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Eva de la Serna @sciencedoodles.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Teacher extraordinaire Max Brambach has officially started our #BoBiAC2026 measurements & quantification lessons! His excitement for pandas dataframes was contagious! 💻

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Eva de la Serna @sciencedoodles.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Lots of excitement in the room to learn about how to use tools such as @ilastik-team.bsky.social & Cellpose for segmenting images! #BoBiAC2026

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Eva de la Serna @sciencedoodles.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Thanks to generous funding from @bioimagingna.bsky.social, We were able to offer nearly half of our #BoBiAC2026 students fee waivers so that they could attend the course! The students also got to hear more about BINA programming & resources during a guest presentation from BINA 🔬

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Eva de la Serna @sciencedoodles.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

#BoBiAC2026 is off to a fantastic start! Our students have been drinking from the firehose since day 1 of @fedegasparoli.bsky.social getting everyone started with coding in Python and Amelie Andreas walking them through error messages 🐍💻

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Eva de la Serna @sciencedoodles.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Last chance to apply! Applications are due at 11:59 PM ET!

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Federico Gasparoli @fedegasparoli.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Few days left to apply!!!👇#BoBiAC

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Florian Jug @florianjug.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

It is finally out there in published form. 🎉 #MicroSplit (with an 𝕊) #Microscopy 🔬 #AI 🤖 www.nature.com/articles/s41... And no paywall... so... enjoy the read! 💸 👋 This is where the post could end... but I will have to go on for a bit below... 😉 🧵

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Eva de la Serna @sciencedoodles.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

This course also pairs nicely with @jcellsci.bsky.social -@focalplane.bsky.social training grant funding, which has an application window open until May 8th! Funding Info: www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...

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Eva de la Serna @sciencedoodles.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

2 wks left to apply to join #BoBiAC2026! This course will teach you how to use Python to segment fluorescence images w/tools like @ilastik-team.bsky.social & CellposeSAM, & even how to measure cell features, neighborhood relationships, & colocalization. No coding experience needed! bobiac.github.io

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

@lycasworks.bsky.social showing expansion microscopy followed by some hands on expansion exercises.

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Hari Shroff giving the QI keynote on structural illumination microscopy, adaptive optics and new biosensors. Wow!

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Super Res Sunday! And we are doing all the techniques:)

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Light sheet lab. We image anything from cells to plants to shrimp. @fedegasparoli.bsky.social @excitedemissions.bsky.social are running the machines!

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Light Sheet Saturday is here. @jencwaters.bsky.social and @talley.codes lecture on how to improve your photon budget by illuminating from the side.

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Pizza and image analysis. Because there’s no hackin‘ without snackin‘. @damiandn.bsky.social @bethcimini.bsky.social

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

AI for image analysis. @florianjug.bsky.social @bethcimini.bsky.social @damiandn.bsky.social are showing off the power of the machines:)

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Cake and image analysis. True QI bliss:) @damiandn.bsky.social @bethcimini.bsky.social @emiglietta.bsky.social teaching 3D segmentation.

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Looking for samples for our lightsheet microscope and expansion microscopy lab, @fedegasparoli.bsky.social and @lycasworks.bsky.social go on an expedition during low tide.

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Confocal lab is where we show off the power of optical sectioning. Only one question remains: point scanner or spinning disc?

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hands on TIRF microscopy and machine learning segmentation has students up all night.

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We are getting serious about analysis. Today Hunter Elliott and @florianjug.bsky.social introduce machine learning and AI. It’s not magic, it’s computers.

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Late night coding and microscopy today!

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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊 @bethcimini.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Today at @qiatcshl.bsky.social , @emiglietta.bsky.social teaching the good word of CellProfiler!

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Today’s lectures on live cell imaging and fluorescent proteins by @jencwaters.bsky.social and @talley.codes Every photon counts!

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Today’s lab was all about live cell microscopy.

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Today @bethcimini.bsky.social and @damiandn.bsky.social lectured on image correction and colocalization. Key take-home: The computer can’t do magic; if you don’t collect photons at the microscope you can’t make them appear later.

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Today Hunter Elliott is lecturing on image processing. Key take-home before lunch: There is no free lunch:)

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

@talley.codes teaching about digital cameras. Remember Airy disks?

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Learning about the components of a microscope. How are images formed and what is that back focal plane everyone seems so excited about?

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Cleaning objectives is a very important skill to learn! @fedegasparoli.bsky.social showing how it’s done:)

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The famous ‚fluorescence depends on the environment‘ lecture! Need more light? Consider adding base to your sample:)

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We are back! @jencwaters.bsky.social giving the first lecture of 2026 QI at CSHL. Two weeks of intense microscopy training ahead.

