Bioimaging UK Hardware Infrastructure Community Workshop & White Paper
On Weds 8 Nov 13.00-16.30 we met online to discuss future bioimaging infrastructure plans and investment
Following the 2020 community white paper, establishment of the UK Euro-BioImaging Node and community bioimaging initiatives such as volumeEM, the time is right to propose a national plan. The output of this workshop is a short white paper on national bioimaging infrastructure:
Report on the BioImaging UK Hardware Infrastructure Community Consultation
To cite please use:
BioImagingUK. (2024). Report on the BioImaging UK Hardware Infrastructure Community Consultation. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10818844
Including how best to develop and support:
1) Widening Facility Access
2) Technology Development
Outline of the day (08112023) :
1300: Welcome and introduction
1305: Part 1: Facility access and expansion of UK EuBI Node:
Overview of current situation
1320: Part 1 Breakout groups:
- Should we expand UK EuBI Node?
- What are the barriers to offering access?
- Should we prioritise specific technology gaps where we have most demand?
- Can we/should we include biomedical imaging – if so, do we have capacity and what key tech should we focus on?
- Should we develop a single or multiple dedicated UK data analysis nodes? If so, what would these look like?
- What would core funding for facility/Node access look like and how should it be administered?
1410: Report back
1440: BREAK
1455: Part 2: Technology development:
Overview of current routes for tech dev funding
1505: Part 2 Breakout groups:
- Do we need a dedicated infrastructure fund to run alongside access fund to support cutting edge tech dev?
- What are the key emerging opportunities for imaging tech dev? Who are the users for this and what are the current barriers?
- How much funding do we need, over what time frame and should any funding be administered? Should we make any funding contingent on eventual open access/integration into UK Node? Should data/analysis be including in this?
1550: Report back
1620: Sum-up and next steps
1630: Meeting close