

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).
