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Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis (Cold Spring Harbor, NY) Mar/Apr 2025 Course

Combining careful image acquisition with rigorous computational analysis allows extraction of quantitative data from light microscopy images that is far more informative and reproducible than what can be seen by eye. This course will focus on advanced… more

Optical Microscopy & Imaging in the Biomedical Sciences (Woods Hole, MA) Aug 2025 Course

This course is designed primarily for research scientists, postdoctoral trainees, core facility directors/staff and graduate students working in the biological sciences. Non-biologists seeking a comprehensive introduction to microscopy and digital… more

Light Microscopy for the Biosciences Workshop (Charleston, SC) June 2025 Workshop

The 9th Charleston Workshop on LIGHT MICROSCOPY FOR THE BIOSCIENCES (LMB) will provide a solid introduction to the concepts and practical applications of light microscopy relevant to modern cell and molecular biology under the direction of Dr. John J.… more

Light-Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy Conference/Workshop (Bar Harbor ME) June 1-7, 2025 Conference, Workshop

Announcing LSFM 2025! The light-sheet conference/workshop will be held this year June 1st-7th, 2025, at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) in Bar Harbor, Maine.

The Application portal is open now! Application deadline (rolling… more

Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy course (Bar Harbor, ME) May 2025 Course

Enrollment for annual Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy course at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Maine is now open. This is an intensive lab/lecture course, focusing on fluorescence microscopy in all its forms, including widefield, Confocal… more

Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy (Woods Hole, MA) April 2025 Course

We are excited to announce this year's run of Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy, held at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA.

The course will run April 30th-May 9th, 2025. Applications are due *December 16th,… more

On The Scope – A Masterclass in Practical Scanning Electron Microscopy (Columbus, OH) Apr/May 2025 Course

On The Scope – A Masterclass in Practical Scanning Electron Microscopy is a training program covering the fundamentals of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) operation. The program is provided by The Ohio State University… more

Images to Knowledge (I2K - virtual) Oct 28-30, 2024 Workshop

Discovery in the life-sciences increasingly relies on quantitative analysis of microscopy images. The 2024 FREE online event “Virtual I2K 2024”, to be held from October 28-30, will therefore feature… more

RII Core Facility Pilot Grants - Nov 6, 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

Grad students - please participate in this national survey on image ethics University of Arizona

A group at Clemson University is conducting an interview study to look for connections between digital imaging ethics and the development of self-efficacy as a light microscopist. You can think about microscopy self-efficacy as how comfortable and… more