The latest microscopy events Upcoming events Scottish Microscopy Society Symposium November 2026 SMS are delighted to announce that we are running our 52nd annual symposium, hosted at Heriot Watt University. Registration will open in September.ECRs are encouraged to submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation. This is a great opportunity to present in a friendly environment, to win prizes and to interact with peers in the microscopy community. Dear Colleagues,We invite you to take part in the UK Preclinical Imaging Network (UK-PIN), an initiative which aims to bring together researchers, technical specialists, and facility managers involved in in vivo preclinical imaging across the UK.Our aim is to build a connected and inclusive community that strengthens collaboration, supports training and development, and promotes shared access to imaging resources. To help shape the network’s direction and identify national strengths, challenges, and opportunities, we invite you to complete a short survey: Complete the UK-PIN SurveyWe also welcome colleagues who wish to take a more active role in helping guide and develop the network.Thank you for helping us shape a collaborative future for UK preclinical imaging.Warm regards,Dr Katie Dexter – Southampton University Dr Saimir Luli – Newcastle University Previous events Our past events Introduction to QuPath Workshops in Edinburgh 2026 QuPath is open-source software for bioimage analysis, developed by our group at the IGC (https://qupath.github.io).With more than 800,000 software downloads and over 5,800 paper citations so far, QuPath is used a lot – often to analyse large whole slide and multiplexed images. European Light Microscopy Initiative – ELMI2026 16 to 19 June Coimbra, Portugal. We are excited to welcome you to the 26th edition of the European Light Microscopy Initiative – ELMI2026 meeting, taking place from 16 to 19 June 2026 in the historic and vibrant city of Coimbra, Portugal.Hosted at the beautiful Convento São Francisco, ELMI2026 will continue the long-standing tradition of bringing together the international light microscopy community—from researchers and facility staff to developers and industry partners.More information about the meeting is hereRegistration is here ESRIC 2026 11th-15th May 2026 – University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt UniversityThe ESRIC Super-Resolution Specialist School is an in-depth course designed to give participants a thorough grounding in super-resolution microscopy. It brings together leading academics and the major suppliers of super-resolution microscopes and analysis software to provide expertise and guidance in the theory, practice and analysis of these techniques. For more information please see: https://esric.org/Specialistschool2026/ 2026 Introduction to image processing and analysis with Fiji/ImageJ and other analysis freeware 2026 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 Edinburgh Bioimaging meetings Winter meeting - IRR January 19th 2026Autumn Meeting - Edinburgh Futures Institute 15th September 2025Spring meeting - Chancellor's Building March 26th 2025Summer meeting - QMRI July 22nd 2024Spring meeting - HRB February 29th 2024Autumn meeting- WTCB - COIL September 2023Summer meeting – Roslin Bioimaging Facility June 13th 2023Spring meeting – SCRM February 1st 2023 Zeiss Elyra users meeting - February 2026 Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute Core facility staff and microscopists who interact with / use the Zeiss Elyra 7 are invited to the users meeting at the Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute, Bearsden Glasgow. The meeting will be held on Tue, 24 February 2026 - Wed, 25 FebruaryRegister herehttps://www.zeiss.co.uk/microscopy/l/events/2025/zeiss-elyra-7-user-group-meeting.html Edinburgh Bioimaging Autumn community meeting Edinburgh Bioimaging meeting (September 2025) agenda:Bioimage Data Management project round-up and resourcesBioimagingUK updatesTeaching resourcesFestival of Bioimaging planningImprovement in service contracts and planning. 2026 Core facility managers meetings for Light microscopy and Flow Cytometry The Light Microscopy Facility meeting will be held at the University of Newcastle on 8-9th of January 2026Register herehttps://www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-calendar/2026-events/uk-light-microscopy-facility-meeting-2026.htmlThe Flow Cytometry Facilities meeting will be held at the University of Liverpool on 6th and 7th January.https://www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-calendar/2026-events/flow-cytometry-facilities-meeting-2026.html Scottish Microscopy Symposium 2025 Join us for our 51st Annual Symposium!SMS are delighted to announce that we are running our 51st annual symposium, hosted at the University of Aberdeen. Registration will open in September.ECRs are encouraged to submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation. This is a great opportunity to present in a friendly environment, to win prizes and to interact with peers in the microscopy community.Our keynote speaker this year is Prof. Rachel Lennon, Professor of Nephrology at the University of Manchester. Tissue clearing workshop: Approaches to fundamentals This BNA workshop, supported by Miltenyi Biotec offers a unique opportunity to learn the fundamentals of tissue clearing and provides guidance on determining suitable approaches for clearing different types of samples. Register here: https://www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-event-calendar/tissue-clearing-workshop-approaches-to-fundamentals.htmlOrganiser: Dr Cristina Martinez Gonzalez Instructors: Dr Cristina Martinez Gonzalez and Ms Kirsty Craigie. This article was published on Thursday 22 August 2024
