mastodon 4.7.3Capturing the world of science. Unlocking the potential of #imaging at @helmholtz_en. A collaboration of @DESY@helmholtz.social, @DKFZ@helmholtz.social & @MDC_Berlin. #SciencePics #ImagingData
Something fascinating is coming soon. 👀
120 images. One gallery. Your choice.
Public voting for the Best Scientific Image Contest 2026 opens on July 30.
Get ready to explore the entries!
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How ready is your image dataset for analysis?
Join our 2-part online workshop on image dataset quality control, data exploration and PixelPatrol.
Instructor: Ella Bahry, @MDC_Berlin@social.bund.de
📅 Sept 10 + 17, 2026
Open to @association@helmholtz.social & @hidadigital@bird.makeup partners only.
Registration opens Aug 13, 12 PM.
3D Data Visualization workshop: registration open!
📍 Berlin
📅 Sept 28–Oct 1
Hands-on training with BigVolumeViewer, Blender & Neuroglancer.
Instructors: Deborah, Ella, & Thomas (Helmholtz Imaging, @MDC_Berlin@social.bund.de)
Places are limited; first come, first served.
Register here 👉 https://helmholtz-imaging.de/events/training/3d-data-visualization-2/
Free of charge. Open to anyone working at @association@helmholtz.social or a @hidadigital@bird.makeup partner.
Missed our Best Scientific Image Contest 2025 exhibition at the Long Night of Sciences Berlin?
You can still visit it at MDC in Berlin-Buch until July 10 (open to all MDC employees).
Interested in showing the exhibition at your institution or event? We're happy to loan it out. Just contact us 👉 https://helmholtz-imaging.de/support-hub/
#LNDW26 #HelmholtzImaging #Imaging #Imagingscience @MDC_Berlin@social.bund.de @association@helmholtz.social
Join Helmholtz #imagingweek2026 in Leipzig from Nov 9–12!
Register now & contribute: workshops, talks, posters or BYOIC – Bring Your Own Imaging Challenge 👉 https://bit.ly/HI-Imaging-Week-26
Submissions: Jun 15–Sep 16, 2026
We'd love to see you in Leipzig.
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Want to align multiple datasets?
Our 90-min online workshop on image registration introduces key concepts & practical techniques.
Save the date: Nov 4, 10–11:30 CEST
Open to @association@helmholtz.social employees & @hidadigital@bird.makeup partners.
lnstructor: Ella Bahry from Helmholtz Imaging / MDC_Berlin@social.bund.de
Registration opens Oct 7 👉 https://bit.ly/image-registration-ws
#datascience #training
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We are moving from Mattermost to Matrix!
Join the #HelmholtzImaging Community space to stay connected, exchange with others & receive updates on news, events & opportunities.
We’ve published a short guide on how to join us on Matrix 👉 https://bit.ly/HI-moves-to-Matrix
See you there!
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#imaging #imagingscience
👀 One last reminder: the Best Scientific Image Contest 2026 ends tomorrow.
Show us what your research looks like & submit your images for a chance to win awards, €4,500 in total prize money, exhibition spots & a feature in our calendar!
👉 https://awards.helmholtz-imaging.de/site/index.php
Open to everyone at @association@helmholtz.social
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RE: https://helmholtz.social/@HelmholtzImaging/116720213447726540
#HAICON26 may be over, but the conversation continues. 💙
Read our recap and join us next at one of our next training workshops and/or Helmholtz Imaging Week 2026 (Nov 9-12, Leipzig)!
More 👉 https://bit.ly/HI-at-HAICON26
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Working with image data?
Explore upcoming training courses on 3D visualization, dataset quality control, image reconstruction and registration 👉 https://helmholtz-imaging.de/training/
Registration is open or opening soon.
Plus, new AI validation training materials are available online.
Free for @association@helmholtz.social & @hidadigital@bird.makeup partners
Looking for the #HelmholtzImaging team at #HAICON26?
You'll find us at our booth today & throughout the conference.
Come by to learn about our tools, resources, projects & training opportunities for @association@helmholtz.social researchers.
And grab a scientific image poster while supplies last! 👀
See you! 👋
Our new #HelmholtzImaging Newsletter is out 🙌
Highlights:
▪️ Project Call 2026 (deadline: June 26): info session on June 2
▪️ Helmholtz Imaging Week2026 in Leipzig (Nov 9-12)
▪️ New tools: Claims Reloaded & CellSium
▪️ New training opportunities
▪️And much more.
👉 https://bit.ly/HI-Newsletter-27
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The Helmholtz Imaging Project Call 2026 is now open! We support collaborative projects at the intersection of imaging & data science of at least 2 Helmholtz Centers.
