Bioimage Analysis Course 2026 organized by Helsinki BioImaging

Biomedicum Imaging Unit, Helsinki BioImaging, organizes “Bioimage Analysis Course” in May 2026.

When: On-site lectures on 04.05., 06.05.2026, and hands-on workshops on 5-13.05.2026

Where: Biomedicum, Haartmaninkatu 8 & Haartman Institute, Haartmaninkatu 3, Helsinki, Finland

(Image: Images: Satu Paavonsalo, Sinem Karaman and Kirstin Vonderstein – Graphics: Kirstin Vonderstein)

Lectures

Monday 4th May 2026

09:00–12:00 Lecture hall 2
Biomedicum 1 (Haartmaninkatu 8)
- 09:00 What is an image?
- 09:45 Basics of Imaging
- 11:00 Image processing workflow
13:00–15:15 Haartman sali 2
(Haartman Institute, Haartmaninkatu 3)
- 13:00 Machine Learning
- 14:15 TBA

Wednesday 6th May 2026

Faculty club
Biomedicum 1 (Haartmaninkatu 8)
- 8:30-10.30 coLoc The Game (group1)
- 11:00-13.00 coLoc The Game (group2)
Coloc The Game is a collaborative board game to teach co-localization analysis, in which the players, a.k.a The Scientists, team up against the game master , a.k.a Reviewer 3.

Confirmed Speakers

Romain Guiet (BioImaging and Optics Platform, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland)
Antti Isomäki (Biomedicum Imaging Unit, University of Helsinki)
Lassi Paavolainen (Bioimage profiling, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM))

Hands-on Workshops (Mix and Match!)

Apply for the workshops you like and we will send you your individual schedule.
The workshops will give you the opportunity to get your hands on a wide range of image‑analysis tools. All the software will be introduced is either free & open‑source or available for you to use on the BIU image‑analysis workstations:

CellProfiler
Co-loc
Fiji
Ilastik
Imaris basic & advanced
Microscopy Image Browser
QuPath

Registartion

For PhD students that want to earn 1ECTS: Registration for the whole course (all lectures + 3 hands-on workshops)

For every one else: Mix and match as you like! Registration for lectures, hands-on workshop or both

Venue and organizers

The course is organized by the Biomedicum Imaging Unit, University of Helsinki. Most of the course will take place in Biomedicum 1, Haartman Institute & Terkko Health Hub.

Detailed course content can be found here: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/infrastructures/bioimaging/news-archive/bioimage-analysis-course-2026