Following successful AIMdays focusing on Microscopy and Ageing, in April the Divisional Business Development Team will be running an AIMday in Biomedical Imaging, a broad topic which offers the opportunity to discuss the analysis, enhancement and display of images captured via x-ray, ultrasound, MRI, nuclear medicine and optical imaging technologies. A range of companies including GSK, GE Healthcare, Siemens, and Blue Earth Diagnostics are registered to attend, and it is a fantastic chance for researchers looking to network with industry and discuss relevant questions.
AIMdays are a concept which offer a unique way to facilitate interaction between industry and academia. Born at the University of Uppsala in 2008, they have increasingly gathered attention and use at universities across the globe looking to match researchers with industrial partners.
Interested industry partners are invited to submit questions around a certain topic. At the Microscopy AIMday run in Oxford last year, companies including Zeiss, Olympus, and Andor Technology submitted questions around imaging technologies to aid medical diagnostics, use of virtual reality to understand biological processes, and novel techniques for the future of microscopy research.
Academics then choose which of these questions they would like to answer, depending on their particular area of expertise. The AIMday algorithm designs a programme of one-hour sessions that matches industry partners and academics by their shared interests so that sessions can run in parallel, and interaction between industry and academics is maximised.
Martin Kerr, Business Development Manager and organiser of the AIMday commented: 'AIMdays are a fantastic opportunity for researchers to spark new collaborations, build their networks, and get a fresh perspective on how their work could be translatable. It also offers early stage researchers exposure to the career paths offered by industry.'
AIMday Biomedical Imaging takes place on Thu 19 April. Academic registration opens on Mon 26 Feb – find out more and register.
If you would like to find out more about running an AIMday, please contact Martin Kerr.