Press Releases and Media Appearances up to Month 24

Deliverable 7.4.3

Project acronym: BIOPOOL

Grant Agreement: 296162

Version: v1.0

Due date: Month 24

Submission date: 15/09/2014

Dissemination level: Public

Author: Francesco Moscone

Elisa Tosetti (Brunel)

Part of the Seventh Framework Programme

Funded by the EC - DG INFSO

Ref. Ares(2014)3026023 - 16/09/2014

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Table of Contents

DOCUMENT HISTORY ............................................................................................................. 3

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................... 4

2 PRESS AND MEDIA COVERAGE ........................................................................................ 5

2.1 MAGAZINES, ARTICLES, PRESS RELEASES ............................................................................................... 5

2.2 PODCASTS AND VIDEO LECTURES ......................................................................................................... 7

2.3 RADIO INTERVIEWS ........................................................................................................................... 7

2.4 SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES AND MEETINGS .................................................................................................... 7

3 CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................ 9

4 ANNEX I: PRESS RELEASES ............................................................................................. 10

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Document History

Version Status Date

V1.0 draft 12/09/2014

V1.1 final 14/09/2014

Approval

Name Date

Prepared Francesco Moscone, Elisa Tosetti 30/08/2014

Reviewed EMC 12/09/2014

Authorised Arantza Bereciartua, Roberto Bilbao 15/09/2014

Circulation

Recipient Date of submission

Project partners

European Commission

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1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This document summarizes the appearance of BIOPOOL project in media such as international journals, national newspapers, magazines, press releases, websites, instructional videos, web streams, short films, and blog entries over the entire duration of the project. The objective of press and media coverage is to support the dissemination of BIOPOOL, by attracting the attention to BIOPOOL resources, development and achievements, ultimately to contribute to the impact of the project. Target groups range from scientific and political audiences to the general public. Dissemination activities are coordinated by BRUNEL. A broad spectrum of dissemination channels are used in order to effectively reach the targets for dissemination and to maximise the visibility of the project.

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2 PRESS AND MEDIA COVERAGE

Three press releases have been published so far, one in English and two in non-English languages. In particular, one press release has been published in Eurekaalert database, one of the world's leading independent resources for European research news. This press release has been highly cited in news websites, blogs, forums etc. In addition, two press releases in non-English languages, one in Italian and one in Spanish, have been published. Again, these have generated a large number of articles national journals as well as a radio interview about BIOPOOL activities, in Italian and Spanish. The full text of the press releases is provided in Annex I.

A list of media appearance (both in English and non-English languages) since the start of the project is provided below.

2.1 Magazines, articles, press releases

[1] CORDIS (2012) “Services Associated to Digitalised Contents of Tissues in Biobanks Across Europe”.http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.document&PJ_RCN=13020506

[2] Eurekaalert 20/02/2013 “Data Pooling in Biobanks: The BIOPOOL Project” http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/bu-dpi020813.php

[3] Times Higher Education 21/02/2013 “Brunel University Matching Service”,

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/campus-round-up-21-february-2013/2001697.article

[4] ANSA, February 23/02.2013 “Medicina: EU, Nata Rete Biobanche, Sara' 'Google' delle Biopsie”. http://salute.doctissimo.it/le-news-della-salute/medicina-eu-nata-rete-biobanche-sara-google-delle-biopsie_4378.html

[5] IL FATTO QUOTIDIANO 23/02.2013, “Cancro, Ecco BIOPOOL il Motore di Ricerca Europeo

per Studiare le Biopsie”. http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2013/02/23/cancro-ecco-biopool-motore-di-ricerca-europeo-per-studiare-biopsie/509971/

[6] Ciencia e Tecnologia Saude Digest 19/02/2013 “Dados pool em biobancos: projeto a

BIOPOOL” http://dhemo.net/articles/21231.html [7] Diagnostic news 21/02/2013 “Espana, Reino Unido, Holanda y Francia Crean una Red de

