WG 10 – Objectives
Good image quality (IQ) is essential for any subsequent image processing, analysis, and presentation steps. However, the notion of IQ is very broad and encompasses concepts that might differ between various microscope types. The aims of WG10 are 1) to define a set of basic IQ parameters (quantitative criteria, metadata, QC metrics) for light microscopy; 2) to weight the significance of the individual parameters for different experimental techniques and microscope types; and 3) to facilitate the assignment of a microscope- and experiment-specific QC rating to individual images. Ultimately, WG10 will work to summarize the upshot of these steps in the form of easy-to-use workflows. The integration of IQ ratings as part of the metadata associated with every imaging dataset is a long-term goal of this WG.
WG 10 – Co-Chairs
Email:
thomas.guilbert@inscoper.com
Thomas Guilbert
Co-Chair of WG 10
Member of the QUAREP-LiMi Steering Comittee
WG 10 - Latest News
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.
We welcome our first member from the United Arab Emirates. Rachid Rezgui of NYU Abu Dhabi joined the Working Groups 1-7, 9, 10 and 13. Change the Quality of Light Microscopy Imaging as member of QUAREP-LiMi join us here.
Last meeting: 14th October 2025, 4:00 pm
Detailed QUAREP-LiMi white paper online in Journal of Microscopy:
QUAREP-LiMi: A community-driven initiative to establish guidelines for quality assessment and reproducibility for instruments and images in light microscopy
Download the Open Access PDF here.
41st meeting, 14th of October 2025
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34th meeting, 10th of December 2024
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Memberlist WG 10
Last name First Name Town Organisation Affiliation Lab Affiliation Country Time Zone
Acevedo
Luis
Overland Park
thya
Industry
US
UTC-6
Ahmadpour
Noushin
Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
Univ.
CA
UTC-5
Ali
Rizwan
Riyadh
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center
Univ.
SA
UTC+3
Alshafie
Walaa
Ashburn
Janelia research campus
Univ.
US
UTC-4
Ameisen
David
Paris
imginIT & European Society of Digital and Integrative Pathology
Industry
FR
UTC+2
Avilov
Sergiy
Freiburg
Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
MPG
DE
UTC+2
Azevedo
Andreia
Porto
Faculty of Engineering – University of Porto
Univ.
PT
UTC+-0
Bagley
Steve
Manchester
University of Manch.
Univ.
GB
UTC+1
Bain
Virginia
Danvers
Cell Signaling Technology
Industry
US
UTC-5
Bajcsy
Peter
Gaithersburg
NIST
Gov.
US
UTC-4
Bammann
Rodrigo
Uckfield
Scientifica
Industry
GB
UTC+1
Banerjee
Priyam
New York
Rockefeller University
Univ.
US
UTC-5
Barbu-Stevanovic
Mihaela
New York
New York Blood Center
Industry
US
UTC-6
Bassi
Andrea
Milano
Politecnico di Milano
Univ.
IT
UTC+2
Batti
Laura
Geneva
Wyss Center
Private lab
CH
UTC+1
Beavers
Nick
Rockville
Media Cybernetics
Industry
US
UTC-4
Belyaev
Ivan
Jena
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Univ.
DE
UTC+2
Bennett
Sarah
Coventry
University of Warwick
Univ.
GB
UTC+1
Bercowsky
Arianne
Zug
Dotphoton AG
Industry
CH
UTC+1
Bertocchi
Cristina
Santiago de Chile
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Univ.
CL
UTC-3
Birngruber
Konstantin
Munich
Toptica
Industry
DE
UTC+2
Blazikova
Michaela
Prague
Light Microscopy Core Facility, IMG CAS
Univ.
CZ
UTC+1
Boehm
Ulrike
Oberkochen
Carl Zeiss AG
Industry
DE
UTC-4
Boyce
Aidan
Cours-de-Monségur
Oxford Inst. Andor
Industry
FR
UTC+1
Breitlow
Juergen
Berlin
PicoQuant GmbH
Industry
DE
UTC+1
Brunt
Peter
Fairport
AVR Optics
Industry
US
UTC-5
Camacho
Rafael
Gothenburg
University of Gothenburg
Univ.
SE
UTC+1
Capek
Martin
Prague
Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Gov.
CZ
UTC+1
Carvalho
Mariana
Braga
INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
EU-Org
PT
UTC+-0
Catrina
Irina
New York
Yeshiva University
Univ.
US
UTC-5
Chacko
Jenu
Madison
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Univ.
US
UTC-6
Chatterjee
Nabanita
Gothenburg
University of Gothenburg
Univ.
