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We just released a new major version of TrackMate (v8), the cell and organelle tracking plugin of Fiji.

It ships many new features, detailed below, but that are articulated around the following:

MASSIVE thank you to everyone involved in this year's I2K meeting - 32 SUPER sessions from our volunteer presenters, and so many super-engaged participants.

HUGE shoutout to Aditi from @bioimagingna.bsky.social for being the organizational wizard!

See you in the recordings and at next year's!

Amazing #impact of @globalbioimaging.bsky.social travel grants on the global bioimaging community! Amazing!#GBI_AU_2025 #imagingthefuture @canadabioimaging.bsky.social

An Introduction to the Croatian Microscopy Society - FocalPlane An Introduction to the Croatian Microscopy Society - News

📢Introducing the Croatian Microscopy Society🔬

Bruno Komazec, CMS secretary, shares the history of CMS, its objectives and the society’s latest activities.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/19/a...

What a great result! - congratulations to everyone involved! 🙂

Many thanks to the @tech-commit.bsky.social team for the recognition, and for all the ongoing efforts being made in support of technicians in the imaging community 🔬👏

Alfonso Schmidt. Telling us about his career path and the #impact of @globalbioimaging.bsky.social support. #GBI_AU_2025

Lisa Yen telling us about the diversity of #microscopy technologies covered by @micro-au.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @canadabioimaging.bsky.social #GBI_AU_2025

Cool, the HAK-actin preprint was showcased by @prelights.bsky.social
A good reason to read it if you haven't yet 😜

We are hiring a postdoc! 🧪
▶️ Project: nucleotide metabolism (genomics & biochemistry)
▶️ Start date: spring 2026 (flexible)
▶️ More info and application: tinyurl.com/3kjrbb2x
Please share 🌏

@fbm-unil.bsky.social @dib-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @snsf.ch

Job Alert! The Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology at the Faculty of Biology @uni-muenster.de invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) in “Systems Neuroscience” - Highly attractive research environment at the Multiscale Imaging Center. Apply by January 5th. See shorturl.at/VczFp

A great opportunity to join our newly established imaging centre in Frankfurt as engineer/technician. If you love light microscopy, please apply!
Please share!

Celebrating a Century of Innovation: Nikon Microscope Solution’s 100th Anniversary Activities - FocalPlane Celebrating a Century of Innovation: Nikon Microscope Solution’s 100th Anniversary Activities - News

Just like @biologists.bsky.social, @healthcare.nikon.com are celebrating their 100-year anniversary.
Check out their post on FocalPlane to learn all about their anniversary activities:
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/18/c...

SWBio DTP PhD Project: Mapping the epigenetic landscape in cells under compressive forces at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - SWBio DTP PhD Project: Mapping the epigenetic landscape in cells under compressive forces at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com

We have a multidisciplinary PhD position on offer, through a BBSRC funded doctoral training program, open to UK and International students at Bath Uni. Microfluidics, microscopy, mechanobiology and epigenetics!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

We are hiring!! Biological Sciences as UNC Charlotte has a broad search for a new assistant professor.
Apps reviewed 12/15.

Please spread the word! 💚⛏️
#PlantSci 🧪🦠🧬
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141

Background of DNA strand with logos of King's College London and the Leverhulme Trust and text Coping with mechanical stress: tissue dynamics during development, homeostasis and repair Professor Yanlan Mao University College London Force Talks Mechanics of Life Leverhulme DSP seminar series

Our next #ForceTalk is Prof Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social on "Coping with mechanical stress: tissue dynamics during development, homeostasis and repair"

🗓️ 26 Nov 2025
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT

Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force-talk-yanlan-mao

#mechanobiology @kingsnmes.bsky.social

Do you want to do some frontier of knowledge research? There's still time to register for the next webinar of @hfspo.bsky.social

By far one of the best agencies I've worked with for my beloved HFSP project, even if it's a bumpy road...no risk no glory...

www.hfsp.org/hfsp-events/...

📢 The November newsletter is out!

Updates from our nodes, recent events, training opportunities, job offers... everything you need to know about France-BioImaging is inside.

