BNMI2026 symposium

23-27 November, 2026, Levi, Finland

Welcome to the BNMI 2026 Symposium – the 5th annual meeting of the Bridging Nordic Microscopy Infrastructure (BNMI) network. The BNMI 2026 Symposium will be hosted by the Finnish Advanced Microscopy Node and takes place at the Levi Summit Event Center & Panorama Hotel, Levi, Finland, 23/24-27 November, 2026. 

The goal of the BNMI network symposium is to bring the Nordic imaging infrastructures and life scientists closer together to strengthen our collaboration. With these meetings we aim to encourage interactions among the different Nordic imaging facilities and create interactive networks in life science imaging. By active networking between imaging facilities, researchers, developers and industry we seek to improve the quality and impact of microscopy in the Nordic countries.

KEY DATES

Pre-symposium workshops dates: 23-24.11.2026

Symposium dates: 24-27.11.2026

Abstract submission CLOSED (21.08.2026)

Early bird registration CLOSED (7.08.2026)

Regular registration CLOSED (21.08.2026)

Late registration (w/o accommodation): DL 16.10.2026

Programme Highlights

We will offer an exciting scientific program, which will consist of industry exhibitions, workshops, scientific talks, poster sessions, and panel discussions. Topics that will be covered include:

  • Advanced Light Microscopy & Super-Resolution Microscopy
  • Mesoscopy
  • Label-free imaging
  • High content screening and image analysis
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Imaging Applications

Invited speakers

Harald Stenmark

EMBO member
Norwegian Radium Hospital, Norway

Suliana Manley

EPFL, Switzerland

Linda Sandblad

Umeå University, Sweden

Peter Horvath

AI4Health Institute, Germany

Oxana Klementieva

Lund University, Sweden

Moritz Negwer

Radboud University, Netherlands

Clare Strachan

University of Helsinki, Finland

Renata Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen

University of Oulu, Finland

VENUE

Hotel Levi Panorama sits on one of the Levi fell tops, just a 15-minute drive from Kittilä International Airport. Along with its unique location on the slopes, this venue offers a variety of services and activities, including skiing and hiking directly from the grounds. Levi Summit Congress and Exhibition Centre has multipurpose facilities and high-tech equipment, making it a first-class venue. Together, Levi Summit Congress and Exhibition Centre and Hotel Levi Panorama provide the perfect setting for the 5th BNMI symposium.

We hope you will join us in Levi for what promises to be an exciting and educational symposium!

BNMI fellowship to cover symposium fees

PhD students, Postdocs and Imaging Facility staff are eligible to apply for a fellowship to cover the symposium package fee. Fellowships are available for applicants from Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland). To apply, applicants send an abstract for a presentation (poster or oral), and a motivation letter by 26 June, 2026. Applications should be sent to the following address: bnmi-2026@ibv.uio.no

Organizers

This meeting is organized in collaboration with the Finnish Advanced Microscopy Node, University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, and the Bridging Nordic Microscopy Infrastructure. Please email bnmi-2026@ibv.uio.no if you have any questions.

REGISTRATION

BNMI2026 symposium is an all-inclusive meeting, and different symposium packages include: registration fee (access to all symposium), symposium materials, accommodation in Levi Panorama Hotel (single or double rooms), all meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, special symposium dinner), coffee breaks. Participants are expected to book and pay their own travel expenses.

All participants must register for the symposium. Please note that the number of available places for BNMI2026 is limited, and registration will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis.

A late registration package is availeble and includes the registration fee (access to all symposium), symposium materials, all meals (lunch, dinner, special symposium dinner), coffee breaks.  

IMPORTANT DATES

Pre-symposium workshops dates: 23-24.11.2026

Symposium dates: 24-27.11.2026

Abstract submission: CLOSED (21.08.2026)

Exhibition registration: CLOSED (30.06.2026)

Early bird registration: CLOSED (7.08.2026)

Registration: CLOSED (20.08.2026)

Late registration (w/o accommodation): DL 16.10.2026

Note! Registration may close before the deadline if the symposium reaches full capacity

