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Gold again for Heidelberg in iGEM competition
The iGEM Team Heidelberg 2022 succeeded in winning another gold medal at the Grand Jamboree in Paris with their project "Hersiran: siRNA-Tech for Neuroinfections". iGEM is the world's largest competition for synthetic biology.   Visit the iGEM team's website.
ERC Synergy Grant for studying the renewability and differentiation of stem cells in the vertebrate brain
Simon Anders (BioQuant) together with Anna Marciniak-Czochra (IWR), Ana Martin-Villalba (DKFZ) and Laure Bally-Cuif (Institut Pasteur in Paris) received an ERC Synergy Grant.  
Cell Tracking Challenge, Nature Methods 2017
Cell tracking method of Heidelberg researchers ranks among the best worldwide, excelling in an international competition for analyzing cell behavior in microscopy images.  
ISBI 2016
Karl Rohr chairs the IEEE ISBI in April 2016  
Project QuantVessel at Deutsche Bundestag (German Parliament)
BMCV's QuantVessel project exhibited by the DFG at the German Bundestag in March 2012  
Excellent result at Particle Tracking Challenge, Nature Methods 2014
BMCV group achieves top accuracy in global Particle Tracking Challenge, with results published in Nature Methods.  
William J. Godinez received the Thomas Gessmann PhD Prize 2014
William J. Godinez receives 2014 Thomas Gessmann PhD Prize for his pioneering work on probabilistic particle tracking in computer science.  
Bitplane ISBI/IEEE Attendance Award, 2nd Cell Tracking Challenge, ISBI 2014
Nathalie Harder awarded Bitplane ISBI/IEEE Attendance Award at Cell Tracking Challenge Workshop during ISBI 2014 in Beijing.  
Excellent result at 1st Cell Tracking Challenge, ISBI 2013
Cell tracking method of the BMCV group ranks among top two at ISBI 2013 challenge, with results published in Bioinformatics.  
Prize for the best scientific paper at BVM 2013
BMCV researchers receive Best Scientific Paper Award at BVM 2013 for their 3D model-based segmentation of heterochromatin foci.  
Prize for the best scientific paper at BVM 2012
BMCV team receive Best Scientific Paper Award at BVM 2012 for their work on multi-frame virus particle tracking in microscopy images.  
Best poster award at the Summer School of Masaryk University 2011
Wei Liao wins 1st prize at Masaryk University Summer School 2011 for his poster on 3D segmentation of cerebral vasculature using a probabilistic minimal path technique.  
MIAAB 2011 – Heidelberg
MIAAB 2011 workshop unites experts to advance automated microscopy image analysis for biomedical and systems biology applications.  
HGS MathComp Best Poster Award 2010
Astha Jaiswal, William Godinez, Maik Lehmann, and Karl Rohr receive best poster award at HGS MathComp 2010 for virus particle tracking algorithm.