SE
UTC+1
Chen
Lily
Hayward
Eikon Therapeutics
Industry
US
UTC-8
Cherkas
Volodymyr
Poznan
Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS
Univ.
PL
UTC+1
Cho
Ellie
Carlton
The University of Melbourne
Univ.
AU
UTC+10
Christensen
Nynne
Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen, Center for Advanced Bioimaging
Univ.
DK
UTC+1
Clément
Jean-Emmanuel
Villeneuve d’Ascq cedex
University of lille
Univ.
FR
UTC+2
Cole
Louise
Sydney
University of Technology
Univ.
AU
UTC+11
Cole
Richard
Albany
New York State Dept of Health, Wadsworth Center
Gov.
US
UTC-7
Conde-Sousa
Eduardo
Porto
INEB/i3S
Univ.
PT
UTC+0
Culley
Siân
London
King’s College London
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
De Vos
Winnok
Antwerp
University of Antwerp
Univ.
BE
UTC+1
Diez-Guerra
F. Javier
Madrid
CBMSO (CSIC-UAM)
Univ.
ES
UTC+2
Donnelly
Katelynne
Fort Collins
Biotect Services
Industry
US
UTC+7
Dostál
Zbyněk
Brno
Brno University of Technology
Univ.
CZ
UTC+1
Duong
Cao Nguyen
Saarbrücken
Leibniz Institute for New Materials
Leibniz
DE
UTC+1
Ecker
Rupert
Vienna
TissueGnostics GmbH
Univ.
AT
UTC+1
Egron
Audrey
Pessac
Argolight
Industry
FR
UTC+1
Eseola
Alice
Norwich
The Sainsbury Laboratory
Univ.
GB
UTC+1
Extermann
Jerome
Geneva
HEPIA / HESSO
Univ.
CH
UTC+1
Fallet
Mathieu
Marseille
CNRS
Univ.
FR
UTC+1
Ferdous
Zannatul
Sapporo
Hokkaido University
Univ.
JP
UTC+9
Fernandez-Rodriguez
Julia
Gothenburg
University of Gothenburg
Univ.
SE
UTC+2
Ferrand
Alexia
Basel
Biozentrum, University of Basel
Univ.
CH
UTC+2
Fillion
Marie-Lyne
Montreal
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
Univ.
CA
UTC-4
Franke
Christian
Jena
Institute of Applied Optics and Biophysics of the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Univ.
DE
UTC+2
Fuentealba Pérez
Luz
Santiago
Universidad Mayor
Univ.
CL
UTC-4
Gauthier
Pascal
Jonquiere
RioTinto
Private lab
CA
UTC+5
Gay
Guillaume
Marseille
France BioImaging, BioCampus, Université de Montpellier
Univ.
FR
UTC+1
Gheisari
Ali
Bergkirchen
Thorlabs GmbH
Industry
DE
UTC+2
Giakoumakis
Nikolaos
Barcelona
Institute for Research in Biomedicine Barcelona
Univ.
ES
UTC+1
Girard
Philippe
Paris
Institut Jacques Monod – Université de Paris
Univ.
FR
UTC+1
Gramann
Alex
Andover
CoolLED Ltd.
Industry
GB
UTC+-0
Grunwald
David
Worcester
University of Massachusetts
Univ.
US
UTC-4
Gu
Tingting
Norman
University of Oklahoma
Univ.
US
UTC-6
Guaimas
Francisco
San Martin
CONICET-UNSAM
Gov.
AR
UTC-3
Guilbert
Thomas
Cesson-Sévigné
INSCOPER
Industry
FR
UTC+2
Halidi
Nadia
Barcelona
Centre for Genomic Regulation
Gov.
ES
UTC+2
Hao
Sijie
Charlottesville
University of Virginia, School of Medicine
Univ.
US
UTC-5
Hao
Xiang
Hangzhou
Zhejiang University
Univ.
CN
UTC+8
Hartley
Matthew
Cambridge
EMBL-EBI
EU-Org
GB
UTC+1
Hassan
Ahmed
Thuwal
King Abdullah University of Sccience & Technology
Univ.
SA
UTC+3
Hatto
Mao
Prague
Nikon
Industry
CZ
UTC+2
Hawkins
Tim
Durham
Durham University
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Herzog
Dylan
London
Microscopy Innovation Centre, King’s College London
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Ho
Kenneth
London
The Francis Crick Institute
Private lab
GB
UTC+-0
Holland
Ian
Ottawa
Teledyne Lumenera
Industry
CA
UTC-8
Huisken
Jan
Göttingen
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Univ.
DE
UTC+1
Inavalli
V V G
Southampton
University of Southampton
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Jacobs
Caron
Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Univ.
