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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Clean hydrogen made from seawater and sunlight could help power Australia’s net‑zero future. Discover research led by Prof. Zongyou Yin @scienceanu.bsky.social, supported by expert microscopist @rfwebster.net from our UNSW facility – enabled by NSW govt & #NCRIS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAv3...

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NCRIS Case Study: Splitting Seawater to Power the Hydrogen Economy

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National Computational Infrastructure @nci-australia.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Australia’s quantum leadership is powered by decades of investment in research infrastructure supported by NCI, @anff.org.au, HIA, @ansto.bsky.social, @pawseycentre.bsky.social, @micro-au.bsky.social, @nifaustralia.bsky.social & @astroaustralia.bsky.social riconnected.org.au/case-studies...

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The unseen engine – Research Infrastructure Connected

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USyd Core Research Facilities @sydney-crf.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

As its lead agent, the University of Sydney hosts the national headquarters of Microscopy Australia, playing a critical role in Australia's research infrastructure landscape – made possible by #NCRIS. Microscopy Australia #Microscopy #Research #LifeSciences #CellBiology #Biotechnology 2/2

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USyd Core Research Facilities @sydney-crf.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Delighted to welcome Prof Joe Shapter, new Board Chair of Microscopy Australia, on a tour of Sydney Microscopy & Microanalysis, a #USYD Core Research Facility. Discussions covered capabilities, challenges & future commitments. We look forward to continuing our long and fruitful collaboration. 1/2

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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

#EuroBioImaging Directors are contributing to an important event happening this week in Prato, Italy, alongside our Australian colleagues from @micro-au.bsky.social @nifaustralia.bsky.social @emblaustralia.org & other partners from 🇦🇺& 🇪🇺 health #researchinfrastructures. 📸Photo courtesy of BBMRI ERIC

Euro-BioImaging Directors & Australian colleagues.

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Claire Brown @clairebrown514.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

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

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EMBL Australia @emblaustralia.org · 11/12/2025

🔬 Huge thanks to @micro-au.bsky.social & Adelaide Microscopy for an incredible day at the #EMBLAPhD Course! From volume EM & cryo-TEM, to AI-powered image analysis & spatial transcriptomics, students gained a valuable behind-the-scenes glimpse at cutting-edge imaging.

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UQ Research Computing Centre @uq-rcc.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

RCC's newsletter out now! Stories on: *UQ HPC to deploy some of the world’s most powerful GPUs *UQ's AI-ready #HPC platform *Update brings Persistent Identifiers to #UQ imaging platform *RCC reports on #SC25 *RCC hires more staff *HPC training videos *Our holiday hours mailchi.mp/67f95a71238d...

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RCC News December 2025

UQ HPC to deploy some of the world’s most powerful GPUs; UQ accelerates research with an AI-ready HPC platform; Update brings Persistent Identifiers to UQ imaging data platform; RCC hires more staff; ...

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Proud to be part of this vital dialogue on health research infrastructure, connecting Australian and European colleagues to strengthen global collaboration. 🇦🇺🤝🇪🇺 Thanks to @emblaustralia.org, @eurobioimaging.bsky.social, @nifaustralia.bsky.social, and partners for fostering this important exchange.

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Are you involved in imaging data? From clinical data to microscopy – this event is for you! We're bringing together researchers, policymakers and data stewards to develop shared recommendations for imaging data standards. Hybrid event, free attendance, registration required.

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foundingGIDE @gideproject.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

The #foundingGIDE Community Event 2025 program is now live! 📌 Location: Brisbane, Australia & Online 📅 Deadline: 31st August 📃 Program: docs.google.com/document/d/1... @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @nifaustralia.bsky.social @micro-au.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social #imaging #bioimaging

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🔬 We're hiring! Adelaide Microscopy is seeking a CryoTEM Microscopist to support cutting-edge research in South Australia. Passionate about cryo-EM & single particle analysis? 🧪 Apply by 18 Sept: careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51... #STEMjobs

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Louise Cole @louisecole.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

We did it! What a fabulous learning opportunity to be part of UTS 2025 Research Translation Competition. So excited to see what's ahead for our Wonder Project! @aimi-uts.bsky.social @australianmms.bsky.social @micro-au.bsky.social Congrats to other teams & thx to competition organisers and judges.

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Shashi Gawai @shashigawai.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Proud to support the global roll-out of the #AcknowledgementGuidelines poster, launched in partnership with @globalbioimaging.bsky.social & @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social . 🌍🔬‪ Too often, imaging scientists and facility staff go unacknowledged in publications -

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Australian Access Federation @aaf.edu.au · 16/06/2025

🗓 Upcoming Event: Australian Trust and Identity for National Research Infrastructure - Information Session | 18 June, 11am AEST #Online Featuring guest speakers from @nifaustralia.bsky.social, @access-nri.bsky.social and @micro-au.bsky.social. Register now > aaf.edu.au/project/trus...

