Global BioImaging exchange of experience V workshop will be held on 8th and 9th of September 2020 in Okazaki, Japan. Venue: Okazaki Conference Centre Topic: Pre-publication image data: management and processing For more information, please keep an eye out on the Global BioImaging webpages.

Global BioImaging exchange of experience workshop held in 2019 in Singapore saw a strong representation of the Finnish Euro-BioImaging Node. Both the leader, John Eriksson, and the manager, Gleb Grebnev, of the Finnish Node were present at the workshop. John Eriksson gave a talk titled Common International Recommendations for Quality Management in Imaging Infrastructures as part of the working group that focused on Quality Management in Imaging Facilities. Gleb Grebnev attended the tour of the A*STAR Microscopy Platform, part of SingaScope consortium of imaging core facilities in Singapore. The tour was organized and delivered by Wah Ing Goh who also has visited Turku, Finland as part of her Global BioImaging international job shadowing program previously. More information on the workshop including workshop programme can be found here.

Microscopy and image analysis workshop is taking place in Cape Town, South Africa 13-17 January 2020. Imaging Africa consists of a four-day workshop followed by a one-day symposium hosted at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine in Cape Town, South Africa. The objective of this workshop is to enhance the microscopy knowledge and applications of researchers throughout the African continent. Workshop registration: www.imagingafrica.org

Application link: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/4D865B5700B6F09C

The location of ELMI 2020 meeting was revealed to be in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands during this year’s ELMI meeting. ELMI 2020 will take place 9-12 June 2020. ELMI meeting is an annual scientific meeting that connects academics working in the field of light microscopy and manufacturers of microscopy equipment and software. Annually, it is attended by more that 300 participants from the academia and industry and is one of the biggest microscopy events in Europe. For more information about ELMI 2020 meeting, please visit: https://elmi2020.eu

The new website for the Finnish Advanced Light Microscopy Node has been launched! Access state-of-the-art imaging technologies in Finland in the cities of Helsinki, Turku, and Oulu. A vast array of imaging technologies are available to all academic and industrial users including super-resolution imaging (3D STORM, 3D STED), CLEM, mesoscopic-scale imaging, and label-free imaging technologies. User assistance, instrument user training, and other services are also provided by the Finnish Euro-BioImaging Node.