💰 up to €500k funding
📅 Deadline: June 26, 2026
Learn more, join our info session & apply 👉 https://bit.ly/HI-Project-Call-2026
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NEW TRAINING
📅 Save the date: Regularization in Image Reconstruction: From Model to Data Driven Methods
Join this 7-hour online course on Sept 16, 2026, on inverse problems, regularization, deep learning & uncertainty quantification.
Registration opens Aug 19.
Stay tuned 👉 https://bit.ly/Regularization-in-image-reconstruction
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The Helmholtz Imaging Project Call 2026 is open!
Join our info sessions to learn how to apply for up to €500k funding volume for interdisciplinary #imaging projects:
📅 Apr 24 & Jun 2 (10:00–11:30 CEST)
Details & registration 👉 https://bit.ly/HI-Project-Call-2026
Image: Stefan Kruse
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What does your science look like? 👀 The Best Scientific Image Contest 2026 is now open! Share your most beautiful, surprising, or powerful scientific image & let it travel far beyond the lab. Awards, exhibitions & calendar feature await.
Submit by 1/5 👉 https://awards.helmholtz-imaging.de/site/index.php
Open to everyone working at @association@helmholtz.social
@awi@helmholtz.social @cispa@bird.makeup @DESYnews@helmholtz.social @DKFZ@helmholtz.social @dzne@social.bund.de @DLR @fzj @geomar_de@helmholtz.social @GFZ@helmholtz.social @FAIR_GSI_en@helmholtz.social @HelmholtzMunich @hereon@helmholtz.social @hzbde@bird.makeup @HZDR@helmholtz.social @Helmholtz_HZI@helmholtz.social @KIT_Karlsruhe @MDC_Berlin @ufz@helmholtz.social @helmholtz_hmc@helmholtz.social
During #ImagingWeek2026, the Imaging Deep Dive Day on Nov 10 offers interactive, thematic workshops to explore topics in depth & exchange ideas in a more hands-on setting.
We’re still accepting workshop proposals. Slots are limited, so be quick! 👉 https://bit.ly/IDDD-2026
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Your scientific image could travel across Germany!
⏳ 1 month left to enter the Helmholtz Imaging Best Scientific Image Contest 2026 & to win awards, exciting prizes & wide visibility
Submit by May 1, 2026!
More info 👉 https://bit.ly/BSIC2026-Call
Open to everyone working at @association@helmholtz.social
@awi@helmholtz.social @cispa @DESYnews@helmholtz.social @DKFZ@helmholtz.social @dzne@helmholtz.social @DLR @fzj @geomar_de@helmholtz.social @GFZ@helmholtz.social @FAIR_GSI_en@helmholtz.social @HelmholtzMunich @hereon@helmholtz.social @hzbde @HZDR@helmholtz.social @Helmholtz_HZI@helmholtz.social @KIT_Karlsruhe @MDC_Berlin @ufz@helmholtz.social @helmholtz_hmc@helmholtz.social
Registration is open!
Want to better validate your #AI methods in #imageanalysis?
Join our 3-part online workshop on June 3, 9 & 25 at 9-12 PM.
Learn to choose metrics, quantify uncertainty & assess the robustness of rankings.
⏳ Register by May 31 👉 https://bit.ly/Validating-AI-for-Image-Analysis
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Attending #HMCConference2026 in Heidelberg?
Come say hi to Kris & Carlos from our #HelmholtzImaging Engineering and Support Unit @DKFZ@helmholtz.social. 👋
Curious about our work or have an imaging-related question? Stop by for a chat. We’re always happy to connect.
More about us 👉 https://helmholtz-imaging.de/
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#Metadata #imaging #imagingscience
What does your science look like? 👀
The Best Scientific Image Contest 2026 deadline has been extended to May 13, and now includes €4,500 in total prize money. 🙌
Share your images & let it travel beyond the lab.
Submit 👉 https://awards.helmholtz-imaging.de/site/index.php
Open to everyone at @association@helmholtz.social
@awi@helmholtz.social @cispa @DESYnews@helmholtz.social @DKFZ@helmholtz.social @dzne@helmholtz.social @DLR @fzj @geomar_de@helmholtz.social @GFZ@helmholtz.social @FAIR_GSI_en@helmholtz.social @HelmholtzMunich @hereon@helmholtz.social @hzbde @HZDR@helmholtz.social @Helmholtz_HZI@helmholtz.social @KIT_Karlsruhe @MDC_Berlin @ufz@helmholtz.social @helmholtz_hmc@helmholtz.social
A winning image from the Helmholtz Imaging Best Scientific Image Contest 2025 was featured in GEO magazine.
“Rare Earth Element Fern” by Kathryn Spiers from @DESYnews@helmholtz.social et al. shows how scientific images can reach far beyond research.
Our next call opens spring 2026.
All winning images 👉 https://bit.ly/BSIC2025-Gallery
Image co-authors: Kathryn Spiers, Dennis Brückner, Antony van der Ent, Léo Goudard & Germinal Rouhan
🎉 Just wrapped up our #HIbestimage25 showcase on Instagram. Missed it? Check it out 👉 https://bit.ly/HIonInstagram
Got fascinating scientific images? Submit to #HIbestimage26 by May 1 & win exciting prizes including €4,500 in total prize money 👉 https://bit.ly/BSIC2026-Call
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That’s a wrap on #HAICON26!
Inspiring talks, hands-on workshops, great conversations at our Helmholtz Imaging booth & a special reception at the Munich Residence.
Many thanks to Helmholtz AI for organizing.
We’re leaving with new ideas, connections & impressions, & with even more motivation to bring the imaging community together again soon: at Helmholtz Imaging Week 2026 (Nov 9-12) in Leipzig. Registration is open now 👉 https://events.hifis.net/event/2690/
What if AI in medicine had to pass a “final exam”?
The €3M-funded MEDAL project is building a global benchmark based on real clinical needs.
#äHelmholtzImaging contributes its expertise in benchmarking image analysis AI models & evaluation.
More 👍 https://bit.ly/HI-shapes-MEDAL
Congratulations to Lena Maier-Hein, Annika Reinke & team! 👏
#Helmholtz #imaging #AI
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Working with 3D data? Save the date for our 4-day workshop in Berlin!
📍 Sept 28–Oct 1, 2026
🛠️ BigVolumeViewer, Blender & Neuroglancer
🔬 Hands-on visualization of volumetric datasets
Registration opens on July 20.
Instructors: Deborah Schmidt, Ella Bahry & Thomas Roßberg, #HelmholtzImaging @MDC_Berlin@social.bund.de
We're heading to #HAICON26!
📅 Our workshops on 8/6:
6b (11:15–13:15): PixelPatrol & Helmholtz Model Zoo
4b (14:15–16:15): A Practical Tour of PEFT & Co.
📍 Our booth: visit us on 9–11/6.
Bonus: we'll be giving away posters from our image Contest 2025 👀.
#AI #Imaging @association@helmholtz.social @DESYnews@helmholtz.social @DKFZ@helmholtz.social @MDC_Berlin@social.bund.de
The new #HelmholtzImaging newsletter is out!
This issue brings together funding calls, opportunities to get involved, and community highlights — from the Project Call 2026 and Best Scientific Image Contest to a call for experts shaping AI in science across Europe.
We’re also hiring a Team Lead at @DKFZ@helmholtz.social. 👏 Application deadline: March 27, 2026
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/HI-Newsletter-26
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📢 Reminder: The next info session for the Helmholtz Imaging Project Call 2026 takes place on June 2!
Learn more about the funding opportunity (up to €500k + special track up to €100k), application process & matchmaking possibilities.
🕙 10–11:30 CEST
More info 👉 https://bit.ly/HI-Project-Call-2026
#imaging #datascience @association@helmholtz.social @helmholtz_hmc@helmholtz.social
What connects ancient cuneiform tablets & water-driven materials?
Advanced imaging.
We're thrilled to contribute to 2️⃣ Excellence Clusters in Hamburg, enabling interdisciplinary research across the humanities, natural sciences & engineering.
Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/HI-contributes-to-2-excellence-clusters
#ImagingScience #imaging
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Our final newsletter of the year is out! 🙌
Participate in our conference survey (and raffle), learn more about our new tool PixelPatrol, dive into new workshop recordings, discover the UNLOCK projects, explore community updates & more - all in one place!
Happy reading 👉 https://bit.ly/HI-Newsletter-24
Image: Daniela Tirsch, @DLR@social.bund.de & Björn Schreiner, @freieuniversitaet@berlin.social
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Final call 📸
Only 1 week left to enter the Helmholtz Imaging Best Scientific Image Contest 2026
🏆 Win awards, exciting prizes (incl. €4,500 total prize money) & a place in our exhibition and calendar
Submit by May 1 👉 https://bit.ly/BSIC2026-Call
@association@helmholtz.social @helmholtz_hmc@helmholtz.social
Satellite data meets explainable AI to better understand soil health 🌱
Hype-Spectral, winner of the ESA #HYPERVIEW2 challenge, predicts soil nutrients from hyperspectral imagery while making model decisions transparent.
More 👉 https://connect.helmholtz-imaging.de/blog_gallery/blogpost/13
Our new Helmholtz Imaging Newsletter is out! 🙌
Save the date for the HI Conference 2026 (November 9-13), discover new projects & tools, help shape the next conference via our community survey & more 👉 https://bit.ly/HI-Newsletter-25
Image: Rafael Deliz-Aguirre, @MDC_Berlin@social.bund.de
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#imaging #imagingscience #HIConference2026 #HIproject
Doing #AI for #imageanalysis? Learn how to validate your results properly:
1️⃣Select appropriate performance metrics
2️⃣Quantify model performance uncertainty
3️⃣Assess the robustness of model comparisons
🗓️ June 3 | 9 | 25, 9-12
Registration opens May 6 👉 https://bit.ly/Validating-AI-for-Image-Analysis
Instructors: Annika Reinke, Helmholtz Imaging, DKFZ & Evangelia Christodoulou, DKFZ
This course is organized in cooperation with HIDA.
Experience imaging excellence and meet the minds shaping the future of imaging!
Join us to discuss real-world imaging challenges, explore cutting-edge research, and connect with experts across @association@helmholtz.social.
📅 November 9–13, 2026
📍 Leipzig
Save the date & stay tuned!
👉 https://bit.ly/HI-Conf-2026-SvD
@helmholtz_hmc@helmholtz.social #imaging #imagingscience #HIconference2026
Breathing motion & multimodal imaging challenge adaptive radiotherapy: a new CONNECT blog post by Richard Häcker explores how representation learning & new metrics can improve evaluation of motion and registration algorithms in medical imaging.
More 👉 https://connect.helmholtz-imaging.de/blog_gallery/blogpost/12
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#HelmholtzImaging #imaging #CONNECT #research #HIProject #CLARITY
@sci_photos@troet.cafe we're looking forward to welcoming you again! 👏
7️⃣ new interdisciplinary Helmholtz Imaging projects have been selected! 🎉
New this year: the Generalizing Imaging Solutions track, supporting projects that develop reusable, cross-domain imaging solutions.
Congratulations to all teams!
👉 https://bit.ly/HI-Projects-2025-Call
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#helmholtz #imaging
✨ Season’s Greetings from Helmholtz Imaging ✨
We'd like to take a moment to thank our amazing community for another inspiring year.
Together, we pushed imaging science forward. Here’s to new projects, trainings & connections in 2026.
Happy holidays!
Meet #PixelPatrol, a new (early-version) quality control & exploration tool for scientific image datasets.
PixelPatrol helps you quickly assess quality, consistency, and completeness of your data BEFORE diving into analysis.
Explore the tool 👉 https://helmholtz-imaging.de/news/pixelpatrol-scientific-image-quality-control/
@association@helmholtz.social @MDC_Berlin@social.bund.de
#imagingscience #imaging #HelmholtzImaging #qualitycontrol #datascience
RE: https://helmholtz.social/@helmholtz_hmc/115508035266242960
The Helmholtz Platforms Roadshow is tomorrow! 👏
Join us at 11:00–12:30 PM CEST to explore how Helmholtz Imaging and our Helmholtz Data Science partner platforms can support your research.
Our colleagues Sara Krause-Solberg and Philipp Heuser will be there — bring your questions and join the discussion!
#HelmholtzImaging #imaging #datascience #metadata #AI #ITinfrastructure #training @association@helmholtz.social
📢 Registration & Call for Abstracts Open! 🙌
Join us for our #HIConference2024!
Register & submit your abstract👉 events.hifis.net/event/1167
🌟Bring Your Own Imaging Challenge: Let's find a solution together for your #imaging challenges! More 👉 events.hifis.net/event/1167/overview
See you in Heidelberg!
#imaging #imagingscience #research #science #imagingsolutions
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Ready to advance #imagingscience with your innovative idea, @association@helmholtz.social scientists?💡
Submit your project proposal by July 30, 2024! More 👉 bit.ly/HIProjectsCall2024
🤝Connect w/peers, exchange ideas, find a project partner on Mattermost 👉 bit.ly/HIProjectPitch
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Friendly reminder: Submit your abstract for the #HIConference2024 by tomorrow, 27/3 👉bit.ly/HIConf24
Join us on 14-15/5 in Heidelberg for expert talks, challenges, a poster session & #BSIC24 award ceremony. Don’t miss out!
#HelmholtzImaging #imaging #imagingscience
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RE: https://helmholtz.social/@HelmholtzImaging/116402127574909264
Got any questions about our project call? We've got the answers.
Join us tomorrow to learn more about the call & ask as many questions as you like 👉https://events.hifis.net/event/3165/
Can't make it? Join our second session on June 2 at 10 AM 👉 https://events.hifis.net/event/3166/
