The main goal of the LBNL integrated biological imaging initiative is to integrate the amazing breadth
of imaging expertise and technology currently at the Lab to take better
advantage of our capabilities and to address some of the current limitations in
performing integrated imaging, analysis and visualization.
Fall
2014 update: While the cross-divisional organizing committee has been
dissolved, the initiative's vision continues to be advanced by ad-hoc
cross-divisional teams.
The organizing committee for this initiative includes representatives from all
interested Divisions and the Lab Directorate, and attempts to cover the entire multi-scale spectrum.
The working group is much larger and includes anyone who is interested in
participating. This group has the expertise and experience needed to begin to
address both the short and long term goals outlined below.
Short-term goals are to:
1) identify the current equipment/technologies at the Lab that span the "bioimaging" spectrum (molecular structure to organisms/ecosystems),
2) identify people with expertise in these technologies, and develop approaches to integrate data from multiple imaging modalities --
probes, sample preparation, and computational approaches to image
analysis and visualization (hardware and software),
3) provide a practical
foundation (share equipment and expertise)
and generate collaborations, programs and funding to address
current and future challenges in integrated bioimaging, and
4) create a physical center to facilitate the integration of these
complementary technologies.
Long-term goals are to:
1) establish a framework for a true center at the Second Campus,
2) recruit scientists to fill gaps in expertise,
3) extend the center to include other Bay area institutions (UC Berkeley, UC
San Francisco, UC Davis, Stanford University), and
4) obtain large-scale funding to establish and maintain a world-class, unique biological
imaging center.