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Blog Post

Aspect Analytics at NextGen Omics, Tech & Data Europe 2026: Extracting Spatial Biology at Scale with Weave®

At NextGen Omics, Tech & Data Europe 2026 in Basel, Sathya Muralidhar of Aspect Analytics presented “From Tissue to Target: How to Extract Spatial Biology at Scale,” showing how the Weave® platform helps pharma R&D teams turn multi-modal spatial omics data into actionable insights.
conference recap
Exploratory Analyses
Cell-cell interactions
Pathway Analyses
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Conference recap - Aspect Analytics at ESSB 2026

Aspect Analytics exhibited at ESSB 2026 in Sitges, where about 700 attendees gathered for four days of talks and posters on the theme of spatial biology. Our two co-authored posters used Weave® to integrate multimodal spatial data and map tumor-immune niches in triple-negative breast cancer and renal cell carcinoma.
conference recap
spatial technologies
Cancer Research
cellular neighborhoods
Blog Post

Aspect Analytics at IMSC 2026

From ganglioside biology in Parkinson's Disease to lipid microenvironments in Alzheimer's Disease to gene-metabolite crosstalk in pulmonary fibrosis, our projects presented at IMSC 2026 underscored how the same core capability — integration of multiple spatial modalities — applies across disease areas and imaging technologies.
conference recap
mass spectrometry imaging
spatial technologies
neuroscience
lipidomics
News and updates

Kamni Vijay joins Aspect Analytics board as an Independent Director

We are honored to welcome Kamni Vijay, PhD, as an independent member of the Aspect Analytics Board of Directors.
News
Blog Post

Mapping the invisible chemistry of the brain - A Sterol and Steroid Atlas of Mouse Brain

Prof. William Griffiths (Swansea University) and Dr. Shazia Khan (University of Edinburgh) used MALDI-MSI and LESA-MSI with novel chemical derivatisation to map neurosteroids and sterols across mouse brains. Partnering with Aspect Analytics, they turned this complex imaging data into an interactive 3D atlas.
central nervous system
lipidomics
mass spectrometry imaging
neuroscience
Blog Post

The Power of Cellular Neighborhood Analysis

Biology doesn't happen cell by cell, it happens in neighborhoods. Where a cell sits matters as much as what it is. Weave’s Cellular Neighborhood analysis turns tissue architecture into a quantitative, comparable readout - from identifying neighborhoods, to statistical and bioinformatics analysis, yielding biomarkers and testable hypotheses.
cellular neighborhoods
Cell-cell interactions
spatial technologies
Spatially-aware Clustering
Weave Features
News and updates

SPACE-MEL - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN) grant

Aspect Analytics is proud to be a partner in the SPAtial single-CEll omics research training for MELanoma precision medicine grant, funded by the European Union.
News
Projects
Cancer Research
AI/ML
Blog Post

VIB Spatial Omics 2026: A Transforming Field

Aspect Analytics was back at the 2nd VIB Spatial Omics conference. The field has moved with remarkable speed since the inaugural meeting two years. This blog recaps and reflects on how much has changed since then.
Videos
spatialomics
Blog Post

Tips for Spatial Multi-Omics Experiments

At Aspect Analytics, we’ve been involved in numerous spatial biology projects. We’ve seen it all - seen a lot of good, and seen some…not so good. In this blog, we will share some of what we’ve learnt over the years with regards to wetlab decisions that can affect computational integration and downstream data analysis.
spatialomics
spatial technologies

FAQs

Understanding Weave®, spatial biology, and multimodal analysis

Still have questions?

Does Weave support collaboration across teams and projects?

Weave supports multi-user, multi-team projects. With our shareable and compliant workspaces, different team members can collaborate in real-time on the same datasets in one governed workspace. Biologists, pathologists, computational biologists, and data leaders can interactively visualize and explore the same measurements and derived results, for both single and multi omics datasets. True democratization of spatial biology insights.

Can Weave be operationalized at the enterprise level?

