Glencoe Software to Support the ASCB 'Stimulus Grant' to Build Virtual Image Library of the Cell

Glencoe Software to Support the ASCB 'Stimulus Grant' to Build Virtual Image
Library of the Cell

SEATTLE, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Glencoe Software, Inc., the commercial arm of
the Open Microscopy Environment (OME) Consortium (http://openmicroscopy.org),
is proud to announce its collaboration with the American Society of Cell
Biology's exciting new project titled "The Cell: An Image Library." The ASCB
has been awarded a $2.5M stimulus grant through the National Institutes of
Health's (NIH) Grand Opportunities program, as part of the American
Reinvestment and Recovery Act, to build a novel multi-dimensional image
library of the cell. This online resource of digital images will serve, and be
freely available to, multiple end-users across research, clinical, educational
and public communities internationally.

Key to the success of the project is the ability to read, manage and display
many different types of scientific image data supplied to the project by the
research community. Researchers use dozens of different microscope hardware
and software instruments to produce specialized three-dimensional images of
cells. The Glencoe Software Data Management Engine, an enterprise scientific
image data management system based on the OME Consortium open source OMERO
Platform, is designed to read and interpret these images with all
corresponding metadata, and importantly, allows for the interactive
visualization and management of large image repositories.

Joan R. Goldberg, Executive Director of the ASCB, said, "The ASCB is proud to
be leading the development of this new project and is excited to be leveraging
open source technology developed within the academic community to deliver this
critical resource for the research community."

Jason Swedlow, CEO of Glencoe Software, and co-founder of the OME, said,
"Glencoe Software and OME see the ASCB Image Library as a critical resource
for life science researchers all over the world. We are pleased that our
recent work on OMERO and the Glencoe DME is being deployed in this challenging
application. Combined with our deployment of the JCB DataViewer
(http://jcb-dtaviewer.rupress.org), this demonstrates the capabilities of
OMERO and the Glencoe DME and further solidifies our industry-leading
capabilities to deliver complex image data management solutions to the Life
Science research community."

Glencoe Software (http://glencoesoftware.com) provides customized solutions
for the Bioimage Informatics Community in two unique areas: image data
management for scientific digital imaging in light microscopy and high content
screening platforms; and full content image data submission and visualization
for scientific publishing. Glencoe Software is the exclusive commercial
provider of the technology platform from the OME Consortium to deliver
customized image data management solutions for its customers. The
collaborative development of an online Image Library of the Cell with the ASCB
is another step towards Glencoe Software's goal of providing novel data
management solutions to assure access and integrity of critical image data for
the life sciences community.

Contact:

Brian Jones
Business Manager
Glencoe Software, Inc.
+1 484 241 9302
bjones@glencoesoftware.com
http://www.glencoesoftware.com

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Brian Jones, Business Manager of Glencoe Software, Inc., +1-484-241-9302,
bjones@glencoesoftware.com