Image: Kirstin Vonderstein, University of Helsinki

Symposium packages

Academic & Non-Academic

Package 1: 4 nights in single room (Mon-Fri) 1050€

Package 2: 4 nights in double room (Mon-Fri) 850€

Package 3: 3 nights in single room (Tue-Fri) 850€

Package 4: 3 nights in double room (Tue-Fri) 650€

Student*

Package 5: 4 nights in a double room (Mon-Fri) 650€

Package 6: 3 nights in a double room (Tue-Fri) 500€

Academic & Non-Academic

Package 1: 4 nights in single room (Mon-Fri) 1150€

Package 2: 4 nights in double room (Mon-Fri) 950€

Package 3: 3 nights in single room (Tue-Fri) 950€

Package 4: 3 nights in double room (Tue-Fri) 750€

Student*

Package 5: 4 nights in a double room (Mon-Fri) 750€

Package 6: 3 nights in a double room (Tue-Fri) 550€

Academic & Non-Academic

Late registration fee: 500€

* Students must prove their student status upon registration

Abstract submission

BNMI2026 symposium invites participants to submit abstracts presented as poster or oral presentations. The program will be filled with selected talks from submitted abstracts, so we encourage all participants to submit your topic as early as possible. While all attendees are encouraged to submit a scientific abstract, this is mandatory for PhD students. 

The abstract submission is opened until August 21 for poster presentations (for oral presentations submission is CLOSED). 

Abstracts from industry partners are welcome for poster presentations.

BNMI fellowship to cover symposium fees

PhD students, Postdocs and Imaging Facility staff are eligible to apply for a fellowship to cover the symposium package fee. Fellowships are available for applicants from Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland). To apply, applicants send an abstract for a presentation (poster or oral), and a motivation letter by 26 June, 2026. Applications should be sent to the following address: bnmi-2026@ibv.uio.no

Certificates

If needed, certificates of attendance or certificates from poster/talk presentation will be provided upon request.

PRELIMENARY PROGRAM

The BNMI2026 symposium will start with pre-symposium workshops, which will run in parallel on Monday and Tuesday, November 23-24. The symposium will start on Tuesday at noon, November 24, and end on Friday at noon, November 27. We will offer an exciting scientific program, which will consist of industry exhibitions, workshops, scientific talks, poster session, and a panel discussion. More information about the pre-symposium workshops can be found on “Pre-symposium workshops” tab.

Topics that will be covered during the symposium:

  • Advanced Light Microscopy
  • Super-Resolution Microscopy
  • Mesoscopy
  • Label-free imaging
  • High content screening
  • Image analysis
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Imaging Applications
Image: Renata Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen, University of Oulu
Day 1 - Pre-symposium workshops - Monday, 23 November 2026

13:00 – 17:00 Arrival 

12:00 – 15:00 Lunch

17:00 – 19:00 Pre-symposium Workshops

19:00 – 21:00 Dinner

09:00 – 11:00 Pre-symposium Workshops

11:30 – 13:00 Lunch

11:00 – 13:00 Registration

13:00 – 13:30 Welcome and introduction

13:30 – 14:15 Company talks

  • Jesper Kielsgaard – CARL ZEISS
  • Mikko Nokkonen – OY G. W. BERG & CO AB
  • Christian Garm – MILTENYI BIOTEC
  • Sophie Ngo – ABBELIGHT
  • Felix Weltzien – BRUKER LUXENDO

14:15 – 15:00 Coffee and company exhibition

15:00 – 15:45 Company talks

  • Oliver Garner – BERGMAN LABORA AB
  • Markku Saari – TRIOLAB OY
  • Harpreet Khinda -THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC
  • Ilya Stepanenko – HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS
  • Christopher Carroll – SARTORIUS

15:45 – 16:45 Panel Discussion

Who Builds the Future of Microscopy?
Shaping the Partnership Between Industry and Nordic Imaging Facilities

16:45 – 18:00  Free time

18:00 – 20:00 Dinner

09:00 – 10:30 Session 1 – Mesoscopy & 3D Imaging

  • 09:00 Fibrillar collagen as an imaging biomarker for uterine health and pregnancy progression, Renata Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen, University of Oulu, Finland
  • 09:35 Automated atlas-based quantification of brain shuttles delivery using lightsheet microscopy, Judit Prat Duran, Aarhus University, Denmark
  • 09:55 Microscopy-driven characterization of rainbow trout hepatic 3D spheroids with multimodal analytical validation, Prem Chand, University of Oslo, Norway
  • 10:00 Whole-brain clearing and multi-channel light-sheet imaging for sex differences in mouse models of autism spectrum disorder, Moritz Negwer, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Netherlands