ZA
UTC+2
Jolmes
Fabian
Berlin
PicoQuant GmbH
Industry
DE
UTC+1
Kasper
Robert
Hamburg
Evident Europe GmbH
Industry
DE
UTC-1
Kirchenbüchler
David
Chicago
Northwestern
Univ.
US
UTC-6
Kladnik
Aleš
Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty
Univ.
SI
UTC+1
Koksoy
Ayse
Houston
MD Anderson CC
Univ.
US
UTC-6
Köning
Rainer
Braunschweig
PTB Braunschweig
Gov.
DE
UTC+1
Kothari
Maadhav
Cambridge
Project Voxel
Industry
GB
UTC+-0
Kugler
Elisabeth
London
UCL
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Kumar
Gaurav
Chandigarh
CSIR IMTECH
Gov.
IN
UTC-5
Kuo
Scot
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Univ.
US
UTC-5
Laferriere
Pascal
Nepean
Teledyne Lumenera
Industry
CA
UTC-5
Lai
Pok Yui
Oxford
University of Oxford
Univ.
GB
UTC+1
Laktiushkin
Viktor
Sochi
Sirius
Univ.
RU
UTC+3
Landua
Kalika
Houston
Nikon Instruments
Industry
US
UTC-5
LeDue
Jeffrey
Vancouver
University of British Columbia
Univ.
CA
UTC-7
Lees
Robert
Didcot
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Gov.
GB
UTC+-0
Lerksuthirat
Tassanee
Rachathewi
Mahidol Unive
Univ.
TH
UTC+7
Levitt
James
London
Nikon Imaging Centre, King’s College London, UK
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Li
Xiaoming
Shanghaitech
Shanghaitech University
Univ.
CN
UTC+8
Liu
Penghuan
Hangzhou
China Jiliang University
Univ.
CN
UTC+8
Liu
Tristan
New York
Columbia University
Univ.
US
UTC-4
Louis
Boris
Leuven
KU Leuven
Univ.
BE
UTC+1
Manning
Lane
Fairport
AVR Optics
Industry
US
UTC-5
Martins
Gabriel
Oeiras
Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine
Private lab
PT
UTC+0
Mast
Fred
Seattle
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Univ.
US
UTC+8
Mateos Langerak
Julio
Montpellier
MRI
Univ.
FR
UTC+2
Matthews
Cedric
Marseille
University of Aix-Marseille
Univ.
FR
UTC+2
Metcalf
Daniel
Amsterdam
Nikon Europe
Industry
NL
UTC+1
Micu
Ileana
Belfast
Queen’s University Belfast
Univ.
GB
UTC+1
Mikulski
Zbigniew
La Jolla
La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Private lab
US
UTC-8
Miller
Caroline
Vallejo
Histology, Imaging, and Image Analysis consultancy
Private lab
US
UTC-8
Mohindra
Rachit
Tucson
Teledyne Photometrics
Industry
US
UTC-7
Montero-Llopis
Paula
Boston
Harvard Med. School
Univ.
US
UTC-4
Munck
Sebastian
Leuven
University of Leuven
Univ.
BE
UTC+2
Narasimhan
Arun
New York
Icahn School of Medicine
Univ.
US
UTC-4
Nechyporuk-Zloy
Volodymyr
London
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Nelson
Michael
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Univ.
US
UTC-8
Nitschke
Roland
Freiburg
University of Freiburg, Life Imaging Center
Univ.
DE
UTC+2
norlin
nils
Lund
Lund University
Univ.
SE
UTC+1
Nørrelykke
Simon
Zurich
ETH Zurich
Univ.
CH
UTC+1
Ogg
Stephen
Thuwal
King Abdullah University of Sccience & Technology
Univ.
SA
UTC+3
Oheim
Martin
Paris
CNRS
Univ.
FR
UTC+2
Oord
Kees
Amsterdam
Nikon
Industry
NL
UTC+1
Orlova
Natalia
Seattle
Allen Institute
Private lab
US
UTC-7
Ossato
Giulia
Mannheim
Leica
Industry
DE
UTC+1
Parslow
Adam
Melbourne
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Private lab
AU
UTC+10
Pattison
Allister
Belfast
Andor
Industry
GB
UTC+-0
Paul-Gilloteaux
Perrine
Nantes
CNRS Univ-Nantes
Univ.
FR
UTC+2
Payne-Dwyer
Alex
York
University of York
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Pengo
Thomas
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Univ.
US
UTC-6
Peron-Cane
Caroline
PARIS
TELIGHT
Industry
FR
UTC+1
Peterka
Darcy
New York
Columbia University
Univ.
