Please note that with the unification of MSIS and IMSS, we are slowly moving the content of this website to the new IMSIS platform.
If this website will stay active for a few more months, we strongly encourage you to visit the new platform to stay up to date with the latest activities of the MSI | IMS community!
About this website
This site is dedicated to sharing knowledge on mass spectrometry imaging (MSI, also termed imaging MS or MS imaging). In brief, this is an emerging field in science allowing true label-free molecular imaging of flat samples, e.g. biological tissue sections. On this site you find a lot of information on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometric imaging (MALDI MSI), but also other techniques including SIMS, DESI, LA ICP MSI, IMC and more are represented. The software section hosts multiple programs for image acquisition and processing, including BioMap. Since 2012, this site also hosts information from the COST action on MS imaging and on the imzML data format. As of the 2017, the site is home of and operated by the Mass Spectrometry Imaging Society.
The content on this website is updated by the Mass Spectrometry Imaging Society (MSIS).
Latest events organized by the Community
Events
Membership
Current members of MSIS
Your membership information for MSIS is secured and IMSIS members will receive an email asking for permission to import their status into the new system.
IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A MEMBER OF IMSIS EUROPE, YOU CAN STILL REGISTER ON THE MSIS WEBSITE AND YOUR MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION WILL BE TRANSFERRED ONCE THE MEMBERSHIP IS ACTIVE ON THIS WEBSITE
How to join IMSIS?
IMSIS is structured as a CIO, whose ‘members’ are its constituent organizations. Hence, upon formation, IMSIS initially had only two members: MSIS and IMSS, who have voted to rename themselves IMSIS Europe and IMSIS Americas, respectively. Since organizations are the members of IMSIS, the status of individuals is “members” of the constituent organizations (IMSIS Americas and IMSIS Europe) and Associate Members of IMSIS.
IMSIS Americas and IMSIS Europe, along with any future member organizations, retain autonomy to operate in their respective regions and will propose members of the IMSIS Executive Board.
By joining IMSIS Americas or IMSIS Europe, individuals automatically become members of the IMSIS community.