→ To carry out a biological imaging project in one of France-BioImaging facilities
Deadline: June 26th, 2024
How it works:
Submit your project proposal through the form available here before June 26th, 2024, in order to be considered for a grant of up to 5000 Euros to access the imaging services at one of FBI facilities. Projects will be evaluated by a committee including FBI node representants and the national coordination members. Successful applicants will be notified by mid July 2024 and successful projects should be carried out between September and November 2024.
What the grant covers:
This grant covers the user’s travel and accommodation costs as well as access and consumable costs at FBI imaging facilities. Each successful applicant is eligible for up to 5000 Euros of support.
Who is eligible:
The call is restricted to external users (national or international) of the targeted France-BioImaging facility, i.e. the applicant’s home University should not be within the institutional perimeter of the FBI facility hosting the project. Trans-Node access is eligible. Transnational projects and outside users are strongly encouraged to apply.
All academic scientists, regardless of gender, career phase, or field of interest, are eligible to apply. We strongly encourage early career researchers to apply for this grant.
Evaluation:
All applications will be evaluated for scientific excellence and technical feasibility by a committee including FBI Node representatives, FBI core facility staff representatives and the national coordination. Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss their project and its technical feasibility with the targeted facility before submitting their project.
Up to 12 projects will be supported.
How to apply:
Applicants are invited to visit FBI website to discover the range of technologies provided by France-BioImaging facilities. Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss their project and its technical feasibility with the targeted facility before submitting their project. Applicants will then submit their project filling out the form available here: https://france-bioimaging.org/application/france-bioimaging-call-for-user-access-projects-2024/
Projects have to be written in English.
For any question concerning this call, please contact us
France-BioImaging’s roadmap for managing and analyzing data produced by the infrastructure spans several areas, supported by the transversal node Image Processing and Data Management (BioImage Informatics), as well as engineers and researchers distributed across various nodes.
Two geographically distributed teams are developing solutions: FBI.data for managing microscopy data, from metadata management to using data centers and regional computing centers, pooling efforts for the entire infrastructure; and F-BIAS to develop image analysis as a national service offering within the infrastructure. These distributed groups meet frequently via video conferencing and twice a year in person.
The Bordeaux Spring 2024 Edition allowed progress on the test deployment of the FBI.data solution, welcoming the latest F-BIAS recruits, and offering a live open desk. It also involved joint sessions between the two teams to address the challenge of making powerful but complex infrastructure accessible to our users, as well as discussing upcoming and ongoing challenges like the Lightmycells – Grand Challenge at grand-challenge.org.
The event also featured a public progress update via videoconference, with recordings available here:
Euro-BioImaging just launched its first Cross-Node Job Shadowing programme open to all EuBI node staff members!
The objective of this initiative is that of developing the Nodes through their staff. If you would like to learn from your colleagues at other Nodes, whether that be Scientific/Technical fields (instruments and techniques), Operations (facility management, Node administration, and soft skills) or Data (data management and analysis), this initiative is for you!
The job shadowing program is made possible through EU funding as part of the EVOLVE project.
What is Cross-Node Job Shadowing?
It is an opportunity for you to visit another Node within Euro-BioImaging, work with them, learn from them and exchange ideas and best practices. It is open to all Euro-BioImaging Node Staff: technicians, administrative employees and Node managers are all encouraged to apply. Visits can last from a few days to a maximum of two weeks.
We highly recommend that a range of topics, rather than just one, be handled during the visit.
How to apply
The deadline for applications is Friday 14th June 2024.
There are two ways to make your application:
- You know what Node you’d like to visit: please contact your host directly and begin to draw up a detailed Training Plan for host approval. Once this is done you can proceed to fill out the Application Form
- You know what you want training on, but not what Node you can find it in: Fill out the Call of interest for Match-making. We will put you in contact with the host, and, together with them, you can draw up the training plan. If you need match-making support, please fill out the form as soon as possible, so you have sufficient time to prepare the full application before the deadline. If you fill this in shortly before the deadline, we cannot guarantee successful match-making.
What you will need to apply
Before submitting your application, please make sure that you have the following prepared:
- A short Motivation Statement describing the impact that this visit will have on you and your Node.
- Host-validated Training Plan including:
- Date and duration of the visit
- A detailed plan comprising the timeline and training objectives
- The Host-Visitor agreement signed by both parties
- Dissemination plan
It is important that the knowledge gained during the job shadowing does not stop with you! We would like successful applicants to share what they have learned, and this can be done in a range of ways. For example:
- Informal training among work colleagues
- In-person training sessions in facility
- Webinars across your node
- Inter-Node online training sessions
Your Dissemination Plan must include details of how you plan to share the knowledge that you have acquired. Wider and more effective dissemination will result in a stronger application.
