WG 6 – Objectives
The mission of WG6 is to ensure the performance and QC of stage platforms and sample holders and the optomechanical focus of the optical system as it relates to X, Y, Z movement, stability, reproducibility, and repeatability. The goals are defining the terms typically used to address QC, providing standardization of the measurements and testing protocols, and establishing performance benchmarking levels. Though initially applying these towards confocal light microscopy, the WG will endeavor to include details for standard incident light fluorescence microscopy and more advanced techniques such as super-resolution and light-sheet microscopy.
WG 6 – Co-Chairs
Call:
+1 512 677 3080
Email:
stanley.schwartz@outlook.com
Stanley Schwartz
Co-Chair of WG 6
Call:
+41 21 693 96 18
Email:
arne.seitz@epfl.ch
Arne Seitz
WG 6 - Latest News
Last meeting: 8th April 2026, 4:00 pm
Release of Protocol “Repeatability of the XY positioning of motorized xy-tables of light microscopes“.
Memberlist WG 6
Last name First Name Town Organisation Affiliation Lab Affiliation Country Time Zone
Acevedo
Luis
Overland Park
thya
Industry
US
UTC-6
Acher
Olivier
Palaiseau
HORIBA France
Industry
FR
UTC+1
Akçınar
Salim Can
Izmir
Ege University
Univ.
TR
UTC+3
Aleksandrova
Nataliia
Freiburg im Breisgau
UNI Freiburg
Univ.
DE
UTC+1
Ali
Rizwan
Riyadh
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center
Univ.
SA
UTC+3
Alshafie
Walaa
Ashburn
Janelia research campus
Univ.
US
UTC-4
Badrodien
Imraan
West Haven
Yale University
Univ.
US
UTC-4
Bagley
Steve
Manchester
University of Manch.
Univ.
GB
UTC+1
Banerjee
Priyam
New York
Rockefeller University
Univ.
US
UTC-5
Barachati
Fábio
Berlin
PicoQuant GmbH
Industry
DE
UTC+1
Barbu-Stevanovic
Mihaela
New York
New York Blood Center
Industry
US
UTC-6
Bellve
Karl
Worcester
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Univ.
US
UTC-5
Boczonadi
Veronika
Newcastle
Newcastle University
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Bosch
Manel
Barcelona
University of Barcelona CCITUB
Univ.
ES
UTC+2
Bowman
Richard
Glasgow
University of Glasgow
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Carvalho
Mariana
Braga
INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
EU-Org
PT
UTC+-0
Chacko
Jenu
Madison
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Univ.
US
UTC-6
Chalfoun
Joe
Gaithersburg
NIST
Gov.
US
UTC-4
Cole
Louise
Sydney
University of Technology
Univ.
AU
UTC+11
Cortes
Luisa
Coimbra
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Univ.
PT
UTC+0
Diez-Guerra
F. Javier
Madrid
CBMSO (CSIC-UAM)
Univ.
ES
UTC+2
Doherty
Glen
New York
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Univ.
US
UTC-4
Ecker
Rupert
Vienna
TissueGnostics GmbH
Univ.
AT
UTC+1
Eseola
Alice
Norwich
The Sainsbury Laboratory
Univ.
GB
UTC+1
Esner
Milan
Brno
Ceitec Masaryk University
Univ.
CZ
UTC+1
Ferdous
Zannatul
Sapporo
Hokkaido University
Univ.
JP
UTC+9
Fried
Hans
Bonn
GerBi-GMB WG 1
Helmholtz
DE
UTC+2
Gascoyne
Rebecca
Birmingham
University of Birmingham
Univ.
GB
UTC+1
Gewerth
Jacob
Roseville
Maka Solutions LLC
Industry
US
UTC-7
Goda
Kazuhito
Hachioji
EVIDENT
Industry
JP
UTC+9
Grunwald
David
Worcester
University of Massachusetts
Univ.
US
UTC-4
Gudavicius
Dominykas
Vilnius
Light Conversion
Industry
LT
UTC+2
Hadleigh
Roland
Uckfield
Scientifica
Industry
GB
UTC+1
Halavatyi
Aliaksandr
Heidelberg
EMBL Heidelberg
EU-Org
DE
UTC+2
Hannan
Riley
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Univ.
US
UTC-5
Hatto
Mao
Prague
Nikon
Industry
CZ
UTC+2
Hemmerich
Peter
Jena
GerBi-GMB WG 1
Leibniz
DE
UTC+2
Icha
Jaroslav
Erlangen
Interherence GmbH
Industry
DE
UTC+2
Jarvis
Stuart
Cambridge
Prior
Industry
GB
UTC+1
Joyal
Mathieu
Ottawa
University of Ottawa
Univ.
