🚨 DEADLINE EXTENDED! 🚨

You now have until February 1st to submit your abstracts for oral communication for #ELMI2026! 🇵🇹 🔬

Get your latest imaging research and technological developments ready for the stage in Coimbra.

📥 Submit now: ELMI2026.ppbi.pt

Nesta época de partilha e união, a @ppbioimaging.bsky.social deseja a todos um Feliz Natal!🎄✨

In this season of sharing and togetherness, @ppbioimaging.bsky.social wishes everyone a Merry Christmas!🎄✨

Meet Beatriz Sousa from @i3suporto.bsky.social
Beatriz is developing zein nanoparticles to guide immune cells for better chronic wound healing
Using advanced imaging, she tracks how these particles interact with macrophages, unlocking new regenerative strategies
#imagingflowcytometry #ppbi

🎬 New look, same spirit!

Meet the new PPBI logo, created by Alexandre Veiga, winner of the PPBI Logo Contest 2025.

Celebrating creativity and collaboration in our bioimaging community. 💙

#PPBI #LogoContest #BioImaging #Collaboration

🎉 ELMI 2026 registration is OPEN!

Join us in Coimbra 🇵🇹 June 16–19 for Europe’s premier microscopy event.

🔬 Cutting-edge talks
🧪 Hands-on workshops
🤝 Meet top researchers & vendors

Secure your spot now! 🔗https://shorturl.at/IkyxX

Post sponsored by @okolab.bsky.social

The new National Coordination Council for Research Infrastructures in Portugal has been established, and we’re proud that PPBI coordinator Luísa Cortes was elected as the Coordinator of the Establishing Committee.
This council will strengthen the dialogue between infrastructures and the Government

🌏 PPBI at GloBIAS 2025 – Kobe, Japan!

@ppbioimaging.bsky.social is proud to join the @globias.bsky.social Bioimage Analysis Conference 2025 (Oct 26–31)!
A great chance to connect, learn, and share advances in bioimage analysis — and enjoy a glimpse of Japanese culture along the way. 🌸🔬

✨ A big thank you to everyone who took part in the PPBI Logo Contest! ✨

The quality and diversity of the proposals we received have exceeded our expectations, and we want to ensure a careful and fair selection process.

The result will be announced soon - stay tuned to our channels! 👀

🏆 The PPBI Image Contest celebrates the art of science!

🎉 Congratulations to Carina Mónico (CCMAR) for her winning image!

A huge thank-you to everyone who took part.

#PPBI #Microscopy #BioImaging #ScienceArt

🚨 Two PPBI contests, two new deadlines!

🎨 Logo Contest → Oct 6 🏆 |
🔬 Imaging Contest → Oct 3 🏆.

Don’t miss your chance to create, share & win! #PPBI #contests #science

Maria Azevedo (i3S, PPBI) featured in an Argolight case study.
As a member of QUAREP-LiMi, she contributes to international efforts to standardize microscopy quality control - ensuring reliable and reproducible research.
👉 argolight.com/i3s-usercase/

#PPBI #Microscopy #BioImaging #QualityControl

✨Sponsorship opportunities for #ELMI2026 are now open!✨

Join us in Coimbra, Portugal (June 16–19, 2026) and connect with the global microscopy community.

✨ Packages are limited - secure your spot today!
👉 ppbi.pt

#sponsorship
#ELMI2026

🚀✨ Submissions for the PPBI Image Contest 2025 are OPEN! ✨🚀

Researchers, students & staff scientists in Portuguese institutions:

🔬 Show your science through images!

🏆 Win a free SPAOM 2025 registration

👉 Submit today!

#PPBI #SPAOM2025 #ScienceContest

🖼️ PPBI IMAGE CONTEST 🖼️

Are you a scientist, researcher, or student at a Portuguese research institution?

Let your images reveal the beauty of science! 🔬✨

🏆 Winning entry = free registration for the SPAOM Congress
📅 Sept 8–22, 2025
👉 More info: www.ppbi.pt

@ppbioimaging.bsky.social

✨🎨 The PPBI Logo Contest is OPEN! 🎨✨

Submissions start today—your chance to design the new face of PPBI! 💡🔥

🖌️ Open to ALL: researchers, students, creatives.
🏆 Winner gets a special prize (thanks to Dias de Sousa).