Biobancos”. http://www.diagnosticsnews.com/noticia.php?id=16926 and http://elperiodicodeholanda.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/espana-reino-unido-holanda-y-francia.html

http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.document&PJ_RCN=13020506http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.document&PJ_RCN=13020506http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/bu-dpi020813.phphttp://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/campus-round-up-21-february-2013/2001697.articlehttp://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/campus-round-up-21-february-2013/2001697.articlehttp://salute.doctissimo.it/le-news-della-salute/medicina-eu-nata-rete-biobanche-sara-google-delle-biopsie_4378.htmlhttp://salute.doctissimo.it/le-news-della-salute/medicina-eu-nata-rete-biobanche-sara-google-delle-biopsie_4378.htmlhttp://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2013/02/23/cancro-ecco-biopool-motore-di-ricerca-europeo-per-studiare-biopsie/509971/http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2013/02/23/cancro-ecco-biopool-motore-di-ricerca-europeo-per-studiare-biopsie/509971/http://dhemo.net/articles/21231.htmlhttp://www.diagnosticsnews.com/noticia.php?id=16926http://elperiodicodeholanda.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/espana-reino-unido-holanda-y-francia.htmlhttp://elperiodicodeholanda.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/espana-reino-unido-holanda-y-francia.html

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[8] Gaceta Medica 20/02/2013 “Espana, Reino Unido, Holanda y Francia Crean una Red de Biobancos”. http://www.gacetamedica.com/gaceta/articulo.aspx?idart=731255&idcat=797&tipo=2

[9] A Tu Salud 07/04/2013 “La primera red the biobanco europeo”

www.larazon.es/damesuplementos/salud/2013-04-07_SAL/index.html#/27/zoomed

[10] Gaceta Medica 08/04/2013 “Mas cerca de una red de biobancos europea” www.gacetamedica.com/gaceta/articulo.aspx?idart=744019&idc

[11] Globedia 08/04/2013 “El Biobanco Vasco para la Investigación lidera un proyecto

Europeo de TecnologIas de la Informacion” [12] Noticias de Salud 09/04/2013 “El Biobanco Vasco lidera un proyecto europeo de

tecnologías de la información” [13] Vascopress 08/04/2013 “El Biobanco Vasco para la Investigación lidera un proyecto

Europeo de TecnologIas de la Informacion” [14] Acta Sanitaria 09/04/2013 “El Biobanco Vasco para la Investigación lidera un proyecto

Europeo de TecnologIas de la Informacion” [15] Revista de Prensa Cientifica 09/04/2013 “Espana lidera la primera red de biobancos

europeos” [16] Iberoamerica.net 09/04/2013 “España lidera la primera red de biobancos europeos - La

Razón digital” www.larazon.es/detalle_normal/noticias/1785947/sociedad+ciencia/espana-lidera-la-primera-red-de-biobancos-euro#.UfDrtmxwZ3o

[17] Jano.es 09/04/2013 “El Biobanco Vasco lidera el desarrollo de un buscador de muestras

biologicas ” [18] Redacción Médica 09/04/2013 “Biobanco Vasco lidera el proyecto para la creación una

red europea de centros” [19] Basque Research 09/04/2013 “Basque Biobank leads European information

technologies project” www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=4472#.UfDtWmxwZ3o [20] El Médico Interactivo 10/04/2013 “El Biobanco Vasco para la Investigación lidera un

proyecto europeo de tecnologías de la información” www.elmedicointeractivo.com/noticias/nacional/118701/el-biob

[21] Gara 10/04/2013 “El Biobanco Vasco trabaja para crear un buscador de muestras

biológicas”

http://www.gacetamedica.com/gaceta/articulo.aspx?idart=731255&idcat=797&tipo=2http://www.larazon.es/damesuplementos/salud/2013-04-07_SAL/index.html#/27/zoomedhttp://www.gacetamedica.com/gaceta/articulo.aspx?idart=744019&idchttp://www.larazon.es/detalle_normal/noticias/1785947/sociedad+ciencia/espana-lidera-la-primera-red-de-biobancos-eurohttp://www.larazon.es/detalle_normal/noticias/1785947/sociedad+ciencia/espana-lidera-la-primera-red-de-biobancos-eurohttp://www.larazon.es/detalle_normal/noticias/1785947/sociedad+ciencia/espana-lidera-la-primera-red-de-biobancos-euro#.UfDrtmxwZ3ohttp://www.larazon.es/detalle_normal/noticias/1785947/sociedad+ciencia/espana-lidera-la-primera-red-de-biobancos-euro#.UfDrtmxwZ3ohttp://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=4472#.UfDtWmxwZ3ohttp://www.elmedicointeractivo.com/noticias/nacional/118701/el-biob

