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Connecting at GloBIAS Kobe

Posted by Beatriz Serrano-Solano, on 26 January 2026

This article was written by Eric Hidari, Senior Bioinformatician at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in the UK. Why would one attend an academic conference? In the past, I attended them without thinking much about the reason – being in academia, it feels like part of the job to learn, present, and network in such situations.

My participation at the GloBIAS Conference 2025 in Kobe Japan

Posted by Beatriz Serrano-Solano, on 22 January 2026

This article was written by Dr Libert Brice Tonfack, Associate Professor in Plant Biotechnologies at the University of Yaounde I, Cameroon. Upon returning from my active participation in the first conference organized by the Global Bioimage Analysts’ Society (GloBIAS) in 2024 in Gothenburg, Sweden, I immediately understood that I needed to commit strongly to the

GloBIAS – The Global BioImage Analysts’ Society

Posted by Christa Walther, on 20 November 2025

Over the past two years, GloBIAS has evolved from a visionary concept into a thriving and steadily growing international network.

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Microscopy-related articles from our journals

Toggle-Untoggle – a cell segmentation tool with an interactive user verification interface J Cell Sci 2025 138: jcs264154
The ratio of Wnt signaling activity to Sox2 transcription factor levels predicts neuromesodermal fate potential Development 2025 152: dev204661
The short isoform of Tango1 is dispensable for zebrafish survival but is required for skeletal patterning and integrity Biology Open 2025 14: bio062117

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