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Workshop report: France BioImaging - Advanced Training on Light-Sheet Microscopy

Posted by , on 22 May 2025

From November 4th to 7th, 2024, I had the privilege to attend the Advanced Training on Light-Sheet Microscopy‘s Principles and Applications to Neuroscience and 3D Cell Culture at France BioImaging in Bordeaux. This comprehensive training, rich in both theoretical and practical knowledge, provided an exceptional platform for learning and engaging with experts in the field.
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Workshop report: 18th LFD Workshop in Advanced Fluorescence Imaging and Dynamics

Posted by , on 15 May 2025

The Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics ran their annual Advanced Fluorescence Dynamics Workshop in October 2024. Three of the attendees, Teemly Contreras, Irene Carlon-Andres and Razeen Shaikh were supported by JCS-FocalPlane Training Grants. They shared their experiences at the workshop here: Teemly Contreras The Advanced Fluorescence Dynamics Workshop organized by Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics (LFD) at
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Image Analysis course with Fiji/ImageJ

Posted by , on 9 April 2025

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

Posted by , on 3 March 2025

In mid-August 2024, I had the fantastic opportunity of attending the ScanR workshop; held at the Institute of Biophysics in Brno, Czech Republic and organised by world-leading experts who have been using this technology for >10 years. Being renowned as the birthplace of the father of genetics, Gregor Johann Mendel, the location was also special,
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How to make labs more sustainable

Posted by , on 27 January 2025

Due to the high interest in learning more about making labs more environmentally- friendly, we decided to offer you an insight into what sustainable practices we can include in the lab. Therefore, we had invited Jeroen Dobbelaere to be a guest author for our newest series of blogs entitled “How to make labs more sustainable”.
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Meeting report: Biomolecular Horizons 2024

Posted by , on 6 January 2025

In September 2024 I attended the Biomolecular Horizons conference in Melbourne, Australia. This was a large conference with 9 concurrent sessions over 4 days. There was a lot of great biology presented from around the world, but in my meeting report I wanted to highlight something unique about the conference: the Indigenous Perspectives in Biomolecular
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Image Analysis course with Fiji/ImageJ

Posted by , on 11 December 2024

Online course introducing you to the basics of image analysis, including automatic segmentation, colocalisation, denoising, 3D, etc.
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SAM for Bioimage Analysis: A Comprehensive Guide

Posted by , on 10 December 2024

Image segmentation has always been a cornerstone of image analysis, and in bioimage analysis, its significance cannot be overstated. Precise segmentation of regions of interest is crucial for downstream analysis, yet the inherent complexity of biological data makes this task particularly challenging. While numerous segmentation methods exist, the field has long sought a generalist model
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Democratising Microscopy in Latin America: Imaging Across Scales and Regions

Posted by , on 25 November 2024

In 2025, The Company of Biologists will host a Workshop on Democratising Microscopy in Latin America in Baños de Agua Santa, Ecuador. The Workshop organisers,  Constadina Arvanitis, Mario Del Rosario, Helena De la Torre, Mariana De Niz, Maria Fernanda Latorre Barragán and Licyel Lenny Paulas Condori, have put together a fantastic programme for the event
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A journey of a novice in immunofluorescence assay

Posted by , on 15 November 2024

I am Seth Domfeh, a lecturer and an early-career researcher from the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. I am delighted to share my experience before and during my research visit to the Africa Microscopy Initiative (AMI) Imaging Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of
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