​​
1st Annual Meeting of IBI (IBIAM2025)
December 11th and 12th, 2025, at JSS AHER, Mysuru, India.
Meeting Themes:
Recent Advances and Innovations in Microscopy, Imaging Infrastructure Development, and Global Collaborations.
​
The meeting brought together imaging scientists, core facility staff, institutional leaders, and early-career researchers from 28 institutes, Global BioImaging Partners—all united in their commitment to advancing India’s bioimaging ecosystem and embarking on the second chapter of IBI’s revitalization journey.
Meeting Highlights:
​
Global BioImaging perspective by Antje Keppler, Director, Euro-BioImaging ERIC Bio-Hub.
​
The signing of a MoU between Euro-BioImaging and IBI, marking a significant step toward deeper international cooperation, knowledge exchange, and alignment of best practices across imaging infrastructures.
Insightful scientific talks.
Image data management and future perspectives.
Engaging discussions on academia–industry partnerships as a key driver for building a sustainable IBI ecosystem.
These deliberations will play a vital role in assessing India’s bioimaging capabilities and shaping the future goals of IBI.​​​
Speakers:
Antje Keppler
Head of the Euro-BioImaging Bio-HUB, EMBL, Germany
LS Shashidhara
Director & Professor, NCBS, Bengaluru, India
Shuichi Onami
Team Director, Laboratory for Developmental Dynamics, RIKEN BDR, Japan
Aurnab Ghose
Professor, IISER Pune, India
Herbert Schaden
Head Global PASS Development & Academia Key Account Management, ZEISS
Chaitanya Athale
Professor, IISER Pune, India.
Nagaraj Balasubramanian
Professor and Dean (Student and Campus Activities) IISER Pune, India
.jpg)
Pratik Kumar
Assistant professor, NCBS, Bengaluru, India
James Jonkman
Staff Scientist, AOMF and WCIF, Canada
Shirisha Nagotu
Assistant Professor
IIT Guwahati, India
Nihit Saigal
ARISE Fellow, EMBL, Germany
Pallavi Deolal
Post-Doc, Max Perutz Labs University of Vienna
Aastha Mathur
Head Image Data Services,
Euro BioImaging, EMBL, Germany
Amitabha Chattopadhyay
Professor & CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow
CCMB, Hyderabad, India
Jadegoud Yaligar
Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences A*STAR, Singapore
Lassi Paavolainen
Principal Investigator, FIMM,
University of Helsinki, Finland
Kundan Sengupta
Professor, IISER Pune, India
Gunjan Mehta
Assistant Professor
IIT Hyderabad, India
Yara Reis
Strategic Alliances ManagerGlobal BioImaging- EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Jean-Marie Burel
Senior Software Architect
Open Microscopy Environment
University of Dundee
United Kingdom
Lía Pietrasanta
Associate Professor
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Target Audience:
Imaging core facility scientists (facility in-charges, managers, staff), research lab scientists focused on Imaging who provide access and training in microscopy/imaging and institutional leadership.
Glimpses of the event
This meeting would not have been possible without the support from
Diamond Corporate Partners
Gold Corporate Partners
Silver Corporate Partners
