Making image data and their analysis output public aims at supporting transparency, auditability and reproducibility of a research project. However crucial contextual information is often lost along the way between image acquisition and publication resulting in a dramatic loss of value of the published data. In this webinar, we will follow the flow of bioimage data from acquisition to analysis focusing on data management practices in an open science context. We will review points to consider and provide tips and examples for managing bioimage data and their metadata through a project’s life.

Who is this course for?

This webinar is suitable for marine biologists and environmental scientists collecting samples from the natural environment, generating, visualising, annotating and analysing large, multimodal datasets such as imaging data, and sharing their data by submitting them to public data repositories.

This event is part of a webinar series organised by the STANDFLOW project, an initiative supported by EMBL’s Planetary biology Transversal Theme. STANDFLOW is about a collaborative effort towards creating a standardised data management workflow. The project primarily utilises imaging data derived from samples collected through the TREC (Traversing European Coastlines) and the Roscoff Culture Collection. For details on all topics covered in this series and registration information, please visit the following link: How to organise and share my imaging data?: Multimodal data management for marine biologists, and environmental scientists and imaging specialists

Outcomes

By the end of the webinar you will be able to:

• Identify challenges for effective data sharing and re-use.

• Create a data management plan

DOI: 10.6019/TOL.DataFlow-w.2025.00001.1

This webinar took place on 04 June 2025. Please click the 'Watch video' button to view the recording.