We kindly invite you to the 1st X-ray Histology Users' Meeting that will take place online on Wednesday 23rd June 2021, 09:00-12:00 (BST) / 10:00-13:00 (CET).

This 1st X-ray Histology Users’ Meeting provides a platform for collaborators to discuss their work and experience from integrating 3D X-ray histology (XRH) in their research portfolio. Open to existing collaborators and potential future users, it will give insight to the opportunities the technology offers and establish a space for discussion of primary aspects of 3D X-ray histology, including sample preparation, image acquisition, image processing and data handling. In addition, we will also offer a brief overview and updates on our 3D X-ray histology facility and open the floor to everybody to bring up further questions (see link to questionnaire below).

The event is free to attend.

We kindly ask all participants to submit (anonymously) at least one XRH-related question for the Q&A session. Please submit your questions here: https://forms.office.com/r/sHkHD3bDJM

Thank you for your active participation.

Kind greetings from Southampton and we look forward to meeting online soon.

The XRH Team

What is 3D X-ray histology?

3D X-ray histology is soft tissue-optimised micro-computed tomographic (µCT) imaging, which allows for non-destructive 3D imaging of tissue microstructure and density variations, resolving structural connectivity and heterogeneity of complex tissue networks, such as the vascular network or the respiratory tract. Being non-destructive, 3D X-ray histology permits subsequent tissue characterisation in a correlative manner, by means of conventional light microscopy-based histology, immunohistochemistry or immunofluorescence. Our team at the University of Southampton in Engineering and Medicine is providing the next-generation 3D imaging tools to augment and surpass 2D microscopic histology routinely by 3D X-ray histology (www.xrayhistology.org), enabling both novel (bio)medical research findings and routes for clinical translation.