Corporate Partner Series

BINA Corporate Partner Series

(formerly the Insights and Educational Tools from Industry Series)

New Series on the 3rd Wednesday at 12pm CT

Hosted by the Corporate Partners WG

Series Presentations will cover a variety of topics, including, but not limited to:

• Educational microscopy tools developed by BINA corporate members
• Insights shared from corporate experience
• Opportunities for further education and development within companies

Next Session: 2026.09.16 – Magnifying your Market Value: Converting Your Academic Skills and CV to an Industry Resume in the Age of AI

Event Info: Please join us for an online panel of industry representatives who will explore how translate your academic expertise into a focused, effective resume for pursuing careers in microscopy industry. Panelists with industry and hiring experience will discuss how to prepare for a microscopy industry job interview; translate academic, research, and core facility experience into skills and accomplishments that resonate with industry employers; tailor a résumé to specific microscopy-related positions; and highlight the information hiring managers value most. The discussion will also touch on the growing role of AI and automated applicant tracking systems (ATS) in résumé screening, including how job descriptions and keywords can influence whether an application reaches a human reviewer. Attendees of the online event of September 16 will have the opportunity to connect with an industry representative to schedule an in-person meetup at the BINA Congress in Madison, WI (Sept 30-Oct 2).

Event Materials: Prior and during the event please see the pdf below.  

Speakers: Kimberly Toops – Head of Customer Experience, ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions, Louise Bertrand – Product Performance Manager, Widefield Systems, North America, Leica Microsystems, Inc – Life Science Division – A Danaher Company, Mike Fussell – Life Science Product Marketing at Zaber Technologies Inc., Lane Manning – Team Leader – Optical Filters and Microscopy Solutions, AVR Optics, Stephen Ross – Director of Science and Research, Nikon Instruments Inc.

Find Details on each upcoming presenter here!

2026 Presenters

• January 21- BINA Working Groups
• February 18 – Dan Beacham, Thermo Fisher Scientific
• March 18 – Component Companies “Speed Dating” with AVR Optics, Chroma, Coherent, CoolLED, Excelitas, Lumencor, Oxxius, Sprectra-Physics Toptica, Vortran
• April 15– Kyle Kern, Miltenyi Biotec Inc. “Demystifying tissue clearing: Takeaways from teaching clearing workshops”
• May 20- Josh Moore, Image Cooperative, “Understanding the Standardization Runway of OME-Zarr”
• September 16 – Magnifying your Market Value: Converting Your Academic Skills and CV to an Industry Resume in the Age of AI

2025 Presenters

• January 15 – George Glekas, Evident Scientific
• February 19 – Louise Bertrand, Leica Microsystems
• March 19 – Nicolaas van der Voort, Scientific Volume Imaging
• April 16 – Amita Gorur, ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions
• May 21 – Nikki Bialy, BINA Program Coordinator
• June 18 – Jim Sims, Hamamatsu Corporation, Research Camera Product Manager
• September 17 – Bruno Sanguinetti, Dotphoton
• October 15 – José Manuel Martínez López, Química Tech
• November 12 – Jon Daniels, Applied Scientific Instrumentation
• November 12 – Mike Fussell, Zaber Technologies

2024 Presenters

• October 16 – Peter Brunt, AVR Optics
• November 20 – Jens Küchenmeister, ThorLabs