France-BioImaging
We develop, disseminate & provide access to advanced #microscopy technologies 🔬for #lifesciences #research
📍 30 core facilities
💡80 R&D teams
- [EVENT] The European South Atlantic Biophysics Congress returns for a 2nd edition! Join the biophysics community in Montpellier on June 17–19, 2026, to exchange on the latest advances in biophysics and bioimaging. Apply before April 30, 2026 More info 👉 esab2026.cbs.cnrs.fr
- [PUBLI] Microscopy to support cardiovascular research ❤️🩹 Researchers from the EnVI Laboratory and engineers from PRIMACEN, both members of FBI, have identified remodelling mechanisms of cardiac lymphatics in case of heart disease. 🔗Read our article: france-bioimaging.org/announcement...
- [WEBINAR] Join the next France Volume-EM WebCafe! Karin Pernet-Gallay from the GIN (Grenoble) will present her latest project, revealing new insights into astrocyte structure & function. These results would never have been obtained without 3D EM! 🗓️ January, 29th - 13:00 🔗 Join here: bit.ly/49Ux45l
- We were delighted to welcome Virginia Pierini (EMBL Imaging Centre), at the Bordeaux node for a job shadowing visit with Caroline Thiriet. This exchange highlights the strong commitment of FBI to share expertise, foster collaboration, support training and strengthen services across facilities.
- [TRAINING] 2nd workshop of the FBI Mechanobiology Working Group 2 days dedicated to mechanobiology, bringing together imaging, biophysics & biology through scientific talks & workshops. 📅 March 26–27, 2026 📍 Paris, France ⏳ Apply before January 31 🔗 More info in our article
- Reposted by France-BioImagingExcellent example of #EuroBioImaging Nodes are involved in technology development - supporting innovative applications & making cutting-edge imaging tools accessible to all! @france-bioimaging.bsky.social #SmartMicroscopy
- 🚀 Great to see @eurobioimaging.bsky.social highlight the innovative #EnderScope, a low-cost, open-source microscopy system expanding access to imaging! 🔬👏 Kudos to Jérôme Mutterer (IBMP microscopy platform). ▶️ www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/innovat...
- [TRAINING] Sharpen your expertise in light microscopy 💡 SPRINT 2026, organized by the PFIC facility, aims to strengthen your skills, with a particular focus on acquisition speed and resolution. 📅 March 16–20 🌍 Gustave Roussy, Villejuif ⏳Apply before January 31 🔗More info & contact in our article
- [STD] First France Volume-EM Scientific Days The France Volume-EM initiative is organizing its 1st Scientific Days, which will take place in Bordeaux on September 28 and 29, 2026. More info here 👉 france-bioimaging.org/announcement...
- 📢 The first newsletter of 2026 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/j...
- [PUBLI] Exploring host-symbiont interactions A recent study based on a specific insect-bacterium symbiosis sheds light on how intracellular bacteria organize complex membrane networks to interact with their host. 🔗 Find our article on FBI’s website: france-bioimaging.org/announcement...
- Interdisciplinary access call is back! The 3 infrastructures ProFi, FBI and FRISBI together with the GIS IBiSA announce the 4th call for funded access to IBiSA-labelled facilities for transdisciplinary projects!🤝 Apply here before Feb 13, 2026 👉 france-bioimaging.org/announcement...
- The FBI 2026 calendar is out! 📅 (Re)discover the stunning images from our lastest Image Contest. From spinning disk microscopy to SEM, explore the wide range possibilities of microscopy techniques used to study the live sciences! 🔬 Download it here 👉 france-bioimaging.org/announcement...
- The whole of the France-BioImaging team wishes you a very happy 2026 year, full of successes and astonishing images of cells and living organisms, for which we welcome you on our facilities! 🔬
- FBI 2025 Recap: A Year Full of Collaborations 🎉 We are pleased to share our 2025 annual recap. Discover, or rediscover, the key highlights and initiatives that shaped the France-BioImaging community this year. 👉 Learn more by reading the full article here: france-bioimaging.org/announcement...
- [PUBLI] A recent collaboration between the Irset Institute & the H2P2 platform (FBI Bretagne-Loire node) has introduced a new imaging protocol to explore the immune microenvironment of HCC using multiplex immunofluorescence. Read more in our article 👉 france-bioimaging.org/announcement...
