Joel Lüthi
@joelluethi.bsky.social
Head of Research and Development of the BioVisionCenter at the University of Zurich
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We had an amazing OME-NGFF hackathon last week, Wednesday to Friday, following the inspiring OME-NGFF symposium. What a fantastic week! It’s hard to describe how motivating it is to be surrounded by so many talented, curious & friendly people who care deeply about open, FAIR bioimaging data.
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I am still digesting all the info from the OME-NGFF hackathon last week.
So I decided to make a little UI for some of the code created there (just to play around), which one can easily show to interested colleagues 😜.
CZI --> OME-ZARR with some options ...
By far not perfect but still fun!
So I decided to make a little UI for some of the code created there (just to play around), which one can easily show to interested colleagues 😜.
CZI --> OME-ZARR with some options ...
By far not perfect but still fun!
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I am still digesting all the info from the OME-NGFF hackathon last week.
So I decided to make a little UI for some of the code created there (just to play around), which one can easily show to interested colleagues 😜.
CZI --> OME-ZARR with some options ...
By far not perfect but still fun!
So I decided to make a little UI for some of the code created there (just to play around), which one can easily show to interested colleagues 😜.
CZI --> OME-ZARR with some options ...
By far not perfect but still fun!
It's been great to present OME-Zarrs & Fractal for interoperable bioimage analysis at the 2025 @cytodata.bsky.social conference in Berlin today. Thanks a lot to the organizers & especially Christopher Schmied for having us!
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It's been great to present OME-Zarrs & Fractal for interoperable bioimage analysis at the 2025 @cytodata.bsky.social conference in Berlin today. Thanks a lot to the organizers & especially Christopher Schmied for having us!
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Hi #teamtomo! Want to use OME-Zarr for your tilt series but can't integrate it with your existing sub-tomogram averaging pipelines?
Try zarr-particle-tools - RELION-style extraction & reconstruction built for OME-Zarr-based workflows!
📦 pip install zarr-particle-tools
🔗 github.com/czimagingins...
Try zarr-particle-tools - RELION-style extraction & reconstruction built for OME-Zarr-based workflows!
📦 pip install zarr-particle-tools
🔗 github.com/czimagingins...
GitHub - czimaginginstitute/zarr-particle-tools: Particle extraction and reconstruction from OME-Zarr tilt series.
Particle extraction and reconstruction from OME-Zarr tilt series. - czimaginginstitute/zarr-particle-tools
github.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Hi #teamtomo! Want to use OME-Zarr for your tilt series but can't integrate it with your existing sub-tomogram averaging pipelines?
Try zarr-particle-tools - RELION-style extraction & reconstruction built for OME-Zarr-based workflows!
📦 pip install zarr-particle-tools
🔗 github.com/czimagingins...
Try zarr-particle-tools - RELION-style extraction & reconstruction built for OME-Zarr-based workflows!
📦 pip install zarr-particle-tools
🔗 github.com/czimagingins...
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📢 Apply now for the first DL@Janelia Bootcamp (June 4–18, 2026)! 2 weeks of hands-on deep learning for microscopy: train models on your own data, Python needed (no ML experience), housing + meals included, no registration fee
📍 Janelia Research Campus, VA
🗓️ Apply by Jan 15, 2026
🔗 shorturl.at/j4sgY
📍 Janelia Research Campus, VA
🗓️ Apply by Jan 15, 2026
🔗 shorturl.at/j4sgY
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
📢 Apply now for the first DL@Janelia Bootcamp (June 4–18, 2026)! 2 weeks of hands-on deep learning for microscopy: train models on your own data, Python needed (no ML experience), housing + meals included, no registration fee
📍 Janelia Research Campus, VA
🗓️ Apply by Jan 15, 2026
🔗 shorturl.at/j4sgY
📍 Janelia Research Campus, VA
🗓️ Apply by Jan 15, 2026
🔗 shorturl.at/j4sgY
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Go read Joel's thread on the hackathon last week in Zürich! If you have any level of interest in OME-NGFF, there are so many exciting things happening. I had a great time meeting some of my favorite people in the world - It was equal parts rewarding, fun and exhausting 🙃️
We had an amazing OME-NGFF hackathon last week, Wednesday to Friday, following the inspiring OME-NGFF symposium. What a fantastic week! It’s hard to describe how motivating it is to be surrounded by so many talented, curious & friendly people who care deeply about open, FAIR bioimaging data.
1/14 🧵
1/14 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Go read Joel's thread on the hackathon last week in Zürich! If you have any level of interest in OME-NGFF, there are so many exciting things happening. I had a great time meeting some of my favorite people in the world - It was equal parts rewarding, fun and exhausting 🙃️
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Very happy to share some more pics! What an amazing week! I am still recovering!
