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Paul McMillan

@drpaulmcmillan.bsky.social

Microscopy facility manager at the Biological Optical Microscopy Platform at the University of Melbourne. Microscopy and sports. Typos and opinions are my own!

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Hey microscopists! On behalf of @ausbias.org I'd like to invite you to fill in our inaugural survey of how you perform and interface with bioimage analysis in your work! Help shape our society, and help us understand how we can best serve the wider microscopy community! ausbias.org/survey-2025/

08.10.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Two days left to apply!

02.10.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Platform Support Officer Role type: Fixed term for 2 years Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Department/School: School of Biomedical Sciences Salary: UOM 7 109,093 – 118,091 AUD p.a. plus 17% super E...

We have an opening for a Platform Support Officer to join our team at the Biological Optical Microscopy Platform at the University of Melbourne. For full details or to apply go to go.unimelb.edu.au/xb3p @micro-au.bsky.social @australianmms.bsky.social

18.09.2025 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Navigating Strategies for Core Facilities 2025: A Town Hall Webinar

Over 270 fully engaged people from over 25 countries attended our open forum on Navigating Strategies for Core Facilities 2025.
www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca...

18.06.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The BOMP team are very proud to display the new #AcknowledgementGuidelines poster launched by @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and @globalbioimaging.bsky.social – helping #ImagingScientists get #CreditWhereItsDue

Download the poster and join the campaign! globalbioimaging.org/documents/im...

20.06.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Two smiling staff members at an imaging facility hold up the 'Acknowledgement Guidelines' poster

Two smiling staff members at an imaging facility hold up the 'Acknowledgement Guidelines' poster

Working with @globalbioimaging.bsky.social, we're very proud to launch our new #AcknowledgementGuidelines poster, helping #ImagingScientists get the credit they deserve for their research contributions! #CreditWhereItsDue

@bioimaginguk.bsky.social

Read more: rms.org.uk/resource/rms...

16.06.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Save the Date! There are now only 298 days until the next Light Microscopy Australia symposium. This will be hosted at the University of Sydney from 3-5th Feb 2026. Follow this page and make sure that you renew your @australianmms.bsky.social membership to be kept up to date with symposium details!

12.04.2025 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Bioimaging and bioimage analysis friends, some help if you have 2-3 mins; for a paper, we're trying to estimate the number of biologists trained in open source software or tools in the last ~5 years. (1/2) #bioimaging #microscopy #bioimageanalysis

08.04.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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BOMP Workshops in 2025 BOMP Workshops in 2025

Registration is now open for our fundamentals webinars (online in Asia friendly Timezone) and data analysis workshops (in person in Melbourne). If you are interested, then find more details here. #fluorescence #microscopy #LightMicrosocopyAustralia #AusBias microscopy.unimelb.edu.au/news-and-eve...

08.04.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

AusBIAS is now on bluesky! We have a website, a logo, and a dream to connect all the bioimage analysts in Australia.

24.03.2025 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is your current biological image analysis producing inaccurate results? Apply for #EMBOBioImage and fix that! πŸ”¬βœ¨ Learn theoretical advancements and the practical skills to apply them.

πŸ“© Apply by 4 June
πŸ—“οΈ 14 – 19 September
πŸ“ EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
➑️ https://s.embl.org/bia25-01-bl

21.02.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Officer Job in Brisbane at The Translational Research Institute - SEEK The Translational Research Institute is seeking an experienced Microscopy Officer to join our team on a Permanent, Full-time basis.

The Translational Research Institute in Brisbane has an opening for a Microscopy Officer to work with
@microscopemark.bsky.social. Please forward on to anyone that you think may be interested. Closing date 16th March 2025, for more info and to apply visit seek.com.au/job/82343625

26.02.2025 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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.@globalbioimaging.bsky.social are running an Authorship & Acknowledgements Survey!
Share your thoughts on how core facility staff contributions are recognised in publications, and help us advocate for better recognition and support career advancementπŸ€πŸŒŽπŸ”¬

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

21.02.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral Fellow Job in Melbourne at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre - SEEK The Hogan laboratory is offering work for a highly motivated and skilled postdoctoral fellow in the area of lymphatic development and regeneration.

We have a postdoc position available in the lab! Come and work on lymphatic vascular development and regeneration. We use zebrafish, mouse, cells, tumour models and love imaging, genetics and genomicsπŸ”¬
Come join us in Melbourne!

www.seek.com.au/job/82157187...

19.02.2025 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
European Light Microscopy Initiative Meeting 2025 in Heidelberg s.embl.org/elmi2025 @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social @bioimagingna.bsky.social @istaustria-iof.bsky.social @globias.bsky.social‬ 
@globalbioimaging.bsky.social  @gerbi-gmb.de @france-bioimaging.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social

European Light Microscopy Initiative Meeting 2025 in Heidelberg s.embl.org/elmi2025 @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social @bioimagingna.bsky.social @istaustria-iof.bsky.social @globias.bsky.social‬ @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @gerbi-gmb.de @france-bioimaging.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social

Based on the feedback of #elmi2024 there will be a follow-up session for COMMUNITY TOOLS during the Core Facility Day at #elmi2025 in Heidelberg. Submit your community tools to MicroscopyDB via elmi.embl.org/tools/ for the chance to be selected to present it.

11.02.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Home This site contains the complete version of the Fiji Training Manual that is written and maintained by Cameron Nowell of the Monash Institue of Pharmaceutical Science. This manual is provided under the...

Answering the call of @haesleinhuepf.bsky.social, Christian Tischer, Pete Bankhead, @kbias.bsky.social @bethcimini.bsky.social
My Fiji training notes are now FAIR. All online in an open format to download and use for teaching and training. All in Google Doc or PDF formats
bit.ly/4hkfEBF

05.02.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Looking forward to hosting everyone in #Melbourne. Applications are open now!

04.02.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

International Microscopy Facility Survey - the survey includes questions on Optical Microscopy, Electron Microscopy and Data Analysis facility operations.

Please check the questions before starting the survey (lnkd.in/giJApzUa).

The survey will close on Friday 20th December 2024: lnkd.in/gNxz9uA3

14.12.2024 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of the Biological Optical Microscopy Platform at the University t Melbourne

Photo of the Biological Optical Microscopy Platform at the University t Melbourne

Delighted to update that our team at the Biological Optical Microscopy Platform has been awarded the University of Melbourne award for excellence in enabling research. Thanks to all of those that supported our application.

22.11.2024 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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