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Join us for this webinar by Laurence Lejeune on how core research facilities have evolved into key drivers of innovation—and why it’s time to rethink how we measure their impact in research. micro.org.au/events/webin... @globalbioimaging.bsky.social 🧪 @australianmms.bsky.social

White text on a black background saying "From Backbone to breakthrough: recognising core facilities contributions, Webinar by Laurence Lejeune July 3rd 1-2pm AEST"

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Do you know an administration superstar? We're looking for the next member of our HQ team. This is a dynamic role based at the University of Sydney, working closely with our facilities across nine leading Australian universities. usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

A newly developed nanoscale #catalyst has the potential to be translated into a sustainable technology to produce green #hydrogen from just seawater and sunlight: empowering the hydrogen economy. micro.org.au/news/convert... @englishanu.bsky.social‬ #NCRISimpact #NetZero

Transmission electron microscope image showing atoms of crystalline copper at the heart of the catalytic nanoparticles surrounded by a halo of non-crystalline carbon–nitrogen–cobalt.

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Researchers have discovered why #CriticalMinerals accumulate around the edge of continental cores. This info can be used to predict probable new locations for essential critical minerals. Supported by our ANU facility. @englishanu.bsky.social‬ #NCRISimpact #NetZero‬ micro.org.au/news/new-exp...

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Based in Adelaide? This is a great opportunity to upskill in the design and fabrication of microfluidic/electronic, MEMS, optical and sensing chips – and it's free!

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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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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Fossilized fish up to 16 million years old found in Australia with last meal still intact! 🧪 More awesome research by Prof. Michael Frese and team featured by CNN (and riffed on by Stephen Colbert). edition.cnn.com/2025/03/28/s... Supported by our ANU facility #NCRISimpact youtu.be/-SSrijr6Zzc?...

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The Sound Of Science: Hangover Resistance | Squirrelbot | Treating Lower Back Pain

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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

This week, we're hosting the #EuroBioImaging All Hands Nodes Meeting at @embl.org Heidelberg! Yesterday we focused on #imaging technologies with Nodes & industry board partners. Today we explore international collaboration with @micro-au.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social & much more to come!

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Great opportunity to explore @ai4life.bsky.social's FAIR, open, community-driven repository of pre-trained AI models for image analysis, along with lessons learnt. @ausbias.bsky.social @australianmms.bsky.social @nifaustralia.bsky.social

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Keeping a world icon clean! This awesome research is supported by our ANU facility. Read more: micro.org.au/news/cleanin...

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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

We'll be announcing the winners of the Node-FocalPlane image competition tomorrow. Be sure to get your vote in if you haven't already done so! If you are at #biologists100 you can vote via the app. If not, visit: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/03/11/v...

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Vote for your favourite image - FocalPlane

Vote for your favourite image - News

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Australian Access Federation @aaf.edu.au · 20/03/2025

We have partnered with @micro-au.bsky.social to explore how richer reporting, impact tracking and usage data can be used to reveal impact. There are opportunities to explore a consistent approach to PIDs and ORCID implementation across Microscopy Australia's facilities.

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Microscopy Australia - Australian Access Federation

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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊 @bethcimini.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

If, hypothetically, a person were trying to set up a career panel series for bioimage analysis, what kinds of roles (or specific people) would you want to hear more about? Hypothetical nominations of all stripes welcome :) #bioimageanalysis

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

We are so lucky to work with the amazing women of Sydney Microscopy and Microanalysis. From managing facilities to sharing expertise with researchers, this #InternationalWomensDay, we'd like to celebrate some of the unsung heroes of the research world: the professional staff that make it happen.

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

🌟Explore our 2024 Research Highlights! 🌟 From needle-free insulin to converting CO2 to electricity, join us in celebrating these awesome Aussie discoveries enabled by open-access, Govt-funded research infrastructure – #NCRISimpact 🧪🔬 micro.org.au/news/explore... @globalbioimaging.bsky.social

The cover of the book says "Microscopy Australia Research Highlights 2024", next to it, in a circle cut out, is a black and white scanning electron micrograph of a rapid antigen test being developed to test for tropical viruses. It looks like overlapping fibres with liquid suspended between them.

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

📣 JOB ALERT 📣 Are you an expert in secondary ion mass spec (SIMS) with a passion for mineral characterisation and surface analysis? Great opportunity to support high-impact research based in Brisbane 🇦🇺 – closes 24 March 🧪 uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare... #STEMjobs #academicsky #sciencejobs

Image of the University of Queensland with the following text overlaid: UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Check it out – an NCRIS starter pack! Did you know we are part of a wider community of Australian research infrastructure providers? All enabled by the @ausgov.bsky.social through the #NCRIS program! Follow for events, initiatives, jobs and awesome research ⬇️ 🧪 go.bsky.app/Gp86KkF

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

This technology could help fine-tune plant genes to increase crop yield and improve food quality for global food security – enabled by our University of Queensland facility, the Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, published in @natureplants.bsky.social #NCRISimpact

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

🎉 Job Opportunity 🎉 Our University of Queensland facility is looking for a Senior X-Ray Scientist – applications close 16th of Feb, so get in quick! uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare... #X-ray #hiring #STEMjobs #wewantyou

The text in the image repeats what is said in the tweet, with a photo of the University of Queensland in the BG.

