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).