GloBIAS association

GloBIAS was registered as an association in October 2024 in Klosterneuburg, Austria. 

It is now a registered not-for-profit association (ZVR-Zahl 1485981412). 

For the original german version of the statues click here and an english version can be found here.

Membership - ordinary member

For individuals, GloBIAS offers the following membership benefits:

• exchange with competent professionals in the field

• become more visible among, and be part of, the friendly community of scientists working in BioImage Analysis

• access to prepared and reviewed information

• access to curated training material

• opportunity to influence the development of the field

• regular online events such as seminars and webinars and in the future (funding dependent) in-person events such as workshop, symposia and hackathons 

• regular newsletter with updates on the society and information such as publications, courses on offer and resources relevant for BioImage Analysis

• advertise open positions/jobs for BioImage Analysts on the GloBIAS website

• opportunities to become involved in training sessions and ‘Call for help sessions’ on the advising side

• become part of Focus Groups (or suggest your own) within the society, dedicated to collaborating on and discussing specific topics of interest

Annual membership fee levels for ordinary members:

• MSc and PhD students - 50 Euro/ calendar year

• every other ordinary member - 100 Euro/ calendar year

For people based in any country in the list below (country: any territory for which authorities report separate social or economic statistics, World Bank classification), we offer a 50% discount on the above fees. 

• Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan

• Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi

• Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo Dem. Rep., Congo Rep., Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba

• Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic

• Ecuador, Egypt Arab Rep., El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia

• Fiji

• Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau

• Haiti, Honduras

• India, Indonesia, Iran Islamic Rep., Iraq

• Jamaica, Jordan

• Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea Dem. People's Rep., Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic

• Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya

• Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia Fed. Sts., Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar

• Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia

• Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines

• Rwanda

• Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic

• Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu

• Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

• Vanuatu, Venezuela RB, Vietnam

• West Bank and Gaza

• Yemen Rep.

• Zambia, Zimbabwe 

(Source of data, 'current classification table': https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups)

Membership - extraordinary member

An option for associations, organisations and societies and other legal entities such as universities, scientific institutes, companies, promoting the objectives of the Society to become extraordinary supporting members. 

We are working on defining this option further.

We ask for your patience while we are finalising the required infrastructure to enable membership. 

We will publish updates on a regular basis here and on our social media accounts.

Mission Statement

The association aims to establish a scientific society to connect the global community of individuals working in or applying bio-image analysis. The community of bioimage analysis is heterogeneous and growing: bioimage analysts, software developers, life scientists, biologists, physicists, bioinformaticians, research software engineers, microscopists are part of this community. The wide spectrum of their backgrounds brings valuable information and experiences into the community from all directions in science and engineering, towards the goal of "measuring biological systems through image data". The association serves to promote international relations, knowledge exchange and collaboration between the different members of the community and pursues advancement of scientific collaboration and advancement of methods and tools for image analysis in biological research.

GloBIAS endeavours to connect professionals in the field of the Bioimage Analysis domain, whether in academia or industry by facilitating dialogue and collaboration among all people working within the field of BioImage Analysis, whether applying, developing, teaching and training or implementing BioImage Analysis tools and infrastructure.

Central to GloBIAS's objectives is the collaborative creation and upkeep of educational resources catering for diverse proficiency levels, the establishment and upkeep of standards relevant to bioimage analysis, and addressing emerging common issues within the field. Members of GloBIAS engage in networking activities and participate in regular online and in-person events to foster mutual learning and professional growth.

The work of the association will be guided by a set of principles. Please read here to learn more about our code of conduct.