Network of BioImage Analysis (NoBIAs)

Why does NoBIAs exist?

Quantitative multi-parametric analysis of biological imaging is fast emerging as a crucial area of biomedical research. This progress towards increasingly quantitative analysis is made possible by the confluence of molecular and cell biology, microscopy (and nanoscopy), image processing algorithms and data science within a single bioimage analysis framework. Currently, many researchers are acquiring high-quality cell and tissue images but image analysis parts tend to be low throughput and mostly manual. Collaboration between researchers from different areas of the image analysis workflow is largely ‘ad-hoc’ and some researchers are not familiar with the ‘state of the art’ in the other areas (e.g. advanced image processing, machine learning or new imaging technologies).

The Network of BioImage Analysis is an initiative by the BIRU. It aims to facilitate interaction between researchers from all parts of the image analysis workflow: biology, computer science and data science. It will serve as a forum for the researchers to discuss analysis related issues or problems that they are facing. In addition, the group could share strategies or ideas that have helped in past image analyses as well. The hope is that this discussion would promote better and more innovative image analysis of the large volumes of imaging data being generated.

What is the image analysis workflow?