Enjoyable day and interesting talks at the @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social AGM on Wednesday. Pleased that there was a peaceful transfer of power @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social 😜 (as an aside, the Royal Society of Chemistry's premises are very nice)

All good things come to an end, but it has been a blast. I had the pleasure y'day in passing over the Presidency of the @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social to Rik Drummond-Brydson and I look forward to supporting Rik as VP and the RMS as a whole. Please see - www.rms.org.uk/resource/fro...

From the President - infocus Magazine September 2026

Professor Peter O'Toole signs off as RMS President

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Want to hear what happens towards the end of a career in cytometry? I spoke with @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social and Andreas Spittler about long careers and what happens next! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgaV...

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Two big names in #FlowCytometry Derek Davies and Andreas Spittler They discus their careers Supporting scientists AND stepping back from work that has shaped so much of their lives Key take home: find your niche, put your heart into it, and follow it with commitment Stream: bit.ly/s7-e4-pothtt...

.. spaces available. If you have been putting off starting your High Parameter analysis journey or just getting familiar with analysis algorithms this is aimed at you.

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A beginners course in High Parameter Flow Cytometry Data Analysis See www.york.ac.uk/biology/tech... @ctlslifescience.bsky.social @yorkbioscience.bsky.social @isacytometry.bsky.social @karen-hogg.bsky.social

Charlotte Christie Petersen, Désirée Kunkel, & Marjolijn Hameetman are #FlowStars. They talk about the European Flow Core Meeting: a virtual event for facility staff. + a few personal stories: unexpected hobbies, mishaps, & how cytometry shaped not just a career, but a life. Stream: bit.ly/s7-e3-pot

Flow Stars | Charlotte Christie Petersen, Désirée Kunkel, and Marjolijn Hameetman

Today, our host Peter O’Toole sits down with Charlotte Christie Petersen, Désirée Kunkel, and Marjolijn Hameetman. Together, they share the story behind the European Flow Core Meeting: a virtual ev...

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New publication📢 Removing barriers to advanced imaging and machine learning-based analysis journals.biologists.com/jcs/article-... This brought together key figures across 4 continents @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @bioimagingna.bsky.social @africanbioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social

Removing barriers to advanced imaging and machine learning-based analysis

Summary: This Perspective article conveys insights from a 2025 workshop on advancing timelapse imaging and machine learning-based phenotyping, outlining practical strategies to expand access to cuttin...

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A beginners course in High Parameter Flow Cytometry Data Analysis See www.york.ac.uk/biology/tech... @ctlslifescience.bsky.social @yorkbioscience.bsky.social @isacytometry.bsky.social @karen-hogg.bsky.social

A beginners course in High Parameter Flow Cytometry Data Analysis

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New opportunity to join our team! daphnejackson.org/fellowship/u... The Daphne Jackson Trust has launched a new fellowship for Research Technical Professionals who have taken a career break of >two years for family/health/caring reasons @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social

University of York - Daphne Jackson Trust

Research Technical Professional retraining and reskilling opportunity with a Daphne Jackson RTP Fellowship hosted by the University of York The Daphne Jackson Trust has launched a new fellowship for R...

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Registration is open for our International Hands-on Confocal Microscopy Course. www.york.ac.uk/biology/tech... Have fun whilst you learn. Highly interactive. 100% recommended and 5* rated. Limited to 12 delegates = lots of hands-on time. @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social

Hands-On Confocal Microscopy Course

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If you are a flow cytometrist, then you must know Jo & Ray Lannigan, but how well??? Stream #FlowStars in an really entertaining, lighthearted episode. From risks ro set-backs, from being in the Navy, or wanting to be a medic, their journey to being flow stars is amazing. Stream: bit.ly/s7-e2-pot

Flow Stars | Joanne Lannigan & Ray Lannigan

In this episode, Peter is joined by Joanne and Ray Lannigan, two much-loved figures in the flow cytometry community.Joanne and Ray share how they found their way into flow from very different begin...

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It's back! A new series of #FlowStars start with one of the most impactful scientists! Ulf Landegren (@uppsalauni ) 230 publications, 40+ patents, 10 biotech companies!!! Wonderful and inspiring and still 100% academic. Stream: bit.ly/s7-e1-po #flowcytometry

Flow Stars | Ulf Landegren (Uppsala University)

In this episode, Peter sits down with Ulf Landegren, Professor of Molecular Medicine at Uppsala University and a pioneer in DNA-based detection technologies.Ulf shares the story behind one of his l...

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Our 100% recommended Hands-on Confocal #Microscopy course is still simply the best. Open to all www.york.ac.uk/biology/tech... Highly interactive, engaging, and fun! Includes accommodation and most meals. @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social

Read about how @openflexure.bsky.social has helped us develop new live-cell imaging capabilities in financially constrained settings openflexure.org/live_cell_im... Thanks @wellcometrust.bsky.social + BBSRC for supporting research in this area @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social

Live Cell Imaging for Everyone Using the OpenFlexure Microscope - OpenFlexure

From Cat 3 biohazard labs in South Africa to parasitology in Brazil, an adapted OpenFlexure Microscope is proving that capturing dynamic cellular processes doesn't have to break the bank.

