Screen shot of the main page of the OMEGA pilot GUI

Screen shot of the main page of the OMEGA pilot GUI

In September 2011, the OMEGA team has released the first version of the OMEGA pilot, with support from Systemsx.ch as part of the SyBIT project. The software development work was carried out at the of the Department of Innovative Technologies (DTI) of the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) with support from the Information Systems and Networking Institute (ISIN) and the OpenBIS development team. This OMEGA pilot version reads images and image metadata stored within the OMERO image data repository, automatically performs the main steps of real time particle tracking utilizing a predefined work-flow and writes the results within a customized version of the openBIS metadata repository. In addition OMEGA allows data exploration and results visualization and produces publication quality graphs for data dissemination.

OMEGA is available in alpha release.

If you are interested in obtaining a copy of the software please contact Caterina Strambio De Castillia

Follow our progress on the OMEGA OMEGA-syBIT collaboration project wiki.

In close collaboration with the OMEGA project, the OMERO platform has been operational at two academic institutions:

Bellinzona: understanding the the eco-physiology of sulfur bacteria inhabiting the chemocline of Lake Cadagno

Starting from July 2010, OMERO is being actively employed at the Istituto Cantonale di Microbiologia (ICM) in Bellinzona Switzerland, to manage image data and metadata produced as part of a project aimed at dissecting the three-dimensional organization and eco-physiology of bacterial aggregates from Lake Cadagno, a meromictic lake found in the Swiss Alps. This project is carried out by Nicholas Vecchietti, Mauro Tonolla and Caterina Strambio De Castillia in close collaboration with the Centro di Biologia Alpina in Piora, Switzterland.

Emory Vaccine Center: utilize real time viral particle tracking technology to understand retroviral assembly

OMERO has been installed and is being tested for use by the Hunter laboratory at the Emory Vaccine Center in connection with a project aimed at dissecting the molecular aspects of retroviral assembly and release from infected primate cells. In addition, this installation of OMERO is being used as the main image data repository for the OMEGA development project.