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Page includes news updates on the DEC.

2023

September

1 September 2023 - DEC OMERO Server currently offline. The RAID5 database HDD storage has reached the drive lifetime and is being migrated to new HDDs.

2020-22

COVID shutdown.

2019

September

20-24 September 2019 - Discussion with Complutense University of Madrid organising future scanning of the Orts-Llorca Collection and Javier Puerta Collection.
1 September 2019 - The Slide scanner has been relocated to Barcelona, Spain. Scanning of the Domenech-Mateu Collection has now begun.

June

23 June 2019 - OMERO 5.5 installed and database now available.
18 June 2019 - We are currently updating server version to OMERO 5.5. Image server may be unavailable during this process.
1 June 2019 - UNSW power outage has shut down server.

February

1 February 2019 - DEC Server now restarted. Note that users that cannot access the DEC server should contact me ASAP.

January

29 January 2019 - Power failure in University has shutdown server. We are currently checking database before restarting the DEC server.
12 January 2019 - DEC Server upgraded (OMERO 5.4.9), tested and back online.

2018

September

Scanner relocated to Charité - Campus Benjamin Franklin at Freie Universität Berlin, Radlanski Collection.
Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin Embryological Collection scanning completed. HDD now available for addition to DEC Database.

August

10 August - Semantic Mediawiki disabled with current Wiki software update.

January

DEC January 2018 Newsletter

2017

December

11 December - Berlin Meeting - Dec 11 2017 Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science.
4 December - Install of scanner at Embryological Collection – Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity. Dr Peter Giere (curator of the embryological collection).

October

11 October - The new DEC Omero Image Server (5.4) http://149.171.80.223:8080 has now been updated. To upload images you will nee the new version of Omero.insight (OMERO.insight-5.4.0).

July

29-30 July - OMERO server unavailable due to electrical work in building.

21 July - Blechschmidt Collection sample slide uploads from various embryos.

June

30 June - Göttingen Anatomical Symposium - DEC Update.

27 June - Test sample slides from Hinrichsen Collection locally uploaded from PC and Mac platforms using OMERO.importer (software).

9 June - Amsterdam Collection - Wouter H Lamars - test image JP2000 format.

DEC June 2017 Newsletter

May

Blechschmidt sample JPGXR images uploaded.
New OMERO software (5.3) installed for DEC image server.
Axioskan slide scanner loading mechanism replaced.

April

Software is currently being updated to Omero Server (version 5.3). During this period there will be numerous times that the image server will be unavailable. I apologise for any inconvenience. I will be sending an email to all users when installation and testing has been completed.

March

Uncompressed test images successfully remote batch uploaded using insight software.

January

Image server local address extension 4080 changed to 8080.
- Note that any bookmarks you have to the original 4080 address will no longer function.

2016

December

Image server OMERO 5.3 upcoming release - JPGXR announcement.
Amsterdam collection joins the consortium.
Bochum collection scanning commences.

November

Blechschmidt collection scanning completed.

October

DEC October 2016 Newsletter

April

2016 ANZSCDB NSW Meeting poster presentation on the DEC.