There are bound to be more 🤯-kind of use cases waiting to be implemented and published. Follow us on the image.sc dev thread forum.image.sc/t/ngff-weekl... for information about cool datasets, upcoming implementations across the @openmicroscopy.org OME-verse and get in touch 👉

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Done and dusted: 🎁 ngff specification 0.6 🥳 (rc0) Alright, everyone here it is: I just released the ngff specification 0.6(rc0) 🤔 ...Why rc0? Ultimately, we need to abide by the results and constrai...

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#OME2026 has come to an end—what an inspiring and collaborative few days. Huge thanks to @nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social for documenting the meeting so thoroughly—definitely worth a look back through their posts! But first, enjoy the wrap-up video presented already during the closing session! 🤩

NFDI4BIOIMAGE@nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#OME2026 is coming to an end. It has been a truly welcoming, motivating, and inspiring experience full of intensive exchange and shaped by an exceptionally open and collaborative spirit. Grateful for the many insightful discussions, new connections, and shared ideas. Thank you!

Two new studies available in the Image Data Resource (IDR, idr.openmicroscopy.org). Plus, IDR welcomes a new organism - the African green monkey!

One week left for the OME2026 Community Survey! 📣 If you haven't filled it out, please do so. We'll be discussing it live at the #OME2026 meeting in April. bit.ly/ome2026-comm...

OME 2026 Community Survey

This year in April, the 19th OME Community Meeting will be gathering to determine the "Future and Governance of OME" during the final meeting day's guided Discussion Forum / "Unmeeting". This survey...

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Help shape the future of @openmicroscopy.org! 🔮 The OME 2026 community survey is open—tell us what’s working, what isn’t, and what you'd like to see next. Takes just a few minutes 👇 forum.image.sc/t/ome-2026-c...

OME 2026 Community Survey

Calling all OME Community members, contributors, and lurkers! This year in April, the 19th OME Community Meeting will be gathering to determine the "Future and Governance of OME" during the final mee...

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Excited to see direct streaming of @openmicroscopy.org @zarr.dev datasets in #syGlass! Exploring huge images without upfront download is just what we’ve been working toward with cloud-optimized formats. Great to have tools connecting the ecosystem of imaging repositories, now including VR 🙌

Brandy A Freitas@brandy-syglass.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Streaming OME-Zarr data directly into syGlass for #3DThursday🌍🔬 With #syGlass v2.6.0, datasets can stream from disk, S3, or HTTPS with no massive downloads required. Huge thanks to the community building open imaging standards: @openmicroscopy.org #OMEZarr #Microscopy #OpenScience #Bioimaging

We have integrated the Allen Institute's BioFile Finder app with IDR. You can quickly Group and Filter all images in a study. Data is served by the IDR search engine and supports up to a million images at a time. BioFile Finder links are on each study page e.g. idr.openmicroscopy.org/study/idr0056/

Dear all Today we are releasing Bio-Formats 8.4.0 which includes a new file format as well as several fixes and improvements. The full list of changes included in this release is on www.openmicroscopy.org/2026/01/15/b... Please use image.sc in case of questions or problems.

Two new protein localization studies available in the Image Data Resource (IDR, idr.openmicroscopy.org).

New Imaging Mass Cytometry data in the Image Data Resource (IDR, idr.openmicroscopy.org).

Dear all Today we are releasing Bio-Formats 8.3.0 which includes several fixes and improvements. The full list of changes included in this release are on www.openmicroscopy.org/2025/08/05/b.... Please use image.sc in case of questions or problems.

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New landing pages have landed for every study in the Image Data Resource (IDR)! Now, you can easily see clear details of the study - including how to download the data! To access the landing page for a study, just click on its thumbnail from the homepage (idr.openmicroscopy.org).

New study released in the Image Data Resource (IDR, idr.openmicroscopy.org) today! An embryonic patterning study from elifesciences.org/articles/78902 by Clark et al. idr.openmicroscopy.org/search/?quer...

The #globalbioimaging couse at IISER Pune continued with an intense and well-received OMERO workshop part 1. The parts 2 and 3 of the OMERO workshoop to come tomorrow.

On the #globalbioimaging course globalbioimaging.org/internationa... at IISER Pune, India, the discussions go on after the talk about Microscopy Facility Data Management strategies.

🚀 We’re hiring again! Join @gerbi-gmb.de as a Software Developer! 💻 Build scalable #bioimaging solutions 🌍 Collaborate globally 🎯 Contribute to open science through #OME #Zarr 📣 Tell your #NGFF friends. Remote, full-time. Apply by 30 June 2025: All submissions via bit.ly/gerbi-jobs-2...

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German BioImaging@gerbi-gmb.de · last yr.

"What #FAIR #RDM tools are available to you in your laboratory or facility?" State of the #bioimaging #community captured during #ELMI2025 Core Facility Day

On #ELMI2025 an ad-hoc Question&Answer session on OMERO went very well, lively discussion with lot of tips on finding the optimal path to successful OMERO adoption in an Institution.