10:30 – 11:15 Coffee and company exhibition

11:15 – 12:45 Session 2 – Advances in Microscopy

  • 11:15 Smart microscopy for adaptive imaging, Suliana Manley, EPFL, Switzerland
  • 11:55 Micro-stepping extended focus reduces photobleaching and preserves structured illumination super-resolution features, Xian Hu, University of Oslo, Norway
  • 12:15 Light as a probe for living systems, Antonio Fiore, Advanced Imaging Core – Turku, Finland
  • 12:30 Tracking sodium-potassium ATPases (NKA) using MINFLUX, Devinda Wijewardena, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

12:45 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 Free time & activities

16:00 – 17:00 Following lysosome dynamics and repair with light microscopy, EMBO Keynote lecture, Harald Stenmark, Oslo University Hospital

17:00 – 19:00 Company exhibition & Poster session

19:00 – 21:00 Dinner

08:30 – 10:00 Session 3 – Imaging Applications

  • 08:30 Pharmaceuticals under the nonlinear optical microscope, Clare Strachan, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • 09:05 Rapid ER remodeling by peptide-lipid complexes – peripheral ER collapse and vesiculation, nuclear ER expansion and nuclear shape change, Arunima Chaudhuri, Lund University, Sweden
  • 09:25 Cluster assembly dynamics drive fidelity of planar cell polarity polarization, Silas Boye Nissen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 09:45 Mitochondrial positioning by CDK1-MAP4 regulates focal adhesions, redox signaling and cell migration, Omkar Joshi, University of Turku, Finland

10:00 – 10:45 Coffee and company exhibition

10:45 – 12:00 Session 4 – Label-Free Imaging

  • 10:45 Structural diversity of amyloid aggregates across mouse models and human brain tissue revealed by vibrational imaging, Oxana Klementieva, Lund University, Sweden
  • 11:20 Digital holographic microscopy of biomolecular condensates in an electric field, Jennifer Tersteegen, Aalto University, Finland
  • 11:40 Coherent X-rays for imaging of wood — identifying challenges for hierarchical biological samples, Taissia Cheremnykh, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 Session 5 – High-Content Imaging & Image Analysis

  • 13:30 Life beyond the pixels: single-cell analysis using deep learning and image analysis methods, Peter Horvath, AI4Health Institute, Germany
  • 14:05 Multiplexed high-content imaging for drug screening in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts, Phatthamon Laphanuwat, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • 14:25 Polar ordering during transition from dormant to migrating epithelia, Anna Lång, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
  • 14:45 Virtual multistaining of histological whole slide images based on generative AI and a panel of special stains, Sonja Koivukoski, University of Eastern Finland, Finland

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee and company exhibition

15:30 – 19:30 Social Program

20:00 – 24:00 Symposium dinner & party

09:00 – 10:30 Session 6 – Electron Microcopy

  • 09:00 Cryo-Electron Tomography of the Baltic Sea microbiome, Linda Sandblad, Umeå University, Sweden
  • 09:35 From cells to molecules: multimodal bioimaging reveals the structural plasticity of the Staphylococcus aureus virulence peptide PSMα1, Sambhasan Banegjee, Centre for Structural Biology, DESY, Germany
  • 09:50 Membrane contacts between caveolae and the endoplasmic reticulum involved in fatty acid metabolism, Sebastian Rönfeldt, Biochemical Imaging Centre Umeå, Sweden
  • 10:10 Mechanosensitive membrane microdomains imaged through a lens of fluorescence and cryogenic electron microscopes, Markku Hakala, University of Helsinki, Finland

10:30 – 10:45 Closing remarks

10:45 – 12:00 Grab and go lunch and departure

INVITED SPEAKERS

Harald Stenmark

EMBO member
Norwegian Radium Hospital, Norway

Suliana Manley

EPFL, Switzerland

Linda Sandblad

Umeå University, Sweden

Peter Horvath

AI4Health Institute, Germany

Oxana Klementieva

Lund University, Sweden

Moritz Negwer

Radboud University, Netherlands

Clare Strachan

University of Helsinki, Finland

Renata Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen

University of Oulu, Finland

VENUE

The BNMI2026 symposium is hosted by the Finnish Advanced Microscopy Node and takes place at the Levi Summit Event Center and Panorama Hotel, Tunturitie 205, 99130 Levi, Finland.

Hotel Levi Panorama sits on one of the Levi fell tops, just a 15-minute drive from Kittilä International Airport. For BNMI2026 participants, Hotel Levi Panorama offers accommodation, restaurant services, and a range of facilities such as scenic saunas on the seventh floor, a fitness room, and ski equipment storage.

