SU Imaging Day 2026

Date: Friday 2 October 2026
Time: 9:30 - 16:50
Location: Vivi Täckholmsalen (Q211), Svante Arrhenius väg 20, 114 18 Stockholm. Map

Preliminary Program

9:30 – 9:35 Welcome address
9:35 – 9:50 Professor Henrik Cederquist, Vice-Chancellor for Research Infrastructures at Stockholm University

Morning Session: Multimodal and Correlative Imaging

9:50 –10:25 Invited speaker: Julia Fernandez-Rodriguez, PhD, Head of the Centre for Cellular Imaging, University of Gothenburg
'Correlative multimodal imaging across scales: from acquisition to advanced image analysis.'

10:25–10:40 Associate Professor Tom Willhammar, Department of Chemistry, Stockholm University
'A brief introduction to SU imaging facilities.'

10:40–11:00 Mahmoud Mazarji, PhD, Department of Chemistry, Stockholm University
'Imaging nanoplastics: from electrons to photons .'

11:00–11:25 Coffee break + Posters

11:25–11:45 Rongying Liu, PhD, Department of Chemistry, Stockholm University
'Advanced imaging and spectroscopy reveal nanoscale amine chemistry in sustainable CO₂-capture materials.'

11:45–12:05 Professor Emily Baird, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University
'Using multimodal imaging to understand insect sensing and cognition.'

12:05–12:20 Professor Kristina Jonas, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute (MBW), Stockholm University.
'Imaging bacterial growth transitions and stress responses'

12:20–12:35 Interactive Discussion about the potential of Multimodal and Correlative Imaging at SU

12:35–13:20 Lunch + Posters Session + Meet the Facilities' staff + virtual tour IVMSU

Afternoon Session: Image Analysis, including the use of machine learning and AI

13:20–13:50 Invited speaker: Anna Klemm, PhD, Head of BioImage Informatics Facility (BIIF), SciLifeLab/NBIS.
'Bioimage Informatics Unit (BIIF): support for bioimage analysis in Sweden.'

13:50–14:10 Thomas Thersleff, PhD, 3D-EM facility, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, KI

'Reducing dose in electron microscopy with scanning probes: higher dimensions and multiple modalities'

14:10–14:30 Professor Aji P. Mathew, Department of Chemistry, Stockholm University
'Atomic force microscopy for probing biobased nanomaterials.'

14:30–14:55 Coffee + Posters

14:55–15:15 Hong Jiang, PhD, Department of Microbiology, Tumor, and Cell biology (MTC), KI/Scilifelab
'When seeing is (not) believing.'

15:15–15:35 Hanzhao Zhang, PhD, AI for Cell Biology Laboratory, KTH/Scilifelab

'REEF: AI-powered Microscopy Imaging Farm'

15.35–15:50 Associate Professor Jens Jasche, AI Coordinator for the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Stockholm University
'The Ongoing AI Centre at Stockholm University: Promoting the Development of AI Methods Adapted to the Needs of the Faculty of Science'

15.50– 16.05 Interactive Discussion about the potential of image analysis and use of AI at SU

16.05 –16.10 Concluding remarks

16:15–16:50 Facility tours – SUBIC, EMC/MACAL, and IFSU

Registration

The workshop is free of charge. For lunch and fika please register here before September 29th.

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Contact

Questions about the Imaging Day? Contact Chris Molenaar

Questions about this webpage? Contact Tunhe Zhou