# Announcements

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## [Microscopy Job Postings on Microlist](https://forum.microlist.org/t/microscopy-job-postings-on-microlist/31)

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**Author:** [@jennifer](https://forum.microlist.org/u/jennifer)\
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**Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/microscopy-job-postings-on-microlist/31 "2019-07-11T20:36:12Z")

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If you are looking to hire a microscopist, or are a microscopist looking for a job, check out our job posting board!

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## [About the Announcements category](https://forum.microlist.org/t/about-the-announcements-category/17)

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**Author:** [@talley](https://forum.microlist.org/u/talley)\
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This category is for announcements, such as new publications, hardware releases, and upcoming community events. New releases of microscopy hardware. Upcoming events, such as conferences, courses and workshops that are …

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## [Micronaut: a browser-based planner for microscopy experiments](https://forum.microlist.org/t/micronaut-a-browser-based-planner-for-microscopy-experiments/3409)

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**Author:** [@Daniel-Waiger](https://forum.microlist.org/u/Daniel-Waiger)\
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**Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/micronaut-a-browser-based-planner-for-microscopy-experiments/3409 "2026-09-09T11:00:03Z")

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Hi all, I have been building a small free tool called Micronaut and would value this community’s eyes on it. It is a planner for the stage before acquisition: the point where you decide what you are comparing, what coun…

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## [Job opportunity: Imaging Scientist, Columbia University](https://forum.microlist.org/t/job-opportunity-imaging-scientist-columbia-university/3408)

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**Author:** [@tswayne](https://forum.microlist.org/u/tswayne)\
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**Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/job-opportunity-imaging-scientist-columbia-university/3408 "2026-09-08T20:20:19Z")

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Please share this opportunity with any interested colleagues. Feel free to contact me with any questions. Theresa ------------------ Position: Associate Research Scientist Location: Columbia University in the City of…

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## [Senior Scientist, Computational Image Analysis](https://forum.microlist.org/t/senior-scientist-computational-image-analysis/3327)

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**Author:** [@dentenberg](https://forum.microlist.org/u/dentenberg)\
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**Last updated:** [April 20, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/senior-scientist-computational-image-analysis/3327 "2026-04-20T13:01:24Z")

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Position Summary: \*\*We are searching for a creative, independent, and collaborative person to work within the Computational Analysis of Biomarkers Program of Einstein College of Medicine’s Integrated Imaging Program for…

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## [2026 Boston Bioimage Analysis Course (BoBiAC)](https://forum.microlist.org/t/2026-boston-bioimage-analysis-course-bobiac/3302)

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**Author:** [@edelaserna](https://forum.microlist.org/u/edelaserna)\
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**Last updated:** [February 3, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/2026-boston-bioimage-analysis-course-bobiac/3302 "2026-02-03T21:34:09Z")

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2026-07-06T04:00:00Z (UTC)→2026-07-11T04:00:00Z (UTC) After a successful 2025 edition, we’re excited to share we are now accepting applications for the :laptop: 2026 Boston Bioimage Analysis Course (BoBiAC):bar\_chart:! …

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## [Now hiring: Imaging/Microscopy Specialist position at UC Berkeley](https://forum.microlist.org/t/now-hiring-imaging-microscopy-specialist-position-at-uc-berkeley/3208)

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**Author:** [@llamero](https://forum.microlist.org/u/llamero)\
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**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/now-hiring-imaging-microscopy-specialist-position-at-uc-berkeley/3208 "2025-08-22T20:55:01Z")

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Hey Microscopists, UC Berkeley is now hiring for an imaging specialist at the University of California, Berkeley. The full posting is here and all inquiries and applications are required to go through the portal: I…

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## [Bioimage Analysis Beginnings Bootcamp - Aug 4th-8th 2025, Cambridge MA](https://forum.microlist.org/t/bioimage-analysis-beginnings-bootcamp-aug-4th-8th-2025-cambridge-ma/3094)

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**Author:** [@Beth\_Cimini](https://forum.microlist.org/u/Beth_Cimini)\
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**Last updated:** [May 6, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/bioimage-analysis-beginnings-bootcamp-aug-4th-8th-2025-cambridge-ma/3094 "2025-05-06T21:15:32Z")