Dear all Today we are releasing Bio-Formats 8.2.0 which includes several fixes and improvements. The full list of changes included in this release are on www.openmicroscopy.org/2025/05/28/b.... Please use image.sc in case of questions or problems.

Image.sc Forum

Scientific Community Image Forum is a discussion forum for scientific image software sponsored by the Center for Open Bioimage Analysis (COBA).

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New release: napari-omero 0.5.0 😀@openmicroscopy.org @napari.org thanks to some big contributions from @psobolewskiphd.bsky.social , @will-j-moore.bsky.social and of course @talley.codes. Some features in spotlight 👇 First: napari-omero now supports lazy loading of image pyramids from OMERO🔺:

Take a look at the three new studies released in the Image Data Resource (IDR, idr.openmicroscopy.org). 1. 3D-SIM data from www.nature.com/articles/s41... by Szabo et al. idr.openmicroscopy.org/search/?quer...

If you train people in ImageJ, Fiji, whatever, even if it isn't your day job, please let us know, and please share this post! Thanks a ton, we really appreciate it. (2/2) forms.gle/C8dUpg8qZkbD... #bioimaging #microscopy #bioimageanalysis

Open Source Bioimage Analysis Training Survey

We are attempting for a publication to estimate the number of biologists who have attended a tutorial or training course in open source bioimage analysis (especially user friendly tools, but anything ...

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🚗🧪 We're coming to the East Coast! We're proud to be a part of the @openmicroscopy.org Environment Community Meeting at @mblscience.bsky.social on Apr. 28 to May 1. 🎟️ Register by Mar. 17 to join us in person: www.bioimagingnorthamerica.org/events/ome-2... @bioimagingna.bsky.social

OME2025

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Dear all Today we are releasing Bio-Formats 8.1.1 which includes several fixes and improvements. The full list of changes included in this release are on [the openmicroscopy website](www.openmicroscopy.org/2025/03/05/b...). Please use image.sc in case of questions or problems.

The Open Microscopy Environment

A consortium of universities, research labs, industry and developers producing open-source software and format standards for microscopy data.

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2. Large-scale hyperspectral #electronmicroscopy data from www.nature.com/articles/s44... by Duinkerken et al. idr.openmicroscopy.org/search/?quer...

Take a look at the two new studies released in the Image Data Resource (IDR, idr.openmicroscopy.org). 1. Light sheet fluorescence microscopy of Tribolium castaneum embryos from journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... by Strobl et al. idr.openmicroscopy.org/search/?quer...

And now, support for Zarr v3 & sharding is released as an OME-Zarr specification! 🎉 forum.image.sc/t/ngff-0-5-r... #NGFF #BioImaging #Formats @openmicroscopy.org @zarr.dev

NGFF 0.5 Release with support for Zarr v3 & shards! 🎉

Dear @ngff community– After a significant hiatus in NGFF releases, I’m pleased to announce the NGFF 0.5 specification with support for Zarr v3! 🎉 https://ngff.openmicroscopy.org/0.5/ After an inten...

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Zarr@zarr.dev · 2y ago

🎉 Zarr-Python 3 is here! 🎉 - Full support for Zarr v3 spec - Chunk-sharding for more efficient data storage - Major performance boosts with async I/O & parallel compression 💻 pip install --upgrade zarr 💻 conda install --channel conda-forge zarr Blog post: https://buff.ly/3C3OwYw

DANDI now supports embargoing Zarr-based data! Zarrs (@zarr.dev) are cloud-optimized for N-dimensional arrays. Zarr v3 adds sharding to reduce file counts. Check out @openmicroscopy.org's OME-Zarr challenge to generate 1 PB of v3 data: github.com/ome/ome2024-ngff-challenge

GitHub - ome/ome2024-ngff-challenge: Project planning and material repository for the 2024 challenge to generate 1 PB of OME-Zarr data

Project planning and material repository for the 2024 challenge to generate 1 PB of OME-Zarr data - ome/ome2024-ngff-challenge

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🎉 Zarr-Python 3 is here! 🎉 - Full support for Zarr v3 spec - Chunk-sharding for more efficient data storage - Major performance boosts with async I/O & parallel compression 💻 pip install --upgrade zarr 💻 conda install --channel conda-forge zarr Blog post: https://buff.ly/3C3OwYw

Want to help build the future of #bioimaging software?

German BioImaging@gerbi-gmb.de · 2y ago

🚀 We're hiring! Join the German BioImaging Team as a Software Developer! 💻 Build scalable #bioimaging solutions 🌍 Collaborate globally 🎯 Contribute to open science through #OMEZarr @openmicroscopy.org Remote, full-time. Apply by 31 Jan 2025: bit.ly/3Zrd4SR