France-BioImaging Research Infrastructure

RIM is now available at MRic (Rennes) following a technology transfer from Toulouse, supported by FBI. With the recruitment of Nina Soler, a new approach to live super-resolution imaging is now accessible to users of the facility. Full interview➡️france-bioimaging.org/announcement/b…

🚨Last call - 2 days left to apply for the SFBS 2026 Advanced Workshop! Learn how to choose, implement and interpret super-resolution imaging techniques (SMLM, STED, and more). Workshop & international symposium access included Deadline: May 1, 2026 👉 france-bioimaging.org/news-events/ou…

⏰ #lastdays to register to the 2026 GdR ImaBio Meeting ! 📣 Deadline for abstract submission: April 30th. A preliminary program is now available and a fifth session around microscopy and IA has been added. 🚨 Registration is free but mandatory. 👉imabio-cnrs.fr/rencontre-imab…

[PUBLICATION] Understanding multiciliated cell differentiation remains a challenge A new Xenopus-based model developed by researchers from @IBDMmarseille provides insights into ciliogenesis and its molecular regulation! 🔗 france-bioimaging.org/announcement/c…

Working with large imaging datasets? Join the next FBI Connect webinar to discover BioImage Cloud (BiClou), a solution for France-BioImaging facilities connecting OMERO & storage to streamline data management. 📅 May 21, 11:00 AM 🎤 G. Gay 🔗 bit.ly/4vtKJKO

[WEBINAR] How do volume EM techniques enable the study of pathogen–host interactions? Allon Weiner (CIMI, Sorbonne Université) will answer this at the next France Volume-EM Webcafe! 📅 April 28, 1 PM (CET) 🔗 Join 👉 bit.ly/4cozYAK

📢 The France-BioImaging April 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/apr…

⏳ Last days to submit your abstract for ESAB 2026 in Montpellier! A few slots remain for oral presentations. Join the biophysics community for 3 days of exchange on the latest advances in biophysics & bioimaging. 🌍 Open to all 🔗 esab2026.cbs.cnrs.fr

Apply now for the SFBS 2026 Advanced Workshop (Bordeaux, Oct 14-16) 📌 Hands-on training in super-resolution imaging: SMLM, STED, SIM, ExM, with leading experts from France, Europe and China. 🚨Deadline: May 1, 2026 More info & application 👉 france-bioimaging.org/news-events/ou…

[PUBLI] The dataset developed for the Light My Cells challenge has been published in the journal Nature Scientific Data! It represents the first scientific outcome of this initiative, bringing together 31 contributors across the FBI network. Article 👉 france-bioimaging.org/announcement/l…

Legend: Blue➡️ nuclei Red➡️ mitochondrial network Gold➡️ flagellum

At the BIC, Fabrice Cordelières & team transformed microscopy data into something you can hold: a 3D-printed trypanosome! Reconstructed from SBF-SEM image stack, this parasite becomes a tangible model! In parallel, SEM images provide a 2D visualization of the surface topography

[REPLAY] Missed our Annual Meeting? Catch up on 2 days of discussions on “Multimodalities for organ and organism imaging” with experts from across France-BioImaging. The full replay is now available on YouTube 👉 youtu.be/5qTYaacjzcU

[PUBLI] How do molecules diffuse in cytoplasm? Using a combination of advanced microscopy and biophysical modelling, researchers from the @IJMonod and @centralesupelec demonstrated that the cytoplasm behaves as a porous medium. Read the full article👉 france-bioimaging.org/announcement/i…

BEAMS School - 30 days left to apply! From November 16 to 27, 2026, the BEAMS School, dedicated to addressing biodiversity and ecosystem sustainability challenges in Africa, will take place at UCAD in Dakar (Senegal). 📌 Detailed program & applications: france-bioimaging.org/news-events/ou…

Rencontre avec Wiame Aissoug & Samira Benadda Une collaboration rendue possible par le programme Imaging 4 All de @GlobalBioImage. Retour sur un échange entre accès aux technologies, transfert de compétences et enrichissement scientifique 👇 france-bioimaging.org/announcement/r…

📢 The France-BioImaging March 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/mar…

[EVENT] Registrations are now open for the SFBS-2026 Join us in Bordeaux (Oct 14–21, 2026) for an advanced workshop and an international symposium 📆Workshop application deadline: May, 1 📆Symposium early bird registration deadline: June, 15 More info👉 france-bioimaging.org/news-events/ou…

[EVENT] Imagerie-Gif facility is organizing 2 events to introduce its new setup: the Thunder Imager Cell Spinning Disk. 🍕 Pizza Tech - Friday, March 27 | 12:00 - 13:30 🔬 Demo Week - March 31 to April 2 📩 Register by emailling plt-phot@i2bc.paris-saclay.fr

[WEBINAR] How can we observe the native morphology of cellular samples in electron microscopy? Benoit Gallet from the IBS in Grenoble will answer this question at the next France Volume-EM Webcafe! 📅 When? Thursday, March 12 🔗 Join the webinar 👉 bit.ly/3P9XKbG