The Einstein Early Career Award for Promoting Quality in Research celebrates outstanding early career researchers who are pioneering improvements in the quality, transparency, and reproducibility of science. Among this year’s inspiring finalists were Helene Jambor and Christopher Schmied, who took home the Award for their innovative work on guidelines to elevate the publication and analysis of scientific images. Their efforts are setting new standards in research and empowering scientists to create clearer, more reliable discoveries!
Helena Jambor and Christopher Schmied from Working Group 12 have been selected as one of the five finalists for the 2024 Early Career Einstein Foundation Award with their proposal, "PixelQuality: Best Practices for Publishing Images". Their project will be presented at Berlin Science Week on November 5th. (For more information, visit Berlin Science Week.)
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information and registration for the online talk here:
https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/events/other/meet-the-finalists-early-career-award-2024 .
Article "Image and image analysis publication checklists" about the work and check lists of WG 12 is online available now.
In the latest edition of Imaging & Microscopy, readers will find a significant publication that sheds light on QUAREP-LiMi, titled "A Global Reproducibility Initiative in Light Microscopy." For those interested in a more in-depth exploration, the author's version of the article is readily available for download.
We are thrilled to extend a warm welcome to our first member from Norway who just joined QUAREP-LiMi.
The upcoming Annual General Meeting is swiftly approaching and is scheduled for April 16, 2024. This year, we are offering the convenience of online participation. Registration for the meeting is currently open. To ensure your participation, please register in advance at the following link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/quarep-limi-annual-meeting-tickets-847086447367?aff=oddtdtcreator
The agenda can be downloaded here.
That is the direct zoom link for today, if you missed to register:
https://umassmed.zoom.us/j/99166849060?pwd=NTVvN0Y4bElwdEN3UHJJbU54cDRGdz09
Password: 031401
We're excited to announce that QUAREP-LiMi has reached a milestone of 600 members! This growth highlights our collective commitment to improving reproducibility and quality in light microscopy. A big thank you to all our members for their support and contributions. Here's to continued success and collaboration!
New article "A community-driven approach to enhancing the quality and interpretability of microscopy images" has been published in the Journal of Cell Science. You can access the publication here.
We welcome a new member to our working groups 2, 3, 10, 11 and 12. Mr. Aleš Kladnik from, the Biotechnical Faculty of University of Ljubljana in Slovenia just joined QUAREP-LiMi.
The Journal Histochemistry and Cell Biology has announced to implement new submission guidelines for image presentation and image analysis, which have been published recently in Nature Methods by the international network Quality Assessment and Reproducibility for Instruments & Images in Light Microscopy (QUAREP-LiMi)-Working Group 12 - Image Analysis and Visualization .
WG 6 - Stage and Focus released its first version of the protocol "Repeatability of the XY positioning of motorized xy-tables of light microscopes". The protocol is featured on protocols.io
Our new interactive world map is online now (on the main page at the bottom). It shows where our members are coming from. We already filled in the first locations of companies, universities or institutes which are part of QUAREP-LiMi. Feel free to check it out. If you want to become a member of QUAREP-LiMi, please join here.
The paper "Community-developed checklists for publishing images and image analyses" has been published in Nature Methods. You can access the publication here.
We welcome a new member to our Working Group 8 - Education, training and outreach . Mr. Andrés Olivera from Latin America Bioimaging in Uruguay just joined QUAREP-LiMi.
We encourage like-minded professionals from all corners of the world to join us. We invite you to peruse our website for insights on how you can actively contribute and make a difference.
The Working Group 5 - Lateral and Axial Resolution has recently welcomed a new member from Israel, Mr. Joseph Steinberger from the distinguished Weizmann Institute of Science. On behalf of the team, we extend a cordial welcome to him and we look forward to his active participation in our future endeavors.
We are pleased to announce a new addition to our QUAREP-LiMi community, Mr. Wei-Chen Chu from Academia Sinica in Taiwan.
We welcome him as we strive towards advancing the quality of light microscopy imaging on a global scale. We encourage like-minded professionals from all corners of the world to join us. We invite you to peruse our website for insights on how you can actively contribute and make a difference. Together, we can achieve remarkable outcomes, and contribute to the evolution of light microscopy imaging in the future.
We welcome our first member from Argentina. Francisco Guaimas of The Biotechnological Research Institute , a merger between the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and the National University of General San Martín (UNSAM), joined QUAREP-LiMi.
Change the Quality of Light Microscopy Imaging as member of QUAREP-LiMi join us here.
WG 1 - Illumination Power published its second version of the protocol "Illumination Power, Stability and Linearity Measurements for Confocal and Widefield Microscopes". The protocol is featured on protocols.io
The 6th general meeting of QUAREP-LiMi took place at the 26th of April 2023 from 3 to 6 pm in an online format.
For more information on the content of the meeting see the agenda.
The QUAREP community developed a checklist for publishing images and image analysis. You can access our publication here.
The WG 5 released its first protocol “Monitoring the point spread function for quality control of confocal microscopes“. The protocol is featured on
A common effort for QC in light microscopy of 10 facilities of the French WG-QC of RTmfm network is now online. Hardware and software tools, guidelins, and limit values, checking reproducibility of a microscope. Enjoy our publication
We welcome our first member from Turkey. Salim Can Akçınar of Ege University joined the Working Groups 5,6 and 12. Change the Quality of Light Microscopy Imaging as member of QUAREP-LiMi join us here.