Capturing the
world of science.

Unlock

the potential of imaging in the Helmholtz Association across all research domains and along the entire imaging pipeline.

Improve

leverage and accessibility of the innovative imaging modalities, applications and data treasures.

Enable

the delivery of generalizable imaging solutions.

News, Events & Jobs


Spring Edition of the Helmholtz Incubator Workshop at DESY (April 14–15, 2025)
 

Spring Edition of the Helmholtz Incubator Workshop at DESY

On April 14-15, 2025, the Helmholtz Incubator Workshop once again brought together researchers, platform representatives, and strategic thinkers from across the Helmholtz Association at DESY for two days of dynamic exchange and innovation in Information & Data Science.
Helmholtz-ELLIS Workshop on Foundation Models in Science March 18, 2025 in Berlin, Germany
Image: Svea Pietschmann, Max Delbrück Center

AI for Science: Helmholtz and Helmholtz Imaging are Shaping the Future of Data-Driven Science

Experts working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and science met in Berlin to explore the role of foundation models in science. Read about the HFMI-ELLIS Workshop, the Community Meeting, and Helmholtz Imaging’s contributions.
Visual to promote the HI Conference 2025
Image: Sven Velten, Lars Bocklage, Ilya Sergeev, DESY & Ralf Röhlsberger, HI Jena

Helmholtz Imaging Conference 2025: Registration & Call for Abstract Open

The Helmholtz Imaging Conference is back for 2025, scheduled to take place from June 25-27 in Potsdam. Registration & call for abstracts are OPEN. Join us in June!

Portfolio


Support Hub

The Support Hub is your gateway to the world of Helmholtz Imaging! Simply send an e-mail to support@helmholtz-imaging.de and we will help you out. Any request is welcome, whether it is a question about administrative or imaging-related matters, consulting requests, project support, Helmholtz Imaging Collaborations or access to our portfolio.

CONNECT

Helmholtz Imaging CONNECT is the heart of the Helmholtz Imaging Network. Get to know the imaging experts from the Helmholtz Association, explore the amazing portfolio of cutting-edge instruments from satellites to synchrotrons, dive into the exciting world of imaging applications. Helmholtz Imaging CONNECT facilitates finding partners and collaborators for innovative projects, with just the right complementary expertise necessary to conduct research for grand challenges.

We want you! If you are affiliated to one of the Helmholtz Centers, we invite you to add your profile, your modalities and your applications to the website. Be Helmholtz Imaging!

Collaborations

Struggling with an imaging-related project? Apply for a Helmholtz Imaging Collaboration and tap into the expertise of Helmholtz Imaging! Collaborations enable you to team up with one of our units for an elongated period of time (up to 6 months or even longer) to work on a project together. Whether you require support in (AI-based) image analysis, image reconstruction, annotation, data management, software solutions, addressing inverse problems, developing novel imaging modalities, 3D visualization and more – we are your partner.

Solutions

Helmholtz Imaging Solutions provide software driven strategies for solving common problems across imaging domains and tools. In reality, being aware of a software solution for a scientific problem is often followed by a time-consuming process of figuring out how to install the specific tool and how to precisely use it to reproduce a published result. We provide a framework to unify and simplify this process. Additionally, we curate a catalog of Helmholtz Imaging Solutions developed within our community.


Projects

Helmholtz Imaging Projects are granted to cross-disciplinary research teams that identify innovative research topics at the intersection of imaging and information & data science, initiate cross-cutting research collaborations, and thus underpin the growth of the Helmholtz Imaging network. Discover our outstanding projects or apply for the annual call.

Publications

Helmholtz Imaging captures the world of science. Discover unique data sets, ready-to-use software tools, and top-level research papers.

The platform’s output originates from our research groups as well as from projects funded by us, theses supervised by us and collaborations initiated through us. Altogether, our publications showcase the whole diversity of Helmholtz Imaging.

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Highlight Projects


Two people standing in a computer center; COMFORT logo is integrated in the image
Image: Tim Roith

COMFORT

COMFORT aims to achieve breakthroughs in developing compact, flexible, and robust machine learning models for image, audio, and network data. In doing so, its application-oriented research program will advance the mathematical understanding of machine learning at the intersection of effectiveness and robustness.
Visual for HI Project "FAST EMI"
 

Fast-EMI

Deep-learning assisted fast in situ 4D electron microscope imaging

A novel imaging approach combining electron microscopy and deep learning has been established. This method enables adaptive tracking of atomic defects, accelerating material development for the energy transition.
visual for third-party funded project UMDISTO
 

UMDISTO: Unsupervised Model Discovery

The project aims to develop novel methods for unsupervised multi-matching to map cellular-level correspondences in organisms like C. elegans.

About us


Group photo of the Helmholtz Imaging team
Image: Knut Sander

Helmholtz Imaging’s mission is to unlock the potential of imaging in the Helmholtz Association. Image data provide a substantial part of data being generated in scientific research. Helmholtz Imaging is the overarching platform to better leverage and make accessible to everyone the innovative modalities, methodological richness, and data treasures of the Helmholtz Association.

For us, imaging is the whole process from data acquisition and data preparation to data management and data analysis. For this reason, we feel that the anchoring at the three host centers DESY, DKFZ and MDC is optimal to serve the entire imaging pipeline and jointly generate the greatest possible added value for the entire association. We are dedicated to making Helmholtz Imaging an internationally visible platform for imaging research.

Helmholtz Imaging is one of five platforms (HIDA, HIFIS, Helmholtz.AI and HMC) initiated by the Helmholtz Information & Data Science Incubator.

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