BIA seminar series

The primary goal of this seminar series is to provide a dynamic platform for bioimage analysts, enabling the community to stay up to date with the latest developments in the field and foster community interactions. The seminars are designed to cater to intermediate and advanced analysts, focusing on practical, high-level content that extends beyond basic instruction.

Target Audience

The seminars are tailored for bioimage analysts who have intermediate to advanced knowledge in the field. This includes professionals and academics who are currently practising or researching within the domains of bioimage analysis, microscopy, and related life sciences. Themes are designed to cover relevant aspects and latest “news” of bioimage analysis, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience for intermediate to advanced analysts. Each session may feature one or two talks, depending on the complexity of the topic and the expertise of the speakers. 

The seminar series will concentrate on a topic for three sessions in a row. The seminar will usually be in the last week of the month, but to help engagement of the global community we will not have a fixed day and time. 

Planned topics so far include:

• Image data, file formats, image data management – current state and challenges 

• How to manage and optimize the data flow between the instruments, the users, the analysts, the storage providers? 

• Insight into careers as BioImage Analysts

• Python Libraries for Bioimage Analysis: A deep dive into Python tools that are essential for modern bioimage data processing and analysis. 

• to be continued.....

Registration

Please register for the seminar series here: BIA seminar series. 

The registration will be used to send you the link to the seminar sessions. You will be registered for all upcoming GloBIAS seminar sessions in the future.

First topic

Image data, file formats, image data management – current state and challenges 

Handling huge imaging data with OME-Zarr 

David Stansby, Kimberly Meechan, Ruaridh Gollifer, University College London, United Kingdom 

Wednesday 3rd December 2025, 1:00 pm/13:00 GMT / UK time 

Abstract - To be added soon

Large-scale image visualization, annotation, sharing and management with OME-Zarr and Webknossos

Norman Rzepka, scalable minds GmbH, Potsdam, Germany

Monday 26 January 2026, 4 pm/ 16:00 CET

Abstract - To be added soon

Title: to be confirmed

Virgine Uhlmann, director, BioVisionCenter, Zürich, Switzerland

Monday 23. February 2026 at 2 pm/14:00 CET/ Zürich time (might be subject to changes)

Abstract - will follow closer to the time

Second topic

How to manage and optimize the data flow between the instruments, the users, the analysts, the storage providers?