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Group photo of the five Best Scientific Image Contest Winners 2024 standing on stage holding their certificates surrounded by the exhibition of the winning images.
Image: Jörg Modrow | info

Published on 14.05.2024

Best Scientific Image Contest 2024: Discover the Winners!

The winners of the 2024 contest have been announced! Dive into the captivating world of scientific images as we celebrate this year’s winners across three categories: the Jury Award, Public Choice Award, and Participants’ Choice Award.

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Portrait of Dagmar Kainmüller
Image: MDC | info

Published on 06.05.2024

Welcome Dagmar Kainmüller as the New Spokesperson for Helmholtz Imaging

Helmholtz Imaging is excited to announce Dagmar Kainmüller, Head of Research Unit at MDC, as the new Spokesperson. She succeeds Christian Schroer who will continue to support Helmholtz Imaging as Center Coordinator.

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Decorative image to promote the HI Newsletter No. 15 by Hongcheng Mai, HZM, called "Human adipose tissue nerve", showing the sympathetic nerve in human adipose tissue stained with the Tyrosine Hydroxylase antibody shown as light-blue tissue fibres on black background.
Image: Hongcheng Mai, HZM | info

Published on 02.05.2024

Helmholtz Imaging Newsletter Issue No. 15

Discover what’s new in the Helmholtz Imaging world and on our partner platforms including the last call for abstracts for our Annual Conference on 14-15 May, new call for HI Projects, funded pilot projects within the Helmholtz Foundation Model Initative, and much more.

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Decorative image to promote the HI Projects Call 2024, showing title and further information in white fonts on black background and four aligned squares displaying three images from previous contests and a questionmark.
Image: Katharina Kriegel, DESY | info

Published on 02.05.2024

Helmholtz Imaging Projects Call 2024 Open

The new call for Helmholtz Imaging Projects is open! Submit your proposal by July 30, 2024! Have a great idea, but no partner yet? Join our matchmaking channel on Mattermost.

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MRI image of the knee with a touch of AI, showing a bent knee in greyish colors with graphical elements around the joint in greenish colors on black background.
Image: ChatGPT | info

Published on 23.04.2024

Helmholtz Imaging Receives Funding for Two Projects under the Helmholtz Foundation Model Initiative

Two projects spearheaded by Helmholtz Imaging have been selected for funding: the Human Radiome Project and the Synergy Unit, in collaboration with Helmholtz AI.

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Portrait of Lena Maier-Hein
Image: NCT, DKFZ | info

Published on 15.04.2024

Lena Maier-Hein wins German Cancer Award 2024

Congratulations to Lena for winning the German Cancer Award 2024 in the category “translational research” for her work in the development of AI-based imaging methods for oncological surgeries.

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Decorative image to promote HMC Project Call 2024, showing title and further information in white fonts on light-blue background.
Image: HIDA | info

Published on 12.04.2024

Helmholtz Metadata Platform: Project Call 2024

The annual call for proposals from HMC is open. Apply now! The deadline for your project submissions is 25 June 2024.

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Decorative image to promote the public voting process for the the Public Choice Award category of Helmholtz Imaging's Best Scientific Image Contest 2024, showing title and further information in white fonts with squared images of the contest on black background.
Image: Katharina Kriegel, DESY | info

Published on 03.04.2024

Cast Your Vote in the Best Scientific Image Contest 2024

We invite you to vote in the Best Scientific Image Contest 2024, competing for the Public Choice Award. Dive into our diverse collection of the top 20 submissions and select your favorite(s)! The deadline is Friday, 26 April 2024.

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Decorative image to reveal that HI Love Bot was an April Fools' Joke, showing two pictures of a female and a male scientist, partly covered with a speech bubble with the word "Gotcha!" in red fonts; title in white fonts on black background below the pictures.
Image: ChatGPT | info

Published on 03.04.2024

Revealed: The HI Love Bot was an April Fools’ Joke!

Join the real connection at CONNECT & at the HI Conference on 14-15 May 2024!

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Decorative image to promote HI Love Bot, an April Fools' Joke, showing two pictures of a female and a male scientist and text information in white fonts on black background below the images.
Image: ChatGPT | info

Published on 01.04.2024

Find Your Perfect Match with HI Love Bot – Where Science Meets Soulmate!

Helmholtz Imaging CONNECT just launched a revolutionary new feature – HI Love Bot – your gateway to scientific soulmate status!

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Decorative image to promote HI Newsletter No. 14 by Sebastian Dupraz, DZNE, called "Stranger in the Mirror", showing mirroring of a pseudo-colored mouse normal (magenta) and modified (yellow) cortical neurons.
Image: Sebastian Dupraz (AG-Bradke, DZNE) | info

Published on 21.03.2024

Helmholtz Imaging Newsletter Issue No. 14

Discover what’s new in the Helmholtz Imaging world and on our partner platforms including call for abstracts for our Annual Conference on 14-15 May, news on Foundation Models, new open-source tools, and much more.

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Group picture of 3 HI team members standing in front of the BSIC exhibition during the HI roadshow at HZB.
Image: Silvia Zerbe, HZB | info

Published on 05.03.2024

Great Support for Scientific Images

The Helmholtz Imaging Roadshow came to the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. Explore what is behind a roadshow in this interview with Silvia Zerbe from HZB and Philipp Heuser from Helmholtz Imaging.

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Decorative Image to promote the 4th Helmholtz Imaging Conference on 14-15 May 2024 by Dimos Traganos et. al., called "Glowing Bahamian seagrasses from space" showing glowing shallow seagrasses “dancing” with wave-shaped sand ripples on the Bahamian 100-million-year-old tropical limestone on the verge of a 4000-m trench (wavy pattern in greenish and blue colors.
Image: Dimos Traganos et. al., DLR | info

Published on 05.03.2024

Helmholtz Imaging Conference 2024

Join us for our 4th Annual Helmholtz Imaging Conference on 14-15 May 2024 in Heidelberg. The call for abstracts is closed, but you can still register to attend the conference.

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Helmholtz Imaging CONNECT logo, white fonts on black background.
Image: Helmholtz Imaging CONNECT, DESY | info

Published on 04.03.2024

Helmholtz Imaging CONNECT Relaunch

Helmholtz Imaging has relaunched its Modalities network. Discover what’s new & CONNECT today!

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Visual to promote the Helmholtz Foundation Model Initiative showing a chip with the letters "AI" on it on a circuit board.
Image: Igor Omilaev on Unsplash | info

Published on 04.03.2024

Foundation Models: The Future of Scientific Discovery

Explore the future of research with Helmholtz’ initiative to leverage the rise of Foundation Models! Join Dagmar Kainmüller and Florian Grötsch in breaking down the concept of Foundation Models.

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