The ComPatAI consortium focuses on analysing histological samples related to breast and prostate cancer. Using digitalised images allows the researchers to measure and automatically compute different cell types.
One of the key questions is how quickly data can be transferred and used. Computing and data storage capacity are constantly in high demand. This is where the services provided by CSC, the Finnish ELIXIR node, come in.
“We’re extremely pleased with the support CSC has given us, since this is an exceptionally large project that uses very large datasets. We are in a privileged position because we have the support of an organisation like CSC. This is a clear competitive advantage for us, and we really appreciate it, ” says Pekka Ruusuvuori, Associate Professor of the Institute of Biomedicine at the University of Turku.
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ELIXIR is partly funded by the European Commission