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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! 🦒
Stay connected 💚

📘 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!

First workshop is rolling! 🚀 We’re diving into the BioImage Model Zoo @bioimageIO — where life scientists meet powerful AI tools for bioimage analysis.
Let’s explore what’s inside the Zoo! 🐾

The AI4Life Community Event has officially begun! 🦒
We're live from Katajanokan Kasino in Helsinki 🇫🇮, welcoming participants from across Europe and beyond. Stay tuned for highlights!