- 📢 The December 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/d...
- [STD] Sino-French BioImaging Symposium 2026 Organized between France & China (IRN BioImage), this event is dedicated to imaging for life sciences, with: 🔹An advanced thematic school 🔹A 3-day international symposium 📅When? 14-21, October, 2026 🔗Info: france-bioimaging.org/sfbs-sino-fr...
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- [WEBINAR] Join the next France volumeEM WebCafe ☕ This edition will focus on 3D imaging of bone marrow megakaryocytes, featuring Dr. Anita Michel (Head of the EM plateform MicroEleCS - UMRS 1255). 📅 When? December, 18th - 13:00 🔗 How to join? bit.ly/3KxXxgy
- And the winners are...🥁 We are happy to announce the top 3 of the FBI Image Contest 2025! 🏆 🥇Place: Nicolas Barois - Gut Flower-Flora 🥈Place: Vishwadeep Mane - The Puzzled Awakening 🥉Place: Simli Dey - Kaleidoscope Congrats!👏 And a big thank you to all the participants!
- The replay of the 1st edition of FBI Connect is now available!◀️ In this webinar, we welcomed Robert Quast from the CBS in Montpellier. He presented his latest project and an unique multicolor smFRET technique to study GPCR dynamics! 🔗Watch it here: youtu.be/pgU_3VhMutk
- [PUBLI] Collab between the Normandie and Bordeaux nodes sheds light on brain myelination process🤝 Researchers from Normandie, together with PRIMACEN and BIC platforms, reveal the role of a receptor in myelination during brain development. Learn more👉https://bit.ly/3Xrxs5R
- "Cell la vie!" meeting is back!📅 The French Society for Cell Biology is pleased to announce that the next edition will take place on October 21-23, 2026 in Paris. This year will focus on the needs & challenges to explore the life sciences with an highlight on the role of microscopy. 🔬 Stay tuned!
- We're on live ! 📢 1st edition of FBI Connect with Robert Quast is happening now! 🎙️ Feel free to join us 👉 u-bordeaux-fr.zoom.us/s/81065414207
- 🚨D-2 before the launch of FBI Connect!🚨 Don’t miss Robert Quast’s presentation (CBS, Montpellier) on a multicolor smFRET technique to study membrane protein dynamics, with a focus on receptors involved in synaptic transmission. 📅 Nov 27, 11:00 AM 🔗 Register: u-bordeaux-fr.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- [PUBLI] Improving DNA-PAINT with a fluorogenic DNA probe A team led by Yves Mely (LBP/Strasbourg University) in collab with Alain Burger's team (ICN) developed DRET-PAINT, a new approach that enhances super-resolution microscopy! 🔗Read our article: france-bioimaging.org/announcement...
- 📢 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...
- 🚨 [IMAGE CONTEST] Last chance to apply! 🚨 France-BioImaging has extended the submission deadline until Wednesday 20th, 23:59 Submit your best microscopy image now! ⤵️ france-bioimaging.org/fbi-special-...
- [WEBINAR] Join the next PFIC platform webinar focused on image deconvolution The microscopy platform of @gustaveroussy.fr is organizing a webinar dedicated to Huygens Software on Tuesday, November 25th, at 14:00. More info and connexion link here 👉 france-bioimaging.org/announcement...
- 📢 D-15 before the launch of FBI Connect! 📢 Don’t miss Robert Quast’s presentation (CBS, Montpellier) on a multicolor smFRET technique to study membrane protein dynamics, with a focus on brain receptors involved in synaptic transmission. 📅 Nov 27, 11:00 AM 🔗 Register: bit.ly/43vqcZS
- ⏰Only a few days left before the end of the France-BioImaging Image Contest 🏆🔬! 📆Before November 14th⤵️ france-bioimaging.org/fbi-special-...
