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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · 8h

The FBI Image Contest is still open!

You have until November 14th, 2025 to submit your most beautiful #microscopy images!

🚨 Don’t wait! Submit here 👉 france-bioimaging.org/fbi-special-...

We can’t wait to discover your work!

France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · 1d

Bio-protocol is organizing a webinar focused on live-cell imaging on October 15, 2025

M. Bénard and C. Chamot from the PRIMACEN platform will present a protocol for maintaining cell viability during live-cell imaging

📅When? 15/10/25 - 11:00 AM
🔗Join? bio-protocol.org/webinar/deta...

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · 6d

Read the preprint of their solutions here 👇
- Task 1: www.arxiv.org/abs/2509.02593
- Task 2: arxiv.org/abs/2508.21041

Robust Pan-Cancer Mitotic Figure Detection with YOLOv12

Mitotic figures represent a key histoprognostic feature in tumor pathology, providing crucial insights into tumor aggressiveness and proliferation. However, their identification remains challenging, s...

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · 6d

Congrats to Thomas Walter's team for their results at MIDOG 2025👏

This competition, organized for the MICCAI conference, focused on mitosis detection, a biomarker in tumor grading.

They won:
🥈Task 1 - Mitotic Figure Detection
🥇Task 2 - Atypical Mitotic Figure Classification

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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 7d

Great visibility for #microscopy images from @france-bioimaging.bsky.social platform Montpellier Ressources Imagerie at European Researcher's Night!

AddictAuxSciences @addictauxsciences.bsky.social · 7d

D'autres superbes images issues de la plateforme Montpellier Ressources Imagerie facility (MRI) ont été exposées à la Nuit Européenne des chercheuses organisée par Genopolys au Lycée Joffre le 27 Septembre 🎉

@umontpellier.bsky.social
@cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social
@eurobioimaging.bsky.social

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · 8d

🔬 Discover Olivier & Xavier, co-leaders of the Rhône-Alpes node

In this interview, they share how the node unites the imaging communities of Lyon and Grenoble, combining strong scientific output with major technical developments.

🔗 Click here to read: france-bioimaging.org/announcement...

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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 12d

So happy to be part of the "La vie est belle" exhibit in Montpellier via the #EVOLVEproject. The amazing images from the MRI Facility, part of @france-bioimaging.bsky.social, remind us that there is more beauty in life than meets the eye! 👁️🔬

Ariane Abrieu @arianeabrieu.bsky.social · 13d

La vie est belle! vous attend à la maison des relations internationales à Montpellier!

Une initiative des @addictauxsciences.bsky.social qui présente les images de Montpellier Ressources Imagerie dans ce cadre exceptionnel 🤩

Festival What a trip!
Jeu-Sam 10-18h

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · 13d

🗣️ "Hey FBI, explain how it works!"

Today, we’re exploring one of #electronmicroscopy sub-techniques: Cryo-TEM.

💡 Did you know? #CryoTEM is available on many platforms across France-BioImaging infrastructure.

Watch the video to learn more and find out where you can access it!

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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊 @bethcimini.bsky.social · 15d

Halfway to I2K is BACK, friends of all kinds! Last year, 650 people attended 30+ TOTALLY FREE image analysis workshops of all kinds, across many timezones.

If you make image analysis software and want to teach it, workshop submissions are open now! We'd love to have your tool highlighted.

BioImaging North America @bioimagingna.bsky.social · 19d

#HappyFluorescenceFriday!

#microscopycommunity- want to learn open source image analysis or share your knowledge to help others? We’ve got a FREE virtual workshop Nov 17-19! Now accepting workshop session applications!

Learn more & sign up: buff.ly/esGIotD

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · 15d

7612 users in 2024 🚀

This growth reflects the demand from biologists for cutting-edge equipments

🌍 Among them, more than 700 French and international external users had access to FBI's platforms

We're proud to facilitate access to innovative imaging techniques and contribute to advancing science!

France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · 21d

📢 The September newsletter is out!

Updates from our nodes, recent events, training opportunities, job offers... everything you need to know about France-BioImaging is inside.

How to read it? Click here ⤵️
france-bioimaging.org/newsletter/s...

