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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 1d

🗳️ Voting is now open for the 2025 Volume EM Image Competition!

✅ Vote for your top 3 favorites in each category
🕙 Voting closes October 9 at 4:00 PM BST / 10:00 AM CT
🏆 Winners will be announced at the Town Hall Meeting later that day!
👉 Cast your vote here: www.volumeem.org/vote_awesome...

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 9d

🌟 Awesome vEM Images Competition deadline extended to Oct 6, 5 PM CT! 🌟

Submit to one or both categories:
1️⃣ The Power of EM
2️⃣ Bringing Meaning to the Data

🏆 $250 for 1st, $100 for 2nd & 3rd (each category)

🔗 www.volumeem.org/awesome-imag...

Details and last year's winning images ⬇️

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 9d

@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social @bioimagingna.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @micro-au.bsky.social @ccp-volumeem.bsky.social

VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 9d

🗳️ Voting opens Oct 7 on our site
🏆 Winners announced Oct 9 @ virtual Town Hall
📧 Questions? [email protected]

#volumeEM #AwesomevEMImages

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 9d

🌟 Awesome vEM Images Competition deadline extended to Oct 6, 5 PM CT! 🌟

Submit to one or both categories:
1️⃣ The Power of EM
2️⃣ Bringing Meaning to the Data

🏆 $250 for 1st, $100 for 2nd & 3rd (each category)

🔗 www.volumeem.org/awesome-imag...

Details and last year's winning images ⬇️

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 28d

LAST CALL!

Please take the anonymous, 10-minute survey so we can learn more about the computational needs of the volumeEM community: forms.office.com/e/eMAJGCKUnc

The survey will close on Friday 19th September, so make sure your voice is heard!

Microsoft Forms

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · Aug 24

📣 The Awesome vEM Images Competition is back!

Submit your images in one of two categories:
🖼️ The Power of vEM
🧠 Bringing Meaning to the Data (New!)

🏆 Prizes: $250 for 1st place, $100 for 2nd & 3rd in each category
📅 Deadline: Oct 2, 5PM CT
🔗 More details: www.volumeem.org/awesome-imag...

Awesome image competition - 2025

📸 We are seeking impressive volume EM (vEM) images as part of our mission to promote our Volume EM Community Initiative and vEM techniques to the world! We'd love to offer you the opportunity to...

www.volumeem.org

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · Aug 23

📣 Join Us for the 6th Annual Volume EM Community Initiative Town Hall Meeting on October 9th, 2025 from 3-6pm BST / 10am-1pm ET. A key theme of this year’s Town Hall is strengthening connections across the global community.

👉 Register now on our website: www.volumeem.org/2025-town-ha...

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Global BioImaging @globalbioimaging.bsky.social · May 30

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘀 𝗚𝗕𝗜𝘅𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗔𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱?
Two conferences. One global conversation.
We bring together the 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 and the 𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 for a unique week of knowledge exchange.

Exchange of Experience 2025 | Global BioImaging

Join Us At: Imaging in 2035 - Sustaining Infrastructure Ecosystems and Advanced Technologies October 6-10, 2025 | Hybrid Event | Montreal, Canada Be part of th…

globalbioimaging.org

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · Jul 22

Big news! volumeEM has been ranked the second most requested technology of 2024 in Biological Imaging in the latest Euro-Bioimaging Annual Report!

📖 Read the full report here: www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/euro-bi...

#volumeEM

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · Jul 18

Presented by:
by Jason Yin, Jason Liang and Joseph Sall from Alice Liang Lab, NYU Langone Health Microscopy Core, New York, USA

- On behalf of the Training Working Group.

VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · Jul 18

🎥 New Video: How to Do Flat Embedding

We’re excited to share the latest video from the vEM Community! In this video, you'll learn the process of flat embedding samples for SBF-SEM, a crucial method for high-resolution imaging: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbS2...

#volumeEM #SBFSEM #FlatEmbedding

How To Do Flat Embedding

YouTube video by Volume EM Community

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · Jul 14

The vEM Tech Forum 2026 is organized by Alice Liang (NYU Langone Health), Kun Song (Peking University) and Qiang Guo (Peking University).
We can't wait to connect with all of you there!

VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · Jul 14

✨ 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲! ✨

We’re excited to announce that the 𝐯𝐄𝐌 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 is now officially on the calendar!

