Expansion Microscopy User Group
Hosted by Canada BioImaging, RMS & BINA
Activities
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Upcoming Events
Recorded Events
Archived Events
Join us at our next BINA event!
Scientific Speaker Series – Registration
Hosted by Community Engagement Working Group on the second Tuesday of the Month at 9 am Pacific/11 pm Central/12 pm Eastern.
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Use the link to register to attend and receive updates about the series! You only need to register once to receive updates for all presentations.
Oct
29
Exchange of Experience Virtual Group
Hosted by the Training & Education Working Group
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10 am PT / 12 pm CT / 1 pm ET
Nov
4
Lattice Lightsheet User Group
Join this User Group co-organized by BINA and Canada BioImaging
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Every other first Tuesday of the month at 12 pm ET (11 CT, 10 MT, 9 PT)
Nov
6
Careers Speaker Series – Registration
Hosted by the Early Career Working Group on the first Thursday every other month at 10 am Pacific/12 pm Central/1 pm Eastern
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Use the link to register to attend and receive updates about the series! You only need to register once to receive updates for all presentations.
Nov
12
Insights and Educational Tools from Industry Series – Registration
Hosted by the Corporate Partners Working Group on the third Wednesday of the Month at 10 am Pacific/12 pm Central/1 pm Eastern.
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Use the link to register to attend and receive updates about the series! You only need to register once to receive updates for all presentations.
Nov
17
Halfway to I2K: Virtual Tutorials on Image Analysis 2025
Join us at this virtual event November 17-19, 2025
Dec
2
ABRF/BINA Builder’s Workshop Series
Organized by ABRF and BINA’s Builders Working Group
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Join us on Tuesday, December 2nd at 11:00 am CT
Dec
5
Automated Image Management and Metadata Annotation (AIMM) User Group
Hosted by Canada BioImaging & BINA & QUAREP-LiMi
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Meetings are the first Friday of the month, every other month
Dec
11
STED User Group
Hosted by Canada BioImaging & BINA
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Meetings are the second Thursday of the month, every other month
View our past events on YouTube!
Oct
6
GBIxBINA2025
Join us for GBIxBINA 2025 from October 6-10 in Montréal, QC, Canada!
Apr
28
OME 2025 Community Meeting
OME 2025 comes to North America @ MBL, Woods Hole, MA!
Mar
23
BINA @ ABRF
Meet up with BINA at ABRF in Las Vegas
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Using the button you can provide details of your presentation at the ABRF 2025 Annual Meeting, and we will publicize it on this page!
Oct
28
Virtual I2K 2024
Join us at this virtual event Oct 28-30, 2024!
Sep
23
BINA 2024 Community Congress
See you on September 23-27, 2024 hybrid event in Madison, Wisconsin
Aug
21
Mar
13
March Community Conversation
Hosted by the Builders Working Group
Register Here!
Register using the google form linked to the button
Mar
5
Figure Making Best Practices – Checklists & Demo
Hosted by BINA Early Career WG and members of QUAREP-LiMi WG 12
Watch the video here!
Follow the link to watch the recording
Jan
23
BINA @ AIM 2024
Meet up with BINA at Advanced Imaging Methods Workshop (21st Annual) in Berkeley!
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Using the button you can provide details of your presentation at Advanced Imaging Methods Workshop (21st Annual), and we will publicize it on this page!
Oct
17
Halfway to I2K: Virtual Tutorials on Image Analysis
Join us at this virtual event Oct 17-19, 2023!
Learn More
Workshop Submission Open Now, registration coming in Sept.
Oct
2
BINA Image Contest 2023
Submit your images to the BINA Image Contest for 2023!
Contest Closed
Enter the 2023 contest by noon Pacific time on October 2!
Sep
25
LABIxBINA2023: Bioimaging Across the Americas
Joint event happening September 25-29, 2023, in Morelos State, Mexico
Watch!
See the BINA 2023 Community Congress Presentations at LABIxBINA
Oct
24
May
6
I2K 2022: From Images to Knowledge
Join us at this virtual event May 6, 9 & 10!
Learn More
Poster Submissions are also open – submit by April 27!
Feb
4
Jan
25
Oct
14
BINA events that are closed and/or happened 6 months ago or more
Apr
28
OME 2025 Community Meeting – Save the Date
April 28- May 1, 2025, MBL, Woods Hole, MA, USA
See Event Webpage
April 28- May 1, 2025, MBL, Woods Hole, MA, USA
Dec
14
BINA @ ASCB 2024
Meet up with BINA at CellBio24 in San Diego!