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Eva de la Serna @sciencedoodles.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Apply to join #BoBiAC2026 this summer! You'll learn how to use Python to segment fluorescence images w/tools like @ilastik-team.bsky.social & CellposeSAM, & even learn how to measure cell features, neighborhood relationships, & colocalization. No coding experience needed! More info: bobiac.github.io

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Eva de la Serna @sciencedoodles.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Apply to join us this July for a crash course on Python & bioimage analysis tailored specifically for beginners! Applications due May 18th 🔬💻 #BoBiAC2026 bobiac.github.io

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Eva de la Serna @sciencedoodles.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

This QI course is the perfect way for grad students & postdocs to strengthen fundamental knowledge and confidence in their quantitative light microscopy experimentation! Deadline to apply is TOMORROW! 🔬

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QI@CSHL @qiatcshl.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Don't let the price of QI deter you! QI offers financial aid through NCI, HHMS, and @bioimagingna.bsky.social. Include a brief statement of need with your application. Aid is distributed by CSHL (not the course instructors). Many of our students - sometimes all! - receive significant support.

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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

QI Class of 2025! Centroid = @sciencedoodles.bsky.social & @florianjug.bsky.social / first minima = @talley.codes & me. Applications for 2026 due on Friday! meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx...

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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

There's exciting Microtutor news in store for 2026! Be the first to hear the latest on course releases and other learning opportunities by signing up for the Microtutor mailing list: lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/5BYgJu6/m...

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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

🔬 🖥️ Applications are open for the CSHL course Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis (April 6–21, 2026)! An intensive, hands-on course covering advanced fluorescence microscopy and quantitative image analysis using open-source tools. 🗓️ Apply online by Jan 30, 2026

meetings.cshl.edu

Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.

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Rylie Walsh @ryliewalsh.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Do you like building novel optical microscopes to answer complex biological questions? How about doing that as part of one of the world’s most unique and vibrant research and education communities, which is incidentally located in a beautiful seaside New England village? 🐙🌊🔬

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Eva de la Serna @sciencedoodles.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

These workshops are perfect for grad students & postdocs in the Boston area that are either planning or actively conducting microscopy experiments in their research! More info about the workshops, along with the application, here: cite.hms.harvard.edu/education/wo...

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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊 @bethcimini.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Big news! Our week-long #bioimageanalysis bootcamp is BACK! Learn how to think about bioimage analysis like the pros do, learn what corrections you should (and shouldn't!) apply to your images, learn open source tools, and more. Apply NOW at broad.io/BAB3 for our January 2026 course!

A flyer for the Bioimage Analysis Beginnings Bootcamp - blue and white with a picture of cells on the top. It says "Learn core bioimage analysis skills using open-source tools for light microscopy. Open to participants at all skill levels." It also says it will be held a the Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge MA USA, on Monday to Friday January 12th-16, 2026, from 9-5pm. Registration is $750 academic, $1250 industry, and applications are open at broad.io/BAB3

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Eva de la Serna @sciencedoodles.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Check out our amazing #bobiac2025 cohort! Was a joy to teach this group! Thanks @bioimagingna.bsky.social for generously supporting this 6 week bioimage analysis w/Python course!

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HMS Image Analysis Collaboratory @hms-iac.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Day 1 of #bobiac2025 🐍 The day started strong with @talley.codes speaking about the Python ecosystem and uv. Students then gave short talks about their research (#coolscience). It was then time to code in Python with @sciencedoodles.bsky.social!

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HMS Image Analysis Collaboratory @hms-iac.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

‼️3 days left to apply to the Boston Bioimage Analysis Course (BoBiAC)! 💻 Get started w/Python & learn to analyze fluorescence microscopy images — no programming experience required! Fee waivers available! 🗓️ Apply by June 1st! 🌐 iac.hms.harvard.edu/bobiac/2025/

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Eva de la Serna @sciencedoodles.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Apply to join our awesome @citehms.bsky.social & @hms-iac.bsky.social teaching team this summer at #BoBiAC! We’ll guide you step-by-step through segmentation, classification, and colocalization on fluorescence microscopy images using Python — no coding experience required!

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HMS Image Analysis Collaboratory @hms-iac.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

We are proudly hosting 𝐃𝐫. 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 @talley.codes (CITE, Harvard Medical School): 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐦 When: 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟗𝐭𝐡 @ 𝟏𝟏 𝐚𝐦 𝐄𝐃𝐓 (Boston time) Join us on Zoom! harvard.zoom.us/j/9762343464...

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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊 @bethcimini.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

BIG NEWS - for the first time ever, we're running a Bioimage Analysis Beginnings Bootcamp. Learn #bioimageanalysis from awesome folks, and gain familiarity with some new tools as well as how to pick the right tool in the first place. Aug 4th-8th - apply here (soon!) forms.gle/d2fCXsrWHVP8...

Ad for the Bioimage Analysis Beginnings Bootcamp at the Broad Institute.

Where & When
Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge MA (in-person only)
Monday–Friday, August 4–8, 20259:00 AM – 5:00 PM

About the Bootcamp
Learn core bioimage analysis skills using open-source tools for light
microscopy in this hands-on, in-person course. The Bootcamp
covers annotation, segmentation, and deep learning fundamentals.

Fee: $600 (Academic/Non-Profit) | $1000 (Industry/For-Profit)
For more information email ImagingAdmin@broadinstitute.org

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Maria Theiss @murriwurri.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Can highly recommend! Not only is Python one of the most versatile tools in bioimage analysis, but bioimage analysis itself is also an excellent way for visual learners to learn and improve their Python skills! And it is led by fantastic people!

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