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Stefania Marcotti

@lankylaste

Data and image analysis for all things bio | Computational tinkerer | Researcher | Bioimage analyst

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Save the date! We’re back at the @crick.ac.uk next November!

27.02.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Scientist in a white lab coat and blue gloves examining samples through a microscope in a laboratory setting.

Scientist in a white lab coat and blue gloves examining samples through a microscope in a laboratory setting.

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! #WomenInScience πŸŒπŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ”¬

We're dedicated to supporting equality in #microscopy, #imaging and #FlowCytometry - including maintaining a positive gender balance for speakers attending international events.

Find out more: https://ow.ly/VbVw50YcIL4

11.02.2026 10:58 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”¬UK researchers: Access cutting-edge bioimaging tech + expert support with our User Access Fund!

πŸ’· Β£5k for imaging
πŸ’· Β£2k for image analysis

Choose from 6 top UK facilities, contact them, then apply!

rms.org.uk/user-access-fund

⏰ Next deadline: 31 March
βœ… Decision in 4 weeks

Pls share!

02.02.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

We are hosting an #Ilastik workshop on March 27th, led by Dominik Kutra, senior research software engineer @ilastik-team.bsky.social

The course is open to students and staff at @crick.ac.uk and partner universities (@ucl.ac.uk, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social)

27.01.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Data and Systems Steward Salary for this Role: From Β£43,630 with benefits, subject to skills and experience. Job Title: Data and Systems Steward Reports to: Kurt Anderson Closing Date: 08/Feb/2026 23.59 GMT Job Description: D...

We Are hiring!! πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» CALM's new Data and Systems Steward Role is live πŸŽ‰https://crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/London/Data-and-Systems-Steward_R2551 closing date 8th Feb!

19.01.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Time is running out to apply for this year's @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social Intro to Image Analysis course in Cardiff - deadline is tomorrow!

Spread the word!

15.01.2026 09:54 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium (2025) - a review - FocalPlane Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium (2025) - a review - News

Jacqueline Chalakova, @afoix.bsky.social and @denzibubs.bsky.social share their highlights from #CBIAS2025 @cbias.bsky.social, with all three emphasising the welcoming atmosphere.
Check out the reasons that #CBIAS2026 should be in your calendar‡️
focalplane.biologists.com/2026/01/12/c...

13.01.2026 10:43 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Last couple of days to apply for this! Deadline on Friday (January 16th)

13.01.2026 12:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Introduction to Image Analysis 2026

10 days remaining to apply for the next β€œIntroduction to Image Analysis” workshop in Cardiff (deadline 16th January)!

The course will take place on May 18th-20th, 2026, in collaboration with @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social.

Apply now:
www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca...

#bioimageanalysis

06.01.2026 09:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium 2025 Posters CBIAS features a mix of invited and selected talks, poster sessions, and panel discussions focused on current topics in image analysis and image processing for microscopy and computational microscopy....

The #CBIAS2025 poster collection is now available, along with associated DOIs for further dissemination. Take a look!

crick.figshare.com/collections/...

05.01.2026 10:50 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Introduction to Image Analysis 2026

✨New Year's resolutions involve learning something new?✨

Then apply for our β€œIntroduction to Image Analysis” workshop in Cardiff in May 2026! Deadline for applications is January 16th.

πŸ”—β¬‡οΈ
www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca...

@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social @david-j-barry.bsky.social @martinjones.bsky.social

02.01.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Deep Learning for Microscopy Image Analysis Topics The following will be covered extensively during lectures, exercises, and project work: Image denoising and restoration (fully supervised and self-supervised) Image translation (e.g.,

🚨 Alarm!!! 🚨
AI/ML course for microscopy image analysis!!! 🧐
In 2026 at Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social), no tuition, housing and meals provided! Isn’t that borderline unbelievable?!?

20 students, ~14 TAs and lecturers
πŸ—“οΈ June 4-18 2026

✍️ Jan 15 2026 ✍️

πŸ” pls!!

www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...

28.12.2025 19:05 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
Announcement for the RMS-hosted Introduction to Image Analysis 2026 event at Cardiff University, May 18-20, 2026.

Announcement for the RMS-hosted Introduction to Image Analysis 2026 event at Cardiff University, May 18-20, 2026.

*APPLY NOW* for Introduction to Image Analysis 2026! πŸ˜ƒπŸ”¬

Great workshop designed to empower researchers with the necessary skills and tools to confidently analyse their data.

Apply by Fri, 16 Jan: https://ow.ly/hHRi50XNaG4

22.12.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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✨ We are recruiting the next cohort of #EuroBioImaging Scientific Ambassadors! If you are passionate about open science & imaging and want to enhance your network or learn new skills, please apply!
πŸ—“οΈ Deadline: Jan 30
www.eurobioimaging.eu/scientific-a...

