LCI course – From sample preparation to image analysis. 21 Jan-13 Feb 2026
Are you unsure of your microscopy skills? Can your sample preparation be improved? Do you feel confident with your microscope settings? Which microscope specifications should you put in your article?
LCI course schedule 2026 (PDF, 454.41 KB)
LCI course public lectures on Zoom
All lectures (in blue in the schedule) are broadcasted live on this zoom link (click on “Join meeting as an attendee”) and accessible to anyone who is not registered as course students. There is no need to register. Just join and enjoy.
The recordings of the lectures can also be found on the LCI YouTube channel.
5 more years of BNMI!
Nordforsk has granted BNMI continued support for 2026-2023.
BNMI supports shared training, facility staff exchanges, and researcher mobility—laying the groundwork for a well-integrated Nordic imaging community. BNMI-II will build on this successful foundation to deepen collaboration and ensure long-term sustainability.
https://www.nordforsk.org/news/new-infrastructure-hubs-granted-funding
BNMI SYMPOSIUM 2026 IN LEVI
We are happy to announce that next year, the 5th Bridging Nordic Microscopy Infrastructure (BNMI) Symposium will take place in Levi, Finland, November 23/24 – 27, 2026.
Practical Course at UCEM – TEM sample preparation
Time of event: 8-12 December 2025
Location: KBC and EM buildings, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Deadline for registration: 23 November 2025
A practical course on biological sample preparation for TEM that includes: ultra-microtome sectioning, chemical fixation, plastic embedding, TEM imaging, high-pressure freezing & freeze substitution, immunolabeling techniques (Immunogold, CLEM), volume EM (FIB-SEM & Tomography), segmentation and sampling.
Contact email: sara.henriksson@umu.se
Basic Course in Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy (SEM/TEM)
Deadline for registration: 30 September 2025
This course covers lectures and practical demonstrations in SEM and TEM techniques. The contents include principles of electron microscopy, specimen preparation, cryo-electron microscopy and correlative light-electron microscopy. The main focus will be on imaging biological samples, but the course may also be suitable for material scientists interested in high-resolution electron microscopy.
Contact email: agnieszka.ziolkowska@umu.se
BNMI 2025
Symposium On Advanced Preclinical Imaging:
High Speed Multiphoton Imaging of Dynamic Processes In Vivo
Basic Course in Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy (SEM/TEM) for Life Sciences (1 ECTS)
11-13 February 2025
This course covers lectures and practical demonstrations in SEM and TEM techniques. The contents include principles of electron microscopy, specimen preparation, cryo-electron microscopy and correlative light-electron microscopy. The main focus will be on imaging biological samples, but the course may also be suitable for material scientists interested in high-resolution electron microscopy.
Lectures at the KBC Building and laboratory demonstrations at UCEM, Umeå University, Umeå
Deadline for registration: 28 January 2025
Contact email: nils.hauff@umu.se
The Wellcome Photography Prize
The Wellcome Photography Prize is back. Enter by 14 January 2025 for free.
Open to all photographers and biomedical image makers #WPP25 invites entries from microscopy to medical imaging, and documentary to clinical photography. Prizes include up to £10,000, your work shown in a major public exhibition and international media coverage.
The @wellcomephotoprize returns to celebrate captivating stories of health, science and human experience, bringing together different perspectives from around the world.
Find out more and enter at wellcome.org/photoprize
Image credit: Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen/Wellcome Image Awards 2014
Workshop for Cryo-electron Tomography
Time of event: 10-14 March 2025
Location: UCEM facility (EM-building) and Chemical Biological Centre (KBC) building, Umeå University, Linnaeus väg 6, Umeå
Deadline for registration: 13 January 2025
Short description: Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) is a powerful structural technique. Its power comes from its versatility to study biological systems in vitro or in situ, i.e. within cells or tissue. It has the ability to reach uncharted regions in biological systems at high resolution. Advancements in microscopes, cameras, and computation make it now possible to determine sub-10 Å 3-dimensional structures of molecules directly within cells.
This four-and-a-half-day workshop will cover cryo-ET workflows from sample preparation on EM grids to data processing and analysis. The workshop will be a mixture of lectures and practical sessions. Participants will get hands-on experience in sample preparation on EM grids (micropatterning), sample freezing (plunge freezing and high-pressure freezing), cryo-correlative light and electron microscopy (cryo-CLEM), cryo-focused ion beam milling (cryo-FIB), cryo-TEM tiltseries data collection, and data processing and analysis (MotionCor2, IMOD, Dynamo).
It is compulsory that applicants have previous cryo-EM experience either with single-particle or already with cryo-tomography.
This workshop is supported by SciLifeLab, CryoNET and Umeå University and organized by the Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy (UCEM).
Contact email: erin.schexnaydre@umu.se