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Paul McMillan

@drpaulmcmillan.bsky.social
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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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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 20h
BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
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Paul McMillan @drpaulmcmillan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
We have published the results from our International Microscopy Facility Survey in the @jofmicroscopy.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @australianmms.bsky.social @ausbias.org @micro-au.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social
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International microscopy facility benchmarking survey
Microscopy core facilities are critical to modern research, providing access to advanced microscopy applications and expert support. Despite this, global benchmarking data on facility operations, sta...
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DrLachie @drlachie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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/
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Paul McMillan @drpaulmcmillan.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Two days left to apply!
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Paul McMillan @drpaulmcmillan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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
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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...
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Peter O'Toole @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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...
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Navigating Strategies for Core Facilities 2025: A Town Hall Webinar
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Paul McMillan @drpaulmcmillan.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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...
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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
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...
Two smiling staff members at an imaging facility hold up the 'Acknowledgement Guidelines' poster
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Paul McMillan @drpaulmcmillan.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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!
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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊 @bethcimini.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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
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Paul McMillan @drpaulmcmillan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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...
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BOMP Workshops in 2025
BOMP Workshops in 2025
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Australian BioImage Analysts' Society @ausbias.org · 24/03/2025
AusBIAS is now on bluesky! We have a website, a logo, and a dream to connect all the bioimage analysts in Australia.
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 21/02/2025
Is your current biological image analysis producing inaccurate results? Apply for #EMBOBioImage and fix that! 🔬✨ Learn theoretical advancements and the practical skills to apply them. 📩 Apply by 4 June 🗓️ 14 – 19 September 📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual ➡️ s.embl.org/bia25-01-bl
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Paul McMillan @drpaulmcmillan.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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
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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.
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BioImagingUK @bioimaginguk.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
.@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 advancement🤝🌎🔬 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Ben Hogan @benjhogan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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 genomics🔬 Come join us in Melbourne! www.seek.com.au/job/82157187...
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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.
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European Light Microscopy Initiative (ELMI) @eulimi.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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.
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
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camnowell.bsky.social @camnowell.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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
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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...
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Paul McMillan @drpaulmcmillan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Looking forward to hosting everyone in #Melbourne. Applications are open now!
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Paul McMillan @drpaulmcmillan.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
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
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Paul McMillan @drpaulmcmillan.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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.
Photo of the Biological Optical Microscopy Platform at the University t Melbourne
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