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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers

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For students, postdocs and early career professionals, we aim to focus on career development of RMS members through workshops, networking and much more.

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jul 1

The Early Career Committee yesterday at our Early Career Symposium 2025! Thank you to all of our speakers and attendees for making it such a great afternoon @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

#mmc2025uk

Members of the RMS Early Career Committee smiling at their 2025 symposium!

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jul 3

❗️Calling ECRs❗️We would love to hear what career support you would like us to provide. Please fill out the small survey below to let us know your thoughts ! Deadline : 29th August

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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · Jul 2

Teamwork was the order of the day in this all-action, hands-on workshop on Open Source Hardware and Microscopy, which took place in the RMS Learning Zone earlier today at #mmc2025.

Thanks to everyone who took part 😃🔬

@bioimaginguk.bsky.social @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social

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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · Jul 2

Come and chat with our friendly infocus Magazine team at this afternoon's poster session #mmc2025!

We're keen to hear your ideas for future articles and other content 💡👍

Why not be a contributor? 😃🔬

#RMSinfocus

The infocus magazine editorial team pose for a photo in an exhibition hall, next to a large pop-up poster advertising RMS Publications

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jul 1

The Early Career Committee yesterday at our Early Career Symposium 2025! Thank you to all of our speakers and attendees for making it such a great afternoon @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

#mmc2025uk

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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · Jul 1

A buzzing atmosphere in a grand setting: the exhibition hall at #mmc2025 over lunch 😃🍽️😋

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A busy exhibition hall at mmc2025. Delegates enjoy their lunch, with the domed roof of Manchester Central featuring prominently in the top half of the image.

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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · Jun 30

Massive congratulations to Niamh Burke @niamh-deburca.bsky.social on winning the 2025 @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social Early Career Award, with her talk on the enderscope community project, co-developing accessible imaging tools with the public. 😀🙌🔬👍

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Niamh Burke (centre) receives the RMS Early Career Award from Lisa Maria Needham (left) and Michelle Peckham (right)

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Presented by Lisa-Maria Needham, Michelle Peckham and Katherine Paine, with thanks to the Journal of Microscopy for sponsorship and support!

Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Congratulations and much acclaim to our RMS Early Career Award Winner: Niamh Burke at UCD @niamh-deburca.bsky.social for her work on microscopy with astounding social impact! (Second from left) #mmc2025uk

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Setting out the Director’s vision for the Cambridge Advanced Imaging Centre - “keep applications in mind while innovating technology”

Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Our keynote is the amazing Lisa-Maria Needham from #CAIC, Cambridge, with a high powered international career journey alongside building a family, plus introducing her Fabry-Pérot technology for detecting unlabelled molecules down to single amino acid residues in solution! #singlemolecule #mmc2025uk

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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · Jun 30

Lots of excellent conversations taking place during break-time at the @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social Early Career Symposium 😀

A great way to kick things off at #mmc2025 👏🔬👍

@yorkbioimaging.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social

Attendees at the Early Career Symposium chat during a coffee break.

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

After a quick break to refuel ☕️ we’re back on with Kokila Wickramanayake from Plymouth for a tour de force on how oxidative stress in rice/barley chloroplasts interacts with fungal infection 🌾🌱🍄‍🟫 #mmc2025uk

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Congratulations and best of luck to all of our Early Career Award Finalists! 👏👏👏

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Alessandro Zunino now describes contributions to the Image Scanning Microscope (s^2-ISM) for super-res 3D sectioning much like SIM, and FLIM-capable but with a small confocal photodiode array!

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Anthoula Chatzimpinou has concerns about microglia with unusual morphology causing damage in neurodegenerative diseases, and tells us how they can be tracked label-free with X-Ray absorbance and multiplexed fluorescence techniques! 🔬❤️

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Niamh Burke joins us from University College Dublin to tell us about a fantastic community-driven open-source endoscope project! ⭐️🔬

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Now for our quick fire 🔥 Award ECR flash talks! 5 minutes no questions asked ⏳… #mmc2025uk

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Many of the awarded case studies have leveraged these awards to secure larger funding: e.g. fo advanced imaging of key molecular signatures in cardiomyopathy!

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Emily is Head of the Imaging Resource Facility at City St George UoL, and also has a key role in encouraging and recognising ECR excellence in imaging outputs locally.

Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Next up we have Emily Woodcock, an expert in melanoma cell mechanics with SICM (scanning ion conductance microscopy).

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Huge implications of AI pathology being discussed here for colorectal cancers, for which tools are yet to be progressed to clinical trials

Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

The science talks at #mmc2025uk are go! 🏁our newly inaugurated Committee member, Ross Walsh from Galway, introduces exciting new work on #collagen remodelling in #cancer

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Royal Microscopical Society Early Career Researchers @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Kicking the meeting off is our amazing ECR Committee Chair Katherine Paine who is an alumna of the Award!

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