We attended the 9th GBI Exchange of Experience in Okazaki, Japan!
Global BioImaging organizes annual international workshops called Exchange of Experience (EoE), which represent key moments for the international imaging community to come together and discuss common goals, trends and challenges in running open access imaging facilities across the globe.
This year’s host has been our Japanese colleagues from ABis (Advanced Bioimaging Support). We took the opportunity to take part in their annual meeting, one day ahead of the GBI EoE. The program highlighted groundbreaking research, including studies on genome structure in single human cells (Jan Elleberg) and new methods for analyzing multi-cellular dynamics (Tomomi Nemoto). Other high-interest topics included big data acquisition (Hideharu Mikami), expansion microscopy (Xiaoyu Shi) and cognitive biases in neuroimaging (Makiko Yamada).
This 9th edition brought together the global imaging community in Okazaki to discuss shared goals, trends and challenges in managing open-access imaging facilities worldwide. The focus of this edition, “Image Data Horizons – Global Strategies for Accessible Knowledge”, encouraged a rich exchange on practical approaches to data sharing, management, and accessibility.
France-BioImaging’s Data mission co-officer, Perrine Paul-Gilloteaux, presented the FBI.Data project, showcasing France-BioImaging’s leadership data management – recognized as a model approach within the international community.
We also attended the first FoundingGIDE meeting, where we delved more deeply into the steps that image data scientists, supported by funders, decision-makers, and corporate partners, can take to advance towards a Global Image Data Ecosystem (GIDE).
As always, it was a pleasure to meet all the colleagues from the international bioimaging community!
Marine Béraud • November 14, 2024