omeThe American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB) has launched a new project called “The Cell: An Image Library” to build a multi-dimensional image library of the cell for use in research, clinical, and educational communities.  They’ve been awarded a $2.5M stimulus grant from the National Institutes of Health and are collaborating with Glencoe Software, the commercial arm of the Open Microscopy Environment Consortium, to create it.

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.”

via Glencoe Software to Support the ASCB ‘Stimulus Grant’ to Build Virtual Image Library of the Cell | Reuters.