👉Let’s create something unforgettable! 💫

#PPBI #LogoContest #DesignChallenge

What’s the first thing you think of when you hear microCT?
Probably bones, right? But with contrast agents, we can also reveal the hidden architecture of soft tissues, like the brain.

#microCT #BrainImaging #Science

Bioimage Analyst Junior Researcher position is open to work at Advanced Light Microscopy IBMC/i3S scientific platform 🔬🖼️ ⚒️ 🖥️ 📊 💡

Full announcement euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/368084

Deadline September 4

@ppbioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @globias.bsky.social
#image_analysis

🚨 PPBI Logo Contest! 🎨✨

Open to ALL: researchers, scientists, designers, students & amateurs.

🏆 Winner gets an amazing prize (thanks to Dias de Sousa).

📅 Submissions open Sept 1: One week to create!

Unleash your creativity & surprise us! 💡🔥

#PPBI
#LogoContest

The summer breeze, the waves, the sun… tempting. 🌊☀️ But something big is on the horizon... You won’t want to miss it. 👀

#Teaser #StayTuned #Announcement #contest #PPBI #Microscopy #FollowforMore

Great video!!!
Physics 1 – Break 0 😂

Enjoy the beauty of the Azores!

🐦 Early bird rates for #SPAOM2025 end on September 8th!

📅 Don’t miss the premier microscopy event of the year. Register now!
🔗 spaom2025.org

#SPAOM2025
#PPBI
#Microscopy
#conference
#earlybird
#RegisterNow

Join us at ITQB NOVA for the Fundamentals of Light Microscopy & Image Processing course!

🗓 Oct 6–17
📍 ITQB NOVA
🖊 Apply by Sept 5!

🔗 ppbi.pt/wordpress/in...

#Microscopy #ImageProcessing #Bioimaging #LifeSciences #ScientificTraining

🔬Are you part of the PPBI network or a PPBI user?
Whether you're organizing something or have results to share, we want to feature your work across our website and social media.
📲Fill in the form under “How to Share” (QR code in the video)
💬 Or reach out to us here: @ppbioimaging

This is going to be powerful! 💡

Meet Ana Rita Costa from i3S! Ana Rita studies the membrane periodic skeleton (MPS), the so-called actin rings, in axons spaced ~190 nm apart. With STED microscopy, she reveals how nanoscale structure shapes neuron function. 🔬🧠

#Neuro #STED #MPS #Actinrings

Acknowledgement matters!

At PPBI, we stand with the Royal Microscopical Society and Global Bioimaging to promote recognition of the vital work imaging scientists and facilities do for research.
#PPBI #acknowledgementguidelines

Used QuPath before and hit a challenge?👇
Our Call for Help is open! If you joined our May course or know the basics, send us your image+analysis problem.
Basic QuPath knowledge required
Scan the QR code in the post to submit!!
#PPBI #QuPath #ImageAnalysis #Microscopy #BioimageAnalysis #OpenScience

🎉 We’ve hit 1000 followers on LinkedIn! 🎉

Thank you for supporting PPBI – Portugal’s Bioimaging Network.

🔬 Keep sharing
🧠 Keep inspiring
📸 Keep imaging the invisible

Here’s to the next 1000! 🚀
#PPBI #Bioimaging #Microscopy #Science #Portugal

🌟 [REMINDER] SPAOM 2025

📍 Braga, Portugal
📅 November 5–7, 2025
🌐 spaom2025.org

📣 Save the Date: 8th September 2025 | Early bird registration & abstract submission

#SPAOM2025 #PPBI #REMOA #OpticalMicroscopy #MicroscopyCommunity #ScienceConference #Braga2025 #ScientificEvents #SpainPortugalScience

Congratulations to @anapspencer.bsky.social (nBTT) on her publication!
Her research combines bioengineering and nanotechnology to create nanoparticles that deliver siRNA to neurons
The invisible made visible @ Bioimaging and ALM platforms from i3S (@ppbioimaging.bsky.social)
#Microscopy #PPBI #nBTT