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Seeing is Believing

Your invitation to a whole new world of possibilities underpinned by microscopy and cytometry

Tuesday 12th May 2026 | Imaging & Cytometry Labs
Please register using this link.

Not sure what imaging or cytometry could do for you, or what new technology now enables? With £5.5M investment in cutting-edge technology and expert staff, our open-access world leading facilities are ready to help you exploit the very latest technologies.
Whether you are looking for 3D volume imaging or high-speed imaging spectral
sorting, "no job is too big or too small" for our professional team.

Join us for:

  • Introductory Talks: Short, high-impact briefings on what these techniques can do for your projects.

  • Live Demonstrations: Get hands-on with the latest instrumentation in action.

Featured Technologies:

  • 3D Electron Microscopy: Elemental analysis and volume imaging.

  • Laser-Trapping Microscopy: Specialized for DNA/RNA-protein interactions.

  • Imaging Cell Sorter: Full spectral capabilities with spatial localization sorting.

  • Spinning Disk & Super-Resolution Microscopy: Fast, sensitive, and high-
    resolution optical sectioning.

  • The Best of the Rest: See our other professional labs, from Genomics to Mass Spec, Protein Production to Molecular Interactions, all with a dedicated Data Science team.

Pre-liminary programme

Time  
10am Arrival & coffee
10:30 Welcome introduction - who we are, what we do
10:45 Series of mini-talks from the resident experts
12:00 BioimagingUK/Euro/Global Bioimaging
12:15 Invited sponsor talks
12:30 Lunch provided
13:45 Round house live demonstrations
15:15 Coffee break
15:45 Round house live demonstrations
17:15 Networking and drinks

Book your place here.

This event will take place within the Technology Facility at the University of York.

Please contact btf-enquiries@york.ac.uk if you need further information.

How to get here

The University of York enjoys a splendid campus location just two miles from the centre of York itself. Getting to York is easy from anywhere in the world.  There are excellent rail links which have a short travel time to international airports and we have easy to access major road networks.  

The Biology Department is within Campus West at the University and maps and travel information can be found by visiting: https://www.york.ac.uk/about/maps/

Address: Department of Biology
Wentworth Way
University of York
York
YO10 5DD
United Kingdom