🧵 THREAD: New funding opportunity for UK bioimaging researchers! 1/ The UK Bioimaging User Access Fund is now open with up to £5,000 available for imaging experiments and £2,000 for image analysis (100% FEC) 💰

The study shows how individual fingerprint ridges deform when we touch different textures, revealing how subtle stretching and shifting along the ridge flanks may drive our remarkably fine tactile sensitivity. https://t.co/fBVVOlNqzP

📣The Data Analysis in Imaging (DAIM) RMS science section and international collaborators have launched a special issue of the Journal of Microscopy, with the topic: “High-Performance Computing and Cloud-based solutions for image analysis in life and physical sciences”.

Don't forget - abstract submission and registration are *OPEN* for the 21st International Microscopy Congress #IMC21 🙌 🙂 🔬 (31 August - 4 September 2026) Be sure to take your place at the world's premier event for the global microscopy community! https://t.co/lFi1kOQWno

🚨🔬🤖🚀 #PhotoFiTT is out! With Jacquemet's & @P_Matos_Pereira's labs, we launched a new quantitative phototoxicity measurement for live microscopy using cellular clocks⏱️. By rockstars @_mariod @gomez_mariscal et al! AI-powered + label-free readouts https://t.co/uxUJqhRvi4

✨ We are recruiting the next cohort of #EuroBioImaging Scientific Ambassadors! If you are passionate about open science & imaging and want to enhance your network or learn new skills, please apply! https://t.co/eYaSbN2Xh4

📣 Help spread the word! @GlobalBioImage #Imaging4All — 3rd Call Open! Fully funded mobility grants for low/middle-income country researchers to access imaging technologies for experiments and training. 🗓 Deadline: 28 Feb 2026 More info: https://t.co/zD2L8HlYNy

This is well worth reading. An incredible amount of support for our community. Just incredible how much the @RoyalMicroSoc has delivered for us all in 2025, and this was before the vEuropean Flow meeting that attracted over 350 people from over 40 countries!

Leonel Malacrida- @IPMontevideo & @Udelaruy Uruguay stars in #TheMicroscopists and reflects on his early ambition of becoming a vet, the twists and turns that led him into microscopy, and the unique challenges and opportunities of doing science in Latin America. Plus - how

Our December issue of infocus Magazine #RMSinfocus is now available to read online! Loads of great content including articles on cancer research, public outreach, RMS Awards and more! Find out more: https://t.co/ES81RtJbeL

🔬 Hands-on bioimage data stewardship workshop 27/2/2026 Uni of Liverpool Learn the complete data lifecycle from acquisition to repository submission. Train-the-trainer format - take materials back to your facility! ✓ 25 places ✓ Up to £100 travel ✓ Apply by 7 Jan Apply👇

📣 Hey image data analysts! Join us from 🗓️ January 28-30 for a 3C CoDash event with @embl! We will highlight the Next generation file format OME-Zarr & the tool ecosystem being built around it. Free & open to all, hybrid event. 🗳️ Register by Dec 12 🔽 https://t.co/sU3HcD4074

HiP-CT is a new technique that can hierarchically image whole human organs, beginning with the resolution of a human hair (25μm/voxel) down to a resolution where we can see single cells (1.5μm/voxel) [📹 Paul Tafforeau] https://t.co/r3CI0FkzLK

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🔬 Hands-on bioimage data stewardship workshop 27/2/2026 Uni of Liverpool Learn the complete data lifecycle from acquisition to repository submission. Train-the-trainer format - take materials back to your facility! ✓ 25 places ✓ Up to £100 travel ✓ Apply by 7 Jan Apply👇

At this week's #VirtualPub, we welcome Ivano Legnini, @humantechnopole, on "Optogenetic control of gene expression in organoids." 🗓️ Friday, Dec 5 @ 13:00 CET https://t.co/dhEgy7nN2X

Come and join us on this informative course, plenty of time for questions and to hone your #flowcytometry analysis skills!

Some festive fun in our offices over lunch today, with a spot of Christmas cookie decoration 😋 🍪🎄 We even managed to get a couple of RMS-themed designs in there... ❄️

How can we make the future more sustainable? Join the webinar with EBIB partner, @ZEISS_micro, highlighting perspectives & solutions from @ZEISS_Group for sustainability 🔬 🌱. 🗓️ Mon, Dec 8, 3-4 pm CET Register🔽 https://t.co/beNZobtUfN

🎙️ Meet Our Speaker – IBIAM 2025 We are excited to welcome Aastha Mathur, Head, Image Data Services, Euro-BioImaging, EMBL Germany, as a featured speaker at the India BioImaging Annual Meeting 2025! 📅 December 11–12, 2025 📍 JSS AHER, Mysuru, India ✨ Join us as

After the 9 Dec deadline, the next rounds will close on 31 March, 31 July and 30 Nov 2026!