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Cryo-EM (ICE) Workshop for Advanced Materials (Oak Ridge National Lab, TN) July 2024 Workshop

The 2nd International Cryo-EM (ICE) Workshop for Advanced Materials which will be held from July 24-26, 2024 (right before M&M2024), at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, USA. This three-day, in-person workshop features invited… more

image.sc LIVE! event (April 10, 2024) Announcement

I am thrilled to announce the second Image.sc LIVE! Event which is happening online next week on Weds April 10th from 1 – 4pm BST!  (Note: this is 5-9am local time)

Organised by the RMS DAIM Section and supported by the… more

50th annual Nikon Small World image contest (deadline April 30, 2024) Contest

The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition is open to anyone with an interest in microscopy and photography through the microscope. The video competition, entitled Small World In Motion encompasses any movie or… more

Super-resolution (MINFLUX & STED) workshops (late April & late May 2024) remote options Announcement

Both the Core Microscopy Facility at Scripps Research in La Jolla, CA and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Core Facilities at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign are hosting super-resolution (MINFLUX & STED) workshops… more

Thermo Fisher microscopy Imaging contest Contest

The Thermo Fisher Scientific Microscopy Imaging Contest will illustrate one eligible scientific image into a 24 in. x 36 in. coloring wall poster. This poster can be distributed to recognize the beauty found in life science experiments. Other prizes… more

Optical Microscopy and Imaging in the Biomedical Sciences (OMIBS, Aug 2024) - Woods Hole, MA Course

We are excited to announce the in-person 2024 "Optical Microscopy and Imaging in the Biomedical Sciences" (OMIBS) course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, USA.  The course will run this year from Aug 13th – Aug… more

5th Annual EVIDENT microscopy image contest Contest

Calling All Microscopy Experts: Submit Your Best Images Now. Following the success of past Image of the Year Awards, Evident is continuing to search for the best light microscopy images in 2024. The fifth annual Image of the Year competition recognizes… more

RII Core Facility Pilot Grants - May 1, 2024 deadline Internal funding announcement, University of Arizona

Description: The RII Core Facilities Pilot Program is designed to support three key types of activity within the RII-… more

FIB SEM 2024 (May 2024) - Laurel, MD Conference

The FIB SEM 2024 Meeting will be returning to the Kossiakoff Center at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and will be co-hosted by the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy (CCEM).  We will have two full days of presentations,… more

BioEM 2024 talks Seminar

BioEM Talks will be held on the third Thursday in alternate months through out the year starting January 18, 2024.  Each session of BioEMTalks is a 2-hour virtual event including three 30-minute featured  presentations ad… more