Hello!
Our colleagues at LibreHub are hosting a fantastic seminar series next month exploring open hardware and software approaches in microscopy and scientific instrumentation. These sessions highlight global efforts to democratize high-end research tools, with speakers sharing innovations from open SMLM to open SPM and modular spectroscopy platforms.
The talks are free and open to the public - perfect for anyone interested in open science, optics, imaging, or community-driven hardware development. You’ll find details for each session below.
Open Microscopy in the Life Sciences: Sharing is Caring
Speaker: Dr. Johannes Hohlbein
Associate Professor, Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
Date/Time: Thursday, June 12 at 12:00 UTC
Abstract: An overview of open single-molecule localisation microscopy (SMLM), the miCube framework, and the growing impact of open microscopy on interdisciplinary science.
Join: Microsoft Teams Meeting
Meeting ID: 283 510 902 536 9
Access Code: hY2wi7RY
OpenSPM: A Modular Framework for Smart Microscopy
Speaker: Marcos Penedo Garcia
Senior Scientist, LBNI-IBI, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
Date/Time: Tuesday, June 24 at 12:00 UTC
Abstract: A community-driven open platform for scanning probe microscopy (SPM) innovation, fully scriptable and AI-ready, with applications across nanoindentation, correlated microscopy, and more.
Join: Microsoft Teams Meeting
Meeting ID: 251 967 989 920
Access Code: nf3z45Sw
Regain Control of Your Instruments: Open Software for Scientific Instruments
Speaker: Dr. Hernán Grecco
Professor of Physics, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Researcher at CONICET
Date/Time: Thursday, June 26 at 12:00 UTC
Abstract: A tour of open software projects like PyVISA and others that are helping researchers replace outdated proprietary systems with modular, sharable, and transparent alternatives in optics, spectroscopy, and microscopy.
Join: Microsoft Teams Meeting
Meeting ID: 243 285 766 266 9
Access Code: 6oy9DD2j
Enjoy!
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