Welcome to the summer edition of the Danish Bioimaging newsletter for 2026
Summer is here and we want to take this opportunity to update you on the latest news about the Danish Biomaging community.
Here a summary of our activities during the first half of 2026!
The DBI-INFRA Image Analysis Core Facility (IACF) has had a busy and exciting first semester. The team, composed of Tricia Loo Yi Jun (Bioimage Analyst), Julia Mertesdorf (Computer Scientist), and Jesko Wagner (Bioimage Analyst), continued its tour across Denmark in 2026, offering courses, workshops, and Open Office sessions to provide in-person support to researchers. In February, the team held an Introduction to Bioimage Analysis & CellProfiler course at the Danish Cancer Institute. In April, the IACF team organized the Python & napari for Bioimage Analysis workshop at the Danish Molecular Biomedical Imaging Center (DaMBIC), University of Southern Denmark (SDU).
An important milestone this year, as the infrastructure enters the final phase of its initial implementation grant (2021–2026), has been the constitution of the DBI-INFRA Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and the first external DBI-INFRA scientific evaluation. The SAB concluded that DBI-INFRA has achieved something exceptional: it has transformed Denmark’s imaging landscape into a coherent national infrastructure with growing usage, increasing international visibility, and a strategically important national image analysis core facility. Although funding has not yet been confirmed, a proposal for major upgrades of the DBI-INFRA (DBI-INFRA 2.0) entered the catalogue for the Danish National Roadmap for Research Infrastructures.
Since Robert Haase travelled to Copenhagen as member of the DBI-INFRA SAB, DBI-INFRA IACF invited him to give a presentation on the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Vision Language Models (VLMs) for bioimage analysis. A recording of his talk is now available on YouTube.
Also in March, we were pleased to host Andres Cardona, a researcher from El Bosque University, Colombia , who spent one month at Danish BioImaging thanks to a Global BioImaging Imaging for All Access Grant. During his stay, the IACF team trained Andres in Multiple Instance Learning (MIL) for Whole Slide Images (WSIs) of Papanicolaou cytology, as well as deep learning approaches for classification models applied to these images. The training contributed to his doctoral research in AI-assisted cervical cancer screening.
Furthermore, image analysis enthusiasts in Denmark can now join the Danish Bioimage Analyst Society (DanBIAS) – a new Slack community dedicated to sharing tools, methods, and papers. Members can also participate in meetings featuring project presentations, tool demonstrations, and collaborative problem-solving. Visit this link to join the image analysis community! The first DanBIAS event was a Hackathon co-organized by the IACF and the Center for Quantification of Imaging Data at MAX IV (QIM) June 18th. Participants gained hands-on experience with bioimage analysis tools and Napari plugins developed by the IACF, QIM, and DIKU’s Image Section. The next hackathon will take place on 28 October at DTU Compute, so stay tuned for more information!
In addition, the Laboratory, Automation, Screening, and Microscopy facility at the Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen, was highly recommended to join the Danish Euro-BioImaging Node, expanding the offered service portfolio towards high throughput and high content screening.
On May 7–8th we held the 9th Danish BioImaging Symposium at the Danish Cancer Institute. The symposium was a great success, with over 100 participants attending the two-day programme, which included engaging workshops, a poster session, a tour at the Danish Cancer Institute, and the symposium dinner. Check out the photo gallery and programme by visiting this link. We also hosted the 3rd Danish BioImaging Microscope Contest, where participants voted for the best image of 2026.
Finally, this newsletter features Meet Our Users, the DBI video series highlighting our users. Researchers affiliated with different Danish institutions share their bioimaging research with our community, demonstrating how essential DBI core facilities are to their work. They describe how they use the services we offer, including access to equipment as well as the knowledge and expertise of DBI core facility staff. You can watch the videos below for inspiration. Stay tuned for more to come!
Cover photo: The cover photo was taken during the IACF retreat, attended by the IACF team together with Clara Prats, DBI-INFRA Director, Jon Sporring, DBI-INFRA Executive Board member, and DBI-INFRA Coordinator Sonia Diaz. Over the course of three days in March, the team met to discuss strategic priorities, the IACF portfolio, and professional development. The photo was taken at Stængehus Beach on the north coast of Denmark.
We wish you a very happy summer. Enjoy it!.
Best Regards/ DBI Network & DBI INFRA Coordinator Sonia Diaz
Meet the DBI users!
Bioimaging Core Facility, Aarhus University
Interview coming soon!. Sara Sejer Sørensen, MSc. PhD-Student, Kim lab Dandrite & Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University.
Sara´s research is centered around neuron vulnerability and neurodegenerative diseases. The Aarhus Bioimaging facility gives her access to specialized microscopes that are difficult to acquire and maintain in a small research group. She is specifically using the Zeiss lightsheet 7. Stay Tuned.
Meet the DBI Users – Laura Bruus Bjerre, user at Aarhus BioImaging Core Facility- Felicity Davis Lab
Laura Bruus Bjerre is a PhD student at the Department of Biomedicine at Aarhus University, where she studies the mammary gland during lactation and the role of calcium signalling in milk production and secretion. To carry out her research, Laura uses the Stellaris 8 confocal microscope at the Bioimaging Core Facility, Aarhus University. This provides detailed insights into how calcium signals regulate tissue dynamics. She also uses the Stellaris 8 to image cleared tissue, enabling high-resolution, deep 3D visualization of tissue organization.
Open calls and Events
- 5th Bridging Nordic Microscopy Infrastructure (BNMI2026) Read more
- The DBI Cross Institutional Bioimaging Ph.D. course Read more
- Euro-BioImaging All Hands Node Meeting 2026 15-18 September. Turku, Finland , 2026
- IACF Events July – December 2026 Read more
- Technology access funding opportunities Read more
- Conference on Methods and Applications in Fluorescence. August 9-12 Read more
- EuroBioImaging – Upcoming events Read more
Jobs
- Six-year Optical Microscopy Specialist position at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences (PLEN), section for Glycobiology – University of Copenhagen