Hotel Levi Panorama is connected to the Levi Summit Event Center, which has multipurpose facilities and high-tech equipment, making it a first-class venue for the BNMI2026 symposium. The venue offers 220 seat auditorium, meeting rooms, and a big lobby for networking and coffee breaks.

Levi’s downhill and cross-country skiing season typically opens in the first week of October. Along with its unique location on the slopes, Hotel Levi Panorama is the only ski-in ski-out hotel in Levi. Hotel Levi Panorama also serves as a ticket sales point, and symposium participants can conveniently purchase ski passes for the Levi slopes at the reception. Levi Village is easily accessible from the hotel via the Levi Express gondola (scenic cabin lift), or participants can take Panorama Stairs, which also bring you to Levi Village.

Together, Levi Summit Event Center and Hotel Levi Panorama provide the perfect setting for the 5th BNMI symposium.

ADDRESS

Levi Summit Event Center and Levi Panorama Hotel, Tunturitie 205, 99130 Levi, Finland

Hotel Levi Panorama Homepage

Levi Summit Event Center Homepage

Practical information

Venue: The BNMI2026 will be held at the Levi Summit Event Center & Panorama Hotel, Levi, Finland, 23/24-27 November, 2026. 

Address: Levi Summit Event Center and Levi Panorama Hotel, Tunturitie 205, 99130 Levi, Finland

Webpage: https://www.kassiopeia.fi/hotel-levi-panorama/en/

Tips to reach Levi: https://www.levi.fi/en/info/general/arrival-at-levi/

TRANSPORTATION

By plane – Kittilä

Kittilä Airport is international airport located in the heart of Lapland, about 14 kilometers from the Hotel Levi Panorama. The airport has scheduled flights from major European cities and multiple daily connections from Helsinki. Check flights to Levi from Europe: https://www.levi.fi/en/info/general/arrival-at-levi/

Kittilä Airport transfer:

Tunturilinjat Oy operates a shuttle service from Kittilä Airport to Levi, with a stop at Hotel Levi Panorama upon request.

For schedules, prices, and more details, visit: https://tunturilinjat.fi/en/schedules/

Return transfer to the Kittilä Airport

The return trip to Kittilä Airport must be booked at the hotel reception at least 24 hours in advance. The bus does not stop at the hotel automatically; reception will inform the driver about passengers to be picked up from the hotel. On Friday, November 27, the shuttle bus will be organized for the symposium participants.

Kittilä and Levi Taxi +358 200 99800

By plane – Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi Airport is international airport located about 170 kilometers from the BNMI2026 symposium venue. The airport is serviced by flights from most major European cities and daily connections from Helsinki.

By train – Rovaniemi

You can reach Rovaniemi by train from several Finnish cities, with direct daily connections operated by VR, https://www.vr.fi/en. Cities with train connections to Rovaniemi: Helsinki, Tampere, Oulu, Turku. Some trains are a car-carrier trains, so you can reach Rovaniemi by train and drive the rest of the trip to Levi in your car.

Transportation from Rovaniemi to Levi

The distance from Rovaniemi to Levi is approximately 170 km, with a driving time of around 2-2.5 hours. Take the E75 north from Rovaniemi, then turn onto road 79 towards Levi. Several daily bus connections operate between Rovaniemi and Levi, especially during the winter season. For schedules, prices, and ticket bookings, visit: https://www.matkahuolto.fi/

Rovaniemi Taxi +358 200 88000

ACCOMODATION

The BNMI2026 symposium participants will be accommodated at the Hotel Levi Panorama. The hotel rooms will be available on the day of arrival from 15.00 onwards. On the day of departure, the rooms will be available until 11.00.

Levi Panorama Hotel offers pre- and post-nights for the BNMI2026 symposium participants. Extra night reservations can be made through hotel reception panorama@kassiopeia.fi (in the email mention the BNMI2026 symposium participation). Extra nights cancellations only in writing to the hotel’s email: panorama@kassiopeia.fi

LOCATION

Levi’s downhill and cross-country skiing season typically opens in the first week of October. Along with its unique location on the slopes, Hotel Levi Panorama is the only ski-in ski-out hotel in Levi. Hotel Levi Panorama also serves as a ticket sales point, and symposium participants can conveniently purchase ski passes for the Levi slopes at the reception. More information about Levi Ski resort: https://www.levi.fi/en/info/levi-ski-resort/

Zero Point rental provides the equipment for all winter sports: alpine skis, telemark skis, touring skis, nordic back-country skis, cross-country skis, snowboards, pulk sleds, snowshoes, bikes and fatbikes. Zero Point Rental also offers professional maintenance services for your own gear. Webpage: https://www.levi.fi/en/services/zero-point-rental/

Levi Village is easily accessible from the hotel via the Levi Express gondola (scenic cabin lift), or participants can take Panorama Stairs, which also bring you to Levi Village.