22.12.2025 10:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 New @biorxivpreprint! πŸ§¬πŸ’»

Can the spatial architecture of chromatin predict chemoresponse?

We integrated FLIM imaging + ML to show that spatially organized "open" chromatin states in pre-treatment biopsies predict resistance in TNBC.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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1/3

19.12.2025 11:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Less than a month to go before applications close for the Introduction to Image Analysis workshop in Cardiff (deadline 16th January)!

@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social

www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca...

18.12.2025 11:00 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Image Analysis The golden rule of image analysis is β€œgarbage in, garbage out”, so we strongly encourage researchers to come and talk to us about their experimental plans before acquiring data.

We have a ✨new website✨ - go and take a look to meet our team, find out how you can work with us, and see our upcoming training events!

www.crick.ac.uk/research/pla...

12.12.2025 11:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ™Œ The Image Data Community Days are back! Join us for 5 online days packed with lectures, hands-on workshops & networking sessions from πŸ—“οΈ April 13-17.
βœ… Mark your calendars
βœ… Fill in our β€œCollection of Interest” form
Learn more πŸ”½
www.eurobioimaging.eu/our-events/i...

12.12.2025 09:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very excited about the journey ahead! Especially knowing that the aforementioned enthusiastic group of fellow organisers will be by my side (including @david-j-barry.bsky.social - I have some pretty big shoes to fill!)

02.12.2025 17:03 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Get your #bioimageanalysis journey started with this workshop!

πŸ“Cardiff, UK
πŸ—“οΈ18-20/05/2026

01.12.2025 11:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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And that’s a wrap for the @cbias.bsky.social napari workshop as well. Two days of learning, working collaboratively and finished off with a presentation from each of five project groups detailing the progress they made. Organised by Rocco D’Antuono, @giuliapaci.bsky.social and yours truly

27.11.2025 19:23 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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@david-j-barry.bsky.social and @lankylaste.bsky.social wrapping up

25.11.2025 15:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Poster session @cbias.bsky.social

With Rocco D’Antuono, @david-j-barry.bsky.social, @martinjones.bsky.social, @lankylaste.bsky.social, @dalemoulding.bsky.social, @giuliapaci.bsky.social

Talking about the Train the Trainers in BioImage Analysis we did in June

@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social
DAIM

24.11.2025 15:31 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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And we’re off. #CBIAS2025 6th Edition, first outside of the Crick but impressed by the localities at @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
@david-j-barry.bsky.social welcoming the community

24.11.2025 10:24 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium 2025

Less than a week to go for #CBIAS2025! A few hours left to register, in person in London or online over Zoom (registration deadline on Nov 20th)

Find out all the information at the link below:

www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/cri...

18.11.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium 2025

Last chance to register for #CBIAS2025, registrations are closing on November 20th - join us to discuss all things #bioimageanalysis and don’t miss a great networking opportunity!

Will you be there?

www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/cri...

12.11.2025 14:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
A fluorescent embryo on black text, with the words 
Halfway to I2K: Virtual Tutorials on Image Analysis
November 17-19, 2025
Virtual Conference for beginners to developers
i2kconference.org
Image Credit - "Sweet Embryo",Travis D. Carney, BINA Image Contest 2024

A fluorescent embryo on black text, with the words Halfway to I2K: Virtual Tutorials on Image Analysis November 17-19, 2025 Virtual Conference for beginners to developers i2kconference.org Image Credit - "Sweet Embryo",Travis D. Carney, BINA Image Contest 2024

Just 4 days until the start of I2K and its 33 totally free image analysis tutorials and events! Please share with your "home networks", especially early career researchers - the videos will be amazing and high-impact no matter how many people attend live, BUT (1/x)

13.11.2025 14:32 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another week, another training course!

We focused on #Python today, with our internal introductory workshop to image analysis.

Well-done to all attendees! πŸ’»πŸ”¬and thanks to the β€œBioinformatics and Biostatistics” and β€œSoftware Engineering and AI” teams for helping us deliver the course πŸ™

07.11.2025 18:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very proud of the students for progressing very quickly over the course of the workshop! πŸ”¬πŸ’»

And grateful to be working with an amazing team πŸ™βœ¨ @david-j-barry.bsky.social, @martinjones.bsky.social, @k-meech.bsky.social, Sara and Cameron

29.10.2025 17:19 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A seminar room with some people sitting at laptops and chatting

A seminar room with some people sitting at laptops and chatting

All set up and ready to go for our 2-day Introduction to Image Analysis workshop for external attendees at @crick.ac.uk!

With Sara Salgueiro Torres, @david-j-barry.bsky.social, @martinjones.bsky.social, @k-meech.bsky.social, @lankylaste.bsky.social and Cameron Shand

27.10.2025 16:33 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0