US
UTC+5
Peterson
John
Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Private lab
US
UTC-5
Petrov
Maxim
Yekaterinburg
SIAMS Ltd
Industry
RU
UTC+5
Piazza
Simonluca
Genoa
Genoa Instruments
Industry
IT
UTC+1
Plummer
Greg
Edmonton
University of Alberta
Univ.
CA
UTC-6
Podder
Santosh
Pune
IISER Pune
Gov.
IN
UTC-8
Rad
Dorsa
Sydney
ANZAC Research Instittue
Univ.
AU
UTC+11
Rajasekhar
Pradeep
Parkville
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Univ.
AU
UTC+11
Record
Julien
Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Univ.
SE
UTC+1
Rexhepaj
Elton
Paris
Sanofi
Industry
FR
UTC+1
Ritz
Sandra
Mainz
Institute of Molecular Biology – IMB
Univ.
DE
UTC+2
Robson
Joanne
Durham
Durham University
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Saint-Hilaire
Cadisha
Paris
Curie Institute
Univ.
FR
UTC+1
Sanetrnik
Vojtech
Brno
Telight
Industry
CZ
UTC+1
Sanguinetti
Bruno
Zug
Dotphoton AG
Industry
CH
UTC+1
Sathappan
Abbirami
Doha
Sidra Medicine
Gov.
QA
UTC+3
Schreiner
Ryan
New York
Weill Cornell Medicine
Univ.
US
UTC-4
Schuchardt
Chris
Jena
Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
Industry
DE
UTC+1
Schuster
Aminul
London
N/A
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Scott
Ryan
Moffett Field
KBR/NASA Ames
Gov.
US
UTC-8
Segal
Gabriela
Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Univ.
AU
UTC+10
Seitz
Arne
Lausanne
EPFL
Univ.
CH
UTC+2
Selchow
Olaf
Gera
Microscopy & BioImaging Consulting
Industry
DE
UTC+2
Shakouri
Mahsa
Heidelberg
DKFZ
Industry
DE
UTC+12
Shemesh
Michal
Delft
TUD
Univ.
NL
UTC+1
Silván Alcaraz
Ágata
Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
Univ.
DK
UTC+1
Simm
Alan
Liverpool
Liverpool John Moores University
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Smith
Carlas
Delft
Delft University of technology
Univ.
NL
UTC+2
Soubies
Emmanuel
Toulouse
CNRS
Univ.
FR
UTC+2
Srinivasan
Sathya
Beaverton
ONPRC
Univ.
US
UTC-8
ster
Ciaran
Marseille
Aix-Marseille Université
Univ.
FR
UTC+2
Stöckl
Martin
Konstanz
Bioimaging Center / Universiät Konstanz
Univ.
DE
UTC+2
Su
Yingying
Riverwood
The University of Sydney
Univ.
AU
UTC+10
Tan
Lihao
Singapore
Venture Biotech Modules Business Private Limited
Industry
SG
UTC+8
Tapia
Pablo
Bethesda
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Gov.
US
UTC-4
Thirase
Jan
Göttingen
Technologie Manufaktur GmbH&Co. KG
Industry
DE
UTC+1
Thornton
Staci
Storrs
University of Connecticut, Department of Kinesiology
Univ.
US
UTC-5
Thuenauer
Roland
Hamburg
Heinrich Pette Institute
Leibniz
DE
UTC+2
Tomikawa
Camila
Munich
Cognostics AG
Industry
DE
UTC+1
Türschmann
Pierre
Erlangen
Interherence GmbH
Industry
DE
UTC+1
Vanderpant
Leslie
Brighton
Microscope Heaters
Industry
GB
UTC-1
Venus
Brüne
Göttingen
Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
Industry
DE
UTC+-0
Vetter
Tatyana
Columbus
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Univ.
US
UTC-5
Vicidomini
Giuseppe
Genoa
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Gov.
IT
UTC+1
Vogt
Michael
Aachen
IZKF Aachen RWTH University Hospital
Univ.
DE
UTC+1
Watson
Kemp
Georgetown, Ontario
Objective Pathology Services Limited
Industry
CA
UTC-4
Webster
Samantha
London
King’s College London
Univ.
GB
UTC+1
Wee
Erika
Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Univ.
US
UTC-5
Weiss
Pierre
Toulouse
CNRS
Univ.
FR
UTC+2
West
Steven
London
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Wilson
Helen
Madison
University of Wisconsin Madison
Univ.
US
UTC+6
Woods
Kali
Boise
Boise State University
Univ.
US
UTC-7
Yunling
XU
Paris
Parcc, U970, Inserm
Univ.
FR
UTC+1
Zeug
Andre
Hannover
Hannover Medical School
Univ.
DE
UTC+1
Zhu
Chengxi
Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0