The International Workshop on Volume Microscopy: Imaging Across Scales brought together renowned international researchers and experts to discuss recent advances in volumetric microscopy, image acquisition technologies, and data analysis through lectures, mini-courses, roundtables, and poster sessions.
The event took place from September 22–24, 2026, at the Didactic Activities Center (CAD 3), Pampulha Campus of UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
September 22, 2026 (Tuesday)
08:00 – 18:00 Check-in
09:00 – 16:00 Mini Courses
Mini Course 1 Volume Microscopy with Light Sheet, Light Field, and Confocal Systems
Aníbal Vargas – Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile and
Samuel Rocha – Biological Imaging Center Biological Sciences, UFMG
Mini Course 2 An Introduction to 3D Analysis: Tools and Applications
Gisele Miranda – KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Mini Course 3 Volume Electron Microscopy with ATUM (serial section array SEM)
Mario Morais – Microscopy Center of UFMG
Mini Course 4 Automated Electron Microscopy Image Analysis with CellProfiler
Mario Costa Cruz – University of São Paulo, Brazil
17:00 Opening Ceremony
17:30 – 18:30 Opening Lecture
Imaging life across scales using light, electrons, X-rays and ions
Lucy Collinson – Head, Electron Microscopy Science Technology Platform, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
September 23, 2026 (Wednesday)
08:00 – 09:00 Check-in and Mount Posters
09:00 – 10:20 Lectures
How to image organoids: A comparative approach
Kurt Anderson – Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
Light-Sheet Microscopy Across South America
Aníbal Vargas – Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
10:20 – 10:50 Coffee Break
10:50 – 11:30 Lecture
Correlative Light Electron Microscopy – not a one size fits all approach
Paul Verkade – University of Bristol, UK
11:30 – 12:00 Presentation by Exhibiting Company – Zeiss
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:40 Lecture
Image processing and analysis for volume microscopy
Gisele Miranda – KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
14:40 – 15:40 Round Table
Data Management – Paul Verkade, Lucy Collinson, Gisele Miranda, Georg Hamm and Greg Kitten
15:40 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30 Presentation by Exhibiting Company – Thermo Fisher
16:30 – 18:30 Poster Evaluation
September 24, 2026 (Thursday)
09:00 – 10:20 Lectures
Serial Section Array Tomography by ATUM
Cristina Guatimosim – UFMG, Brazil
Insights into mitochondrial biology from FIB-SEM volume EM to cryo-electron tomography.
Georg Ramm – Monash Institute, Melbourne, Australia
10:20 – 10:50 Coffee Break
10:50 – 11:30 Lecture
High-Resolution Volumetric Imaging through Synchrotron-Based X-ray Microtomography
Humberto Joca – National Biosciences Laboratory (LNBio), CNPEN, Campinas, Brasil
11:30 – 12:00 Presentation by Exhibiting Company – JEOL
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 Presentation by Exhibiting Company – RMC
14:30 – 15:10 Lecture
Exploring the connectome universe within the brain
Richard Schalek – Research Scientist, Jeff Lichtman Lab, Harvard University.
15:10 – 16:00 Round Table
Bringing Communities Together – Paul Verkade, Lucy Collinson, Claire Brown, Kurt Anderson and Greg Kitten
16:00 – 16:20 Coffee Break
16:20 – 17:00 Closing Lecture
Building Inclusive Ecosystems to Accelerate Scientific Discovery and Innovation
Claire Brown – Director, Advanced BioImaging Facility, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
17:00 – 17:30 Awards and Closing Ceremony