SBS Data & Image AnalysisSpecial Interest Group

April 9, 2008St. Louis, Missouri

Chair: Kurt Scudder, Accelrys, Inc.

Co-Chairs: Susanne Heynen-Genel, Burnham Institute for Medical ResearchMark Collins, ThermoFisher

Recap from 2007 D&IA SIG Meeting:Standards for HCS Data Interchange

Goals from last year’s meeting:• Form committee to develop standards• Publish/distribute draft Minimum Information

Standard presented by Mark Collins, Cellomics (ThermoFisher)

• Collect input from HCS user community, refine standard

• Present proposed standard at 2008 DIA SIG meeting

The ISAC (Re)Connection• ISAC has active Data Standards Task Force

– Extensive experience with standards formulation

– Have NIH grant to fund standards development

• Current effort underway to extend FCS (flow-only standard) to more generalized “Analytical Cytometry Standard” (ACS)

– Encompass imaging cytometry

– Actively interested in input from HCS community

The Obvious Synergy

Experience with image-based assays

Experience with standards development

Proposed Path

ISAC Draft Requirements

for ACS

ISAC Standards Development

Expertise

Cellomics Draft HCS Standard

Requirements Document for HCS Data Interchange

HCS Data Interchange Standard (possibly part of

larger Analytical Cytomerty Standard)

Input from other SBS standards

efforts

Moving Forward• ISAC leadership has given verbal commitment to

support this collaboration on standards to the SBS leadership

• Resurrect group formed from last DIA SIG meeting, add new interested parties

• Adapt ISAC Requirements Document for HCS, publish to user community

• Get buy-in from end-users, instrument providers, and software vendors

SBS D&IA SIG Resources

• Co-Chairs:– Ilya Ravkin (ilya@ravkin.net)– Kurt Scudder (kscudder@accelrys.com)

• Website:– http://www.ravkin.net/SBS/D&IA_SIG.htm