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[22] Euskadi+innova 29/04/2013 “El Biobanco Vasco para la Investigación lidera un proyecto

Europeo de TecnologIas de la Informacion”

[23] El Correo 21/07/2013 “Cientificos con mas visión: una herramienta de riconoscimiento artificial de imagines revoluciona la búsqueda de muestras biológicas para investigacion” http://www.elcorreo.com/innova/investigacion/20130822/cientificos-vision-

201308221354-rc.html

[24] El Moundo Innovadores 16/09/2013 “Nace el Google de los medicos”

[25] Diario de Noticias de Alava, Sociedad 21/10/2013 “Un Google con euskolabel”

[26] Diario Medico 27/01/2014 “Crean un buscador virtual de imágenes histológicas”

2.2 Podcasts and video lectures

[1] Roberto Bilbao 03/06/2012, videolecture at the European Data Forum (EDF), Copenhagen 2012, “Services associated to digitalised contents of tissues in biobanks across Europe – BIOPOOL”. http://videolectures.net/dataforum2012_bilbao_biopool/

[2] Youtube video: “BIOPOOL: Visual Similarity Search Engine” by Tecnalia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcwY7d6zTws

2.3 Radio interviews

[1] Roberto Bilbao and Roberto Bilbao from BIOEF and Estíbaliz Garrote from Tecnalia interviewed by Radio Euskadi on the 9th of July 2013 http://www.eitb.com/es/audios/detalle/1384652/biopool-google-muestras-biologicas/

[2] Roberto Bilbao from BIOEF was interviewed by Spanish Public television the 5th of November 2013, during the primetime of the news, into a section entitled "la investigación biomédica cuenta ya con un buscador en internet".

2.4 Scientific articles and meetings

[3] Bereciartua A., Munoz E., Gandon F., Moscone F., Garcıa S., Riegman P.H.J., de Jong B., del Villar A., Bilbao R. (2012), “Services Associated to Digitalize Contents of Human Tissues in Biobanks Across Europe: BIOPOOL Project”, oral presentation at the Joint Conference of ESBB & the Spanish National Biobank Network. Published on Biopreservation and Biobanking, vol. 10, issue 5

http://www.elcorreo.com/innova/investigacion/20130822/cientificos-vision-201308221354-rc.htmlhttp://www.elcorreo.com/innova/investigacion/20130822/cientificos-vision-201308221354-rc.htmlhttp://videolectures.net/dataforum2012_copenhagen/http://videolectures.net/dataforum2012_copenhagen/http://videolectures.net/dataforum2012_bilbao_biopool/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcwY7d6zTwshttp://www.eitb.com/es/audios/detalle/1384652/biopool-google-muestras-biologicas/

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[4] de Jong B., Bilbao R. , Riegman P.H.J. (2012) “Requirements for Sharing of and Searching on Histo-Morphological Aspects in Digital Pathology Images and Associated Data – BIOPOOL” oral presentation at the Joint Conference of ESBB & the Spanish National Biobank Network http://www.esbb.org/granada/speakers/dejong.html

[5] de Jong B., Bereciartua A., Munoz E., Gandon F., Moscone F., Garcıa S., Riegman P.H.J., del Villar A., Bilbao R. (2013) “Services Associated to Digitalised Contents of Tissues in Biobanks Across Europe: A Proof of Concept – BIOPOOL” Oral presentation at the ISBER 2013 Annual Meeting

[6] Bereciartua A., Munoz E., Gandon F., Moscone F., Tosetti E., Garcıa S., Riegman P.H.J., de Jong B., del Villar A., Bilbao R. (2013) “The economic benefits of data pooling in biobanks: the BIOPOOL project” Oral presentation at the iHEA conference http://ihea2013.abstractsubmit.org/presentations/11330/