Reimbursement Modality
The support for job shadowing will be provided as a reimbursement to be paid upon submission of the Host-Approved Report at the end of the visit. The payment will cover travel and accommodation (reimbursement of invoices) and there will be a meal allowance. Full details will be provided upon approval of application.
Costs (transportation, accommodation and meal allowance) will be reimbursed up to a maximum of 1500 EUR.
For the timeline of the application and selection procedure, please refer to our flyer!
For further information please contact us at info@eurobioimaging.eu.
FBI sent a delegation to Beijing, China to attend the 2nd Sino-French Joint Meeting on BioImaging from April 8th to April 10th, 2024. This event was hosted by Peking University and jointly organized with FBI.
This joint event took place on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and France, and to further promote the innovation and development of biomedical imaging technology, strengthen international academic exchanges and cooperation, leverage the strategic and comprehensive benefits of the national scientific and technological infrastructure dedicated to multimodal cross-scale biomedical imaging.
The meeting gathered preeminent scientists, researchers, engineers, and technical developers from the Chinese and French bioimaging communities to explore the future trajectories of bioimaging technology through the dissemination of the latest research findings, technological advancements, and application cases. During the 3-days scientific event, 12 French (mainly FBI members) and 17 Chinese speakers presented their scientific work and technological developments.
« I really enjoyed participating to this high-level conference gathering top-research works in the field of bioimaging. It highlighted the dynamism and the extremely promising applications we can expect in the next years from the development of both new imaging instruments and dedicated analysis tools. Last but no least, such gathering also show how communication and collaboration between China and France can contribute to the field and to the development of a broader community in bioimaging » shares Remi Galland from the team “Quantitative Imaging of the Cell” at IINS in Bordeaux.
Handbook & programme
Ahead of the scientific meeting, FBI national coordination delegates – Yves Mély, Deputy Director for International Affairs, Caroline Thiriet, External Affairs Manager and Perrine Paul-Gilloteaux, FBI.data mission officer – presented the French infrastructure and its relationship history with the National Biomedical Imaging Center (NBIC) of Peking University, the infrastructure’s activities with a focus on innovation, training and user access, and mutualised Image data services, to the representatives of the Peking University and NBIC.
Antje Kepler, Euro-BioImaging ERIC BioHub Director and Global BioImaging coordinator, was also invited and presented the European infrastructure and global network dedicated to biological imaging.
The delegation also had the opportunity to visit the brand new NBIC facilities in Huairou.
Finally, the FBI representatives also had the opportunity to meet with the CNRS office in Beijing and two scientific advisors from the French Embassy in Beijing. This meeting provided an opportunity to take stock of the two Bioimaging communities, and to discuss the tools provided both by the CNRS and the Embassy to promote exchanges between the two countries.
It was a very rich and fruitful scientific and cooperation meeting, and France-BioImaging is looking forward to further its cooperation with the NBIC in the near future. In particular, efforts will be made to build-up an official agreement to develop the future exchanges between the two countries.
Advanced microscopy workshop in Bordeaux from November 4th to 7th, 2024.
This advanced training course aims to (1) present the theoretical foundations, (2) clarify and synthesize the various existing approaches to both sample and instrument preparation, and (3) provide an overview of solutions for handling and processing the data acquired. These objectives will be addressed through the prism of two important biological fields of application: Neuroscience and 3D Cell Cultures. Indeed, the versatility of light sheet methods means that questions in these two fields can be addressed at a wide range of scales, from the whole brain or organoid, to the study of the nervous system of small living organisms or brain slices, right down to the single molecule inside spheroids. To address these themes, we will draw on the expertise of the Bordeaux FBI site, whether in neuroscience or in the growth and imaging of 3D cell cultures.
AT A GLANCE
The course will be structured around 4 main thematic tracks, addressing the issues of sample preparation and data analysis for given samples. Participants will have the choice of following one of these tracks, or navigating between them according to their interests. The tracks will be :
- P1: Large sample imaging – Clearing & Expansion
- P2: 3D cellular models Culture & Imaging
- P3: Neuronal network imaging
- P4: Image Analysis
The format of the course will include lectures and seminars in the morning, providing a theoretical grounding in the various areas covered (sample preparation, imaging, image processing) and presenting the latest developments in these fields, and practical workshop in the afternoon on the various sites of the Bordeaux node (IINS, BIC, VoxCell).
