Biological and biomedical imaging in environmental sciences

Studies on the bacterial response to environmental stimuli. Study of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying plant resilience under stress conditions, including warming, drought, and others associated with a changing climate.

Biological and biomedical imaging in environmental sciences

Microscale studies of the microbial communities and their cellular interactions and physiology in matrixes such as soil, seas and underground waters to study the determinants of biodiversity and determine organisms’ characteristics and behaviour under changing conditions.

Biological and biomedical imaging in environmental sciences

Study of causal climate change effects and threats, e.g. characterization of emergent disease vectors and pathogens including their molecular/cell biological pathways, and their pathogenic effects in whole organisms and humans.

New technologies and approaches for biological and biomedical imaging

Novel detection modalities to reveal new processes and linking them to data from other infrastructures. Access to a range of cutting-edge technologies in biological and biomedical imaging for life scientists and beyond; image data analysis and exploring imaging data in combination with non-imaging big datasets, data analysis support and training.

Social and cultural aspects for biological and biomedical imaging

Use of longitudinal studies and cohorts in the healthy population, e.g. life course studies, ageing. Biomedical engineering and precision medicine: ethical implications.

Open data resources and management for biological and biomedical imaging

Public data repository (bioimage archive) to store, integrate and serve image datasets from published scientific studies. Cloud-based image data services, to run image analysis algorithms on large openly available image datasets to address new biological questions; pre-clinical image data archiving and processing.