Day 3, the final day of the openScopes Africa in-person workshop. Attendees from across Africa are gaining more understanding of the capabilities and research applications of the openFrame-based microscopes. Project discussions are also underway. UCT UCT IDM UCT Health Sciences

It was really incredible to watch biologists and engineers alike build up a fully functional fluorescence microscope from individual parts in a matter of minutes! We hosted 20 researchers from around Africa for an openScopes workshop Africa Microscopy Initiative #openScopesAfrica

Thank you, Asante, for making the openScopes Africa in-person workshop possible at UCT UCT IDM Thank you, Asante.

Check out our brief showcase of our recent AMI Visiting Researcher, Ajiboye E.O @ Oyemarshal, who was imaging neuronal plasticity within mouse hippocampus tissue sections! youtu.be/GDRxfxJ7Zhs

One of AMI's earliest visitors was Henrico Langeveld from the University of Pretoria who was using expansion microscopy to study malaria parasites! youtu.be/WhJzpBIoM2s

📋Survey Announcement 📋 ABIC is proud to announce the launch of the Infrastructure & Expertise survey! Complete the survey by 23 August & stand a chance to win some cool prizes! Click to complete today! bit.ly/3yuu696

📣 African BioImaging Consortium’s Infrastructure survey is live! 📋 If you’re using microscopy in Africa please complete this survey, and help us understand the landscape of expertise, equipment, challenges, and opportunities around microscopy on the continent🔬🌍

📢GOOD NEWS! The Africa Microscopy Initiative, in partnership with ZEISS Microscopy will distribute refurbished research-grade light microscopes to African Scientists. Read more and APPLY: equipment.microscopy.africa/peer-apply Deadline: 13 September 2024

Do you work in #Africa? You can apply for free research-grade microscopes for your lab or institution through Africa Microscopy Initiative. More information here: equipment.microscopy.africa/peer-apply #microscopy #research #LabChat

The excitement continues at #OMIBS2024! We've been learning all about STED, SIM, SMLM and lightsheet microscopy over the past few days. Thank you to the amazing faculty and vendors for teaching us lots! Optical Microscopy Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Africa Microscopy Initiative