Yes. Weave is enterprise-ready – not only do we have ISO 27001 and ISO 27018-certified data security and handling of PII, but also SSO integration with industry-standard federated authentication servers. In addition, we have scalable storage and computation resources with hosted and on-premise deployment options with SDK and CLI interfaces for systems integration. Our users routinely manage up to petabytes of spatial biology and associated data within Weave.

Can I see examples of published work using Weave?

Yes. Browse our publication section above to explore peer-reviewed studies, application notes, posters, and collaborative projects demonstrating how Weave supports spatial and multimodal research across disease areas.

How do I know if Weave is right for my project?

If your research involves tissue architecture, spatial biomarkers, spatial multi-omics integration, PK/PD readouts, or mechanistic interpretation, Weave provides a reproducible and scalable analytical framework. You can start with a single study and expand to multi-cohort programs.

Is it possible to automate recurring analyses?

Yes. Using the Weave SDK, our team can help you integrate your in-house pipelines, build reusable workflows, visualization modules, or reporting templates to reduce manual work and support high-throughput projects.

Can Aspect Analytics help if we don’t have internal computational resources?

Yes. Aspect Analytics offers data analysis services from our expert team who have over a decade of experience in spatial bioinformatics and data analysis. Weave is entirely cloud-based, so you don’t need local processing power or specialized infrastructure to analyze spatial multi omics data. Taken together, our team can remotely support you with study-level data integration, cellular neighborhood analysis, workflow development and more, while your teams access the results and reusable workflows directly in the cloud. This collaboration keeps your projects moving even without in-house computing or engineering support.

How does Weave support translational and drug development teams?

Weave enables spatial PK/PD analysis, MoA exploration, responder vs. non-responder comparisons, and more. The platform produces deeper insights, and makes it easy to interpret and share across preclinical and translational groups. By providing a collaborative and secure environment, Weave turns massive, multi-modal spatial datasets into actionable insights to accelerate your drug discovery and development pipelines.

What makes Weave different from other spatial analysis tools?

Weave provides the computational foundation to unify and analyze data across the multiple layers of spatial biology, histology, and metadata. It supports multimodal co-registration, comparative cohort analysis, model-ready outputs, and custom workflow development, bringing clarity to complex spatial data. Weave is also certified against the ISO 27001 and ISO 27018 standards for information security and handling of Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

What kinds of biological questions can Weave help answer?

Weave is used to explore cell-cell interactions, cellular neighborhoods & spatial niches, ligand–receptor communication, PK/PD and drug distribution, pathway activity, and tissue-level mechanisms that drive disease progression or therapeutic response. Weave enables finding spatial and/or molecular signatures indicative of disease status, treatment response, etc.

How does Weave help with multi-site or multi-cohort studies?

Weave standardizes quality control, spatial alignment and integration, and lineage tracking across sites, batches, and instruments. This creates reproducible, comparable datasets that support biomarker discovery, patient stratification, and translational analysis.

Can I integrate data generated outside of Weave?

Yes. External transcriptomics, proteomics, MSI, or histology annotation files can be ingested and integrated. You can also load data that has been preprocessed using your in-house pipelines, or cell segmentation results from a pipeline you have optimized for your use-case. This lets you build complete, multi-layered datasets even when parts of the workflow happen elsewhere.

Can Weave analyze data from different platforms or vendors?

Yes. Aspect Analytics is vendor-neutral and works with all major spatial biology technologies. Supported platforms include Xenium, Visium, CosMx, COMET, PhenoCycler, IMC, assorted microscopy vendors, MALDI and DESI-MSI, and more. Core capabilities of Weave include analysis of large-scale projects using single or a limited number of spatial assays, or cross-platform harmonization across different modalities for comprehensive multi-omic characterization.

Do I need advanced computational expertise to use Weave?

No. Biologists, pathologists, and computational scientists can all work within Weave. The Weave GUI supports visual analysis without coding, while the Weave SDK allows computational users to extend workflows or build custom analyses.

What kinds of data can I analyze with Weave?

Weave software supports histology, spatial transcriptomics, spatial proteomics, multiplex imaging, mass spectrometry imaging (MSI), and complementary single-cell omics at scale. These layers can be aligned, harmonized, and compared within one governed analytical backbone.