Find more Levi’s travel tips: https://www.kassiopeia.fi/en/travel-levi/

Photo: Kassiopeia Hotels & Restaurants Image Bank

Pre-symposium workshops

We are also organizing BNMI2026 pre-symposium technical workshops, which will be hosted by companies and Euro-BioImaging Finland image analysts. Our workshops will be run in parallel so that the symposium participants will have an opportunity to participate in several of them. Sessions on Monday and Tuesday will be identical.

Time: Monday, 23 November (17:00–19:00) – Tuesday, 24 November (09:00–11:00)
Location: Levi Summit Event Center, Exhibition rooms, Tunturitie 205, 99130 Levi, Finland

Workshops will be run onsite. Registration is required and will open on 14 September.

Image: Emilia Peuhu, University of Turku

1) ZEISS LATTICE LIGHTSHEET
From 2D to 4D – seeing biology unfold in real time

Session duration: 1 hour

Join the pre-workshops on 23. or 24. November, including a remote live demonstration from the ZEISS demo lab in Germany. Discover how ZEISS Lattice Lightsheet 7 (LLS7) enables high-resolution, low-phototoxicity 4D imaging of living cells and how established 2D assays can be transformed into dynamic, quantitative 4D high-content experiments, including applications in 96-well plates and drug discovery.

Coming September 2026: Get a first look at the next-generation ZEISS Lattice Lightsheet 7 with SPIM-SMLM — bringing single-molecule localization microscopy to the Lattice Lightsheet platform with high SNR throughout the sample volume.
One platform – from dynamic cell biology to single-molecule imaging.

2) SMART MICROSCOPY WORKSHOP – POWERED BY NIKON AX R NSPARC

Session duration: 1 hour

Join us for demonstrations focused on Smart Microscopy pipeline development enabling high content imaging, automated analysis, and AI driven microscopy. You will have the opportunity to take a look at Nikons latest point scanning confocal – AX R with NSPARC super-resolution detector and learn more about how to leverage the NIS Elements software platform to maximise automation and data output. These demonstrations are ideal for researchers looking to increase throughput, improve reproducibility, and extract richer biological insight using advanced imaging and analysis tools.

3) OY G.W.BERG & CO WORKSHOPS

Each workshop session duration: 45 min                     

  • Evident FV5000 New SILVIR detectors-See more with confocal             Our groundbreaking SilVIR™ detectors deliver photon-level quantitation, while redesigned scanner control enables 2K resonant and 8K galvo scanning to capture dynamic events with sharper precision. Smart automation streamlines workflows, and built-in stability ensures reproducible results. Built from legacy and driven by innovation, the FV5000 turns complex imaging into confident discovery.
    • CSR Biotech Cell Xtreme – Next generation live cell imaging platforms    
    The Cell Xtreme is a state-of-the-art super-resolution platform combining MI–SIM with label-free Optical Diffraction Tomography (ODT) technology. This unique system combines spatial context with molecular specificity offering unparalleled insights into live-cell dynamics. Welcome to see first Super-resolution system combined with Label free ODT
    • Abberior Stedycon 2-confocal, STED, FLIM-uncompromised performance
    Transform any microscope into a powerful confocal, STED super-resolution, and fluorescence lifetime imaging system—within minutes. Compact, intuitive, and future-ready, STEDYCON delivers premium imaging performance in a remarkably small footprint. STEDYCON 2 is a next-generation, plug-and-play imaging solution designed to upgrade any existing microscope into a state-of-the-art confocal and superresolution platform. Welcome to see Stedycon 2 together with Evident IX85 microscope.

4) LEICA MICROSYSTEMS and TRIOLAB OY WORKSHOP

Viventis SCAPE: New light sheet microscopy platform for high-speed 3D imaging using standard sample carriers

Session duration: 45 min

Here we present the new Leica Viventis SCAPE, based on oblique plane microscopy (OPM) and swept confocally aligned planar excitation (SCAPE) technologies.  This system is designed for high-speed, high-throughput volumetric light sheet imaging and is compatible with commonly used carriers, including glass slides, Petri dishes, and well plates. Viventis SCAPE enables fast 3D imaging without the need for specialized holders or deviations from common sample mounting protocols. Join this session to discover how Viventis SCAPE delivers fast, gentle, and accessible light sheet imaging—bringing high-speed 3D microscopy into standard laboratory workflows.