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We’re running two intensive training courses in the next couple weeks, and we’d love to see you there! Next week, it’s an Intro. to Scientific Computing, and the following week it’s an Intro. to Python. More details here: www.york.ac.uk/biology/tech... #datascience #bioinformatics #python

Results of the Global Microscopy Survey is now published with data from 241 different facilites. See: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author... Also see its companion publication on Flow Cores: doi.org/10.1111/jmi.... @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @bioimagingna.bsky.social

Book now for our Light Microscopy Summer School 2026! Great course taught with hands-on, practical sessions, suitable for both novices and more experienced users 🙂🔬 https://ow.ly/WwFZ50YVqNH

Full house on the morning after the night before at TSN conference 2026. Great meeting for all technical staff @ctlslifescience.bsky.social

Not just for microscopists, but relevant to all technical specialists. Making the invisible visible: A global examination of careers and recognition for Imaging Scientists in core facilities - Thompson - Journal of Microscopy - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Making the invisible visible: A global examination of careers and recognition for Imaging Scientists in core facilities

Modern life-science research relies heavily on advanced imaging technologies, from microscopes that reveal the structure of cells to imaging systems used in biomedical research. These instruments are...

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🚨 We are hiring! Personally, I think this is a fantastic job, good salary, and fun work place with exceptional colleagues. ⚠️ Warning, I’m quite biased… but still right! 😜 Join us! Apply!!! 🎉 careers.humantechnopole.it/job/AI-Exper...

napari 0.7.0 is available now! 🚀🎉 It's a BIG release so read the full release notes, with highlights: napari.org/stable/relea... We want to thank everyone who has worked incredibly hard on this release including our 11 new brilliant contributors 🤩 and the community for their support and feedback!

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Mon, Mar 23, 2026 We’re happy to announce the release of napari 0.7.0! napari is a fast, interactive, multi-dimensional image viewer for Python. It’s designed for browsing, annotating, and analyzing…

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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. Feedback average 5/5! For more details - www.york.ac.uk/biology/tech...

Our courses

We hold a range of courses across several areas. Our courses are open to biologists and technicians from a range of backgrounds and taught in our state of the art facilities.

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Thx for the invitation. Great evening. Credit to @openflexure.bsky.social for the microscope & Jodie Malcolm & co making it ideal for live cell incubators. share.google/GjvRhmmIXlPU... @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

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Peter O'Toole @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social showing us a 3D printed microscope which can be used wherever and wherever it is needed

Excited to be invited to talk at the The Yorkshire Philosophical Soc @ypsyork.bsky.social on Tuesday evening. See www.ypsyork.org/events/seein... It will speed through many techniques & end on our most exciting project to date! @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social

Virtual Flow Cytometry Data Analysis Course Spring 2026 Open to all and starts morning in the Americas and afternoon in Europe and Africa. Very interactive www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca... @isacytometry.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

Virtual Flow Cytometry Data Analysis Course Spring 2026

The RMS is holding an interactive virtual course on flow cytometric data analysis.

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Unleashing live-cell imaging for the masses! Adapting the OpenFlexure Microscope for Affordable Live-Cell Imaging www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Fits into existing incubators for time-lapse experiments & feeds into existing bioimaging analysis pipelines. Thanks @wellcometrust.bsky.social funding

Please see below. York is one of these sites, enabling everything from the basics to some of the most advanced microscopy applications

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!

Pure joy. The last of #TheMicroscopists season with Steve Altschuler and Lani Wu. From Princeton to Microsoft, Rosetta to Harvard and having to learn biology as PI’s in undergad lectures! Just a wonderful listen Stream bit.ly/microscopist... @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social @bitesizebio.bsky.social

The Microscopists | Steve Altschuler and Lani Wu (University of California, San Francisco)

Steve Altschuler and Lani Wu are Professors in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco.In this episode of The Microscopists, Peter O’Toole talks to Steve Altschuler ...

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Great Interview - Topic: "Love of Science" "Getting Old" "Love of Sports" "Dropping out of College" "Challenges of Hearing Loss" "The Magic of Woods Hole" "Death" "Resilience and Failure" "Funding Cuts" - lots of emotions in this one. #AllTheFeelings

Peter O'Toole@yorkbioimaging.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Emotional - Uri Manor @manorlaboratory.bsky.social was so wonderfully open & an inspiration to listen on #TheMicroscopists Uri talks about growing up with hearing loss & a winding path through baseball-music-restaurant work led him to physics & then biology - pls share Stream bit.ly/microscopist...

Emotional - Uri Manor @manorlaboratory.bsky.social was so wonderfully open & an inspiration to listen on #TheMicroscopists Uri talks about growing up with hearing loss & a winding path through baseball-music-restaurant work led him to physics & then biology - pls share Stream bit.ly/microscopist...

The Microscopists | Uri Manor (UC San Diego School of Biological Sciences)

In this episode of The Microscopists, Uri Manor, Assistant Professor of UCSD, opens up about growing up with profound hearing loss and how, despite wanting nothing to do with becoming a scientist, ...

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