ALT A figure with a line drawing of bioimage analyst in the center, showing 4 lists of major areas of competency in each corner,under the headings image analysis, implementation, project management, and education.

ALT A figure with an heading "Barriers to bioimage analysis", with a pink block headed "Personal" (with subheadings "Getting started" and "Career"), a yellow block headed "Scientific community" (with subheadings "Peer pressure", "Governance principles", and "Moral incentive"), and a blue block headed "Structural" (with subheadings "Publishing", and "Funding).

ALT A figure titled "Working with your friendly local bioimage analyst", with a medium-sized red circle titled DON'Ts and a large green circle titled DOs. Items under DON'Ts include "Wait until the end to reach out", "Assume analysts know your experimental details", "Overlook interdisciplinary connections", and "Dismiss the role of specialists"; items under DOs include "Reach out early and often", "Plan ahead", "Verify data quality", "Stay up to date", and "Respect expertise".

ALT A figure titled "What can we do? What do we need?". It has a large block titled "Bioimage analysis community", which under "Short-term goals" has headings "Define standards", "Catalog resources", and "Adopt best practices" and under "Long-term goals" has headings "Disseminate standards", "How-to guides", and "Training". In a smaller block titled "Policy makers and funders" there are headings "Provide dedicated funding", "Support publications", and "Recognize non-standard scientific contributions".