MIC Research Day 2026

On June 24, 2026, more than 185 participants from the Universities of Bern, Fribourg and Zürich as well as representatives from the industry attended our traditional MIC Research Day. The balanced program of the event was presented by microscopists Elena Gómez-Sanz, Sacha Psalmon, Virginie Uhlmann, Simon Restrepo, Anastasiia Korosteleva, Camilla Ullmann, Calvin Klein, Florencia Kloster, Aída Muñoz, Michail Petropoulos, Rossitza Irobalieva, David Kalbermatter, Ioan Iacovache and Benjamin Pillet, ranging from PhD students to established researchers from all three faculties of the MIC (Vetsuisse, Natural Sciences and Medicine). Through excellent presentations, these scientists showcased the broad spectrum of microscopy applications represented within the MIC community.

A highlight of this year’s event was the image contest, where participants were invited to show the beauty of their research through a microscopy image. Following a community vote the 3 winners recieved their well-deserved prizes. Thanks to a generous contribution, the first prize was a Nikon Camera sponsored by Nikon, the second prize was an antibody plushie with a Loeb voucher sponsored by arcorisbio, the third prize was a Bern City voucher with a flower bouquet sponsored by the Cutting Edge Microscopy PhD specialisation programme. Have a look at the amazing pictures in the Gallery. In addition, Guillaume Witz and his team gave a live demonstration of the VIBE Platform, a Bioimage Analysis Platform which will serve the microscopy community of the University of Bern.  Participants were invited to the MIC Symposium 2026 on November 20 in Bern, with this year’s topic "Live cell imaging across scales (in vitro and in vivo)".

As usual, this event offered numerous opportunities for networking among microscopists at the University of Bern. Networking was further enhanced by the exhibition and industry talk provided by our industry sponsors, which nicely complemented the event. We would like to thank all CEM PhD students for their help with the organization, all participants for their enthusiasm for microscopy and last but not least, our event sponsors for their generous financial support.

Have a look at some impressions from the MIC Research Day 2026 in the Gallery.