🎉Just wrapped up our #HIbestimage25 showcase on Instagram. Missed it? Check it out👉 bit.ly/HIonInstagram

Got fascinating scientific images? Submit to #HIbestimage26 by May 1 & win exciting prizes including €4,500 in total prize money 👉 bit.ly/BSIC2026-Call

@helmholtz.de #helmholtzimaging #imaging

We are looking for a postdoctoral scientist to work on challenging and exciting neuroproteomics problems. Close collaboration with @coscialab.bsky.social Apply: jobs.helmholtz-hzi.de/job/Braunsch...

Happy to have contributed to this. Really exciting findings on new structures in cells. Congrats to @pm-mueller.bsky.social, @oliverrocks.bsky.social and everyone involved.

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 👉 bit.ly/Validating-A...

#imaging #training

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 👉 bit.ly/HI-Project-C...

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🚀 HMC Project Call 2026 is open!

🚀 HMC Project Call 2026 open!

Have an idea to improve #metadata, #FAIRdata, or research data infrastructure? Apply for funding and turn it into a collaborative project across #Helmholtz.

Deadline: 3 July 2026
👉 helmholtz-metadaten.de/hmc-project-...

@helmholtz.de @helmholtzimaging.bsky.social

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.

#HelmholtzImaging contributes its expertise in benchmarking image analysis #AI models & evaluation.

More 👉 bit.ly/HI-shapes-MEDAL

@dkfz.bsky.social

⏳ 1 month left to share your best scientific images

Join the Best Scientific Image Contest 2026 & win prestigious awards, exciting prizes & a feature in our exhibition & calendar.

Submit by 1/5/2026 👉 bit.ly/BSIC2026-Call

Open to everyone at @helmholtz.de

#HIbestimage26 #imaging #imagingscience

Fern on a black background with the centered white heading “Helmholtz Imaging Newsletter Issue No. 26”. This image shows where the rare earth element yttrium is concentrated in a frond of the fern Dicranopteris linearis. Different colours represent the spatial distribution of elements, with bromine standing out in the spherical sporangia and yttrium forming striking patterns across the leaf tissue.

New #HelmholtzImaging Newsletter is out! 🙌

Highlights:
▪️ Project Call 2026
▪️ Best Scientific Image Contest (submit by 1/5)
▪️ New tool: LUCYD
▪️ And more

Also: We’re hiring a Team Lead @dkfz.bsky.social. Apply by 27/3.

👉 bit.ly/HI-Newslette...

#ImagingScience @helmholtz.de @mdc-berlin.bsky.social

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The #HelmholtzImaging Project Call 2026 is now open!
We support collaborative projects at the intersection of imaging and data science of at least 2 @helmholtz.de Centers.

💰 up to €500k funding
📅 Deadline: 26/6/26

More incl info session 👉https://bit.ly/HI-Project-Call-2026

#Imaging #HIProject

Fantastic news! Congratulations to everyone! 🤩 Excited to see the impact this initiative will have.

𝗝𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗺 @helmholtzimaging.bsky.social 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲!
Bis zum 1. Mai 2026 können Mitarbeitende der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft wieder ihre besten wissenschaftlichen Bilder einreichen. Die Preisverleihung findet im November 2026 in Leipzig statt.
helmholtz-imaging.de/news-news/ne...

𝗛ä𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗜𝗵𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻 "𝗙𝗲𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿" 𝘄𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗻?

Silas Beckmann wollte eigentlich nur Bakterien mithilfe der Gram-Färbung analysieren. Das Ergebnis: ein unerwartetes, farbenstarkes Bild unter dem Mikroskop, das so gar nicht dem Lehrbuch entsprach. 🧫🔬

Don’t miss our next #HMC Open Office Hour! Talk directly to metadata experts and get tailored advice. Participation is free and open to everyone.

Don’t miss our next #HMC Open Office Hour!

Talk directly to metadata experts and get tailored advice. Participation is free and open to everyone.

📅 When: 19/03/2026
🔗 Registration: helmholtz-metadaten.de/events/hmc-o...

We look forward to welcoming you!

#HMC_OpenOffice
@helmholtz.de @kit.edu

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 👉 connect.helmholtz-imaging.de/blog_gallery...

New training opportunities on #metadata and #FAIRdata practices from #HMC.

New training opportunities on #metadata and #FAIRdata practices from #HMC.

Our courses support you in improving research data documentation, metadata quality & data reuse.

More info:
helmholtz-metadaten.de/hmc-trainings

#HMC2026
@helmholtzimaging.bsky.social @helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social

What does your science look like? 👀 The Best Scientific Image Contest 2026 is now open!