[7] MA Viguri Diaz, O Belar Beitia, R Rezola Solaun, E De Miguel Herran, S Fernandez Ferrer, A Gaafar, B Catón Santaren, J Javier Aguirre Anda, A Saiz Lopez, R Ruiz Onandi, R Bilbao y consorcio BIOPOOL (2013), “Proyecto BIOPOOL aplicación de la digitalización de imágenes histológicas a un biobanco en red” Poster presentation at the Spanish Congress of Anatomopathology (XXVI Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Anatomía Patológica - SEAP)

[8] Bereciartua A., Munoz E., Gandon F., Moscone F., Tosetti E., Garcıa S., Riegman P.H.J., de Jong B., del Villar A., Bilbao R. (2013) “The economic benefits of data pooling in biobanks: the BIOPOOL project” Oral presentation at the 6th Annual Biorepositories and Sample Management Conference

[9] Bilbao R. (2013), The BIOPOOL project, Talk at the XXIV Jornadas Técnicas de RedIRIS, Madrid

[10] Bilbao R. (2013), The BIOPOOL project, Talk at the ESBB Conference, Verona

[11] Saiz M. et al. (2014) A new tool to search tumour samples for research across Europe: BIOPOOL, Talk at the 26th European Congress of Pathology.

http://www.esbb.org/granada/speakers/dejong.htmlhttp://ihea2013.abstractsubmit.org/presentations/11330/http://www.seap.es/web/congreso2013http://www.seap.es/web/congreso2013http://www.biopoolproject.eu/event/6th-annual-biorepositories-and-sample-management-conferencehttp://www.biopoolproject.eu/event/6th-annual-biorepositories-and-sample-management-conference

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3 CONCLUSIONS

This substantial list of publications and presentations clearly show that international media have welcomed the BIOPOOL project in a positive way. Especially considering it is only two years from the start of a very ambitious project. In some journal articles BIOPOOL has been even defined as “...the new “google” to tackle the war against diseases such cancer...”. We hope that our wide coverage in international media has alerted different stakeholders of society in the possibility of having such new technology. Our team has been deeply committed to guarantee media coverage for the entire duration of the project.

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4 ANNEX I: PRESS RELEASES

Data pooling in biobanks: The BIOPOOL project

February, 20th, 2013

A European consortium of medical, research and higher education institutions is developing a network for banks containing digitalised images of human tissue—"biobanks"— which will help doctors to diagnose different types of possible cancerous tissues taken from patients' biopsies in a shorter time.

The seven partners across four European countries, Spain, the United Kingdom, Netherlands and France are developing the project, known as BIOPOOL, with a budget of €2,500,000 from the European Commission.

"The network will enable clinicians to compare the image of a biopsy for a patient with biopsy images of a large number of other patients across Europe," explained Francesco Moscone, Professor of Business Economics at Brunel University, west London, who is responsible for the business impact of this project.

"The benefits mean that there would be a faster and more accurate diagnosis of diseases, thereby preventing, or reducing, the need for multiple invasive tests."

"Fast and accurate diagnosis will also help in identifying the more appropriate medical treatment, as well as reduce the length of hospital stay."

The existing biobanks are organised collections of biological material and associated health information, for medical-scientific research and diagnostic purposes. In the recent years, biobanks have started digitalising their material, by scanning their samples and storing images and associated information in databases.

But the digital images are usually collected in various different formats, and stored in separated databases and facilities. While image collections carry very valuable knowledge in several fields, their exploitation requires tools to gather, access, visualise, and process large images.

Professor Moscone added: "From the point of view of medical research, the large amount of data shared within BIOPOOL will allow the scientific community to conduct more meaningful clinical trials, especially with respect rare diseases."

"The use of such interconnected sources of data is very promising, as it is expected to reduce diagnosis time and related costs," he said. Roberto Bilbao, Director of the Basque Biobank for Research and coordinator of BIOPOOL project explained that the project involves a significant number of challenges, both technical and non-technical.

It manages very large images, as digitalised bio-images are stored in huge files, even reaching 10-15 GB per image.

The scheme will aggregate data from biobanks until August 2014.