Thank you so much to you all❤️🩹🥲
Thank you so much to you all❤️🩹🥲
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Very happy to share some more pics! What an amazing week! I am still recovering!
Thank you so much to you all❤️🩹🥲
Thank you so much to you all❤️🩹🥲
We had an amazing OME-NGFF hackathon last week, Wednesday to Friday, following the inspiring OME-NGFF symposium. What a fantastic week! It’s hard to describe how motivating it is to be surrounded by so many talented, curious & friendly people who care deeply about open, FAIR bioimaging data.
1/14 🧵
1/14 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We had an amazing OME-NGFF hackathon last week, Wednesday to Friday, following the inspiring OME-NGFF symposium. What a fantastic week! It’s hard to describe how motivating it is to be surrounded by so many talented, curious & friendly people who care deeply about open, FAIR bioimaging data.
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1/14 🧵
What an incredible two days!
Reposting this with so much appreciation for everyone who made the 2025 International OME-NGFF workshop such a special event. Thanks everyone for coming & especially everyone of the BVC team to help pull this off!
Reposting this with so much appreciation for everyone who made the 2025 International OME-NGFF workshop such a special event. Thanks everyone for coming & especially everyone of the BVC team to help pull this off!
We wrapped up the symposium part of our 2025 International OME-NGFF workshop on Tuesday. What a phenomenal two days! I'm humbled by the incredible positive energy, talent, and enthusiasm that filled this event.
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
What an incredible two days!
Reposting this with so much appreciation for everyone who made the 2025 International OME-NGFF workshop such a special event. Thanks everyone for coming & especially everyone of the BVC team to help pull this off!
Reposting this with so much appreciation for everyone who made the 2025 International OME-NGFF workshop such a special event. Thanks everyone for coming & especially everyone of the BVC team to help pull this off!
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This is what hacking *actually* looks like. #OME_NGFF_Hackathon
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is what hacking *actually* looks like. #OME_NGFF_Hackathon
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The Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis at the University of Zurich is seeking a new Head:
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
It is super fun to work with them, tons of expertise and cutting edge instrumentation in ❄️🔬
Application deadline: December 15, 2025.
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
It is super fun to work with them, tons of expertise and cutting edge instrumentation in ❄️🔬
Application deadline: December 15, 2025.
UZH: Head of the Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis (Core Facility)
The Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis (ZMB) is a nationally and internationally recognized Core Facility at the University of Zurich (UZH), providing access to state-of-the-art light and electr...
jobs.uzh.ch
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis at the University of Zurich is seeking a new Head:
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
It is super fun to work with them, tons of expertise and cutting edge instrumentation in ❄️🔬
Application deadline: December 15, 2025.
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
It is super fun to work with them, tons of expertise and cutting edge instrumentation in ❄️🔬
Application deadline: December 15, 2025.
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Very happy to share our latest work extending iterative immunofluorescence to in toto imaging of early zebrafish embryos (3D-4i), integrated with a 3D-dedicated image analysis pipeline! 🐟🔬📊
Huge kudos to Max Hess for this PhD milestone! 💪
@lucaspelkmans.bsky.social shorturl.at/cO0u7
Let's zoom in!
Huge kudos to Max Hess for this PhD milestone! 💪
@lucaspelkmans.bsky.social shorturl.at/cO0u7
Let's zoom in!
October 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Very happy to share our latest work extending iterative immunofluorescence to in toto imaging of early zebrafish embryos (3D-4i), integrated with a 3D-dedicated image analysis pipeline! 🐟🔬📊
Huge kudos to Max Hess for this PhD milestone! 💪
@lucaspelkmans.bsky.social shorturl.at/cO0u7
Let's zoom in!
Huge kudos to Max Hess for this PhD milestone! 💪
@lucaspelkmans.bsky.social shorturl.at/cO0u7
Let's zoom in!
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The #mesoSPIM symposium really opened my eyes to the power of open source hardware. I've highlighted some of the surprising outcomes in a new blog post:
How Open Source Microscopy is Solving the Funding Crisis: Insights from the mesoSPIM 10-Year Symposium
www.syglass.io/blog/how-ope...
How Open Source Microscopy is Solving the Funding Crisis: Insights from the mesoSPIM 10-Year Symposium
www.syglass.io/blog/how-ope...
October 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The #mesoSPIM symposium really opened my eyes to the power of open source hardware. I've highlighted some of the surprising outcomes in a new blog post:
How Open Source Microscopy is Solving the Funding Crisis: Insights from the mesoSPIM 10-Year Symposium
www.syglass.io/blog/how-ope...
