International Training Courses

During the last two decades, facility management has developed as a new career opportunity for scientists in numerous public research institutes and universities around the globe.

However, a clear curriculum or educational program for facility staff is still missing in most places. The Global BioImaging network aims at addressing this gap by either organising or promoting training courses for imaging core facility staff, with particular reference on the subjects of facility management and image data tools.

The goal is to provide educational events for imaging core facility staff while stimulating networking and international cooperation.

In the course of 2016 and 2018, thanks to European H2020 funding, Global BioImaging has organised 5 training courses on the topics of:

  • Management and Operation of Imaging Core Facilities
  • Challenges in Image Data Management and Analysis
  • BioImage Analysis (co-organization by Global BioImaging and Japan's ABiS)

Fresh round of funding awarded to Global BioImaging in 2020 by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, new training opportunities in multiple avenues including core facility management, image data, and novel biological and biomedical imaging technologies and their applications are being prepared and offered to directors and staff of imaging infrastructures and imaging core facilities as indicated in the table below.

Global BioImaging has also developed an international recommendation on training courses for facility staff, which can be downloaded from the Documents Gallery. The recommendation has been prepared by an international panel of experts and describes a general out-set of training courses for core facility staff, with a focus on imaging facility management and administration.

Currently, Global BioImaging organizes virtual training events and provides training material including recordings of its training events to the general public, thus democratizing knowledge.

Upcoming Training Events Feed

Course
Okazaki & Kobe, Japan
03 Jul 2023 — 07 Jul 2023
00:00 — 08:00 (UTC)
Open for applications
Course
Montreal, Canada
24 Jul 2023 — 28 Jul 2023
13:00 — 21:00 (UTC)
Open for applications

Past Training Events

Course
Cuernavaca, Mexico
21 Feb 2023 — 24 Feb 2023
09:00 — 17:00 (UTC)
Application is closed
Hackathon
Milan, Italy
06 Feb 2023 — 10 Feb 2023
10:00 — 18:00 (CEST)
Application is closed
Workshop
Heidelberg, Germany
07 Nov 2022 — 09 Nov 2022
09:00 — 17:00 (CEST)
Application is closed
Workshop
Virtual
17 May 2022 — 31 May 2022
11:00 — 13:30 (EDT)
08:00 — 10:30 (PDT)
17:00 — 19:30 (CEST)
Application is closed
Workshop
Virtual
06 Apr 2022
09:00 — 12:00 (EDT)
06:00 — 09:00 (PDT)
15:00 — 18:00 (CEST)
Registration is closed
Webinar Series
Virtual
06 Apr 2022 — 08 Jun 2022
11:00 — 12:00 (EDT)
08:00 — 09:00 (PDT)
17:00 — 18:00 (CEST)
Registration is closed
Hackathon
Virtual
31 Jan 2022 — 03 Feb 2022
16:00 — 18:00 (CEST)
Application is closed
Webinar
Virtual
27 Jan 2022
16:00 — 17:00 (CEST)
10:00 — 11:00 (EDT)
23:00 — 00:00 (JST)
Registration is closed
Workshop
Virtual
26 Jan 2022
16:00 — 18:00 (CEST)
10:00 — 12:00 (EDT)
23:00 — 01:00 (JST)
Registration is closed
Workshop
Virtual
25 Jan 2022
16:00 — 19:30 (CEST)
10:00 — 13:30 (EDT)
23:00 — 02:30 (JST)
Application is closed
Webinar Series
Virtual
03 Nov 2021 — 15 Dec 2021
11:00 — 12:00 (CEST)
20:00 — 21:00 (AEDT)
Registration is closed
Webinar
Virtual
24 Nov 2021
10:30 — 11:30 (CEST)
17:30 — 18:30 (JST)
19:30 — 20:30 (AEDT)
21:30 — 22:30 (NZDT)
Registration is closed
Workshop
Virtual
26 Aug 2021
14:30 — 18:00 (AEDT)
12:30 — 16:00 (JST)
Application is closed
Workshop
Virtual
25 Aug 2021
14:30 — 18:00 (AEDT)
12:30 — 16:00 (JST)
Application is closed
Webinar Series
Virtual
15 Mar 2021 — 23 Sep 2021
10:00 — 11:00 (CEST)
17:00 — 18:00 (JST)
19:00 — 20:00 (AEDT)
Registration is closed
Webinar Series
Virtual
24 Jan 2021 — 25 Jul 2021
16:30 — 18:30 (CEST)
10:30 — 12:30 (EDT)
23:30 — 01:30 (JST)
Application is closed
Workshop
Virtual
14 Jul 2021 — 15 Jul 2021
18:00 — 21:30 (CEST)
17:00 — 20:30 (BST)
12:00 — 15:30 (EDT)
Application is closed
Workshop
Virtual
13 Jul 2021
16:00 — 19:00 (CEST)
15:00 — 18:00 (BST)
10:00 — 13:00 (EDT)
Registration is closed
Webinar
Virtual
28 Jun 2021
13:00 — 14:00 (CEST)
12:00 — 13:00 (BST)
20:00 — 21:00 (JST)
22:00 — 23:00 (AEDT)
Registration is closed
Webinar
Virtual
17 Jun 2021
08:00 — 09:00 (JST)
10:00 — 11:00 (AEDT)
Registration is closed
Workshop
Virtual
14 Apr 2021
20:00 — 23:00 (CEST)
14:00 — 17:00 (EDT)
Registration is closed
Workshop
Virtual
13 Apr 2021
09:00 — 12:30 (CEST)
16:00 — 19:30 (JST)
Application is closed
Workshop
Virtual
13 Apr 2021
18:00 — 21:00 (CEST)
12:00 — 15:00 (EDT)
Application is closed
Webinar
Virtual
12 Apr 2021
18:00 — 20:00 (CEST)
12:00 — 14:00 (EDT)
Registration is closed
Workshop
Virtual
29 Jan 2021
12:00 — 15:00 (CEST)
19:00 — 22:00 (JST)
Application is closed
Webinar
Virtual
28 Jan 2021
14:00 — 15:00 (CEST)
21:00 — 22:00 (JST)
23:00 — 00:00 (AEDT)
Registration is closed
Workshop
Virtual
28 Jan 2021
12:00 — 14:00 (CEST)
19:00 — 21:00 (JST)
21:00 — 23:00 (AEDT)
Application is closed
Workshop
Virtual
27 Jan 2021
12:00 — 15:00 (CEST)
19:00 — 22:00 (JST)
21:00 — 00:00 (AEDT)
Application is closed
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