Grant RED2024-153844-T funded by MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033

AI-Assisted Multiscale Imaging Network for Cellular and Molecular Processes

The field of quantitative biology is undergoing a transformative shift driven by advancements in imaging technologies and artificial intelligence (AI), clearly reflected by a growing research interest in the intersection of those fields. Despite these advancements, a significant challenge remains: how to integrate and interpret data gathered across multiple scales, from single molecules to entire tissues, using diverse imaging techniques. The complexity of biological systems imperatively requires a coordinated effort to bridge the gap between the spatio-dynamic processes that are captured by the various microscopy methods available.

This is where AIM-Net comes into play. AIM-Net addresses this critical need by creating a collaborative national network that leverages AI to synthesize and analyze imaging data across scales and techniques, thereby enhancing our understanding of biological processes and accelerating scientific discoveries. AIM-Net will strengthen the synergies within the Spanish research environment to consolidate our position in the emergence of AI-based technology for the analysis of bioimages.

Universities and institutions

Number of articles published in the last 20 years*

*Data based on the search terms AI, Deep Learning and Machine Learning +  Microscopy, Bioimaging in PubMed from 2003 to 2021

Network node classification

Microscopy

María García Parajo ICFO

Armando del Río Hernandez UC3M

Oriol Gallego UPF

Diego Megías ISCIII

Isabel Peset Martín CNIO

María Pia Cosma CRG

Luís Maria Escudero US

Marie Victorie Neugembor IBMB

Analysis

Ignacio Arganda Carreras UPV-EHU

Carlo Manzo UVIC

Carlos Ortiz de Solórzano CIMA-UNAV

Arrate Muñoz Barrutia IC3M

Jonatham Heras ULR

Mº Gloria Bueno García IC3M

Jose María Requejo CSIC

"Joining efforts will foster interactions within the community and leading to new discoveries for the benefit of health and society."

Maria García-Parajo, Single Molecule Biophotonics

Snapshot of a living cell in which the endoplasmic reticulum (cyan), the endoplasmic reticulum exit sites (yellow), and a protein at the single-molecule level (magenta) are imaged. The trajectories traced by the moving single-molecule proteins are overlaid (white).