Center for Living Systems × DSI
The AI+ Quantitative Imaging Shared Facility of the Center for Living Systems (CLS) is a cutting-edge initiative that accelerates advances in microscopy image processing and quantitative analysis. Its mission is to empower life science researchers through the integration of computer vision, artificial intelligence (AI), and deep learning into the imaging pipeline.
The AI+ Quantitative Imaging Shared Facility of the Center for Living Systems (CLS) is a cutting-edge initiative that accelerates advances in microscopy image processing and quantitative analysis. Its mission is to empower life science researchers through the integration of computer vision, artificial intelligence (AI), and deep learning into the imaging pipeline.
Hosted jointly by the Data Science Institute (DSI) and the Center for Living Systems (CLS) at the University of Chicago, this shared facility provides a platform for interdisciplinary collaboration, technical innovation, and scalable image-based discovery. The facility supports a wide range of biological research—spanning tissue morphogenesis, cell dynamics, developmental systems, and more—by enabling automated, data-driven insights from complex imaging datasets.
Partners
- Center for Living Systems (CLS)
- Experimental collaborators from key research groups:
- Gardel Lab – Cell and tissue mechanics
- Dinner Lab – Theoretical modeling of biological systems
- Jerison Lab – Emergent behavior in multicellular systems
- Mitchell Lab – Light-sheet imaging of embryos
- Ed Munro Lab – Cell polarity, morphogenesis, and quantitative modeling
- Experimental collaborators from key research groups:
- Promega Corporation
- Industry collaborator on organoid classification, contributing imaging data and domain expertise in applied biotechnology.