How Open Source Microscopy is Solving the Funding Crisis: Insights from the mesoSPIM 10-Year Symposium
www.syglass.io/blog/how-ope...
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Big news! Our week-long #bioimageanalysis bootcamp is BACK! Learn how to think about bioimage analysis like the pros do, learn what corrections you should (and shouldn't!) apply to your images, learn open source tools, and more. Apply NOW at broad.io/BAB3 for our January 2026 course!
October 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Big news! Our week-long #bioimageanalysis bootcamp is BACK! Learn how to think about bioimage analysis like the pros do, learn what corrections you should (and shouldn't!) apply to your images, learn open source tools, and more. Apply NOW at broad.io/BAB3 for our January 2026 course!
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We’ve upgraded ShapeEmbed 🎉 ShapeEmbedLite decodes latent codes via an MLP to guarantee valid EDMs, making it lighter and ideal for small microscopy datasets or limited compute. Hear more at my BIC workshop talk or poster at #ICCV2025! Try it out at github.com/uhlmanngroup...
October 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
We’ve upgraded ShapeEmbed 🎉 ShapeEmbedLite decodes latent codes via an MLP to guarantee valid EDMs, making it lighter and ideal for small microscopy datasets or limited compute. Hear more at my BIC workshop talk or poster at #ICCV2025! Try it out at github.com/uhlmanngroup...
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The connectome of the entire male Drosophila central nervous system is out!! Acquired using FIB-SEM @ 8x8x8nm, we aligned 7.5 mio 2D images aligned into one seamless 3D volume, which was used to segment & proofread neurons and synapses. @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The connectome of the entire male Drosophila central nervous system is out!! Acquired using FIB-SEM @ 8x8x8nm, we aligned 7.5 mio 2D images aligned into one seamless 3D volume, which was used to segment & proofread neurons and synapses. @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🚀Join Helsinki BioImaging as an Image Analysis Specialist🖥️to support cross-disciplinary image analysis projects. If you love coding and are interested in working at the crossroads of computer science and biology, apply by 🗓️ November 15, 2025⤵️
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#jobopening
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#jobopening
Image Analysis Specialist/Engineer/Coordinator, Helsinki Bioimaging
Image Analysis Specialist/Engineer/Coordinator, Helsinki Bioimaging
jobs.helsinki.fi
October 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🚀Join Helsinki BioImaging as an Image Analysis Specialist🖥️to support cross-disciplinary image analysis projects. If you love coding and are interested in working at the crossroads of computer science and biology, apply by 🗓️ November 15, 2025⤵️
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#jobopening
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#jobopening
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Job opportunity at the University of Zurich! 📢
We are looking for a 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 / 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 (𝟒𝟎%) to join our Microscopy Innovation Platform (MIP), an open-source initiative focused on advancing and making light-sheet and multiphoton microscopy accessible to researchers.
1/3
We are looking for a 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 / 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 (𝟒𝟎%) to join our Microscopy Innovation Platform (MIP), an open-source initiative focused on advancing and making light-sheet and multiphoton microscopy accessible to researchers.
1/3
October 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Job opportunity at the University of Zurich! 📢
We are looking for a 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 / 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 (𝟒𝟎%) to join our Microscopy Innovation Platform (MIP), an open-source initiative focused on advancing and making light-sheet and multiphoton microscopy accessible to researchers.
1/3
We are looking for a 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 / 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 (𝟒𝟎%) to join our Microscopy Innovation Platform (MIP), an open-source initiative focused on advancing and making light-sheet and multiphoton microscopy accessible to researchers.
1/3
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@nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social Task Area Leaders Josh Moore and Christian Tischer will introduce participants to the history and basics of OME-Zarr at the international 2025 OME-NGFF Symposium from November 10–11 in Zurich, SW.
Register here:
👉 www.ema.uzh.ch/de/register/...
Picture by BioVisionCenter
Register here:
👉 www.ema.uzh.ch/de/register/...
Picture by BioVisionCenter
October 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
@nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social Task Area Leaders Josh Moore and Christian Tischer will introduce participants to the history and basics of OME-Zarr at the international 2025 OME-NGFF Symposium from November 10–11 in Zurich, SW.
Register here:
👉 www.ema.uzh.ch/de/register/...
Picture by BioVisionCenter
Register here:
👉 www.ema.uzh.ch/de/register/...
Picture by BioVisionCenter
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Job alert!
We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?
See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...
We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?
See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...
Research engineer in Bioimage Analysis for the researchers of the inIdEx FORMULA
Hi all We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks? The position is in the Instit...
forum.image.sc
October 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Job alert!
