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Upcoming events

Introduction to image processing and analysis with Fiji/ImageJ and other analysis freeware

If you have ever wanted to get more from your microscopes/camera than just pretty pictures, this workshop is for you. 

TO REGISTER: email Matthieu.Vermeren@ed.ac.uk

Location: wherever you have access to a computer and good internet. or cameras than

Fee: £180 for academia, £360 for commercial.  UoE users need to provide People & Money details. Starting on Tuesday 22nd of April

Course material and detailed booklets will be provided. Recording of the course will be made available to those who have registered. 

2025 Technical Specialists Network Meeting University of York

UK Technology Specialists Network Conference, 29-30 April 2025, York 

More information can be found by following this link

ESRIC Super-Resolution Specialist School 2025

The ESRIC Super-Resolution Specialist School is an in-depth course designed to give participants a thorough grounding in super-resolution microscopy.

12th + 14th-16th May 2025 – Heriot-Watt University and University of Edinburgh

ESRIC information

Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course 2025

The Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course (SOMC) is designed for PhD students, early career researchers, newly-independent group leaders, research technical professionals and imaging facility managers who use light microscopes in their work and wish to upskill in practical optical imaging. 

23 July - 1 August 2025, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

For more information

Previous events

Edinburgh Bioimaging meetings

  • Spring meeting - Chancellor's Building March 26th 2025
  • Summer meeting - QMRI July 22nd 2024
  • Spring meeting - HRB February 29th 2024
  • Autumn meeting- WTCB - COIL September 2023
  • Summer meeting – Roslin Bioimaging Facility June 13th 2023
  • Spring meeting – SCRM February 1st 2023

Previous events

  • Institute for Neurosciences and Cardiovascular Research workshops:

  1. In Vivo Imaging 28th August 2024 at Bioquarter
  2. Ex Vivo imaging 11th September 2024 at HRB
  • RMS Facility Managers meeting 2024 - Hosted by Edinburgh Bioimaging – Edinburgh January 4th – 5th 2024
  • The University of Edinburgh Technicians week September 4th – 8th 2023
  • ELMI 2024 - Liverpool UK
  • Royal Microscopical Society MMC Meeting Manchester July 1st – 3rd 2023
  • Bioimaging UK National Meeting 2023
  • Technical Specialist Network Meeting Edinburgh April 18th – 19th 2023
  • RMS Bioimaging Facility Managers Meeting – Cambridge January 9th – 10th 2023

2025 RMS Light Microscopy and Flow Cytometry Meetings

The UK Light Microscopy and Flow Cytometry communities will gather for their annual meetings next January. The Royal Microscopical Society supports free registration for technical professionals at UK Universities and Research Institutes.

The flow cytometry meeting will be held in Edinburgh!

Flow Cytometry meeting 8 - 9 January 2025 More information - https://www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-calendar/2025-events/flow-cytometry-facilities-meeting-2025.html

ESRIC Symposium and Minischool 21st and 22nd November

ESRIC will hold a mini-symposium at the IGC on the afternoon of November 21st. This event promotes interdisciplinary research in super-resolution optical imaging and its application to biomedical science. With speakers working in biochemistry, biophysics, and the clinical sciences, this event highlights the ability of super-resolution imaging to bring together researchers from across a wide range of disciplines.

Scottish Microscopy Society (SMS) Annual Symposium

This is a 1-day conference with great opportunities for postdocs, students and imaging specialists to present their work in a friendly environment. There will be talks, posters, workshops and a trade exhibition. Don't miss our Image Competition and our annual award to the Scottish Microscopist of the Year. November 26th 2024, at Hampden Park Conference Centre in Glasgow.

https://scottishmicroscopygroup.org.uk/