Share your most striking scientific image & let it travel far beyond the lab. Awards & more await.

Submit by May 1 👉 awards.helmholtz-imaging.de/site/index.php

Open to everyone working at @helmholtz.de.

This image shows Kathryn Spiers, GEO magazine in her hand, standing in a beamline at DESY. She is one of the co-authors of the image “Rare Earth Element Fern”, that was awarded 2nd prize (Public Choice) at the Helmholtz Imaging Best Scientific Image Contest 2025, and that was recently featured in GEO magazine.

A winning image from the #HelmholtzImaging Best Scientific Image Contest 2025 was featured in GEO magazine. “Rare Earth Element Fern” by @kathryn-s.bsky.social et al shows how scientific images can reach far beyond research. Our next call opens spring '26. All winning images 👉 bit.ly/BSIC2025-Gal...

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Our new Helmholtz Imaging Newsletter is out! 🙌

Save the date for the #HIConference2026 (Nov 9-13), discover new projects & tools, help shape the next conference via our community survey & more 👉 bit.ly/HI-Newslette...

Image: Rafael Deliz-Aguirre, @mdc-berlin.bsky.social

@helmholtz.de #imaging

Making human pancreatic acinar cells Dresden researchers develop novel methods to create acinar cells, which are involved in the formation of pancreatic cancer.

The group of @anne-grapin.bsky.social developed methods to create functional acinar cells, which are involved in the formation of pancreatic cancer. Rashmiparvathi Keshara, Karolina Kuodyte, and the TDS facility used image-based screen & robust analysis pipeline. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

Reminder: Don’t miss TODAY's #HMC Open Office Hour!

Reminder: Don’t miss TODAY's #HMC Open Office Hour!

Talk directly to #metadata experts & get tailored advice. Participation is free & open to everyone.

📅 When: 22/01/2026
🔗 Registration: helmholtz-metadaten.de/events/hmc-o...

#HMC_OpenOffice
@helmholtz.de @kit.edu @hzdr.bsky.social

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!

👉 bit.ly/HI-Projects-...

@helmholtz.de #helmholtz #imaging

Experience imaging excellence and meet the minds shaping the future of imaging! Join us to discuss real-world imaging challenges, explore cutting-edge research & connect with experts across @helmholtz.de.

📅 9–13/11/26
📍 Leipzig

Save the date & stay tuned 👉 bit.ly/HI-Conf-2026...

#HIconference2026

Happy to be co-organizing the next Helmholtz Research Data Commons Forum on 3 Feb, 2026:
🧪 Sample Handling & Tracking – Good and #FAIR Data Practices in Action

Open to everyone across @helmholtz.de
👉 Registration: events.hifis.net/event/3386

@helmholtzimaging.bsky.social @helmholtzai.bsky.social

@helmholtz.de spoke with Dasha Trofimova, PhD about her work on AI systems for medical image analysis, collaboration and responsibility in science, and what motivates her in her work. 👇 We’re proud to have Dasha as part of our team. 😊

#imagingscience #AI #imageanalysis #helmholtz

✨ 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!

#helmholtzimaging #imaging #imagingscience

Exciting opportunity: @sprind-de.bsky.social will fund 3 European Frontier #AI Labs that explore new #foundationmodel classes, modalities, and run real products at scale. SPRIND's calling on builders, researchers & unconventional minds (starting Jan 15). More info 👇 or www.sprind.org/en/words/mag...

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Our final newsletter of the year is out! 🙌

Conference survey, new tools & workshop recording, community updates & more - all in one place!

Happy reading 👉 bit.ly/HI-Newslette...

Image: Daniela Tirsch, @dlr-next.bsky.social & Björn Schreiner, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

@helmholtz.de

HMC @ #NFDI4DS Conference

HMC @ #NFDI4DS Conference @fraunhoferfokus.bsky.social in #Berlin!

Don’t miss tomorrow’s Talk “Building a federated data science ecosystem: The Helmholtz Platforms 5 years on” by our colleague from #HIFIS (Wed, 12:20). Stop by to learn more & find an #HMC colleague on site for #metadata questions!

Helmholtz Munich to Advance AI Benchmarking With Three Newly Funded Projects

#HelmholtzMunich to Advance AI Benchmarking With Three Newly Funded Projects

Shaping the next generation of trustworthy, scientifically robust #AI across research domains.

👉 t1p.de/ubzam

@helmholtz.de @helmholtzai.bsky.social @comphealthmunich.bsky.social @helmholtzimaging.bsky.social @stes.io