📅 October 12-15, 2026
📍 Peking University, Beijing, China

Stay tuned for more details!

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · Jun 23

Discover how SBF-SEM (Serial Block-Face Scanning Electron Microscopy), a vEM technique, is being used to unveil new perspectives on corneal development.

Check out our new case study: tinyurl.com/54pxp6ku

Authors: Rob Young, Kiranjit Bains, Phil Lewis and Andrew Quantock - Cardiff University, UK

New insights into corneal development from vEM - FocalPlane

New insights into corneal development from vEM - Volume EM

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · Jun 10

Next Euro-Bioimaging Virtual Pub/volumeEM Series!

Join Andreas Müller @andimicroscopy.bsky.social from Paul Langerhans Institute, TU Dresden, for a talk on "The Exploratory Potential of Volume Electron Microscopy"!

🗓️ June 20th, 2025
⏰ 13:00 CEST
🔗 Register: www.eurobioimaging.eu/events/explo...

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · May 16

🎥 New #volumeEM Video Alert: AI Segmentation in Volume Electron Microscopy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIoz...

Segmentation is key to analyzing 3D volume EM data. Learn how semantic, instance, and panoptic methods isolate structures like mitochondria, nuclei, and cytoplasm in complex tissues.

AI Segmentation in Volume Electron Microscopy

YouTube video by Volume EM Community

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · May 5

empanada new version (v1.2) released!!

empanada.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ You’ll see many goodies in this release:
1. Two new models: DropNet and NucleoNet
2. Several new modules includes tiling

Enjoy and please let us know if this works for you, happy segmenting!

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · Apr 2

💡Check out this new proposal recently published where new strategies on Global sharing of image data/metadata, AI under a global federated model are discussed.

A publication by @Antje Keppler et al.
@eurobioimaging.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Enabling global image data sharing in the life sciences - Nature Methods

This Perspective provides a roadmap toward globally federated open data resources for bioimaging data.

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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · Mar 28

Excited to announce that "Enabling Global Image Data Sharing in the Life Sciences" was published in Nature Methods by an international working group including members of #EuroBioImaging ERIC. 🎉
Don't miss the checklist towards an image data sharing ecosystem ! 🔽
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · Apr 1

Join us for the Virtual Pub/volumeEM series on Friday, April 25th at 13:00 CEST.

We welcome Feng-Xia (Alice) Liang, from New York University, for a talk entitled, "Application Strategies on Volume Electron Microscopy"

All are welcome to join!

bit.ly/4c9J1Vw

Application Strategies on Volume Electron Microscopy

Please join us for the Virtual Pub/volumeEM series on Friday, April 25th at 13:00 CEST. We welcome Feng-Xia (Alice) Liang, from New York University, for a talk entitled…

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · Mar 7

🔎🌏🧭🔬 #volumeEM facility found in
Electron Microscopy Unit
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

With #SBF-SEM #sAT #ssTEM

Website
bit.ly/3FbHnq7

#globalvEMmap ⬇
bit.ly/3xKN5bD

Add your #volumeEM facility ⬇
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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · Feb 28

It's TODAY! Join the #VirtualPub/#VolumeEM Series with Aaran Vijayakumaran, University of Cambridge, for a talk entitled, "3D Nanoscale Architecture and Physiology of the Human Airway Epithelium."
All are welcome to join!
🕐 Starting at 13:00 CET
Register 🔽
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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · Feb 27

📽️👀
Do you know that an eyelash can be of great help for vEM techniques?

Check this "How-to" video featuring Dr Ian White with the title: "How to Enhance ribbon sticking while performing sample sectioning using an eyelash"

👉 youtu.be/tBh0bjkHxR8

💡Submit your video idea to [email protected]

How to: "Enhance ribbon sticking while performing sample sectioning using an eyelash"

YouTube video by Volume EM Community

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · Feb 27

🔎🌍#volumeEM facility spotted in
Max-Planck-Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences!

with FIB-SEM, Automated tape sectioning and (sAT)

Website ⬇
www.mpinat.mpg.de/em-moebius

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Global vEM map ⬇
bit.ly/3xKN5bD

Add your #volumeEM facility ⬇
bit.ly/3EogwUw

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