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Hi folks, (crossposted to image.sc, can’t post the link for some crankiness reason) For the first time ever, the Cimini lab is hosting a “Bioimage Analysis Beginnings” bootcamp! This course is designed to teach bioimag…

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## [New Course: Boston BioImage Analysis Course (BoBiAC)](https://forum.microlist.org/t/new-course-boston-bioimage-analysis-course-bobiac/3050)

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**Author:** [@edelaserna](https://forum.microlist.org/u/edelaserna)\
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**Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/new-course-boston-bioimage-analysis-course-bobiac/3050 "2025-04-22T15:41:02Z")

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2025-07-14T07:00:00Z (UTC)→2025-07-19T07:00:00Z (UTC) Excited to share a new bioimage analysis course called BoBiAC happening this July at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. This course is a hands-on introduction to …

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## [Online, free-of-charge LCI microscopy course: Microscopy: improve your imaging skills - from sample preparation to image analysis](https://forum.microlist.org/t/online-free-of-charge-lci-microscopy-course-microscopy-improve-your-imaging-skills-from-sample-preparation-to-image-analysis/2972)

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**Author:** [@Sylvielgki](https://forum.microlist.org/u/Sylvielgki)\
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**Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/online-free-of-charge-lci-microscopy-course-microscopy-improve-your-imaging-skills-from-sample-preparation-to-image-analysis/2972 "2025-01-22T13:38:12Z")

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Dear all It is my pleasure to invite you to follow, online, free of charge and without registration, the LCI facility microscopy course ‘Microscopy: improve your imaging skills - from sample preparation to image analysi…

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## [Introducing Microtutor LIVE courses](https://forum.microlist.org/t/introducing-microtutor-live-courses/2621)

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**Author:** [@jennifer](https://forum.microlist.org/u/jennifer)\
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**Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/introducing-microtutor-live-courses/2621 "2024-12-05T16:26:30Z")

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On behalf of the Microtutor development team, I am happy to introduce Microtutor LIVE! Microtutor LIVE is a series of “flipped-classroom” courses that use the Microtutor interactive virtual education platform. Microtutor…

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## [PARD Capture v1.1 update](https://forum.microlist.org/t/pard-capture-v1-1-update/2900)

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**Author:** [@P\_Tadrous](https://forum.microlist.org/u/P_Tadrous)\
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**Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/pard-capture-v1-1-update/2900 "2024-11-27T17:36:44Z")

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PARD Capture (free and open source scientific image capture software for Linux) has bee updated. The new version is available now on the GitHub page: PARD Capture on GitHub In addition to some bug fixes, new features w…

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## [Microscopy Conference AIM2025: Registration is Open!](https://forum.microlist.org/t/microscopy-conference-aim2025-registration-is-open/2873)

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**Author:** [@cherise](https://forum.microlist.org/u/cherise)\
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**Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/microscopy-conference-aim2025-registration-is-open/2873 "2024-10-28T20:16:06Z")

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Hello Microforum Community! We are gearing up for our 22nd annual Advanced Imaging Methods (AIM) Workshop here at UC Berkeley on Jan. 21st-23rd 2025. Registration is open: Early bird registration ends Nov. 1st 2024. I…

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## [Microscopy postdoc positions](https://forum.microlist.org/t/microscopy-postdoc-positions/2869)

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**Author:** [@Edalat](https://forum.microlist.org/u/Edalat)\
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**Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/microscopy-postdoc-positions/2869 "2024-10-25T13:10:52Z")

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Dear microscopy fans, We have two exciting postdoc positions in our labs at COMPARE/University of Birmingham (UK) to develop an AI-driven automated platform for high-throughput 5D imaging applied to cell signalling! I)…

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## [Fourier 4 - The Fourier transform in 2D and 3D](https://forum.microlist.org/t/fourier-4-the-fourier-transform-in-2d-and-3d/2841)

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**Author:** [@P\_Tadrous](https://forum.microlist.org/u/P_Tadrous)\
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**Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/fourier-4-the-fourier-transform-in-2d-and-3d/2841 "2024-10-08T10:51:26Z")

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My latest teaching video on the Fourier transform discusses the extension of the DFT into multiple dimensions with applications to image processing. Any of you who want to learn Abbe’s diffraction theory of imaging in th…

