2022-03-01

Attending: Will, JM, Jason, Seb, Frances, June, Petr, Khaled, Josh, Wilma, Melissa, Erin, Muhanad, Mina, Chris, Andreas, David S, David, Emil,

Start: 2:00 pm UK

Accepting minutes from last meeting

(2-3 minutes each)

IDR:
- released prod105 yesterday: mFISH idr0123, and idr0127 bacteria timelapse study
- JM: discussed analytical workflow with Seb. Notes to come…
NGFF: Josh
- v0.4/Java front
  - David looking at multi-dimensional handling in BioFormats
  - Josh looking at bioformats2raw to extract writing class. Needs some refactoring
- Metadata issue opened
  - start with building prototypes
- ZarrReader: importing into OMERO now working
  - But user needs to know how deep the zarr directories go when they import.
- Seb: v0.4 python tools released
  - Being used by Constantin
- Jason: community / vendors keen to get involved
  - Josh: tech webinars?
Releases
- Web apps
  - omero-web: 5.14.0 vs 6.0.0 Argument for both options. We pick one and move on.
- BioFormats released last week
  - focus on ZarrReader now
Glencoe
- Testing Django 3.2 upgrade nearly done
- Other NGFF work in progress
Community
- workshops submitted for I2K and ELMI

(5 min. max; tech. Discussion should be highlighted to relevant people and rescheduled)

(20-25 minutes plus 15 minutes questions max)