Bioimaging has now entered the era of big data with faster-than-ever development of
complex microscopy technologies leading to increasingly complex datasets. This enormous …

The second decade of the twenty-first century witnessed a new challenge in the handling of
microscopy data. Big data, data deluge, large data, data compliance, data analytics, data …

The imminent release of tissue atlases combining multichannel microscopy with single-cell
sequencing and other omics data from normal and diseased specimens creates an urgent …

Current treatments for modulating the glial‐mediated inflammatory response after spinal
cord injury (SCI) have limited ability to improve recovery. This is quite likely due to the lack of …

Rigorous record-keeping and quality control are required to ensure the quality,
reproducibility and value of imaging data. The 4DN Initiative and BINA here propose light …

For quality, interpretation, reproducibility and sharing value, microscopy images should be
accompanied by detailed descriptions of the conditions that were used to produce them …

The Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) is a specification for organizing, sharing, and
archiving neuroimaging data and metadata in a reusable way. First developed for magnetic …

Together with the molecular knowledge of genes and proteins, biological images promise to
significantly enhance the scientific understanding of complex cellular systems and to …

While the FAIR (F indable, A ccessible, I nteroperable, and R e-usable) principles are well
accepted in the scientific community, there are still many challenges in implementing them in …

Coordinated collaboration is essential to realize the added value of and infrastructure
requirements for global image data sharing in the life sciences. In this White Paper, we take …