Abstract submission deadline extended to May 26th

After 14 years, the Multinational Congress on Microscopy will again be organized in Croatia on September 24-29, 2017. In its 13th issue, the traditional conference series is returning to Istria, this time to the beautiful coastal town of Rovinj.

MCM2017 is jointly organized by 8 societies: Austrian Society for Electron Microscopy (ASEM), Croatian Microscopy Society (CMS), Czechoslovak Microscopy Society (CSMS), Hungarian Society for Microscopy (HSM), Italian Society of Microscopical Sciences (SISM), Serbian Society for Microscopy (SSM), Slovenian Society for Microscopy (SDM) and Turkish Society for Electron Microscopy (TEMD).

MCM2017 will bring together leading experts and young researchers that develop microscopy methods and apply them in the fields of life and material sciences. It will also include a trade exhibition in order to encourage exchange between the producers of microscopy-related equipment and researchers.

MCM conferences have always been an excellent opportunity for microscopists to exchange ideas and experience and to establish new cooperations and joint projects. Our aim is to provide an optimal balance between talks given by world-renowned scientists and a possibility for talented young scientists to introduce themselves to an international audience.

We believe this conference will be a highly rewarding professional and networking experience for all. Additionally, we encourage you to take this opportunity to explore the highlights of coastal town Rovinj with its beautiful surroundings and to experience the unique local blend of nature, culture and gastronomy.

NEUBIAS, the network for bioimage analysts, is organizing a second training school for facility staff. Training is open for all staff scientists, graduate students, post-docs or faculty who work in the context of Bioimaging facilities and provide assistance and training to users in need of Bioimage Data Analysis.

Topics, requirements, program and more: http://eubias.org/NEUBIAS/training-schools/staff/ts5-gothenburg2017/

Extended deadline for abstracts submission: May 26, 2017

This 2 day annual confocal course from the RMS utilises many different sample types and fluorescent probes (DNA stains, classic antibody labels and fluorescent proteins) which are chosen to best demonstrate particular problems and techniques. Focus is always on the techniques they enable and the problems they generate, which will be applicable to any sample types. The 2-days consist of short tutorials followed by hands-on practice.
Day 1 takes participants through the basic principles of confocal microscopy and then trains through hands-on practice how to configure and image multicolour, multidimensional samples using a confocal microscope.
Day 2 builds on the experiences of day 1 and enables participants to try FRAP and spectral profiling.

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