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rfwebster @rfwebster.net · 06/02/2025

My favourite view of the microscope 🔬, with it's pants off!! This is a JEOL F200 transmission electron microscope (TEM) and under the table you can see the CMOS camera made by Gatan which we use for imaging and 4D STEM!

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

So excited to see our @sydneyuni.bsky.social facility featured by @veritasium.bsky.social! 🧪 A great explanation of the incredible capabilities of the Themis S/TEM at Sydney Microscopy and Microanalysis – open to all Australian researchers through #NCRISimpact www.youtube.com/watch?v=88bM...

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What if you just keep zooming in?

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Submit your entries for the Microscopy Australia image competition at #APMC13 by the end of today – gift cards to be won! 'People's Choice' voting will start tomorrow – come by the booth and vote for your favourite image. More details here: micro.org.au/events/micro...

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Join us in Melbourne for the next Global BioImaging train-the-trainer course! Learn to deliver effective training programs at your light microscopy facility. Free of charge, travel grants are available. @australianmms.bsky.social #LMA @louisecole.bsky.social

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Global BioImaging @globalbioimaging.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

🎙️ Global BioImaging Train-the-Trainer 2025 Course is open for applications 📅 17-21 November 2025 📍 Melbourne, Australia ⚫ Course for imaging core facility professionals to organize and deliver effective training programs ⚫ Travel grants available globalbioimaging.org/internationa...

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Prof. Dylan Owen @owenlabuob.bsky.social and team are building an open database of single-molecule localisation microscopy #SMLM data representing the distribution of proteins in cells called nano-org – another great talk at #APMC13! Check it out here: nano-org.bham.ac.uk

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Stories & Structures – New Connections exhibition is now on display at #APMC13. Connecting Indigenous Culture and art with TEM images of the natural world. Come and see the amazing art and associated micrographs and read their stories. @australianmms.bsky.social

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

"Almost everything you've touched today was examined using microscopy during the design process" – what a great start to #APMC13, fantastic plenary talk by Prof. Jo Etheridge, @monashuniversity.bsky.social Centre for Electron Microscopy. Come visit us and @globalbioimaging.bsky.social at booth 72

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Are you going to the Asia Pacific Microscopy Congress #APMC13 next week? Stop by to chat with us and @globalbioimaging.bsky.social – we'll have jigsaw puzzles, MyScope demos and a micrograph competition! micro.org.au/events/micro...

A banner saying "Visit us at APMC - Microscopy Australia and Global Bioimaging Booth 72-73", there is also a micrograph of a moth probiscus

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Are you planning your lectures/course content for this year? Check out MyScope – our free #microscopy training website with theory, quizzes and microscope simulators 🧪 Developed by our experts, open to the global community: www.myscope.training #openlearning

$A picture showing the different modules available on MyScope, these include: Microscopy Concepts, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Light & Fluorescence Microscopy, Cryo-Electron Microscopy, X-ray Diffraction, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, Atom Probe Tomography, Focused Ion Beam, Scanning Probe & Atomic Force Microscopy, Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Research Data Management, Work Health and Safety$

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

IMAGE COMPETITION AT APMC. Bring your excellent micrographs/reconstructions, not art works. Colour-enhancement is OK if it adds clarity. On A4 with caption and scale on the front and your name on the back (for judging anonymity). @australianmms.bsky.social #APMC13 @globalbioimaging.bsky.social

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Such a wonderfully serendipitous discovery made on our Flinders facility's atomic force microscope! #NCRISimpact #innovation

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Travel grants are now open for the @globalbioimaging.bsky.social Exchange of Experience – a fantastic opportunity for imaging scientists to share knowledge and develop solutions to common challenges – made possible by @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social globalbioimaging.org/exchange-of-...

Image says: Imaging in 2035: Sustaining Infrastructure Ecosystems & Advanced Technologies

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GloBIAS @globias.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Facing challenges with tools like Napari, Ilastik, CellProfiler? Join the Call4Help pilot event organised by the GloBIAS T&E group, 20-24 January 2025 for guidance from expert trainers. More info: tinyurl.com/2dpyzte5 Sessions tailored to your needs (not hands-on). #ImageAnalysis #GloBIASCall4Help

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GloBIAS is thrilled to announce the pilot session of Call4Help – a unique opportunity for researchers and image analysis enthusiasts to receive personalized guidance on using cutting-edge image analys...

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