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## [Job opportunity: Postdoc Research Engineer in Optical Microscopy](https://forum.microlist.org/t/job-opportunity-postdoc-research-engineer-in-optical-microscopy/2642)

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**Author:** [@david.corcoran](https://forum.microlist.org/u/david.corcoran)\
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**Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/job-opportunity-postdoc-research-engineer-in-optical-microscopy/2642 "2024-08-27T11:17:46Z")

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This position at the University of Warwick, UK, involves the installation and maintenance of optical microscopes, constructing and optimizing optical setups, and troubleshooting microscopy-related issues to support cell-…

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## [Fourier 2 - Everything you wanted to know about frequency but were too afraid to ask](https://forum.microlist.org/t/fourier-2-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-frequency-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask/2617)

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**Author:** [@P\_Tadrous](https://forum.microlist.org/u/P_Tadrous)\
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**Last updated:** [August 2, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/fourier-2-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-frequency-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask/2617 "2024-08-02T10:48:06Z")

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The second episode in my Fourier video series is out now here: What is a ‘discrete’ or ‘negative’ frequency? Do we really need negative frequencies for the DFT? What exactly is the frequency range for a dis…

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## [Fourier 1 - Intro to the Fourier transform for microscopists](https://forum.microlist.org/t/fourier-1-intro-to-the-fourier-transform-for-microscopists/2595)

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**Author:** [@P\_Tadrous](https://forum.microlist.org/u/P_Tadrous)\
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**Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/fourier-1-intro-to-the-fourier-transform-for-microscopists/2595 "2024-07-05T13:06:46Z")

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This is the first in my Fourier series (no pun intended) of videos designed to give a practical knowledge of the DFT to medics and biologists. If you think it is useful please share the link with your students and make i…

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## [Convolution - for microscopists](https://forum.microlist.org/t/convolution-for-microscopists/2563)

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**Author:** [@P\_Tadrous](https://forum.microlist.org/u/P_Tadrous)\
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**Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/convolution-for-microscopists/2563 "2024-06-07T14:38:34Z")

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A ‘must’ for anyone who wants to understand image formation in microscopy and a primer to learning deconvolution. This includes an illustration of my new method of forming a convolution by integral transform projection.…

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## [Microtutor: A new (free!) interactive educational website for optical microscopy](https://forum.microlist.org/t/microtutor-a-new-free-interactive-educational-website-for-optical-microscopy/2559)

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**Author:** [@jennifer](https://forum.microlist.org/u/jennifer)\
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**Last updated:** [June 3, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/microtutor-a-new-free-interactive-educational-website-for-optical-microscopy/2559 "2024-06-03T19:09:24Z")

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I’m happy to announce that our new Microtutor virtual Fluorescence Microscopy course is now open for enrollment on the Global BioImaging website! You can work through this interactive ~2.5 hour course in as many sessions…

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## [Ever wanted to try out a PUMA microscope in person?](https://forum.microlist.org/t/ever-wanted-to-try-out-a-puma-microscope-in-person/2545)

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**Author:** [@P\_Tadrous](https://forum.microlist.org/u/P_Tadrous)\
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**Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/ever-wanted-to-try-out-a-puma-microscope-in-person/2545 "2024-05-19T16:44:48Z")

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PUMA will be in an exhibit by John McMaster and the San Francisco Microscopical Society at the OpenSauce conference on June 15-16. So if you want to see / try out a PUMA in person and you happen to be in San Francisco m…

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## [What do Young's slits have to do with Köhler's conjugate planes?](https://forum.microlist.org/t/what-do-youngs-slits-have-to-do-with-kohlers-conjugate-planes/2524)

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**Author:** [@P\_Tadrous](https://forum.microlist.org/u/P_Tadrous)\
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**Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/what-do-youngs-slits-have-to-do-with-kohlers-conjugate-planes/2524 "2024-05-03T14:16:58Z")

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A: The light source helps explain both. My latest video will show you, here: As I promised in a previous post, in this video I also explain the difference between parallel beams and parallel rays: CONTENTS …

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## [Photology for microscopists - how we 'see' EM Radiation](https://forum.microlist.org/t/photology-for-microscopists-how-we-see-em-radiation/2483)