Invited Speakers
Laura Batti, (Wyss Center for Bio and Neuro Engineering, Geneva Switzerland)
Julien Colombelli, (Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona Spain)
Adam Glasser (Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, Seatle USA)
Farida Hellal (Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Munich Germany)
Alfred Millet-Sikking (Calico Life Sciences LLC, San-Francisco USA)
Gaelle Recher (Institut d’optique Graduate School, Bordeaux France)
Ihssane Idrissi / Rémi Galland (Interdisciplinary Institute for Neurosciences, Bordeaux, France)
Vincent Studer (Interdisciplinary Institute for Neurosciences, Bordeaux France)
Gustavo de Medeiros (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland)
Georges Debrégeas (Jean Perrin Laboratory, Paris France)
Thai Truong (University of Southern California, Los Angeles USA)
Angela Getz / Mathieu Ducros (Bordeaux Imaging Center, Bordeaux France)
Alexandra Fragola (Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, Orsay France)
Emmanuel Faure (Laboratory of Computer Science, Robotics and Microelectronics, Montpellier France)
Johannes Roos (Johannes Kepler University, Linz Austria)
Philippe Girard (IJM, Paris, France)
Carole Siret (CIML, Marseille, France)
Guillaume Maucort (BIC, Bordeaux France)
Workshops on
- Whole brains imaging by Ultramicroscopy
- 3D imaging of neuronal expanded samples by AxL (3i) microscope
- 3D entire small animal imaging
- 3D Cellular models culture and imaging using the soSPIM technology
- Micro-niche creation for 3D cell culture and 3D imaging using the HS-ISM technique
- Neurospheres culture and imaging using the MuViSPIM
- Brain slices imaging using a Lattice Light Sheet Microscope
- Single Cell electroporation for Brain slices labelling
- Functional neuronal network imaging in ZebraFish
- Orchestrating complex bioimage workflows using the Arkitekt solution
- Napari for 3D data handling
- How to segment a 3D dataset in just a few clicks?
Organizing committee
Coordinators: Mathieu Ducros & Rémi Galland
& FBI Work Group on « Multiscale Light-Sheet Microscopy »
Sponsors
Deadline: May 31th, 2024
The three national infrastructures ProFi, France-BioImaging and FRISBI along with the GIS IBiSA are pleased to announce a third call for a funded access to IBiSA-labelled facilities. Our aim is to promote IBiSA facilities networking through transdisciplinary research projects.
Applications should request access to at least two different IBiSA facilities from two disciplines (structural biology, Biological imaging and proteomics, see below a non-exhaustive list). The call is open to any academic laboratory.
Modalities for application are described in the attached document.
Applications should be submitted to Call-IBISA-FBI-FRISBI-PROFI@i2bc.paris-saclay.fr using the template document https://mycore.core-cloud.net/index.php/s/giICXX1IFBfupGJ
Call description
On November 20th and 21th 2024, we have the pleasure to invite you to our Annual Meeting, to be hosted by our brand new FBI Alsace Node at the Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire (BNU) de Strasbourg (6 Pl. de la République, 67000 Strasbourg).
We will be happy to celebrate yet another year of achievements and developments in bioimaging with all the members of the community.
With a focus on “Live functional imaging: From chemical synthesis of the probes to instrumentation”, this edition aims to bring together chemists, microscope builders and biologists developping tools to probe life.
The scientific sessions will explore the development of new probes (organic, inorganic, nanoparticles, fluorescent proteins, hybrid materials), how to leverage their optical properties (spectra, quantum yield, lifetime, photostability, switching between dye states, etc…) and new instrumentations taking advantage of these new probes for life science.
France-BioImaging Mission Officers, Technology WGs, facilities or R&D teams are invited to present news, innovations or any achievements to the community with a poster. We strongly encourage you to submit an abstract for a poster presentation during your registration!
Registration is free but mandatory. Please note that the BNU capacity is limited and registrations will be accepted on a first come first served basis.
We look forward to meeting you there!
Programme
Registation Form
This form is currently closed for submissions.
Poster
Explore the beauty of the invisible world through the 2024 FBI digital calendar!
Enjoy the diversity of microscopy techniques, models and applications represented, one image at a time. All 12 images used for this calendar were submitted to France-BioImaging Image Contest 2023.
A big thank you again to all the participants!
