About Us

NimbusImage is built by scientists who love image analysis, for scientists who love image analysis

The story of NimbusImage started over fifteen years ago in the early days of the Raj Lab. It was around then that we noticed that the bottleneck was not acquiring imaging data but analyzing it. At the time, we had a complex system of custom scripts (sound familiar?) but that rapidly became unwieldy. What were we to do?

That was when we began working with Kitware to develop NimbusImage. The idea was to have a next-generation image analysis workflow designed around our needs from the ground up. Through many years of hard work and development and (sometimes painful) internal testing, NimbusImage grew into a robust and powerful platform, and we are really excited about bringing it to the rest of the world!

Our team combines deep experience in imaging and image analysis with professional-grade software engineering experience.

The Raj Lab

The Raj Lab, at the University of Pennsylvania, led by Dr. Arjun Raj, who has spent 15+ years working on molecular imaging for life sciences

Kitware

Kitware, an industry leader in open-source software development. They are the developers of Girder and ITK, critical pieces of software that help power NimbusImage.

CytoPixel Software

CytoPixel Software, founded by Dr. Arjun Raj, is the company that manages the commercial deployment of NimbusImage.

Our mission

Our fundamental goal

We are deeply committed to creating accessible, robust tools that help researchers unlock the full potential of their imaging data. By combining open-source principles with powerful AI-driven analysis, we aim to streamline and democratize the extraction of scientific information from complex microscopy data. Our primary goal is to create tools that assist and delight.

Data philosophy

We understand that researchers need both powerful tools and control over their data. At NimbusImage:

  • We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your information

  • You maintain complete ability to extract and export your data at any time

  • We collect minimal personal information needed to provide our service

  • Our privacy policy clearly outlines how we handle your information

Open source

NimbusImage is built on open-source principles. This means:

  • Our core technology is developed transparently

  • We collaborate with the scientific community to improve our platform

  • The commercial deployment through CytoPixel provides a stable, supported experience