Microscopy Australia

🌟Explore our 2024 Research Highlights! 🌟 From needle-free insulin to converting CO2 to electricity, join us in celebrating these awesome Aussie discoveries enabled by open-access, Govt-funded research infrastructure – #NCRISimpact 🧪🔬 micro.org.au/news/explore... @globalbioimaging.bsky.social

NCRIS is helping advance more efficient renewable energy technologies for a Net Zero future. Prof. @anitaho-baillie.bsky.social’s team is developing next-generation solar cells, drawing on capabilities at Microscopy Australia and @anff.org.au. Read more: micro.org.au/news/molecul... #NCRISImpact

Clean hydrogen made from seawater and sunlight could help power Australia’s net‑zero future. Discover research led by Prof. Zongyou Yin @scienceanu.bsky.social, supported by expert microscopist @rfwebster.net from our UNSW facility – enabled by NSW govt & #NCRIS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAv3...

Australia’s quantum leadership is powered by decades of investment in research infrastructure supported by NCI, @anff.org.au, HIA, @ansto.bsky.social, @pawseycentre.bsky.social, @micro-au.bsky.social, @nifaustralia.bsky.social & @astroaustralia.bsky.social riconnected.org.au/case-studies...

As its lead agent, the University of Sydney hosts the national headquarters of Microscopy Australia, playing a critical role in Australia's research infrastructure landscape – made possible by #NCRIS. Microscopy Australia #Microscopy #Research #LifeSciences #CellBiology #Biotechnology 2/2

Delighted to welcome Prof Joe Shapter, new Board Chair of Microscopy Australia, on a tour of Sydney Microscopy & Microanalysis, a #USYD Core Research Facility. Discussions covered capabilities, challenges & future commitments. We look forward to continuing our long and fruitful collaboration. 1/2

#EuroBioImaging Directors are contributing to an important event happening this week in Prato, Italy, alongside our Australian colleagues from @micro-au.bsky.social @nifaustralia.bsky.social @emblaustralia.org & other partners from 🇦🇺& 🇪🇺 health #researchinfrastructures. 📸Photo courtesy of BBMRI ERIC

Lisa Yen telling us about the diversity of #microscopy technologies covered by @micro-au.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @canadabioimaging.bsky.social #GBI_AU_2025

🔬 Huge thanks to @micro-au.bsky.social & Adelaide Microscopy for an incredible day at the #EMBLAPhD Course! From volume EM & cryo-TEM, to AI-powered image analysis & spatial transcriptomics, students gained a valuable behind-the-scenes glimpse at cutting-edge imaging.

RCC's newsletter out now! Stories on: *UQ HPC to deploy some of the world’s most powerful GPUs *UQ's AI-ready #HPC platform *Update brings Persistent Identifiers to #UQ imaging platform *RCC reports on #SC25 *RCC hires more staff *HPC training videos *Our holiday hours mailchi.mp/67f95a71238d...

Proud to be part of this vital dialogue on health research infrastructure, connecting Australian and European colleagues to strengthen global collaboration. 🇦🇺🤝🇪🇺 Thanks to @emblaustralia.org, @eurobioimaging.bsky.social, @nifaustralia.bsky.social, and partners for fostering this important exchange.

Are you involved in imaging data? From clinical data to microscopy – this event is for you! We're bringing together researchers, policymakers and data stewards to develop shared recommendations for imaging data standards. Hybrid event, free attendance, registration required.

The #foundingGIDE Community Event 2025 program is now live! 📌 Location: Brisbane, Australia & Online 📅 Deadline: 31st August 📃 Program: docs.google.com/document/d/1... @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @nifaustralia.bsky.social @micro-au.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social #imaging #bioimaging

🔬 We're hiring! Adelaide Microscopy is seeking a CryoTEM Microscopist to support cutting-edge research in South Australia. Passionate about cryo-EM & single particle analysis? 🧪 Apply by 18 Sept: careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51... #STEMjobs

We did it! What a fabulous learning opportunity to be part of UTS 2025 Research Translation Competition. So excited to see what's ahead for our Wonder Project! @aimi-uts.bsky.social @australianmms.bsky.social @micro-au.bsky.social Congrats to other teams & thx to competition organisers and judges.

