The series of Abercrombie meetings have been held since the death of Michael Abercrombie in 1979. Michael was a pioneer in the field of investigating cell behaviour using timelapse microscopy. Abercrombie meetings are held only every five years and therefore offer an excellent opportunity to review the major advances in our understanding of cell motility and look to the new emerging concepts in the field.
The previous 7 Abercrombie meetings have been extremely successful and have attracted significant numbers of attendees from the world-leading labs in the adhesion, migration and cytoskeleton fields to present their work in an extremely interactive and collaborative environment. The meeting provides an excellent platform for open and constructive discussions between researchers from world-leading labs focused on complementary areas of study using different types of methods and approaches from advanced microscopy to computational modelling.
The 8th Abercrombie meeting will be held from 11-14th September 2017 in Oxford and will address the key, exciting new findings and emerging approaches in the study of cell migration across a range of biological contexts, both in vitro and in vivo. Abstract Submission is currently open and will close on 20 July 2017.

The programme is not yet available but you can get an idea of the meeting from the 2012 programme displayed here.

L’objectif de cette formation est de donner aux ingénieurs des plates-formes d’imagerie cellulaire et aux personnes qui utilisent ces technologies, des outils statistiques adaptés aux problématiques du domaine. Dans le but de traiter les grandes séries d’images acquises selon les diverses modalités, il est proposé de renforcer la maîtrise des outils statistiques pour une analyse pertinente mais aussi pour une optimisation des acquisitions.

La formation se déroulera du lundi midi au mercredi après-midi pour 2 demi-journées de cours (rappel des notions de bases, modélisation, plans d’expériences) et 3 demi-journées de travaux pratiques/dirigés.

Préinscriptions en ligne jusqu’au 12 Mai à :
https://www.vjf.cnrs.fr/limesurvey2/index.php/362198/lang-fr

The course will be an introduction to image processing and analysis, with a focus on biologically relevant examples. The attendees will learn the fundamentals of image analysis including how to do basic Macro programming in Fiji (ImageJ) for automated batch analysis of images, use different software solutions for image analysis, and will be introduced to visualisation and explorative data analysis after extraction of numerical data from images.

The teachers are Simon Nørrelykke and Szymon Stoma (IDA-ScopeM, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland), and Chong Zhang (SIMBioSys, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain).

The course is suitable not only for beginners in image analysis with no experience, but also for those who want to extend their knowledge of basic principles and more specialised tools.

The Correlated Multimodal Imaging Node Austria (CMI) is the official Austrian Euro-Bioimaging initiative of leading imaging experts in Austria. It was established as a consortium of eight universities and research institutes in and around Vienna (www.bioimaging-austria.at) to foster and pioneer correlated multimodal imaging across scales in life sciences. CMI offers more than 35 state-of-the-art imaging technologies from preclinical imaging to atomic resolution, numerous multimodal correlated imaging pipelines, and various support services, such as data and image analysis, to researchers on a national and international level.

This year’s Imaging in the Life Sciences Meeting is organized by CMI and hosted by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Cinical Traumatology.

Please register by May 5th at www.bioimaging-austria.at/web/pages/cmi-imaging-meeting.php. Please use the same link to submit your poster abstract.

The 3rd Course on High Content Screening and Image Analysis for Biosciences is a comprehensive and intensive course that aims to provide the basis of image-based screening. It is designed to graduate students, early career investigators and everyone willing to enter in the multiplex era. The course includes lectures given by specialists in the field and hands-on sessions with HCS instruments and open-source software for image and data analysis.

The RMS Light Microscopy summer school is an annual, residential three day course held at the University of York covering the principles of light microscopy. Participants are also trained in practical issues surrounding light microscopy. After introductory presentations, the course is taught predominantly through hands-on practical sessions.
The course is suitable for both novices and more experienced users wanting to gain a greater understanding of the microscope and feedback every year is always fantastic. Students came from a range of backgrounds in 2016, within both research and commercial organisations. All benefited greatly from the Course and left with increased understanding and skills.

Designed to talk about the current challenges in developing and using super-resolution microscopy with lots of time for discussion, this year the workshop will focus on the topic of labelling. Thoughts and ideas are encouraged to help define what is good/best practice around these challenging techniques, and give an insight into future potential developments.

The programme is still to be confirmed but will be similar to the 2015 programme.