Notes to Editors:

BIOPOOL will offer services such as on text- and image-based search queries, region-of-interest extraction and automated pathology information extraction for specific types of cancers. It will provide tools for the interconnection of different biobank digital resources, using standard communication protocols. The use of these protocols will allow acquiring, storing and exchanging images and associated data. The project will use storage formats such as OME-XML, OME-TIFF, that are compatible with existing systems. In order to include already existing images, auxiliary modules will be developed to convert images into standard formats.

The challenges include scalability problems and different acquisition protocols for different types of tissues. Furthermore, the comparison between different images of the pool is very complex due to different scales and formats of images, and the biological variability of samples.

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The partners involved in the project are: Basque Biobank for Research, Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Emedica SL, Cultek SL (Spain), Pertimm SAS (France), Brunel University (United Kingdom), and Erasmus MC (Netherlands).

For further information please visit the website www.biopoolproject.eu

Contact numbers:

Roberto Bilbao (Spain): e-mail: bilbao@bioef.org; mobile. ++34665700460

Francesco Moscone (UK): e-mail: Francesco.Moscone@brunel.ac.uk. ++44 (0)7542154518

Source: EurekAlert!

Medicina: EU, nata rete biobanche, sara' 'Google' delle biopsie

February, 22nd, 2013

ROMA, 22 FEB - Creata una rete virtuale di biobanche di diversi paesi europei che funziona come un motore di ricerca per vedere biopsie di interesse, e facilitera' lo scambio dati tra medici e ricercatori e accelerera' le diagnosi di tumori, soprattutto di quelli piu' rari e difficili da scovare, permettendo rapidi avanzamenti sia nell'ambito della ricerca oncologica, sia clinici. La costruzione della rete, Biopool, finanziata dall'Unione Europea per 2,5 milioni di Euro, muove ora i suoi primi passi, spiegano all'ANSA i due coordinatori del progetto, gli italiani Francesco Moscone ed Elisa Tosetti della Brunel University in Gran Bretagna. Biopool raccoglie e analizza, attraverso l'interconnessione di varie biobanche, immagini di tessuto istologico, e informazioni cliniche su di esse e sui pazienti cui appartiene il referto. Inoltre, funziona come motore di ricerca con cui cercare e confrontare immagini trovando caratteristiche simili, e diagnosticare malattie. ''Fondamentalmente Biopool tratta immagini di biopsie per la diagnosi e la cura del cancro'', spiega Moscone. Biopool e' un progetto destinato a crescere ma inizialmente consentira' l'accesso a circa 7000 immagini (e relative informazioni testuali) a diverse tipologie di utenti: biobanche, patologi e altri medici ospedalieri, compagnie farmaceutiche, universita' e istituti di ricerca. In particolare, le compagnie farmaceutiche potranno sfruttare il software per selezionare in modo appropriato il campione di pazienti da includere nelle sperimentazioni cliniche, mentre le universita' potranno utilizzarlo come supporto all'insegnamento. Infine ricercatori e accademici avranno modo di utilizzare i dati estratti attraverso Biopool per effettuare studi epidemiologici o rispondere a quesiti di economia sanitaria di carattere generale. Allo stato attuale Biopool coinvolge otto biobanche europee, di Spagna e Olanda. Tuttavia, molte altre biobanche, anche al di fuori dell'Europa, hanno mostrato interesse a partecipare al progetto.

Source: ANSA

http://www.biopoolproject.eu/mailto:bilbao@bioef.orgmailto:Francesco.Moscone@brunel.ac.uk

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NOTA DE PRENSA Su objetivo es crear un innovador buscador informático de muestras biológicas para investigación biomédica que permitirá crear una red de biobancos europeos

EL BIOBANCO VASCO LIDERA UN PROYECTO EUROPEO DE TECNOLOGÍAS DE LA INFORMACIÓN

El proyecto representa un avance en buscadores y comunicaciones que permitirá llevar a cabo proyectos de investigación multicéntricos europeos con mayor celeridad y posibilidades de éxito.

En el proyecto participan Tecnalia, eMedica y Cultek. Además del liderazgo del Biobanco Vasco para la Investigación, también colaboran los hospitales de Cruces, Basurto, Galdakao-Usansolo, Araba-Txagorritxu, Araba-Santiago e Instituto Onkologikoa.

