Welcome to the autumn edition of the Danish Bioimaging newsletter
In this edition of the Danish BioImaging newsletter you will find a summary of the DBI network activities in the second semester of 2024. You will also find updates on upcoming events for your information. We thank you for your engagement with the network, and are excited to share our progress and achievements with you!.
The Danish BioImaging Community has had a busy time!
In September this year, we had the pleasure to Welcome 24 participants coming from across the Globe (27 countries). The Danish Euro BioImaging node was selected to organize and host the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Molecular to Human bootcamp (September 16-27th). A collaboration between Aarhus University, Roskilde University and Copenhagen University to create a Global community to bridge the clinical and pre-clinical imaging with the light microscopy communities. Education content was co-created with the participants, as two multimodal imaging workflows across the bioimaging fields. Learning and teaching each other about the powers and limitations of each bioimaging technology, and how to chose and combine technologies to boost research excellence. We are grateful to have witnessed the birth of the M2H community, if you want to learn more, the program, videos and photo gallery can be viewed here.
Need Help with BioImage Analysis? The DBI-INFRA Image Analysis Core Facility (IACF) offers open access to its services from anywhere in the world!. An interdisciplinary team, composed by Tricia Loo (bioimage analyst with life science background), Julia Katharina Mertesdorf and Peidi Xu (bioimage analysts with computer science backgrounds), is here to assist you with image analysis consultations, training in a wide range of software solutions, or even developing customized workflows or new tools tailored to your project.
The IACF is also organizing and supporting workshops, courses and open office consultations around Denmark. In September, the team gave a one-day training on CellProfiler, as part of the High-Content Microscopy PhD Course at Biotech Research & Innovation Centre. In October, the team travelled to Aarhus University for a one day open office image analysis consultation, meeting with 13 researchers at the BioImaging Core Facility. In the new year (January 20-22nd, 2025), the IACF team will travel to Odense to run a 2-days Python4BIA course, followed by an open office consultation day for researchers at DaMBIC, University of Southern Denmark.
You still have the chance to join this year’s Call4Help sessions on November 28th and December 12th! These free, online consultation calls provide quick guidance for your bioimage analysis challenges. Sign up here. Looking ahead to 2025, these support calls will continue on a bi-monthly basis. Reach out if you need support to automatize and professionalize your image based data extraction toward quantitative quality bioimaging research!
2025 workshops organized by the DBI-INFRA IA CF team will be announced in DBI-INFRA website and SoMe channels. Stay tuned!.
The Danish BioImaging Network hosts the Panel of Facilities, a panel that meets regularly to bridge bioimaging core facility teams across the country. Check out the panel of facilities new page to learn more about what is discussed in the meetings and the panel’s charter. If you work at a bioimaging core facility in Denmark, and want to know more about the panel, or join, send a message to sonia.garcia@sund.ku.dk. We are looking forward to welcoming you!
Finally, the DBI network has a youtube channel where you can see the videos of a selection of users sharing their inspiring work at the bioimaging facilities across the country. In the last edition of the DBI User series, Rikke Agerskov, a PhD researcher the Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University (RUC), shares with us her experience using the Olympus scanning confocal microscope at the microscope core facility. Agerskov investigates how the nervous system affects the embryonic pancreas development. Understanding the link between the peripheral nervous system and the pancreas will help improve stem cell protocols for producing beta cells and islet organoids, leading to new treatment options for diabetes.
We’re Expanding Our Online Presence! . We’re excited to announce that Danish Bioimaging is now on Instagram and Bluesky! . Follow us to stay updated on the latest news, events, and interviews with our users.
Cover Video of one pancreatic explants. The white color indicates Mucin, the green shows neurons, and the pink represents Beta cells. Credits: Rikke Agerskov and Pia Nyeng Microscope Core Facility at Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University
Best Regards/ DBI Network & DBI INFRA Coordinator Sonia Diaz
Julia´s job shadowing visit to BIIF in Uppsala
Staff Training Cross-Node Job Shadowing
Julia Katharina Mertesdorf from the DBI-INFRA Image Analysis Core Facility in Denmark visited the BioImage Informatics Infrastructure Unit (BIIF) in Uppsala, Sweden, for one week in November 2024 to learn about the organization and activities involved in running an image analysis facility.
Julia will share her experiences and insights from this enriching experience in an upcoming video interview. Stay tuned!
This job-shadowing opportunity was made possible with support from the Euro-BioImaging EVOLVE project.
Meet the DBI Users
Rikke Agerskov, a PhD researcher the Department of Science and Environment at Roskilde University (RUC)
Watch this video to learn more about Rikke’s research journey, her current interdisciplinary project, how her work aims to make a significant impact on society and how access to advanced microscopy technologies at RUC has empowered her to perform high-resolution imaging of embryonic pancreatic tissue.
If you’re a researcher interested in using the core facility at RUC for your research, please reach out to Pia Nyeng for more information on accessing the core facility.
Open calls and events
- Danish BioImaging Network Talk by Lothar Schermelleh, Professor at Univesity of Oxford
- TWO canSERV calls to facilitate cancer research projects by funding access to research infrastructure services
- AI4life Third Open Call
- Agroserv 3rd Call Open – fund your project in the field of agriculture or plant biology
- Virtual Pub
Jobs
- Computational scientist for new optical pooled screening infrastructure at the Danish Cancer Institute
- Core Facility Fellowships EMBO Supporting training for staff of core facilities, funding international exchanges.
The Panel of Facilities convenes three times a year, with one session held in person. If you are part of the staff of a Core Facility in Denmark, you are invited to attend our meetings!. The next PoF meeting will be held in February 2025.