Technology validation
Technology developers can collaborate with Euro-BioImaging to validate new imaging technologies across various Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs). This collaboration is designed to ensure that innovations are effectively integrated into life sciences research, enhancing the overall impact on health and disease understanding.
Whether it is validation of a new technological concept or imaging application, beta-testing of a new prototype, validation of a technology for service-readiness or testing and demonstrating a new product with a wide user base, Euro-BioImaging can support technology developers in putting their concepts and innovation through rigorous validation.
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There are several pathways open to developers:
1. Validation services
Gain access to almost 240 imaging facilities across Europe and a large network of imaging and image analysis experts. Our facilities are selected in a rigorous application process for
- Scientific and technical excellence
- European and national significance
- Technology maintenance and updates
- Access and service package
- Quality assurance
- User training
Each facility can link you to their specific surrounding research ecosystem, e.g. software developers and image analysts, clinical researchers, service providers with a large number of technology users or other technology developers that match your technical or geographic requirements.
Contact us to find the right validation partner for you!
Current opportunity: Fast Track Call European Partnership for Personalized Medicine
The EP PerMed Fast Track Validation Programme has been established to address a critical bottleneck in the development of PM solutions: the validation phase. The programme provides a structured, accelerated pathway for PM innovators to validate their solutions and supports start-ups and small teams to identify and access validation resources and guidance.
Euro-BioImaging can provide technology validation in the field of imaging technology, image data analysis and AI-driven image data tools by partnering with applicants as validation centers. EP PerMed provides financial support to successful applicants of up to €80.000,- for their validation project.
Please visit the website for more information: https://www.eppermed.eu/funding-projects/calls/fast-track-call/
Call deadline: 13 March 2025.
Validation use case 1
For the validation of hit compounds out of a screening campaign for potential drugs for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), Roberta Ranieri accessed advanced imaging technology at the Advanced Light Microscopy Facility at the EMBL Node of Euro-BioImaging to further characterize their effect on cellular disease models. Besides obtaining valuable data for further lead optimization, the collaboration with screening experts also helped the researcher to improve their strategies for drug screening and image analysis. Read more.
Validation use case 2
Accessing innovative MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI) technology at the M4I Institute of the Euro-BioImaging Facility of Multi Modal Imaging AMMI Maastricht Node significantly enhanced the impact of the ProstOmics project, by giving the researcher and ERC-grantee Dr. Maria K. Anderson access to the cutting-edge, highly sensitive MALDI-2 MSI instrument that was required to map cholesterol and other sterols in prostate tissue.
Working with Euro-BioImaging generated otherwise inaccessible data that deepened the understanding of cholesterol's role in prostate cancer, marking a significant advancement in biomarker validation for this aggressive cancer form. Read more.
2. Expert Consultation
Technology developers can engage in fully confidential consultations with Euro-BioImaging's technology experts. These consultations facilitate knowledge exchange, allowing developers to refine their technologies based on feedback from leading imaging specialists.
3. Collaborative Projects
Euro-BioImaging encourages partnerships for technology and methods development. Developers can collaborate on national or European funded programs, leveraging Euro-BioImaging's extensive network to identify suitable partners for their projects.
4. Suggesting a new technology for our portfolio
Euro-BioImaging has established a workflow to ensure that new technologies are continuously integrated into our portfolio. If you are a technology developer with a new imaging technology (TRL7+), find out here how you can suggest your technology for inclusion in our portfolio.