Montpellier Rio Imaging selects Definiens for high throughput image
analysis
6 March 2008
Montpellier Rio Imaging (MRI), a life science imaging facility
located in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France, has selected
Munich-based Definiens to supply high content image analysis and data
management technology.
MRI is supported by the French Ministry
of Scientific Research, CNRS, INSERM, INRA, CIRAD, IRD and Montpellier
University, and is shared by leading French federal research institutes and
universities. Scientific personnel from any public or private
organizations have access to it.
To complement a recent investment in new image-acquisition devices
for the screening of cell culture plates and scanning of histology
slides, MRI needed a new high-content image analysis and data management
solution.
Dr Julien Cau, CNRS engineer, Deputy Manager in Charge of Light
Microscopy, at MRI said, "Our new devices are performing an amazing job
compared to the previous generation, but this kind of technology is
pointless if automated, large-scale image analysis can't be performed."
With research activities ranging from cancer and neurology to plant
science, the Languedoc-Roussillon area is highly acclaimed as a top
French life science research and industry centre. MRI provides the
environment, equipment and expertise necessary for methodological and
technical support of projects that necessitate imaging technology in
whatever form — optical, electronic, computer processing. The facility
is planning to offer its leading-edge scientific community a global
automated solution for cell-based assays and large-scale histopathology.
Montpellier Rio Imaging Chief Manager Dr. Pierre Travo is quite
confident: “Definiens solutions will play a decisive role in MRI
continuous efforts for the development of new services in biological
imaging."