We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?
See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...
We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?
See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...
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We’re looking for an enthusiastic postdoc to join our team. 😊
The project focuses on protein design and cryo-EM applied to cancer research. 🔬🧪
The position is fully funded for 3 years.
Please share 🙏
Job description and application details (deadline: October 11th): www.cnio.es/en/empleo/po...
The project focuses on protein design and cryo-EM applied to cancer research. 🔬🧪
The position is fully funded for 3 years.
Please share 🙏
Job description and application details (deadline: October 11th): www.cnio.es/en/empleo/po...
Postdoctoral Research Assistant for the Biomolecular Design and Structural Nanomedicine Group
DescriptionWe are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join Roger Castells-Graells’ lab at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO). The successful candidate will work on innovative biom...
www.cnio.es
October 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We’re looking for an enthusiastic postdoc to join our team. 😊
The project focuses on protein design and cryo-EM applied to cancer research. 🔬🧪
The position is fully funded for 3 years.
Please share 🙏
Job description and application details (deadline: October 11th): www.cnio.es/en/empleo/po...
The project focuses on protein design and cryo-EM applied to cancer research. 🔬🧪
The position is fully funded for 3 years.
Please share 🙏
Job description and application details (deadline: October 11th): www.cnio.es/en/empleo/po...
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napari 0.6.5 is out! 🚀
Rapid-fire highlights are: colorbar overlay, custom startup script, and better and prettier documentation! Check out the full release notes here: napari.org/dev/release/...
Rapid-fire highlights are: colorbar overlay, custom startup script, and better and prettier documentation! Check out the full release notes here: napari.org/dev/release/...
October 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
napari 0.6.5 is out! 🚀
Rapid-fire highlights are: colorbar overlay, custom startup script, and better and prettier documentation! Check out the full release notes here: napari.org/dev/release/...
Rapid-fire highlights are: colorbar overlay, custom startup script, and better and prettier documentation! Check out the full release notes here: napari.org/dev/release/...
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BioImage analysis friends - King's are recruiting for a full-time, permanent facility position! Come and work with fun microscopes and fun people (and me!) - please share! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/126345-...
Bioimage Analysis Specialist | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
September 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
BioImage analysis friends - King's are recruiting for a full-time, permanent facility position! Come and work with fun microscopes and fun people (and me!) - please share! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/126345-...
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Happy to share that ShapeEmbed has been accepted at @neuripsconf.bsky.social 🎉 SE is self-supervised framework to encode 2D contours from microscopy & natural images into a latent representation invariant to translation, scaling, rotation, reflection & point indexing
📄 arxiv.org/pdf/2507.01009 (1/N)
📄 arxiv.org/pdf/2507.01009 (1/N)
September 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Happy to share that ShapeEmbed has been accepted at @neuripsconf.bsky.social 🎉 SE is self-supervised framework to encode 2D contours from microscopy & natural images into a latent representation invariant to translation, scaling, rotation, reflection & point indexing
📄 arxiv.org/pdf/2507.01009 (1/N)
📄 arxiv.org/pdf/2507.01009 (1/N)
Want to hack with ~40 motivated developers in the OME-Zarr space this fall in Zurich, November 12 - 14th? The application window for the 2025 OME-NGFF workflows hackathon is closing on September 30th! Apply here to be part of this exciting week about OME-Zarr: forms.gle/849cf2fBk1pJ...
September 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Want to hack with ~40 motivated developers in the OME-Zarr space this fall in Zurich, November 12 - 14th? The application window for the 2025 OME-NGFF workflows hackathon is closing on September 30th! Apply here to be part of this exciting week about OME-Zarr: forms.gle/849cf2fBk1pJ...
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Day 5️⃣ of our @embo.org course on "Advanced methods in bioimage analysis"! 🔬🖥️📊 @embl.org
@tischi.bsky.social is already launching 🚀 Lecture 4: Introduction to working with OME-Zarr (Tutorial) @openmicroscopy.org @zarr.dev
@tischi.bsky.social is already launching 🚀 Lecture 4: Introduction to working with OME-Zarr (Tutorial) @openmicroscopy.org @zarr.dev
September 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Day 5️⃣ of our @embo.org course on "Advanced methods in bioimage analysis"! 🔬🖥️📊 @embl.org
@tischi.bsky.social is already launching 🚀 Lecture 4: Introduction to working with OME-Zarr (Tutorial) @openmicroscopy.org @zarr.dev
@tischi.bsky.social is already launching 🚀 Lecture 4: Introduction to working with OME-Zarr (Tutorial) @openmicroscopy.org @zarr.dev