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Advanced Light Microscopy Facility

This facility offers a collection of state-of-the-art light microscopy equipment and image processing tools.

Courses and Events

Courses

In general we list upcoming EMBL internal courses by ALMF and for Image Analysis, please check the CBA upcoming events (EMBL internal) on Bio-IT events.

DateCourse
12 – 13 December 2024 Nikon JOBS course
EMBL Heidelberg internal course (in person)
21 – 26 October 2024EMBL – Abberior Instruments course
Imaging down to single-molecule resolution: STED & MINFLUX nanoscopy
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
17 – 21 February 2025EMBL course
Advanced deep learning for image analysis
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
18 – 23 May 2025EMBL – Evident course
Advanced Fluorescence Imaging Techniques
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Conferences

DateConference
13 – 16 April 2025Focus on Microscopy
Taipeh, Taiwan
3 – 6 June 202525th international ELMI meeting
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
8 – 11 October 2025Seeing is believing: imaging the molecular processes of life
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Past Events

Courses
DateCourse
21 – 26 October 2024EMBL – Abberior Instruments course
Imaging down to single-molecule resolution: STED & MINFLUX nanoscopy
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
26 September 2024RNAi experiments / siRNA design
EMBL Heidelberg internal course (in person)
8 July – 13 July 2024EMBL – Leica course
Time-resolved STED nanoscopy in life sciences
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
12 – 17 May 2024EMBL – Evident course
Advanced Fluorescence Imaging Techniques
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
22 – 26 April 2024EMBL – Evident course
Fundamentals of widefield and confocal microscopy and imaging
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
29 February 2024RNAi experiments / siRNA design
EMBL Heidelberg internal course (in person)
20 – 22 February 2024Essentials of Bioimage Data Handling and Inspection
EMBL internal course
6 February 2024Essentials in Confocal Microscopy
(Essentials 2)
EMBL internal course
5 February 2024Essentials in Confocal Microscopy
(Essentials 2)
EMBL internal course
23 January 2024Essentials in Confocal Microscopy
(Essentials 2)
EMBL internal course
22 January 2024Essentials in Confocal Microscopy
(Essentials 2)
EMBL internal course
16 January 2024ALMF Essentials in Widefield Microscopy
(Essentials 1)
EMBL internal course
15 January 2024ALMF Essentials in Widefield Microscopy
(Essentials 1)
EMBL internal course
11 January 2024ALMF Essentials in Widefield Microscopy
(Essentials 1)
EMBL internal course
12 – 14 December 2023Nikon JOBS course
EMBL Heidelberg internal course (in person)
4 – 8 December 2023EMBL – Evident course
Fundamentals of widefield and confocal microscopy and imaging
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
10 – 15 September 2023EMBL Course
Advanced Methods in Bioimage Analysis
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
3 August 2023RNAi experiments / siRNA design
EMBL Heidelberg internal course (in person)
10 – 15 July 2023EMBL – Leica course
Fluorescence Imaging beyond Intensity
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
7 – 12 May 2023EMBL – Evident course
Advanced Fluorescence Imaging Techniques
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
3 March 2023RNAi experiments / siRNA design
EMBL internal course (in person)
26 January 2023 (Microscopy)
and 31 January 2023 (handling and inspection of 3D images)
ALMF Essentials of Confocal-Microscopy (Essentials II)
EMBL internal course
24 January 2023 (Microscopy)
and 31 January 2023 (handling and inspection of 3D images)
ALMF Essentials of Confocal-Microscopy (Essentials II)
EMBL internal course
23 January 2023 (Microscopy)
and 30 January 2023 (data handling and inspection)
ALMF Essentials in Widefield Microscopy (Essentials I)
EMBL internal course
19 January 2023 (Microscopy)
and 31 January 2023 (handling and inspection of 3D images)
ALMF Essentials of Confocal-Microscopy (Essentials II)
EMBL internal course
16 January 2023 (Microscopy)
and 30 January 2023 (data handling and inspection)
ALMF Essentials in Widefield Microscopy (Essentials I)
EMBL internal course
12 January 2023 (Microscopy)
and 30 January 2023 (data handling and inspection)
ALMF Essentials in Widefield Microscopy (Essentials I)
EMBL internal course
1 December 2022RNAi experiments / siRNA design
EMBL internal course (in person)
7 November 2022ALMF Essentials of Confocal-Microscopy (Essentials II)
EMBL internal course
17 October 2022ALMF Essentials in Widefield Microscopy (Essentials I)
EMBL internal course
19 – 24 September 2022EMBL – Abberior Instruments course
Imaging down to single-molecule resolution: STED and MINFLUX nanoscopy
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
11 – 16 July 2022EMBL – Leica course
Super-resolution microscopy: time-resolved STED nanoscopy
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
15 – 20 May 2022EMBL – Olympus course
Advanced Fluorescence Imaging Techniques
virtual
31 January 2022RNAi experiments / siRNA design
EMBL internal course (online)
12 November 2021RNAi experiments / siRNA design
EMBL internal course (online)
20-22 September 2021 virtualEMBO practical course
Super-resolution in light microscopy
23 – 27 August 2021
virtual
EMBL – Olympus course
Advanced Fluorescence Imaging Techniques
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
12 – 16 July 2021
virtual
EMBL – Leica course
Super-Resolution Microscopy – Time-Resolved STED Nanoscopy
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
28 June – 2 July 2021
virtual
EMBO Practical Course
Advanced Methods in Bioimage Analysis
7-8 + 14-15 June 2021
virtual
CBA + MaxBI
Basics of Bioimage Analysis

joint course between EMBL and The Max Planck Society (online)
27 – 28 May 2021
virtual
Designing and performing Adaptive Feedback Microscopy experiments
EMBL internal course (online)
25-26 March 2021
virtual
ALMF Essentials of Confocal-Microscopy (Essentials II)EMBL internal course (online)
16 March 2021
virtual
ALMF Essentials in Widefield Microscopy (Essentials I)
EMBL internal course (online)
22-24 February 2021
virtual
MaxBI
Advanced ImageJ: Batch processing & Macros
This course is fully organised by the Max Planck Society. Thanks to an ongoing collaboration with the CBA on teaching bioimage analysis the Max Planck Society generously provided 10 spaces for EMBL employees!
19 February 2021
virtual
RNAi experiments / siRNA design
ALMF internal course (online)
9-10 February 2021
virtual
ALMF Essentials in Confocal Microscopy (Essentials II)
EMBL internal course (online)
25-26 January and 1-2 February 2021
virtual
CBA + MaxBI
Basics of Bioimage Analysis

joint course between EMBL and The Max Planck Society
3 alternative dates:
14-15 January 28-29 January 9-10 February
ALMF Essentials in Widefield Microscopy (Essentials I)
EMBL internal course (online)

3 alternative dates:
January 14-15
January 28-29
February 9-10

Conferences
DateConference
4 – 7 June 202424th international ELMI meeting
Liverpool, United Kingdom
24 – 27 March 2024Focus on Microscopy
Genoa, Italy
4 – 7 October 2023EMBO| EMBL Symposium
Seeing is believing: imaging the molecular processes of life
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
6 – 9 June 202322nd international ELMI meeting
Nordwijkerhout, The Netherlands
2 – 5 April 2023Focus on Microscopy
Porto, Portugal
7 – 10 June 202221st international ELMI meeting
hybrid / Turku, Finland
10 – 13 April 2022Focus on Microscopy
virtual
22 – 25 June 202120th international ELMI meeting
virtual
28-31 March 2021Focus on Microscopy
Online conference
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