Euro-BioImaging Spain Kick-off Meeting
Schedule
Fri Feb 20 2026 at 09:00 am to 06:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Instituto de Estudios Catalanes | Barcelona, CT
About this Event
Join us for the official launch of Euro-BioImaging Spain, a national initiative that integrates cutting-edge imaging technologies and expertise within a coordinated infrastructure. This kick-off meeting will bring together current and potential Spanish nodes and researchers to explore opportunities for collaboration, showcase advanced imaging capabilities, and strengthen Spain’s role in the European research landscape.
Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with the imaging community and shape the future of Euro-BioImaging in Spain.
Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Registration
🕑: 09:30 AM - 09:40 AM
Iban Ubarretxena
Info: Scientific Coordinator, Euro-BioImaging-Spain Instituto Biofisika (IBF, CSIC–UPV/EHU) / Biofisika Bizkaia Fundazioa (FBB), Bilbao
🕑: 09:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Inmaculada Figueroa
Info: Subdirector General for Scientific and Technical Infrastructures and Large Facilities, Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
John Eriksson
Info: Director Euro-BioImaging ERIC, Turku, Finland
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Scientific Talks. Advanced Optical Imaging and Photonics
Info: Speakers: María García Parajo, Single Molecule Biophotonics, ICFO- The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona.
James Sharpe, EMBL Barcelona.
Session Chair: Nadia Halidi, Advanced Light Microscopy Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona
🕑: 11:50 AM - 12:40 PM
Scientific Talks. Biomedical Imaging and Advanced Radiology
Info: Speakers: Luís Martí-Bonmatí, Biomedical Imaging Research Group (GIBI230-IIS La Fe), Clinical Area of Medical Imaging Department, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital , Valencia.
Raquel Pérez López, Advanced Medical Imaging / Radiomics Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona. Session Chair: Aikaterini Vraka, Biomedical Imaging Research Group (GIBI230-II2 La Fe), La Fe Health Research Institute, Valencia.
🕑: 12:40 PM - 01:50 PM
Scientific Talks. National BioImaging Infrastructures
Info: National BioImaging Infrastructures: Organization/Activities, Digital Transformation, Innovation/ Training/ Access. Speakers: Luisa Cortés, Portuguese Platform of BioImaging (PPBI). Microscopy Imaging Centre of Coimbra (MICC), CNC-University of Coimbra, Portugal. Emmanuel Faure, Image Data Mission, France Bioimaging (FBI) Montpellier, France. José Requejo/Alvaro Sahún, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC)/ Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM): Madrid Advanced MIcroscopy Center (MAdMiC), Madrid, Spain.
Session Chair: Johanna Bischof, Bio-Hub Operations, Euro-BioImaging Bio-Hub (EMBL), Germany
🕑: 01:50 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch
🕑: 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM
Image Analysis and Artificial Intelligence for Multimodal Image Data
Info: Speakers: Emmanuel Faure, Université de Montpellier (LIRMM)/ CNRS/ INRIA, Montpellier, France.
Ignacio Arganda-Carreras, Bioimage Analysis Instituto Biofisika (IBF, CSIC–/EHU), Bilbao.
Leonor Cerdá-Alberich, Biomedical Imaging Research Group (GIBI230-IIS La Fe), La Fe Health Research Institute, Valencia.
Session Chair: María Calvo, Advanced Microscopy Unit CCiTUB- Centres Científics i Tecnològics de la Universitat de Barcelona.
🕑: 04:15 PM - 04:45 PM
Coffe Break
🕑: 04:45 PM - 05:45 PM
Artificial Intelligence, Across Scales: From Cells to Patients
Info: Speakers: María García Parajo, ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona.
Ignacio Arganda-Carreras, Instituto Biofisika, CSIC- EHU, Bilbao.
Raquel Pérez López, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona.
Leonor Cerdá-Alberich, Biomedical Imaging Research Group (GIBI230), La Fe Health Research Institute, Valencia.
Moderators: Pablo Loza, Super-Resolution Ligh Microscopy and Nanoscopy (SLN) ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona; Julien Colombelli, Advanced Digital Microscopy Core Facility Institute for Research in Biomedicine -IRB Barcelona.
🕑: 05:50 PM - 06:00 PM
Closing Session
Where is it happening?
Instituto de Estudios Catalanes, 47 Carrer del Carme, Barcelona, SpainEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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