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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 22d

Don't miss the insights from @jytinevez.bsky.social @france-bioimaging.bsky.social about the value-added of image analysis core facilities. It's going to be a great talk!
🗓️September 22, 4 pm CEST

GloBIAS @globias.bsky.social · 23d

Next #GloBIAS seminar is coming up: join us on 22nd of September, 4 pm CEST to hear from Jean-Yves Tinevez about: The scientific added value of a core-facility dedicated to Bioimage Analysis services. Want to register? -> www.globias.org/activities/b...

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · 22d

We are thrilled to announce that our Image Contest is back! 🔬🏆

Submit your best images & try to win your registration fees for one 2026 #microscopy related event.
📆Before November 14th, 2025

Info & entries👉 france-bioimaging.org/fbi-special-...

We are all eager to see your work!

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · 27d

[WEBINAR] Discover the DREAM project which aims to develop new tools to study photosynthesis dynamics.

3 FBI members (L. Jullien, A. Lahlou, I. Coghill) will present the objectives of the project as well as its latest outcomes.

📅 Sept 24, 13:00
🔗 bit.ly/4655As0

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@eurobioimaging.bsky.social

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · 29d

[WEBINAR] The power of luminescent probes✨

FBI member Ludovic Jullien (Department of Chemistry, ENS) is organizing a webinar exploring the use of luminescent probes for sensing applications.

📅 When? Thursday, September 11 – 9:30–11:30 am
🔗 Join here: bit.ly/4geydrj

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Observing muscle growth brick by brick

A research project* at the IBDM (Marseille Developmental Biology Institute, CNRS – AMU), led by Clément Rodier, has recently challenged long-standing scientific hypotheses about how muscles e…

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · Sep 4

[PUBLI] Observing muscle growth brick by brick

A research project at the @ibdm.bsky.social, led by Clément Rodier, has recently challenged long-standing scientific hypotheses about how muscles elongate during development, thanks to advanced #microscopy.

🔗 Our article in comments

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · Sep 3

Join the FBI Preclinical Microscopy working group for its 3rd #Webinar on September 25!

This session will focus on:
▪️ Label-free #3Dimaging of thick samples
▪️ Quanti blood vessel #photoacousticmicroscopy coupled with #ultrasonicmicroscopy

🔗 To join? bit.ly/3JDmoPl

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IMAG'IC @imag-ic.bsky.social · Aug 29

#FluorescenceFriday After a wonderful summer at the beach, what could be better than discovering a new microscope on the facility to keep your spirits high?
Just a few more days until you can image your #organoids cleared or in vivo!
#SPIM
@institutcochin.bsky.social
@france-bioimaging.bsky.social

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · Jul 29

𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆-𝑩𝒊𝒐𝑰𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌! ☀️

We're off to recharge and soak up some sunshine, but we'll be back in September with exciting updates from our nodes, fresh news and upcoming events... Stay tuned!

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Meeting with Hamed Abbasi: fluorescence microscopy for intraoperative use to target tumors

Discover Hamed Abbasi’s story, a researcher at the Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy at Erasmus Medical Center, who benefited from the “FBI Access Fund” in 2024. Thanks to this…

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · Jul 22

[INTERVIEW] Meet Hamed Abbasi, who shares his project: using light microscopy to provide surgeons with real-time visual guidance to identify and delineate tumors!🎯

Thanks to the FBI Access Fund, Hamed collaborated with PRIMACEN facility.

Check the coms for the full interview⤵️

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · Jul 16

📢 The July newsletter is out!

Updates from our nodes, recent events, training opportunities, job offers... everything you need to know about France-BioImaging is inside.

How to read it? Click here ⤵️
france-bioimaging.org/newsletter/j...

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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · Jul 10

🗣️ "Hey FBI, explain how it works!"

Today, we’re exploring one of the main #electronmicroscopy techniques: Transmission Electron Microscopy.

💡 Did you know? #TEM is available on many platforms across FBI.

Watch the video to learn more & find out where you can access it!

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GdR ImaBio @gdrimabio.bsky.social · Jul 4

There are only 10 days left before early bird registration closes for the Frontiers in Neurophotonics Symposium 2025 #FiNS2025

@danielchoquet.bsky.social @france-bioimaging.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @inserm.fr

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