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The BioImage Model Zoo just got a major upgrade!

It has been fully redesigned, offering a new backend, model uploader, community curation tools, and integrated browser-based test runs powered by BioEngine.

Explore now https://bioimage.io

The second AI4Life Challenge is now live:

We're calling on the AI & bioimaging community to tackle one of microscopy’s biggest hurdles - removing acquisition noise while preserving biological detail.

Real paired datasets (noisy + clean)
Ground-truth-based evaluation
Focus on deep learning approaches
Build, test, improve, and compete!

Contribute to better image quality and more accurate science.
https://ai4life.eurobioimaging.eu/challenge-2/

Ever wished your AI model could test itself before you download it? Now it can.

AI4Life has a new model evaluation platform that connects models from the BioImage Model Zoo to real data in the BioImage Archive.

Details here https://ai4life.eurobioimaging.eu/the-ai4life-model-evaluation-platform-building-bridges-between-the-bioimage-archive-and-the-bioimage-model-zoo/

The AI4Life Community Event comes to a close. We wrapped up with a big-picture discussion around the sustainability of services and the role that AI4Life plays in the EOSC.
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Helsinki and online!
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Where science meets policy: Stefan Liebler (European Commission ) shares insights on Open Science, AI, EOSC, and how projects like AI4Life support the European research strategy. But also, he showcased notebooks running on the EOSC EU node!

Interoperability in action: AI4EOSC’s AI4Life cloud marketplace lets researchers run BioImage.IO models. A true success story of aligning European infrastructure for science. Thanks to our friends at AI4EOSC for making this possible!

Shoutout to GloBIAS, one of our global partners in promoting inclusive, community-driven AI.
Did you catch our joint seminar series? Don't forget to register for the upcoming ones!

https://bit.ly/registration-globias-ai4life-webinars

Partner Research infrastructures in AI4Life have been instrumental in the reach of use cases gathered at the open calls. We heard today about some successful projects!

EMBRC, EU-OPENSCREEN, EMPHASIS and Instruct

Industry collaboration is key to real-world impact. ZEISS is a contributor to CAREamics, one of the BioImageIO community partners. Also, Bioimage.IO models can be applied right after image acquisition with ZEN API. We need more of that!

After lunch, we’re back with the AI4Life Community: tool builders, research infrastructures, and industry voices. Community tools like BiaPy and SpotMAX show how AI4Life partners are building bridges between developers and end users.

Success stories from AI4Life: From BioImage.IO to the BioImage Archive’s AI-ready datasets, and community resources like the Helpdesk, Open Calls, and Challenges — see how it all connects in one ecosystem!

Irina Belaia from the Finnish Advanced Microscopy Euro-BioImaging Node shares their experience using AI for user projects. Did you know that they offer open access to image analysis services through Euro-BioImaging?

Good morning from Helsinki!
We're back for Day 2 of the AI4Life Community Event, and we’re kicking things off with a warm welcome from John Eriksson and Antje Keppler from Euro-BioImaging

The dream: FAIR models and data. Only standards can solve the MxN problem, and this session is exactly about that. And we wrap up today’s workshops with a group reflection:
Why are FAIR resources essential for scientific progress?

Want to host your own AI models without relying on external infrastructure?

Enter BioEngine
https://ai4life.eurobioimaging.eu/announcing-bioengine/

Your go-to for flexible, self-hosted bioimage analysis. Open source, scalable, and built for you!

Time for our tech-savvy crowd!
The afternoon kicks off with a workshop for developers and image analysts: creating, uploading, containerising, and deploying models like a pro.

What does AI-ready data actually look like?
Time to find out! Head over to BioImage Archive’s gallery — it’s like an art museum for high-quality training data and metadata. Perfect for your next model!
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/bioimage-archive/galleries/ai-galleries

AI4Life wouldn’t be the same without the amazing BioImage.IO community partners!
Now showcasing real-world tools from our partners: DeepIcy, BiaPy, SpotMAX and QuPath.

Huge thanks to our collaborators!