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Using the button you can provide details of your presentation at CellBio24 ASCB|EMBO Meeting, and we will publicize it on this page!
Nov
18
BINA’s Leadership and Management Training – 2024
Workshops offered May 6 & 13, June 10 & 17, Aug 19 & 26, Oct 21 & 28, Nov 11 & 18
Contact Us for 2025
Registration for 2024 is filled, please contact us if you are interested in participating in 2025
Sep
26
BINA Image Contest 2024
Submit your images by August 30 at 12 pm PT/2 pm CT/3 pm ET
Check out the winners!
Contest is now closed and images are being reviewed!
Apr
21
BINA @ ABRF
Meet up with BINA at ABRF in Minneapolis
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Using the button you can provide details of your presentation at the ABRF 2024 Annual Meeting, and we will publicize it on this page!
Feb
10
BINA @ BPS 2024
Meet up with BINA at BPS in Philadelphia!
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Using the button you can provide details of your presentation at the Biophysical Society meeting BPS2024, and we will publicize it on this page!
Jan
27
BINA @ SPIE 2024
Meet up with BINA at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco!
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Using the button you can provide details of your presentation at SPIE Photonics West, and we will publicize it on this page!
Dec
2
BINA @ ASCB 2023
Meet up with BINA at ASCB in Boston!
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Using the link below you can provide details of your presentation at ASCB, and we will publicize it on this page!
Nov
20
Leadership and Management Soft Skills Training – 2023
Workshops offered May 23, June 12, Sept 18, Oct 16, Nov 20
Apply by November 13
Use the button to complete your application for the upcoming workshop
Nov
8
Early Career Community Conversation
Join the Early Career WG for a Conversation with the Community
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Register using the google form linked below
May
26
May Community Conversation
Hosted by the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion WG
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Register to join us on May 26 at 1 pm Central
May
11
Pop-Up EoE after ABRF, May 11
Group EoE in Boston on Managing the image-data life cycle
Registration Closed
Registration open until May 1 or capacity is reachedÂ
Dec
8
Oct
7
BINA Image Contest 2022
Submit your images to the BINA Image Contest for 2022!
Enter Now!
Enter the 2022 contest by noon Pacific time on October 7!
Sep
13
Core Facility Leadership and Management training for BioImaging North America
Virtual, Facilitated by hfp consulting
Apr
21
QCDM WG Drop-In Session
Join us on April 21 at 10 am Central!
Mar
18
Infrastructure Grants Workshop – Part 2
Come and learn about the process of applying for S10 NIH instrumentation grants, hear from experienced applicants, and ask your questions
10 am PT / 12 pm CT / 1 pm ET
Registration Closed
Hosted by the Corporate Partners Working Group
Community Events
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(Event Submission, All Submissions), (“$” associated with a registration fee)
2025
Nov
05
2025
Conference/Mtng - Annual
Spanish and Portuguese Optical Microscopy Meeting (SPAOM 2025)
Nov 5, 2025 - Nov 7, 2025 |
Braga, Portugal
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Nov
05
2025
Conference/Mtng - Annual
SPAOM2025 - Spanish and Portuguese Advanced Optical Microscopy Meeting
Nov 5, 2025 - Nov 7, 2025 |
Braga, Portugal
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Nov
09
2025
Conference/Mtng - Annual
Save the Date - LABI Meeting 2025
Nov 9, 2025 - Nov 12, 2025 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nov
09
2025
Conference/Mtng - Annual
LABI Meeting 2025
Nov 9, 2025 - Nov 12, 2025 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Open to Sponsorship
Nov
10
2025
Workshop/Course - Ad hoc
Image Analysis Workshop with Fiji / ImageJ
Nov 10, 2025 - Nov 14, 2025 |
Virtual
Nov
12
2025
Workshop/Course - Annual
