds the event & STED captures the detail. Smarter imaging, lower phototoxicity, real-time views of active synapses @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

#ELMI2026 Inspirational talk by Ed Boyden! synthneuro.org The future of imaging is multiplexing across space and time: capturing enough of biology at once to start predicting cellular fate and disease. @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

Are you working with #organoids? Romain Guiet from EPFL described an impressive pipeline for organoids segmentation and classification that you can reuse from #github: look out for   Bracq et al., in press, 2026 @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

Just gave a talk at #ELMI2026 and a panel discussion about how #FAIR data impacts #AI and its use in #bio-image-analysis 🔬🧪- and what we at @gerbi-gmb.de do about it 👷👷‍♀️ Slides available here: zenodo.org/records/2070...

Join Professor Edward Boyden (MIT, USA), pioneer of optogenetics and expansion microscopy, for the lecture: 🧠 "Optical Tools for Understanding and Repairing Biological Systems" 📅 June 16 | 6:30 PM 📍 Convento São Francisco, Coimbra Open to the scientific community. #ELMI2026 @ucoimbra.bsky.social

#ELMI2026 Great talk by Nils Metchel: How to build a complete imaging farm with robotic controlled by #AI agent for assisted acquisition ai4life.eurobioimaging.eu/announcing-b... @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

The tide is turning for research technical professionals (RTPs) :) Great article in Nature worth a quick read! www.nature.com/articles/d41... @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social @hiddenref.bsky.social‬ @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

How hidden contributions power modern research

The people who work behind the scenes to keep research moving say that there should be more recognition for their roles.

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📢📺 We have a new video on YouTube. Our image analyst @makaefer.bsky.social is talking about "FAIR by Design: Practical Strategies for Reproducible Microscopy" www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6JQ...

Biochemistry Focus webinar – FAIR by Design: Practical Strategies for Reproducible Microscopy

YouTube video by Biochemistry Focus webinar series

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Sarah from @benedictneuro.bsky.social sharing her PhD project in under 4 minutes! :) A great Application Day last Saturday! @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

📢 Require access to imaging equipment and/or image analysis but strapped for funds? Look no further than the UK Bioimaging User Access Fund. 👇👇👇👇

BioImagingUK@bioimaginguk.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🔬UK researchers: Access cutting-edge bioimaging tech + expert support with our User Access Fund! 💷 £5k for imaging 💷 £2k for image analysis Choose from 6 top UK facilities, contact them, then apply! rms.org.uk/user-access-fund ⏰ Next deadline: 31 March ✅ Decision in 4 weeks Pls share!

Working with chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) models? Check out CAMCON26, an unmissable event organised by one of our sister facilities, the Egg Facility, hosted in the city to be, Liverpool! www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/fac...

Thanks to Alex, Glyn, Alessandra, Kitty, Nick @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social for this successful #UKLMF2026 in the beautiful Newcastle @newcastleuni.bsky.social .See you next year in York!

Great session in #UKLMF2026 about #qualitycontrol in #microscopy. Importance of collecting QC data in a machine-readable format (JSON) to easily retrieve/reuse data @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social

Great talk of Georgina @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social #UKLMF2026 : reminder that the registration for the DRI stewardship curriculum @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social is still open!

Day 1 at @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social #UKLMF2026 @newcastleuni.bsky.social yesterday 🔬 A strong mix of talks on facilities, data and image analysis, as well as a Techno Bite from our own @agc-stratocore.bsky.social on building a shared taxonomy for #lightmicroscopy resources. #CoreFacilities

Don’t delay. Online attendance possible

Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium@cbias.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Last chance to register for #CBIAS2025, registrations are closing on November 20th - join us to discuss all things #bioimageanalysis and don’t miss a great networking opportunity! Will you be there? www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/cri...

📢 Enhance your bioimage analysis skills - 2-day hands-on napari workshop. Learn to: - Set up conda envis install napari - Navigate napari GUI install plugins - Jupyter notebooks for basic IA - Apply new skills to real datasets w expert guidance 📅 Apply by NOW! www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/cbi...

CBIAS napari workshop 2025

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