Microscopy and bioimaging technologies are fundamental tools for exploring biological systems, generating large, multidimensional datasets rich in experimental detail. However, the bioimaging community has historically faced major challenges around data handling: vendor-specific proprietary formats, fragmented metadata storage, and increasingly large dataset sizes that outstrip traditional storage and computing solutions.

In this webinar, we will present key open technologies developed by the Open Microscopy Environment (OME) to address these challenges. Specifically, we will introduce the Bio-Formats library for accessing diverse proprietary file formats, the OME-TIFF standard for archival data storage, and the OME-Zarr format for cloud-native, scalable bioimaging workflows. We will show how these technologies can be used to:

• Read and standardise imaging datasets from hundreds of proprietary file formats
• Store data and metadata together in accessible, interoperable formats
• Enable scalable storage and analysis of large, multidimensional imaging datasets using modern cloud and cluster environments
• Improve data sharing and reproducibility in line with FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles