The “Gesellschaft für Mikroskopie und Bildanalyse” represents the interests of scientists, experts and core facilities working in the fields of microscopy and image data analysis in the life sciences in Germany. The not-for-profit organisation is also going to represent the field of biological image data analysis. Being able to process and quantify huge amounts of microscopic image data is essential to modern image-based biological research. Over the past two years, the German BioImaging network has therefore established close ties with the relevant scientific community. The society, which is based in Konstanz, also supports communication and exchange with the public on topics related to microscopy and image analysis.
The new society has emerged from the German BioImaging network and will continue its work. In 2012, the network first brought together German scientists and researchers who develop and use microscopes. Research institutions increasingly pool expensive and complex research equipment at core facilities in order to make them easily available to all researchers. The DFG has provided an important impetus for strengthening and professionalising core facilities with its “Gerätezentren - Core Facilities” programme. Continuing the network as an independent German society for microscopy was one of the three main objectives of the renewal proposal that was accepted in 2015.
Contact:
University of Konstanz
Communications and Marketing
Phone: + 49 7531 88-3603
E-Mail: kum(at)uni-konstanz.de