Proud to support the global roll-out of the #AcknowledgementGuidelines poster, launched in partnership with @globalbioimaging.bsky.social & @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social . 🌍🔬‪ Too often, imaging scientists and facility staff go unacknowledged in publications -

An RNA drug-delivery approach developed at UQ is showing how Australia’s national research infrastructure helps translate big ideas into tangible biomedical innovations.🧪 micro.org.au/news/ncris-t... #NCRISimpact @nifaustralia.bsky.social @anff.org.au @basemrna.bsky.social @sethcheetham.bsky.social

🗓 Upcoming Event: Australian Trust and Identity for National Research Infrastructure - Information Session | 18 June, 11am AEST #Online Featuring guest speakers from @nifaustralia.bsky.social, @access-nri.bsky.social and @micro-au.bsky.social. Register now > aaf.edu.au/project/trus...

Join us for this webinar by Laurence Lejeune on how core research facilities have evolved into key drivers of innovation—and why it’s time to rethink how we measure their impact in research. micro.org.au/events/webin... @globalbioimaging.bsky.social 🧪 @australianmms.bsky.social

Do you know an administration superstar? We're looking for the next member of our HQ team. This is a dynamic role based at the University of Sydney, working closely with our facilities across nine leading Australian universities. usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

A newly developed nanoscale #catalyst has the potential to be translated into a sustainable technology to produce green #hydrogen from just seawater and sunlight: empowering the hydrogen economy. micro.org.au/news/convert... @englishanu.bsky.social‬ #NCRISimpact #NetZero

Researchers have discovered why #CriticalMinerals accumulate around the edge of continental cores. This info can be used to predict probable new locations for essential critical minerals. Supported by our ANU facility. @englishanu.bsky.social‬ #NCRISimpact #NetZero‬ micro.org.au/news/new-exp...

Based in Adelaide? This is a great opportunity to upskill in the design and fabrication of microfluidic/electronic, MEMS, optical and sensing chips – and it's free!

Save the Date! There are now only 298 days until the next Light Microscopy Australia symposium. This will be hosted at the University of Sydney from 3-5th Feb 2026. Follow this page and make sure that you renew your @australianmms.bsky.social membership to be kept up to date with symposium details!

Fossilized fish up to 16 million years old found in Australia with last meal still intact! 🧪 More awesome research by Prof. Michael Frese and team featured by CNN (and riffed on by Stephen Colbert). edition.cnn.com/2025/03/28/s... Supported by our ANU facility #NCRISimpact youtu.be/-SSrijr6Zzc?...

This week, we're hosting the #EuroBioImaging All Hands Nodes Meeting at @embl.org Heidelberg! Yesterday we focused on #imaging technologies with Nodes & industry board partners. Today we explore international collaboration with @micro-au.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social & much more to come!

Great opportunity to explore @ai4life.bsky.social's FAIR, open, community-driven repository of pre-trained AI models for image analysis, along with lessons learnt. @ausbias.bsky.social @australianmms.bsky.social @nifaustralia.bsky.social

Keeping a world icon clean! This awesome research is supported by our ANU facility. Read more: micro.org.au/news/cleanin...

We'll be announcing the winners of the Node-FocalPlane image competition tomorrow. Be sure to get your vote in if you haven't already done so! If you are at #biologists100 you can vote via the app. If not, visit: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/03/11/v...

We have partnered with @micro-au.bsky.social to explore how richer reporting, impact tracking and usage data can be used to reveal impact. There are opportunities to explore a consistent approach to PIDs and ORCID implementation across Microscopy Australia's facilities.

If, hypothetically, a person were trying to set up a career panel series for bioimage analysis, what kinds of roles (or specific people) would you want to hear more about? Hypothetical nominations of all stripes welcome :) #bioimageanalysis

We are so lucky to work with the amazing women of Sydney Microscopy and Microanalysis. From managing facilities to sharing expertise with researchers, this #InternationalWomensDay, we'd like to celebrate some of the unsung heroes of the research world: the professional staff that make it happen.