CA
UTC-4
Kadhim
Ahmed
Baghdad
University of Technology-Iraq
Univ.
IQ
UTC+3
Kaiping
Arnica
Freiburg
University of Freiburg
Univ.
DE
UTC+2
Key
Jillian
Ottawa
University of Ottawa
Univ.
CA
UTC-4
Kirchenbüchler
David
Chicago
Northwestern
Univ.
US
UTC-6
Knapper
Joe
Glasgow
University of Glasgow
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Köning
Rainer
Braunschweig
PTB Braunschweig
Gov.
DE
UTC+1
Kumar
Purnima
CAMBRIDGE
Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
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
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
Tristan
New York
Columbia University
Univ.
US
UTC-4
Lopes
Alexandre
Oeiras
IGC
Private lab
PT
UTC+-0
Louis
Boris
Leuven
KU Leuven
Univ.
BE
UTC+1
Machovina
Tyler
Sewickley
Okolab
Industry
US
UTC+5
Marsal
Maria
Castelledefels
ICFO
Univ.
ES
UTC+1
Micu
Ileana
Belfast
Queen’s University Belfast
Univ.
GB
UTC+1
Mitchell
Claire
Glasgow
The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research
Univ.
GB
UTC+1
Monterroso
Baptiste
Nice
University of Nice
Univ.
FR
UTC+2
Nechyporuk-Zloy
Volodymyr
London
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Nitschke
Roland
Freiburg
University of Freiburg, Life Imaging Center
Univ.
DE
UTC+2
Oheim
Martin
Paris
CNRS
Univ.
FR
UTC+2
Olifirov
Borys
Kyiv
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology of NAS of Ukraine
Gov.
UA
UTC+2
Oord
Kees
Amsterdam
Nikon
Industry
NL
UTC+1
Oreopoulos
John
Toronto
Oxford Inst. Andor
Industry
CA
UTC-5
Oster
Markus
Munich
MPI of Biochemistry
MPG
DE
UTC+2
Parel
Emma
Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Univ.
ZA
UTC+2
Payne-Dwyer
Alex
York
University of York
Univ.
GB
UTC+-0
Rad
Dorsa
Sydney
ANZAC Research Instittue
Univ.
AU
UTC+11
Rezgui
Rachid
Abu Dhabi
NYU Abu Dhabi
Univ.
AE
UTC+4
Ross-Elliott
Timothy
Boston
Andor
Industry
US
UTC-5
Saint-Hilaire
Cadisha
Paris
Curie Institute
Univ.
FR
UTC+1
Saltekoff
Stephen
Eugene
Applied Scientific Instrumentation
Industry
US
UTC+7
Schmidt
Alfonso
Kelburn Parade
Malaghan Institute of Medical Reserach
Private lab
NZ
UTC+12
Schreiner
Ryan
New York
Weill Cornell Medicine
Univ.
US
UTC-4
Schuchardt
Chris
Jena
Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
Industry
DE
UTC+1
Schwartz
Stanley
Austin
Nikon
Industry
US
UTC-5
Segal
Gabriela
Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Univ.
AU
UTC+10
Seitz
Arne
Lausanne
EPFL
Univ.
CH
UTC+2
Shakouri
Mahsa
Heidelberg
DKFZ
Industry
DE
UTC+12
Silván Alcaraz
Ágata
Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
Univ.
DK
UTC+1
Spitaler
Martin
Munich
MPI of Biochemistry
MPG
DE
UTC+2
Srinivasan
Sathya
Beaverton
ONPRC
Univ.
US
UTC-8
Stifani
Nicolas
Montréal
Université de Montréal
Univ.
CA
UTC-5
van Oostende-Triplet
Chloë
Ottawa
University of Ottawa
Univ.
CA
UTC-5
Vanderpant
Leslie
Brighton
Microscope Heaters
Industry
GB
UTC-1
Venus
Brüne
Göttingen
Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
Industry
DE
UTC+-0
Wee
Erika
Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Univ.
US
UTC-5
Yamada
Yohei
Chiyoda-Ku
Chuo Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. LIFE SCIENCE Dept.
Industry
JP
UTC+9
Zantl
Roman
Munich
ibidi
Industry
DE
UTC+2
Zhou
Chunyuan
Pudong New Area
Nikon Instruments (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd
Industry
CN
UTC+8