foundingGIDE at India BioImaging Annual Meeting 2025
The foundingGIDE project was represented at the India BioImaging Annual Meeting 2025 (IBIAM 2025), where Aastha Mathur, Head of Image Data Services at Euro-BioImaging and Scientific Coordinator of foundingGIDE, presented the project’s vision and ongoing work on interoperability in bioimaging.
The India BioImaging 2025 meeting is a key international gathering that brings together imaging scientists, facility managers, and decision-makers to strengthen national and global bioimaging ecosystems. The 2025 edition, held in Mysuru, India, focused on advancing microscopy technologies, developing imaging infrastructure, and fostering international collaboration.
As highlighted in coverage of the meeting, India BioImaging continues to grow as a major global partner in the bioimaging landscape, with a strong emphasis on community building, training, and shared infrastructure development.
Showcasing interoperability on a global stage
During her presentation, Aastha Mathur introduced foundingGIDE’s mission to enable interoperability in biological and preclinical imaging data. She highlighted how the project addresses key challenges in the field, including:
- Harmonisation of metadata and ontologies
- Improved data sharing and reuse
- Development of community-driven standards
- Integration across imaging modalities and infrastructures
These topics strongly resonated with the meeting’s core themes, particularly the need for collaborative solutions in image data storage, analysis, and access to imaging facilities.
Strengthening global collaborations
The India BioImaging community meeting provided an important platform to connect national initiatives with international efforts such as foundingGIDE and Global BioImaging. Discussions emphasized the importance of aligning strategies across regions to support FAIR data practices and to build sustainable, interoperable imaging infrastructures.
foundingGIDE’s participation builds on ongoing collaborations between Euro-BioImaging and India BioImaging, reinforcing a shared commitment to advancing open science and enabling seamless data exchange across borders.
Looking ahead
Engagements like IBIAM 2025 are essential for ensuring that foundingGIDE remains closely aligned with the needs of the global imaging community. By contributing to these discussions, the project continues to position itself at the forefront of international efforts to make bioimaging data more accessible, interoperable, and reusable.
We thank the India BioImaging community for the opportunity to present foundingGIDE and look forward to strengthening these collaborations in the years ahead.