Meet Maria Azevedo 🔬

A microscopy applications specialist at the Advanced Light Microscopy Platform in Porto, Maria helps researchers design imaging strategies, optimize experiments, and analyze microscopy data.

More people behind the microscopes coming soon.

#Microscopy #OpenScience #PPBI

Meet Beatriz Sousa from @i3suporto.bsky.social
Beatriz is developing zein nanoparticles to guide immune cells for better chronic wound healing
Using advanced imaging, she tracks how these particles interact with macrophages, unlocking new regenerative strategies
#imagingflowcytometry #ppbi

🎬 New look, same spirit!

Meet the new PPBI logo, created by Alexandre Veiga, winner of the PPBI Logo Contest 2025.

Celebrating creativity and collaboration in our bioimaging community. 💙

#PPBI #LogoContest #BioImaging #Collaboration

🏆 The PPBI Image Contest celebrates the art of science!

🎉 Congratulations to Carina Mónico (CCMAR) for her winning image!

A huge thank-you to everyone who took part.

#PPBI #Microscopy #BioImaging #ScienceArt

🚨 Two PPBI contests, two new deadlines!

🎨 Logo Contest → Oct 6 🏆 |
🔬 Imaging Contest → Oct 3 🏆.

Don’t miss your chance to create, share & win! #PPBI #contests #science

Maria Azevedo (i3S, PPBI) featured in an Argolight case study.
As a member of QUAREP-LiMi, she contributes to international efforts to standardize microscopy quality control - ensuring reliable and reproducible research.
👉 argolight.com/i3s-usercase/

#PPBI #Microscopy #BioImaging #QualityControl

🚀✨ Submissions for the PPBI Image Contest 2025 are OPEN! ✨🚀

Researchers, students & staff scientists in Portuguese institutions:

🔬 Show your science through images!

🏆 Win a free SPAOM 2025 registration

👉 Submit today!

#PPBI #SPAOM2025 #ScienceContest

✨🎨 The PPBI Logo Contest is OPEN! 🎨✨

Submissions start today—your chance to design the new face of PPBI! 💡🔥

🖌️ Open to ALL: researchers, students, creatives.
🏆 Winner gets a special prize (thanks to Dias de Sousa).

👉Let’s create something unforgettable! 💫

#PPBI #LogoContest #DesignChallenge

🚨 PPBI Logo Contest! 🎨✨

Open to ALL: researchers, scientists, designers, students & amateurs.

🏆 Winner gets an amazing prize (thanks to Dias de Sousa).

📅 Submissions open Sept 1: One week to create!

Unleash your creativity & surprise us! 💡🔥

#PPBI
#LogoContest

The summer breeze, the waves, the sun… tempting. 🌊☀️ But something big is on the horizon... You won’t want to miss it. 👀

#Teaser #StayTuned #Announcement #contest #PPBI #Microscopy #FollowforMore

🐦 Early bird rates for #SPAOM2025 end on September 8th!

📅 Don’t miss the premier microscopy event of the year. Register now!
🔗 spaom2025.org

#SPAOM2025
#PPBI
#Microscopy
#conference
#earlybird
#RegisterNow

Columbia Banking System and Pacific Premier Bancorp Announce Regulatory Approvals and Anticipated Merger Closing Date Columbia Banking System (Nasdaq: COLB) and Pacific Premier Bancorp (Nasdaq: PPBI) have secured all necessary regulatory approvals for their previously announced all-stock merger. The transaction, initially revealed on April 23, 2025, is set to close around August 31, 2025.Key approvals were obtained from the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. Shareholders of both companies had already approved the merger on July 21, 2025. The integration will strengthen Columbia's market position across the Western United States.

#COLB #PPBI Columbia Banking System and Pacific Premier Bancorp Announce Regulatory Approvals and Anticipated Merger Closing Date

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#COLB #PPBI #bf68732b-ce5f-4dac-925c-ea566c3248f3 #earningscall-transcripts

Origin | Interest | Match

Columbia Banking System and Pacific Premier Bancorp Announce Shareholder and Stockholder Approval for Proposed Acquisition Columbia Banking System (Nasdaq: COLB) and Pacific Premier Bancorp (Nasdaq: PPBI) have secured shareholder and stockholder approvals for their proposed acquisition. The milestone represents significant progress in Columbia's plan to acquire Pacific Premier, strengthening their combined presence across the Western United States.Both Clint Stein, Columbia's President and CEO, and Steve Gardner, Pacific Premier's Chairman, CEO and President, expressed enthusiasm about the merger's potential to enhance market leadership and customer service capabilities. The transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close later in 2025.

#COLB #PPBI Columbia Banking System and Pacific Premier Bancorp Announce Shareholder and Stockholder Approval for Proposed Acquisition

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Acknowledgement matters!

At PPBI, we stand with the Royal Microscopical Society and Global Bioimaging to promote recognition of the vital work imaging scientists and facilities do for research.
#PPBI #acknowledgementguidelines

Used QuPath before and hit a challenge?👇
Our Call for Help is open! If you joined our May course or know the basics, send us your image+analysis problem.
Basic QuPath knowledge required
Scan the QR code in the post to submit!!
#PPBI #QuPath #ImageAnalysis #Microscopy #BioimageAnalysis #OpenScience

🎉 We’ve hit 1000 followers on LinkedIn! 🎉

Thank you for supporting PPBI – Portugal’s Bioimaging Network.

🔬 Keep sharing
🧠 Keep inspiring
📸 Keep imaging the invisible

Here’s to the next 1000! 🚀
#PPBI #Bioimaging #Microscopy #Science #Portugal

🌟 [REMINDER] SPAOM 2025

📍 Braga, Portugal
📅 November 5–7, 2025
🌐 spaom2025.org

📣 Save the Date: 8th September 2025 | Early bird registration & abstract submission

#SPAOM2025 #PPBI #REMOA #OpticalMicroscopy #MicroscopyCommunity #ScienceConference #Braga2025 #ScientificEvents #SpainPortugalScience

Congratulations to @anapspencer.bsky.social (nBTT) on her publication!
Her research combines bioengineering and nanotechnology to create nanoparticles that deliver siRNA to neurons
The invisible made visible @ Bioimaging and ALM platforms from i3S (@ppbioimaging.bsky.social)
#Microscopy #PPBI #nBTT

What happens when scientists get access to the best imaging tools and expert support?

At PPBI, we see incredible research unfold every day.

Check out how we’ are making an impact 👉

#PPBI #Bioimaging #OpenScience #MicroscopyNetwork #PortugalScience #ResearchCommunity

Introduction to QuPath 4th Edition This course intends to give a brief introduction (Theoretical & Practical) to the use of QuPath (free open-source software for "Quantitative Pathology") fo...

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#SPAOM2024 was a great meeting - great and diverse imaging technologies and their applications, workshops and community sessions. And a great opportunity to meet and hear from the #PPBI and #REMOA communities.
Big thanks to the organisers.
Looking forward to next year in Braga!

I'm delighted to be at #SPAOM2024, representing @eurobioimaging.bsky.social - looking forward to 3 days of great talks and meeting with the Spanish and Portuguese imaging communities. #PPBI #REMOA