El proyecto cuenta con 2,5 millones de euros de presupuesto y es cofinanciado por el séptimo programa marco de la Unión Europea.

Bilbao, marzo de 2013.- El Biobanco Vasco para la Investigación (o+ehun) lidera el proyecto BIOPOOL financiado por la Comisión Europea que tiene como objetivo desarrollar un buscador informático de muestras biológicas en una red de biobancos a partir de la imagen histológica y los datos clínicos asociados. En el proyecto BIOPOOL participan entidades de diversos países europeos, entre los que se encuentran Francia, Reino Unido y los Países Bajos.

Los Biobancos son las entidades que almacenan y suministran muestras biológicas como por ejemplo tejidos tumorales. Para realizar sus proyectos, los investigadores necesitan muestras de características específicas o/y en gran número. Para conseguir la totalidad de las mismas deben contactar con varios biobancos, especialmente en el caso de las enfermedades raras. Actualmente, no existe un mecanismo que facilite esta búsqueda. El proyecto Biopool permitirá que un investigador pueda buscar en cualquier biobanco del mundo, las muestras biológicas que necesita para investigar, independientemente del lugar, idioma, etc., en base a la imagen histológica que el tumor tiene, aprovechando las tecnologías de la información y comunicación existentes. Estas imágenes se generan cuando se hace el diagnóstico del tumor y posteriormente se digitaliza. Tal y como ha explicado Roberto Bilbao, director científico del Biobanco Vasco para la Investigación, “Es una tecnología semejante a Google imágenes, en que “subes” una foto de un edificio al buscador, y el sistema te dice dónde está, pero aplicado a imágenes histológicas de tumores e investigación biomédica. De hecho, vamos a establecer una red inteligente internacional de biobancos, lo que demuestra el potencial de los datos clínicos e histológicos para la investigación médica.” Asimismo, este sistema será una herramienta útil a nivel universitario, mejorando los recursos didácticos de los profesores y estudiantes para la enseñanza y aprendizaje

Representa el primer proyecto europeo del séptimo programa marco liderado por la sanidad vasca y está enmarcado en la apuesta de la Unión Europea de explotación de grandes bases de datos. En el proyecto participan diversas empresas y centros tecnológicos entre los que figuran Tecnalia Research & Innovation, eMedica y Cultek junto con otros socios internacionales que son Pertimm SAS (Francia), la Universidad de Brunel (Reino Unido), y el Biobanco Erasmus EMC (Países Bajos).

Además del liderazgo del Biobanco Vasco para la Investigación, también colaboran en el proyecto los Servicios de anatomía patológica de los hospitales de Cruces, Basurto, Galdakao-Usansolo, Araba-Txagorritxu, Araba-Santiago e Instituto Onkologikoa.

Biopool cuenta con 2,5 millones de euros de presupuesto y está cofinanciado por el séptimo programa marco de la Unión Europea. Además, el proyecto cuenta con financiación de la Diputación Foral de Bizkaia y del Gobierno Vasco.

De este modo, el proyecto BIOPOOL se constituye como “una iniciativa única para construir una gran colección de imágenes de tejidos humanos y los datos asociados, en red, y para desarrollar un conjunto de funcionalidades avanzadas para la gestión y explotación de estas imágenes”. Según ha explicado Roberto Bilbao, “Biobancos de otras comunidades autónomas y de otros países como Alemania, Francia o Australia nos han comunicado su interés en participar en la red”.

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Según indica la investigadora Arantza Bereciartua de Tecnalia, el proyecto Biopool afronta un gran número de desafíos, tanto técnicos como no técnicos, “ya que debe ser capaz de manejar imágenes digitalizadas de diferente formato y de gran tamaño, llegando incluso a 10-15 GB por imagen. También hay problemas de escalabilidad y diferentes protocolos de adquisición de diferentes tipos de tejidos. Finalmente, la comparación entre diferentes imágenes es muy complejo debido a las diferentes escalas y formatos de imágenes, y la variabilidad biológica de muestras”.

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