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RMS Application Coaching and Personal Mentoring Scheme

Posted by Georgina Fletcher, on 2 August 2023

The RMS Application Coaching and Personal Mentoring Scheme pilot was extended to a twice yearly call for applicants. We are accepting applications until the 31 August 2023 with the next round opening in January 2024. For more details and to apply as a Mentor, Mentee or both please visit this webpage: https://www.rms.org.uk/opportunities/mentoring-schemes.html

NEW Technical Specialist Job Shadowing Scheme!

Posted by Georgina Fletcher, on 2 August 2023

The Technical Specialist Job Shadowing Scheme is a brand new initiative supported by the RMS, Technician Commitment and Technical Specialist Network that is designed to provide scientists on an academic track with an opportunity to visit a UK imaging or flow core facility for up to 5 days. Applications close on 31 August. To find

ASCB Subgroup: Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Cell Imaging

Posted by Beth Cimini, on 17 July 2023

The deep learning revolution in bioimage analysis over the past ~5 years has been nothing short of awe-inspiring; in just a few short years we’ve gone from having very few deep learning tools usable on light microscopy images to new approaches coming out weekly and routinely outperforming older classical approaches. We can now use deep

An interview with Carlos Bustamante

Posted by Mariana De Niz, on 11 July 2023

MiniBio: Carlos Bustamante is a HHMI investigator and full professor at University of California at Berkeley, where he leads a lab focusing on single molecule force spectroscopy. From an early age, Carlos was attracted to science, and at age 15, with the help of his family, set up his own lab in his parent’s house.

"Beyond pretty pictures" subgroup at Cell Bio 2023

Posted by Assaf Zaritsky, on 6 July 2023

The traditional approach of learning cell biology simply by looking at microscopy images is becoming harder and is sometimes even not possible with the growing complexity, volume and dimensionality of modern microscopy imaging data. Data science, a field that combines techniques from machine learning, statistics and other computer science fields to extract meaning from unstructured

Outcomes of the Hackathon on Web and Cloud Infrastructure for AI-Powered BioImage Analysis

Posted by Caterina Fuster-Barceló, on 22 June 2023

Recently, our community had the opportunity to partake in a dynamic event that demonstrated the vibrant nature of our field: The AI4Life Hackathon on Web and Cloud Infrastructure for AI-Powered BioImage Analysis. This event, organized by Wei Ouyang at KTH Sweden, partner of the AI4Life, with generous support from Global BioImaging. It took place from

Tracking in napari

Posted by Mara Lampert, on 1 June 2023

In this blog post we are exploring cell tracking in napari. Two important processes in normal tissue development and disease are cell migration and proliferation. To gain a better understanding on these processes, tracking in time-lapse datasets is needed. By measuring track properties, like velocity and the total travelled distance, spatio-temporal relationships can be studied.

FocalPlane image competition 2023

Posted by FocalPlane, on 15 May 2023

We are celebrating our upcoming third birthday by launching our 2023 image competition! We’d love to take this opportunity brighten up our homepage and add to our spectacular image gallery. Submit your favourite images acquired using any microscopy modality. All the images submitted will be featured on FocalPlane. The shortlisted image with the most votes

If you license it, it'll be harder to steal it. Why we should license our work

Posted by Robert Haase, on 6 May 2023

TL;DR: When we publish work such as manuscripts, code and data, the platforms we publish on typically ask to select license. If we find a nice figure on the internet, are we allowed to reuse it? If there is no copyright statement, am I stealing? If code is available open-source, can we incorporate it into

Scientific Data Analysis: User Documentation 101

Posted by Robert Haase, on 30 April 2023

TL;DR: When publishing open-source tools for bio-image analysis special emphasis should be put on user-documentation. Users and developers have a different background and a language barrier limits knowledge exchange on how to use tools correctly. Writing a good user guide is a huge opportunity and worth the effort: Users get the most out of their

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HCR spectral imaging: 10-plex, quantitative, high-resolution RNA and protein imaging in highly autofluorescent samples Development 2024 151: dev202307
filoVision – using deep learning and tip markers to automate filopodia analysis J Cell Sci 2024 137: jcs261274
C omputational tools for quantifying actin filament numbers, lengths, and bundling Biology Open 2024 13: bio.060267

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