How to read it? Click here ⤵️
france-bioimaging.org/newsletter/n...

Tomorrow is VGZT day! 🚀

Don’t miss the great talks from
👉 Allison Kann (@apkann.bsky.social)
👉 Joana da Silva (on X: @joanamsilva14)

Microscopy preprints – bioimage analysis - FocalPlane Microscopy preprints – bioimage analysis - News

📢Check out our latest #preprint list on FocalPlane
This list focusses on the latest research on bioimage analysis and data management. Let us know if there are any preprints that we should add to our list and send us recommendation for the next one!
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/14/m...

Happy #MicroscopyMonday! 🧫 This week we're spotlighting Andy Stone, our immediate past-president at #NESM. 👏 @andystoneimaging.bsky.social

Andy leads the Brandeis light microscopy core and is a powerhouse in the imaging community—from BINA to NESM and RMS. 🎥🔬

#LightSheet #BioImaging #STEM

Thrilled to have presented @globias.bsky.social at the @latambioimaging.bsky.social Meeting last week! 🇦🇷🔬

I really enjoyed sharing our mission in both a lightning talk and with a poster. It was fantastic to connect with so many passionate bioimaging scientists!

Let's keep building this community!

A Banner that shows the open call for the international PhD program on interdisciplinary Plant Biology in Cologne Germany between University of Cologne and Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research. A button reads "apply now!".

We’re #hiring! Our #IMPRS @mpipz.bsky.social & @unicologne.bsky.social recruits 4 PhD students. We look for candidates with a keen interest in experimental & computational plant biology to join us in 2026!

Find details at www.mpipz.mpg.de/imprs/imprs-... and apply by Jan 5.

#PlantSciJobs

A flurry of snowflakes with text reading 'Virus Snowflakes: a collection of paper art viruses by Ed Hutchinson - Download now!' along with the logo of the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research

If you'd like to celebrate the biology of viruses - or the fight against viral diseases - this winter, try out our free and updated #VirusSnowflake designs.
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...

Hackathon participants group picture

We had an amazing OME-NGFF hackathon last week, Wednesday to Friday, following the inspiring OME-NGFF symposium. What a fantastic week! It’s hard to describe how motivating it is to be surrounded by so many talented, curious & friendly people who care deeply about open, FAIR bioimaging data.
1/14 🧵

Interested in applying? DM us for any questions!

YouTube video by The Company of Biologists JCS snapshot - Renal tissue-resident macrophages promote cystogenesis in polycystic kidney disease

New JCS snapshot - Renal tissue-resident macrophages promote cystogenesis in early polycystic kidney disease

Rudolfo Karl presents the key findings from their recent JCS paper with Elvira Mass, Dagmar Wachten @wachtenlab.bsky.social & team.
#JCSciliaSI

youtu.be/RDr146QtTx4

UK Bioimaging Launches User Access Fund for Researchers - FocalPlane UK Bioimaging Launches User Access Fund for Researchers - News

UK Bioimaging @bioimaginguk.bsky.social launches User Access Fund for Researchers
Researchers can apply for up to £5k for access to bioimaging facilities at @calm-stp.bsky.social, @esric-imaging.bsky.social, KCL, Liverpool, Oxford Brookes & York.

First round deadline: 9 December 2025

I did it again. @globias.bsky.social #GloBIAS2025

Here's hoping I get a chance again next year.

Details of the three PhD projects on offer: Primed for Protection: Cell Wall Modifications in Plant Defense and Long-Term Immunity, Engineering Stomata: How Shape Informs Function: and Signalling Complexes and Cell Wall Changes during Plant Reproduction

Interested in plant development and/or cell walls? We (Sam Amsbury, Andrew Fleming and I) have three PhD positions at the University of Sheffield open for applications until 7th January. We offer a friendly, jointly-run lab, great facilities, an affordable city and proximity to the Peak District!

I am very excited to announce the opening of the submission site for the upcoming Conférences Jacques Monod on Developmental Biology, May 18-22, 2026 cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...
@lionlchristiaen.bsky.social and I have an exciting program of speakers and slots for selected short talks, etc.