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Dr Virginia Silió of the UCL CDB has been selected to be Euro-BioImaging Ambassador 2025

29 May 2025

A UCL Research Technician, specialising in confocal imaging, has been selected to be Euro-BioImaging Ambassador for the 25/26 academic year. Virginia Silió works in UCL's Centre for Molecular & Cell Dynamics, within the Research Department of Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB),

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Congratulations to Dr Virginia Silió of the UCL Research Department of Cell & Developmental Biology in the Division of Biosciences, who has been selected as Euro-BioImaging Ambassador 2025 because of her passion for imaging and motivation to spread the word about imaging technologies to researchers.  

A photo of the Nikon AX-NSPARC scanner in situ at UCL
Euro-BioImaging is the gateway to European biological & biomedical imaging technologies and expertise, offering open access to imaging services to all researchers, regardless their field of research or career stage. As the Euro-BioImaging website says about their ambassadors:  their advocacy and engagement ... help foster a greater understanding of Euro-BioImaging services, making imaging technologies more accessible for researchers, and creating opportunities for collaboration, scientific advancement and innovation in bioimaging.

 

After a month's onboarding, Euro-BioImaging Ambassadors begin a one-year period of ambassadorial activities, chosen from a diverse portfolio of options that Euro-BioImaging offers and also ambassadors’ own innovative ideas.  The portfolio is aimed at fostering the liaison and co-operation of all its stakeholders (including scientists, industry, and national and European authorities).

  

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Virginia Silió is a Confocal Technician in the Centre for Molecular & Cell Dynamics (UCL CCMD-Bioscience Light Microscopy), specializing in advanced imaging techniques, user training and microscopy best practices. With a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology, and postdoctoral research experience from the University of Warwick, she contributes extensive expertise in confocal, time-lapse and super-resolution microscopy, image analysis and facility management.  Virginia supports the department's researchers in optimising microscopy workflows and data acquisition.

 

The photo above is of UCL CDB's Nikon (NSPARC) detector, which uses an ultra-low noise detector array to collect a two-dimensional image at each scanned point, thereby improving signal-to-noise ratio by increasing the available signal level while allowing imaging with lower excitation power.  

 

A strong advocate of collaboration and open science, Virginia is committed to promoting the FAIR principles, fostering knowledge-sharing, and mentoring the next generation of researchers in advanced imaging technologies.  Virginia is also an active member of the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) and the Royal Society of Biology (MRSB).

The CCMD facility is open to both UCL and non-UCL researchers, so if you need help determining which instrument best fits your imaging needs, drop by our office where we can help guide you. Alternatively, email one or more of the staff with your questions.  For detailed descriptions of our microscopes, and the many resources we have available, please visit https://www.uclccmd.co.uk/ (external website).

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