Microscopy and Bioimaging

OME File Formats (OME-TIFF and OME-Zarr) are the open standards for biological microscopy data, produced by the OME consortium and implemented through the OMERO image management platform. Data quality and metadata are governed through QUAREP-LiMi and REMBI. Reference datasets from published studies are curated in IDR, while BioImage Archive serves as the broad-intake archive for all biological image data submitted under open access mandates. EMPIAR is the dedicated archive for raw electron microscopy image data, accepting cryo-EM datasets with no volume limit. NeuroMorpho.Org is the primary repository for digitally reconstructed neuron and glia morphologies, standardised in SWC format. National platforms are federated through France BioImaging and its European counterpart Euro-BioImaging, with GT-GeDeM coordinating FAIR data management practices for microscopy platforms in France.