- [PUBLI] EMito-Metrix, a novel tool for mitochondria analysis A team from the Restore Institute has developed EMito-Metrix, a computational tool designed for the automatic segmentation and analysis of mitochondria from 2D EM images. 🔗 Read our article: bit.ly/495cwZg
- Learn more about our 2024 FBI #ImageContest Top 3! 🏆 🥉 Frédéric Fercoq! He won the 3rd place with "Explosion filarienne", which depicts the tangled architecture of a parasitic nematode capable of rupturing its cuticle, causing the expulsion of some of its organs. 👉 Full article on bit.ly/48XJDya
- [WORKSHOP] PFIC, the Gustave Roussy's microscopy platform, is hosting a practical workshop focused on high-resolution 3D label-free imaging using the Tomocube HT-X1 Plus microscope, from November 17 to 19, 2025. Find more info 👉 france-bioimaging.org/training/wor...
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- Gustave Roussy & its microscopy platform, PFIC, are hosting the next EPIC Technology Meeting, on Dec. 3-4, 2025! It will highlight the importance of photonic imaging in cancer diagnosis & therapy, aiming to overcome the limitations of traditional methods More info and registration 👉 bit.ly/47Pbv6s
- Learn more about our 2024 France-BioImaging #ImageContest Top 3! 🏆🔬 🥈 Dalia El Arawi! Dalia won the 2nd place with a beautiful microscopy image which represents an embryonic organoid at the gastrula stage, an early stage of development. 👉 Full article on france-bioimaging.org/announcement...
- 📢 Launch of FBI Connect, our new webinar series! 🧬 Robert Quast (CBS, Montpellier) presents a unique multicolor smFRET technique to visualize membrane protein dynamics, with a focus on brain receptors involved in synaptic transmission. 📅 Nov 27, 11:00 am 🔗 Register: bit.ly/43vqcZS
- Join the "AI & Image Analysis" conference in Paris!👨💻 This event will highlight the latest AI and deep-learning advances applied to bioimaging. 📅 20/11/2025 - 13:00 to 16:30 📍Paris-Saclay Faculty of Medicine 🔗 www.ric-paris-saclay.fr ⚠️ Registration is free but mandatory!
- [IMAGE CONTEST] Learn more about our 2024 France-BioImaging #ImageContest Top 3! 🏆🔬 🥇 Vanessa Weichselberger! 👉 Read our full article: france-bioimaging.org/announcement...
- [PUBLI] Astrocytes under the spotlight A Franco-Swiss study, led by Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, reshapes our understanding of how the brain processes information! 🔗 Our article here: france-bioimaging.org/announcement...
- 📢 The October 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/o...
- 312 industrial users in 2024🤝 More and more users from the industrial sector turn to France-BioImaging for cutting-edge microscopy and expert support. By bridging academia and industry, our infrastructure fosters innovation and aligns with France Innovation 2030 initiative.
- Reposted by France-BioImaging🚀Join Helsinki BioImaging as an Image Analysis Specialist🖥️to support cross-disciplinary image analysis projects. If you love coding and are interested in working at the crossroads of computer science and biology, apply by 🗓️ November 15, 2025⤵️ jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #jobopening
- The INRAE Microscopists Network's 14th Scientific and Technical Conference🔬 This edition, dedicated to the complete imaging workflow, will take place from Nov 5 to 7, 2025, in Versailles ⚠️Registrations (free) are open until October, 24 More info here👉https://rmui-2025.journees.inrae.fr/
- The FBI Image Contest is still open! You have until November 14th, 2025 to submit your most beautiful #microscopy images! 🚨 Don’t wait! Submit here 👉 france-bioimaging.org/fbi-special-... We can’t wait to discover your work!
- Bio-protocol is organizing a webinar focused on live-cell imaging on October 15, 2025 M. Bénard and C. Chamot from the PRIMACEN platform will present a protocol for maintaining cell viability during live-cell imaging 📅When? 15/10/25 - 11:00 AM 🔗Join? bio-protocol.org/webinar/deta...
- Congrats to Thomas Walter's team for their results at MIDOG 2025👏 This competition, organized for the MICCAI conference, focused on mitosis detection, a biomarker in tumor grading. They won: 🥈Task 1 - Mitotic Figure Detection 🥇Task 2 - Atypical Mitotic Figure Classification
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- 🔬 Discover Olivier & Xavier, co-leaders of the Rhône-Alpes node In this interview, they share how the node unites the imaging communities of Lyon and Grenoble, combining strong scientific output with major technical developments. 🔗 Click here to read: france-bioimaging.org/announcement...