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📣 JOB ALERT 📣 Are you an expert in secondary ion mass spec (SIMS) with a passion for mineral characterisation and surface analysis? Great opportunity to support high-impact research based in Brisbane 🇦🇺 – closes 24 March 🧪 uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare... #STEMjobs #academicsky #sciencejobs

Check it out – an NCRIS starter pack! Did you know we are part of a wider community of Australian research infrastructure providers? All enabled by the @ausgov.bsky.social through the #NCRIS program! Follow for events, initiatives, jobs and awesome research ⬇️ 🧪 go.bsky.app/Gp86KkF

This technology could help fine-tune plant genes to increase crop yield and improve food quality for global food security – enabled by our University of Queensland facility, the Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, published in @natureplants.bsky.social #NCRISimpact

🎉 Job Opportunity 🎉 Our University of Queensland facility is looking for a Senior X-Ray Scientist – applications close 16th of Feb, so get in quick! uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare... #X-ray #hiring #STEMjobs #wewantyou

My favourite view of the microscope 🔬, with it's pants off!! This is a JEOL F200 transmission electron microscope (TEM) and under the table you can see the CMOS camera made by Gatan which we use for imaging and 4D STEM!

So excited to see our @sydneyuni.bsky.social facility featured by @veritasium.bsky.social! 🧪 A great explanation of the incredible capabilities of the Themis S/TEM at Sydney Microscopy and Microanalysis – open to all Australian researchers through #NCRISimpact www.youtube.com/watch?v=88bM...

Submit your entries for the Microscopy Australia image competition at #APMC13 by the end of today – gift cards to be won! 'People's Choice' voting will start tomorrow – come by the booth and vote for your favourite image. More details here: micro.org.au/events/micro...

Join us in Melbourne for the next Global BioImaging train-the-trainer course! Learn to deliver effective training programs at your light microscopy facility. Free of charge, travel grants are available. @australianmms.bsky.social #LMA @louisecole.bsky.social

🎙️ Global BioImaging Train-the-Trainer 2025 Course is open for applications 📅 17-21 November 2025 📍 Melbourne, Australia ⚫ Course for imaging core facility professionals to organize and deliver effective training programs ⚫ Travel grants available globalbioimaging.org/internationa...

Prof. Dylan Owen @owenlabuob.bsky.social and team are building an open database of single-molecule localisation microscopy #SMLM data representing the distribution of proteins in cells called nano-org – another great talk at #APMC13! Check it out here: nano-org.bham.ac.uk

Stories & Structures – New Connections exhibition is now on display at #APMC13. Connecting Indigenous Culture and art with TEM images of the natural world. Come and see the amazing art and associated micrographs and read their stories. @australianmms.bsky.social

"Almost everything you've touched today was examined using microscopy during the design process" – what a great start to #APMC13, fantastic plenary talk by Prof. Jo Etheridge, @monashuniversity.bsky.social Centre for Electron Microscopy. Come visit us and @globalbioimaging.bsky.social at booth 72

Are you going to the Asia Pacific Microscopy Congress #APMC13 next week? Stop by to chat with us and @globalbioimaging.bsky.social – we'll have jigsaw puzzles, MyScope demos and a micrograph competition! micro.org.au/events/micro...

Are you planning your lectures/course content for this year? Check out MyScope – our free #microscopy training website with theory, quizzes and microscope simulators 🧪 Developed by our experts, open to the global community: www.myscope.training #openlearning

IMAGE COMPETITION AT APMC. Bring your excellent micrographs/reconstructions, not art works. Colour-enhancement is OK if it adds clarity. On A4 with caption and scale on the front and your name on the back (for judging anonymity). @australianmms.bsky.social #APMC13 @globalbioimaging.bsky.social

Such a wonderfully serendipitous discovery made on our Flinders facility's atomic force microscope! #NCRISimpact #innovation

Travel grants are now open for the @globalbioimaging.bsky.social Exchange of Experience – a fantastic opportunity for imaging scientists to share knowledge and develop solutions to common challenges – made possible by @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social globalbioimaging.org/exchange-of-...