Bangalore Microscopy Course 2026

The 16th Bangalore Microscopy Course (BMC) will be organized at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, India during 20th - 27th Sept 2026. This course is jointly organized by NCBS, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) and Tata Institute for Genetics & Society (TIGS). Taught by world leaders in biological microscopy, this course provides didactic and hands-on training in state-of-the-art optical microscopy techniques. A range of topics from basic microscopy to super-resolution imaging will be covered. Research seminars detailing applications of light microscopy to address specific biological questions will also be part of the program. Lectures will be combined with hands-on training in a dedicated teaching laboratory equipped with many state-of-the-art microscopes. 

Over the years, the Bangalore Microscopy Course has become a key meeting point for the Indian and international imaging community, serving as a platform where academia and industry interact,new technologies are introduced and future microscopy leaders are trained.

Organisers 

Satyajit Mayor, NCBS, Bengaluru & University of Warwick, UK
H Krishnamurthy, NCBS, Bengaluru
Venkatesan Iyer, C-CAMP, Bengaluru
M Sarvajith, NCBS, Bengaluru
Rahul Roy, IISc, Bengaluru
Arjun Guha,  InStem, Bengaluru
Minhaj Sirajuddin,  InStem, Bengaluru
Pratik Kumar, NCBS, Bengaluru 
 
Invited faculty
 
Abhishek Kumar, University of Wisconsin, USA
Arjun Guha, InStem, Bengaluru, India
Katsuyuki Shiroguchi, RIKEN BDR, Japan
Nico Stuurman, UCSF, USA, India
Nithin Mohan, IIT Kanpur, India
Minhaj Sirajuddin, InStem Bengaluru, India
Rahul Roy, IISc, Bengaluru, India
Pratik Kumar, NCBS, Bengaluru,  India
Satyajit Mayor, NCBS, Bengaluru & University of Warwick, UK
Sudarshan Gadadhar, inStem, Bengaluru, India
Thorsten Wohland, NUS, Singapore
Vinoth Kumar Kutti Raghunathan, NCBS, Bengaluru, India
 
Sponsors and support