Introduction to programming for image processing
Nov 12, 2025 - Nov 14, 2025 |
Prague, Czechia
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Nov
12
2025
Workshop/Course - Ad hoc
Array Tomography Workshop Buenos Aires
Nov 12, 2025 - Nov 17, 2025 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Nov
15
2025
Conference/Mtng - Annual
Society for Neuroscience
Nov 15, 2025 - Nov 19, 2025 |
San Diego, CA, USA
$ Fee
Nov
17
2025
Workshop/Course - Ad hoc
Global BioImaging Train-the-Trainer 2025 Course
Nov 17, 2025 - Nov 21, 2025 |
Melborune, Australia
Open to Sponsorship
Nov
18
2025
Workshop/Course - Annual
3D-CLEM: Imaging function and ultrastructure
Nov 18, 2025 - Nov 21, 2025 |
Vestec, Czech Republic
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Nov
19
2025
Conference/Mtng - Annual
SIPAIM 2025
Nov 19, 2025 - Nov 21, 2025 |
Pasto, Colombia
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Nov
19
2025
Workshop/Course - Annual
Educational Course NeuroImaging: Mapping the Function and Structure of Brain
Nov 19, 2025 - Nov 21, 2025 |
Brno, Czechia
$ Fee
Nov
20
2025
Conference/Mtng - Annual
CytoData 2025
Nov 20, 2025 - Nov 21, 2025 |
Berlin, Germany
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Nov
23
2025
Workshop/Course - Ad hoc
Volume electron microscopy by automated serial SEM
Nov 23, 2025 - Nov 28, 2025 |
Heidelberg, Germany
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Nov
24
2025
Workshop/Course - Annual
VII Workshop de Microscopias Ópticas Avanzadas (MOA) 2025 y el II Workshop en Formación en Microscopia de Superresolución (FOMISUR)
Nov 24, 2025 - Nov 28, 2025 |
Entre Rios, Argentina
$ Fee
Nov
24
2025
Conference/Mtng - Annual
Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium 2025
Nov 24, 2025 - Nov 25, 2025 |
London, UK
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Nov
24
2025
Workshop/Course - Annual
Transmission electron microscopy in life sciences
Nov 24, 2025 - Nov 28, 2025 |
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Nov
25
2025
Workshop/Course - Annual
Mechanical characterization of biological samples using correlative methods
Nov 25, 2025 - Nov 26, 2025 |
Prague, Czech Republic
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Nov
25
2025
Workshop/Course - Annual
14th NorMIC workshop on Microscopy Image Processing
Nov 25, 2025 - Nov 28, 2025 |
Oslo, Norway
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Nov
25
2025
Workshop/Course - Annual
14th NorMIC workshop on Microscopy Image Processing
Nov 25, 2025 - Nov 28, 2025 |
, Norway
$ Fee
Nov
26
2025
Workshop/Course - Ad hoc
CBIAS napari workshop 2025
Nov 26, 2025 - Nov 27, 2025 |
London, United Kingdom
$ Fee
Nov
26
2025
Conference/Mtng - Ad hoc
King's Single Molecule Localisation Microscopy (SMLM) Symposium
Nov 26, 2025 - Nov 28, 2025 |
London, United Kingdom
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Dec
01
2025
Workshop/Course - Annual
10th NIC@IIT Advanced Microscopy practical workshop
Dec 1, 2025 - Dec 5, 2025 |
Genoa, Italy
$ Fee
Dec
02
2025
Workshop/Course - Annual
Processing and Analysis of Biological Images
Dec 2, 2025 - Dec 5, 2025 |
Brno, Czechia
$ Fee
Dec
03
2025
Workshop/Course - Annual
Live cell imaging
Dec 3, 2025 - Dec 5, 2025 |
Prague, Czech Republic
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Dec
08
2025
Workshop/Course - Ad hoc
Image Analysis Workshop with Fiji / ImageJ
Dec 8, 2025 - Dec 12, 2025 |
Virtual
2026
Jan
05
2026
Workshop/Course - Ad hoc
Light-Sheet Image Analysis Workshop
Jan 5, 2026 - Jan 9, 2026 |
Santiago, Chile
Open to Sponsorship
Jan
06
2026
Conference/Mtng - Annual
Flow Cytometry Facilities Meeting 2026
Jan 6, 2026 - Jan 7, 2026 |
Liverpool, UK
Open to Sponsorship
Jan
07
2026
Conference/Mtng - Ad hoc
Flora in Focus: A Microscopy Conference for Plant Scientists
Jan 7, 2026 |
Headington, Oxford, UK
Jan
12
2026
Workshop/Course - Ad hoc
Bioimage Analysis Beginnings Broad Bootcamp
Jan 12, 2026 - Jan 16, 2026 |
Cambridge, MA, United States
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Jan
19
2026