5) BRUKER WORKSHOP

From Light-Sheet Imaging to Data Insight: An Integrated Workflow for 3D Microscopy

Session duration: 1 hour

Modern 3D microscopy workflows require not only rapid image acquisition, but also efficient solutions for handling, storing, and processing large imaging datasets. This workshop presents an integrated workflow combining imaging on the TruLive3D Light Sheet microscope with centralized data management and processing using Acquifer HIVE. The TruLive3D Imager enables multiplexed acquisition of large numbers of samples and experimental conditions within a single experiment, supporting scalable studies of organoids, spheroids, and other complex biological specimens. Expanded samples will be used to illustrate the workflow and demonstrate the generation of large-volume 3D datasets. Acquired data is seamlessly transferred to Acquifer HIVE, a multi-user high-performance platform for image data storage, management, visualization, and processing, providing a streamlined end-to-end workflow from image acquisition to data exploration and collaboration.

6) MILTENYI BIOTEC WORKSHOP

Hands on light sheet imaging + A workflow combining 3D imaging with multiplex analysis

Session duration: 1 hour

Short description will be announced soon

 

 

7) THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC HANDS-ON WORKSHOP

Leveraging AI to accelerate image analysis

Session duration: 2 hours

Accurate alignment of serial sections and time-consuming manual segmentation remain major bottlenecks in microscopy image analysis, often limiting throughput, reproducibility, and quantitative consistency. This hands-on session focuses on building an efficient and scalable workflow in Amira Software, addressing these challenges through automated alignment, advanced pre-processing, AI-assisted segmentation, and robust 3D quantification. Participants will work directly within the software to streamline analysis, reduce manual intervention, and generate reliable quantitative insights from complex biological datasets.

NOTE: As this is a hands-on session, participants are required to bring their own laptop computer and mouse.

8) FAIR IMAGE DATA: TOOLS & WORKFLOWS –  COMMUNITY-DRIVEN WORKSHOP

Session duration: 2 hours

Short description will be announced soon

PARTNERS

We are deeply grateful to NordForsk, the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, Åbo Akademi University Foundation and EMBO for their generous support of the 5th Bridging Nordic Microscopy Infrastructure (BNMI 2026) Symposium, taking place in Levi, Finland. 

SPONSORSHIP

We invite companies to join the BNMI2026 symposium, which provides an excellent opportunity to showcase your innovations in imaging and image analysis to professionals in the field. We offer a range of sponsorship packages designed to ensure strong visibility and direct engagement with participants, including pre-symposium workshops, company talks and exhibitions. Availability is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

You can find in this document a wide range of sponsorship opportunities, together with some practical information about the symposium and venue.

Exhibition registration deadline 30.06.2026

MEET OUR SPONSORS

ORGANISERS

Bridging Nordic Microscopy Infrastructure (BNMI) aims to enhance international competitiveness and support the development of world-leading advanced microscopy environments across the Nordic region.

Scientific Committee of the BNMI Board

  • Norway
    • Oddmund Bakke, University of Oslo
    • Bjørnar Sporsheim, Norwegian Institute of Science & Technology, Trondheim
    • Xian Hu, University of Oslo
    • Henriette Aksnes, University of Bergen
  • Sweden
    • Julia Fernandez-Rodriguez, University of Gothenburg
    • Hans Blom, Science for Life Laboratory (KTH), Stockholm
    • Irene Martinez Carrasco, Umeå University
    • Sebastian Wasserstrom, Lund University
  • Finland
    • Irina Belaia, Åbo Akademi University, Turku
    • Veli-Pekka Ronkainen, University of Oulu
    • Antti Hassinen, University of Helsinki
  • Denmark
    • Clara Prats Gavalda, University of Copenhagen
    • Morten Schallburg Nielsen, University of Aarhus 
    • Jonathan R. Brewer, University of Southern Odense
  • Iceland
    • Eirikur Steingrimsson, University of Iceland, Rekjavik
    • Sigurdur Gudmundsson, University of Iceland, Rekjavik

Local Organizing Committee

Finnish Advanced Microscopy Node

  • Hanna Grobe
  • Pasi Kankaanpää
  • Camilo Guzmán
  • Veli-Pekka Ronkainen
  • Antti Hassinen
  • Junel Solis
  • Irina Belaia (chair of the BNMI2026 symposium)

Please email bnmi-2026@ibv.uio.no if you have any questions.