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SfN, Then and Now: Returning to Neuroscience’s Largest Conference as a Postdoc

Posted by Sally Horton, on 17 December 2025

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual meeting has a reputation: enormous, extraordinary, and exhausting. This year, I returned to SfN in San Diego for the second time in my scientific journey, but for the first time as a postdoc. Although the location was the same as my first SfN as a PhD student, the experience

Imaging 4 All – 3rd Call for Applications Now Open!

Posted by deniz.saltukoglu, on 17 December 2025

Global BioImaging (GBI), the international network of cutting-edge bioimaging facilities and communities, has launched the third open call for Imaging 4 All (i4A) — a funding programme that supports researchers and imaging facility professionals based in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Through i4A, applicants can receive fully funded support to: The funding covers travel, accommodation and subsistence costs, facility access, service and training

Image Analysis course with Fiji/ImageJ

Posted by Lior Pytowski, on 17 December 2025

Online course introducing you to the basics of image analysis, including automatic segmentation, colocalisation, denoising, 3D, etc.

How do I get started with image analysis?

Posted by Rachel Lee, on 15 December 2025

Given the abundance of image analysis tools, it can be difficult to know where to get started with analyzing microscopy images. In this post, we provide a framework for getting started with image analysis that focuses on experimental design and the extraction of informative biological results.

A new version of TrackMate with improved integration of key AI algorithms and track edition improvements

Posted by Jean-Yves Tinevez, on 12 December 2025

We’re excited to announce TrackMate v8.1, the latest version of Fiji’s powerful cell and organelle tracking plugin. This release combines all the major features from v8 with important usability improvements, making TrackMate more useful and easier to use than ever before. What is TrackMate? TrackMate is an extensible, open-source tracking software designed for biologists and

STED Microscopy User Group, December 11, 12 PM ET

Posted by Ethan A. Perets, on 2 December 2025

The next BioImaging North America and Canada BioImaging STED user group will take place via Zoom on December 11 at 12 PM ET/11 AM CT/9 AM PT. Priyam Banerjee (The Rockefeller University) will deliver the presentation, “Ready, STED, Go: A full-stack workflow from fluorophore to feature extraction”, followed by community discussion. We hope you will join us! This user group

You can appreciate a lot by looking – using the best microscope in the world – A day in the life of an AIC visitor

Posted by AnjaSchmidt, on 24 November 2025

In November 2024 a group from the Kevin Hamill lab (https://lantsandlaminins.com/) at the University of Liverpool (UK) visited the AIC for 3 weeks to image components of the basal cell membrane using interferometric PALM (iPALM). In this post, Kevin describes their visit and a typical imaging day.

Image Analysis course with Fiji/ImageJ

Posted by Lior Pytowski, on 8 October 2025

We would like to invite you to an online course introducing you to the basics of image analysis, including automatic segmentation, colocalisation, denoising, 3D, etc. We scheduled two new sessions: November 2025 session: more details and sign up here.(Nov 10th to Nov 14th 2025, in the mornings) December 2025 session: more details and sign up

NeuroBio UK 2025: Insights, Innovation, and Inspiration in Neuroscience

Posted by Sally Horton, on 6 October 2025

I recently had the fantastic experience of attending the NeuroBio UK Conference at the National STEM Learning Centre in York. It was an inspiring gathering of neuroscience researchers, imaging experts, and innovators, all sharing cutting-edge insights and ideas. This post comes a little late, partly because I’ve been buried in experiments and grant writing, and

STED Microscopy User Group, September 11, 12 PM EST

Posted by Ethan A. Perets, on 23 August 2025

The next BioImaging North America and Canada BioImaging STED user group will take place via Zoom on September 11 at 12 PM ET/11 AM CT/9 AM PT. Henrietta “Henny” Bennett will deliver the presentation, “A community approach to STED resolution benchmarking using Fourier Ring Correlation (FRC)” (University Health Network, Toronto), followed by panel and community discussion with Henny, James Jonkman

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