The International Workshop on Volume Microscopy: Imaging Across Scales will bring 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 will take place from September 22–24, 2026, at the Didactic Activities Center (CAD 3), Pampulha Campus of UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Check out the preliminary program and confirmed speakers below.
Registration information coming soon.
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