With our Helmholtz Imaging Projects, Helmholtz Foundation Model Initiative (HFMI) and third-party funded projects, we aim to initiate cross-cutting research collaborations and identify innovative research topics in the field of imaging and data science.
Helmholtz Imaging offers a funding line of Helmholtz Imaging Projects, striving to seed collaborations between centers and across research fields. They are a strong incentive to enable interdisciplinary collaboration across the Helmholtz Association and an incubator and accelerator of the Helmholtz Imaging network.
In addition to our Helmholtz Imaging Projects, the Helmholtz Imaging team has secured external funding for third-party projects contributing their knowledge and expertise on cutting-edge imaging methodology.
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Find out more about Helmholtz Imaging Project call in this summary.

Paving the way from in situ plankton image data to a Digital Twin Ocean
This project will develop a user-friendly software platform to analyze plankton images independent of the instrument with which images were collected. This will help to compare data and create a common database, which is a critical step towards an image-based ecosystem component of a “Digital Twin Ocean”.
Laplace-Beltrami shape descriptors of brain structures: Comparative optimization and genetic dissection
The project explores the 3D structure of the human brain by creating a digital 'map' of the brain and examining its unique genetic properties, potentially linking genetic variations to brain disorders.
Microplastic Detection with the PlastiScope
Water quality is essential for ecosystems and human health, yet it's increasingly threatened by microplastics. This project develops image-based methods for detecting both plankton and microplastics using a new low-cost, mobile system.







