BioImage Cloud is out !
BioImage Cloud – or BiClou – has officially launched on Monday, May 11, 2026. Developed by the FBI.data team, this solution will be progressively deployed across France-BioImaging facilities. BiClou aims to facilitate bioimage data management, from image acquisition to data sharing and reuse. A webinar will be held on Thursday, May 21, 2026, to present BiClou. More information is available below.
What is BioImage Cloud?
BioImage Cloud acts as a transport solution designed to streamline the transfer of imaging datasets from acquisition to a shared cloud storage.
After image acquisition on the microscope, users upload their datasets to a local server. They must then complete an Excel sheet describing their samples and associated metadata. Without this information, the datasets cannot be transferred from the local server. Furthermore, metadata make users’ data FAIR, and users can then easily visualize, annotate, and share their images via a web browser or dedicated software.
Once the metadata sheet has been completed, the datasets can be transferred to a mesocenter, a data center dedicated to data storage and processing. After import, users can access their datasets at any time through their OMERO interface.
How to use BioImage Cloud?
We recommend joining our next FBI Connect webinar on May 21, 2026, to attend a live presentation of BioImage Cloud by Guillaume Gay from FBI.data. This webinar will be an opportunity to discover the solution and ask your questions directly.
To make sure you don’t miss the event, you can register here: https://u-bordeaux-fr.zoom.us/meeting/register/c2-LmdqXQh6TeukMVGKBVg
To help users get started with the solution, FBI.data members will host Open Desk sessions every Monday and Wednesday from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. If you would like to join a session, you can email data@france-bioimaging.org to express your interest, or directly join the Open Desk here: https://visio.numerique.gouv.fr/bfg-fhqu-dlm
We also encourage you to subscribe to the bioimage-cloud@groupes.renater.fr mailing list to stay informed about future updates and developments related to the solution. To subscribe, please send an email at sympa@groupes.renater.fr with the subject “Subscribe bioimage-cloud@groupes.renater.fr – Last Name – First Name”.