Conference/Mtng - Ad hoc
International Conference on Single-Molecule Biophysics
Jan 19, 2026 - Jan 21, 2026 |
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Jan
21
2026
Workshop/Course - Annual
Microscopy: improve your imaging skills - from sample preparation to image analysis
Jan 21, 2026 - Feb 13, 2026 |
Virtual
Jan
22
2026
Workshop/Course - Ad hoc
Workshop on Single-Molecule Imaging Technologies
Jan 22, 2026 - Jan 23, 2026 |
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Jan
27
2026
Workshop/Course - Annual
Hands-On Flow Cytometry
Jan 27, 2026 - Jan 30, 2026 |
York, United Kingdom
$ Fee
Feb
02
2026
Conference/Mtng - Annual
Light Microscopy Australia Symposium
Feb 2, 2026 - Feb 6, 2026 |
Sydney, Australia
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Feb
02
2026
Conference/Mtng - Ad hoc
Light Microscopy Australia 5th National Symposium
Feb 2, 2026 - Feb 6, 2026 |
Sydney , Australia
$ Fee
Feb
09
2026
Workshop/Course - Ad hoc
Brillouin microscopy for life science applications
Feb 9, 2026 - Feb 13, 2026 |
Heidelberg, Germany
$ Fee
Feb
22
2026
Conference/Mtng - Annual
Ocean Sciences Meeting
Feb 22, 2026 - Feb 27, 2026 |
Glasgow, Scotland
Open to Sponsorship
Feb
26
2026
Conference/Mtng - Annual
Analytical Microscopy Meeting
Feb 26, 2026 - Feb 27, 2026 |
London , United Kingdom
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Mar
11
2026
Workshop/Course - Ad hoc
Bridging Scales: Unveiling the mechanical properties of biomaterials and organoids with AFM and Bulk Rheology. 4th Ed. Course
Mar 11, 2026 - Mar 13, 2026 |
Porto, Portugal
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Mar
15
2026
Workshop/Course - Ad hoc
WE-Heraeus seminar : Fluorescence Markers for Advanced Microscopies 2026, Ecole de physique des Houches
Mar 15, 2026 - Mar 20, 2026 |
Les Houches, France
Mar
16
2026
Workshop/Course - Annual
EMBL-EBI: Microscopy data analysis: machine learning and the BioImage Archive
Mar 16, 2026 - Mar 20, 2026 |
Virtual
$ Fee
Mar
16
2026
Workshop/Course - Annual
Microscopy data analysis: machine learning and the BioImage Archive
Mar 16, 2026 - Mar 20, 2026 |
Virtual
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Mar
24
2026
Workshop/Course - Annual
Hands-On Confocal Microscopy course
Mar 24, 2026 - Mar 27, 2026 |
York, England, United Kingdom
$ Fee
May
11
2026
Workshop/Course - Ad hoc
Electron crystallography workshop 2026
May 11, 2026 - May 13, 2026 |
Venice, Italy
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
May
18
2026
Conference/Mtng - Ad hoc
Microscopy of Oxidation 12
May 18, 2026 - May 20, 2026 |
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Jun
01
2026
Workshop/Course - Annual
Cours Francophone de Microscopie Optique - CFMO
Jun 1, 2026 - Jun 5, 2026 |
Montreal / Quebec, Canada
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Aug
30
2026
Conference/Mtng - Annual
IMC21
Aug 30, 2026 - Sep 4, 2026 |
Liverpool, UK
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
Sep
29
2026
Conference/Mtng - Ad hoc
Microscopy Characterization of Soft-Hard Interfaces
Sep 29, 2026 - Oct 1, 2026 |
Darmstadt, Germany
$ Fee
Open to Sponsorship
BINA Programs
Outreach Support
BINA members who are interested in sharing their love of microscopy with young scientists can request financial assistance
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Exchange of Experience
BINA offers three types of ‘Exchange of Experience’ opportunities, learn more at the link below.
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Metrology Suitcase Pilot
The BINA Quality Control and Data Management Working Group is piloting a Metrology Suitcase!
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Professional Development
BINA supports members to attend professional development activities within North America.
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Regional Event Support
BINA will support its North American academic members to host events in Canada, Mexico and the United States and its territories.
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