L’INRA (unité Ingenum), le PEPI MACS (Mathématiques Appliquées – Calcul Scientifique) et le Groupe de Travail Galaxy de l’Institut Français de Bio-informatique proposent une formation pour l’intégration d’outils sous Galaxy. Cette formation s’adresse principalement aux ingénieurs travaillant dans les domaines autour de l’imagerie : traitement d’images, phénotypage, reconnaissance de formes, histologie quantitative, etc.

Cette formation se déroule en deux temps. Une première journée de cours présentera les bonnes pratiques d’intégration. La seconde journée sera consacrée à l’intégration de ses outils sous Galaxy. A partir des outils à intégrer chaque participant sera en mesure de construire un/des workflows sous Galaxy.

Dates: 16 au 17 mai
Lieu : Nantes (Westotel)
Frais d’inscription HT (incluant l’hébergement et la restauration)
personnels INRA : 150 €
autres académiques : 250 €
industriels : 500 €

Clôture des inscriptions : 31 mars 2017

Pour plus d’informations : http://www.france-bioinformatique.fr/g4i

Pour le comité d’organisation : Eric Biot, Anthony Bretaudeau, Christophe Caron, Olivier Inizan, David Legland, Valentin Marcon, Nicolas Parisey

We are pleased to announce the 5th EMBL Course for Bioimage Data Analysis to be held from Sunday, 14 May – Saturday , 20 May 2017. The deadline for application is March 15th, 2017.

This course will focus on computational methods for analysing images of proteins, cells and tissues, to boost the learning process of participants who have an immediate need to analyze images in their own research. For this, the course extends from basic foundations of image processing and programming to the actual implementation of workflows using scripting in ImageJ macro and MATLAB languages. We aim to gather expert knowledge to organize a world-leading course for bioimage analysis in the fields of cell & developmental biology, biochemistry and biophysics. A report written by a student in 2014 could give you some idea about the course.

The course will take place in Heidelberg, Germany at the EMBL Advanced Training Centre. Registration and motivation letter deadline is March 15, 2017. Please visit our course website for more details.
We look forward to welcoming you to Heidelberg, Germany.

Scientific Organisers,
Kota Miura, University of Heidelberg, Germany, NIBB, Okazaki Japan
Sébastien Tosi, Institute for Research in Biomedicine – IRB Barcelona, Spain
Perrine Paul-Gilloteaux, CNRS SFR F. Bonamy University of Nantes, France

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact:
Bronagh Carey
Administrative Organizer, BIAS 2017
Conference Officer
European Molecular Biology Laboratory

This event will include a series of seminars to explore the latest technological and scientific developments in fluorescence microscopy. The symposium, which will take place in the auditorium of the François Jacob building, represents a unique opportunity to hear from the leading experts in fluorescence microscopy about their latest research findings. It is open to all scientists on campus.
To coincide with this event, various companies will also be invited to display their state-of-the-art technological equipment with demonstrations in the Teaching Center. 12 companies have accepted the invitation to come and present their technology.
The event is free but prior registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/Microscopy-workshop

mmc2017 is the flagship event of the Royal Microscopical Society and presents the very best in microscopy and imaging.
Abstract Submission and registration are now open, find out more at www.mmc-series.org.uk

The mmc2017 conference will consist of six daily parallel sessions, bringing together the Frontiers in Biomaging Meeting as well as EMAG, SPM, Microscopy Society of Ireland and Scottish Microscopy Group meetings with the Congress talks, allowing the scientific programme to cover an incredibly wide range of microscopy and imaging topics and techniques.

Each day will welcome world-class Plenary Speakers, with Monday 3 July boasting two as well as a number of Pre-Congress Workshops focusing on the ‘hot topics’ of the field which will not only prepare you for the exciting week ahead but also enhance your overall experience.

By registering for the mmc2017 conference, you will also have access to the huge mmc2017 exhibition which will take place from 4 – 6 July and will house over 100 companies offering equipment and services to improve and assist in the measurement process and the many operations and procedures stemming from it. There are plenty of training opportunities throughout the free exhibition with 4 commercial workshops areas and the Learning Zone from the Royal Microscopical Society, all boasting their own daily programme to teach you new skills or build on existing ones. The exhibition is also where you can find the enormous Poster Village and the shortlisted images from the RMS Scientific Imaging Competition (which is now accepting entries.)

Both Congress Delegates and Exhibition Visitors are able to attend the mmc2017 Satellite Events taking place each day which target more specific areas and gather peers to discuss these areas and share experiences and ideas. Meetings confirmed so far are; NEUBIAS Bioimage Analyst Community Meeting, Cross Disciplinary EM and LM Meeting and the FIB & EM Prep User Group Meeting.