You can download the A4 print version (one month per page) 2024 FBI digital calendar here:
If you wish to use it as your computer desktop, you can download a PNG version of each month here:
On December 13th and 14th 2023, we have the pleasure to invite you to our Annual Meeting, to be hosted by our brand new FBI Toulouse Node at the Centre de Biologie Intégrative of the Université Toulouse 3 – Paul Sabatier.
We will be happy to celebrate yet another year of achievements and developments in bioimaging with all the members of the community.
This year, the Annual Meeting will focus on “Multiscale mechanobiology of cells and cell systems“, a topic specially selected for being one of Toulouse node’s expertise.
Mechanobiology aims to apply biophysical approaches to measure and perturb forces in complex physiological systems, and to develop in vitro systems including different types of organoids, enabling the controlled manipulation of cells and tissues and the measurement of mechanical forces to study cell mechanics and morphogenesis.
This “mechanobiology” theme is including (i) how cells generate and transmit forces, (ii) the impact of forces on cell/tissue dynamics, (iii) the impact of extrinsic forces on cells and tissues, and (iv) the development of new tools for manipulating and measuring forces in cells and tissues in a controlled, non-invasive way.
We invite the France-BioImaging Community to present their mechanobiology-related projects during the second day of the Annual Meeting around a dedicated session with selected talks. We strongly encourage you to submit an abstract for a talk or a poster presentation during your registration!
The winner of the best talk and the best poster presentation will win their registration fees for one 2024 microscopy related event of their choice!
Core facilities will also have an opportunity to present a poster.
We look forward to meeting you there!
Gallery
Videos
Registration
Deadline: November 24, 2023
This form is currently closed for submissions.
Preliminary program
INFOS PRATIQUES:
Adresse: Centre de Biologie Intégrative, 169 Rue Marianne Grunberg-Manago, 31400 Toulouse
Comment venir?
Par la route
En venant de Bordeaux, contourner Toulouse par l’Est (direction Montpellier) ; avant le péage prendre la sortie no 23 direction Rangueil ou la no 19 direction Ramonville, puis suivre Université Paul Sabatier.
En venant de Montpellier, après le péage, prendre la sortie no 19 direction Ramonville, puis suivre Université Paul Sabatier.
En avion
Horaires aéroport Toulouse Blagnac
Une navette et le tramway relient l’aéroport et le centre ville de Toulouse (Transports en communs)
De là, il est possible de prendre le métro (lignes A ou B) pour rejoindre la station « Ramonville St Agne » (ligne B, direction Ramonville) : environ 1h de trajet
Le CBI est à 500 mètres à l’Ouest de la station et accessible à pieds ou en bus.
Il est également possible de prendre un taxi depuis l’aéroport : compter au moins 1/2h de trajet hors heures de pointe
En train
Depuis la Gare SNCF Matabiau:
Prendre le métro LIGNE A direction Basso Cambo, changer à la station “Jean Jaurès” et prendre la Ligne B pour rejoindre la station « Ramonville St Agne » : comptez environ 40 minutes depuis la gare.
Le CBI est à 500 mètres à l’Ouest de la station et accessible à pieds ou en bus.
Hôtels conseillés :
Nous vous conseillons de privilégier des hôtels en centre-ville.
Prise en charge des missions:
Se rapprocher de votre noeud FBI (fonds mission), sauf pour les intervenants qui seront directement contactés pour la prise en charge de leur missions.
Going to Rendez-Vous Carnot 2023? Drop by our booth U10 and say hello! 18 & 19 October – Lyon
In a few days, we will be travelling to Lyon for the Rendez-Vous Carnot 2023! This is the fifth time that we will attend the forum as an exhibitor, in the Research Infrastructures Village. We are going to present France-BioImaging R&D ecosystem and the multiple advanced biological imaging technology developments taking place on FBI imaging platforms and R&D teams.
If you are in Lyon between October 18 and October 19 attending the Rendez-Vous Carnot as well, be sure to drop by our booth U10 (at the Research Infrastructure Village) and meet some of our colleagues at the venue:
- Caroline Thiriet , France-BioImaging External Affairs Manager
- Etienne Henry, France-BioImaging R&D and Tech-Transfer mission Officer
- Alban Belloir, France-BioImaging Communication Officer
We will be happy to discuss with you!
GRenoble OliGomérisation GROG will cover the latest innovations
in imaging techniques and analysis methods to quantify oligomerization and
clusterization in live cells.
The meeting will mostly deal about Single molecule localization microscopy and Fluorescence fluctuation methods and will be concluded with a round table.