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**Author:** [@P\_Tadrous](https://forum.microlist.org/u/P_Tadrous)\
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**Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/photology-for-microscopists-how-we-see-em-radiation/2483 "2024-04-05T11:53:28Z")

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My latest video in the photology series is out now. See it here: This one covers how we detect EMR with our visual perception system and brings the theme back to the point I made in the first video in the s…

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## [Coherence - spatial & temporal](https://forum.microlist.org/t/coherence-spatial-temporal/2438)

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**Author:** [@P\_Tadrous](https://forum.microlist.org/u/P_Tadrous)\
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**Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/coherence-spatial-temporal/2438 "2024-03-01T13:55:58Z")

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My latest video for microscopists is out now, on the subject of coherence. See: CONTENTS 00:00 Intro 00:32 What is ‘Coherence’? 04:13 Coherence is Measured over Space or Time 05:22 Temporal …

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## [The theory of light: Photology](https://forum.microlist.org/t/the-theory-of-light-photology/2339)

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**Author:** [@P\_Tadrous](https://forum.microlist.org/u/P_Tadrous)\
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**Last updated:** [February 9, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/the-theory-of-light-photology/2339 "2024-02-09T14:04:23Z")

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Today I begin my teaching series on photology - in preparation to explain the workings of the light microscope. Enjoy.

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## [Representing Waves and Wavefronts - Photology 3](https://forum.microlist.org/t/representing-waves-and-wavefronts-photology-3/2399)

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**Author:** [@P\_Tadrous](https://forum.microlist.org/u/P_Tadrous)\
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**Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/representing-waves-and-wavefronts-photology-3/2399 "2024-02-02T12:47:04Z")

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My latest video is now out and discusses the important concept of wavefronts: CONTENTS 00:00 Intro 00:37 Graphical Representation of EM Waves 04:15 Wavefronts 07:39 Ray diagrams vs. Wavefron…

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## [Upcoming GloBIAS workshop](https://forum.microlist.org/t/upcoming-globias-workshop/2378)

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**Author:** [@psampaio](https://forum.microlist.org/u/psampaio)\
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**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/upcoming-globias-workshop/2378 "2024-01-17T00:09:58Z")

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The new Global Bioimage Analysts’ Society (GloBIAS) initiative announces the first in-person workshop to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, 4-8 November 2024. You can find more info about the workshop and GloBIAS activities…

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## [Upcoming CSHL course on microscopy & image analysis](https://forum.microlist.org/t/upcoming-cshl-course-on-microscopy-image-analysis/2370)

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**Author:** [@jennifer](https://forum.microlist.org/u/jennifer)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/upcoming-cshl-course-on-microscopy-image-analysis/2370 "2024-01-09T21:24:21Z")

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Course announcement! Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis Instructors: Jennifer Waters, Talley Lambert, Florian Jug, Beth Cimini, Hunter Elliott & Suliana Manley Course dates: April 1-17, 2024 Applicati…

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## [EM Waves - part 2 of 'Photology for Microscopists'](https://forum.microlist.org/t/em-waves-part-2-of-photology-for-microscopists/2367)

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**Author:** [@P\_Tadrous](https://forum.microlist.org/u/P_Tadrous)\
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**Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/em-waves-part-2-of-photology-for-microscopists/2367 "2024-01-05T13:53:20Z")

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Part 2 of my new series is out now on YouTube here: CONTENTS 00:00 Intro 00:38 Sinusoid basics: amplitude, frequency, phase. 04:23 What is a wave train? 06:09 Polarisation 07:57 Superposi…

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## [Join us for the first BioImage Archive User Forum](https://forum.microlist.org/t/join-us-for-the-first-bioimage-archive-user-forum/2354)

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**Author:** [@Aybuke](https://forum.microlist.org/u/Aybuke)\
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**Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/join-us-for-the-first-bioimage-archive-user-forum/2354 "2023-12-14T13:05:48Z")

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Dear all, We are excited to announce the first BioImage Archive User Forum, to be held virtually on 2024-01-09T14:00:00Z (UTC)→2024-01-09T15:30:00Z (UTC). The aim of the BioImage Archive User Forum is to foster an open…

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