Highlights from Euro-BioImaging

Technology Highlights - Expansion Microscopy

Posted by Marianna Poli, on 29 August 2023

Interview with Ana Agostinho and Steven Edwards, at the Advanced Light Microscopy facility at SciLifeLab in Sweden. We are today talking about Expansion Microscopy imaging. Please provide a short summary of this type of imaging and list some applications: Ana: My name is Ana Agostinho and I am a staff scientist at the Advanced Light

Special Edition Virtual Pub: Open Hardware in Imaging

Posted by Marianna Poli, on 6 July 2023

Imaging technologies are becoming increasingly complex and ever more expensive, reducing the general accessibility and potential reach of cutting-edge techniques. Many scientists and companies are committed to making imaging hardware and software solutions openly available to a wide audience. The Special Edition Virtual Pub “Open Hardware in Imaging” in collaboration with the Euro-BioImaging Industry Board

Euro-BioImaging User Forum: Understanding Plant Biology

Posted by Marianna Poli, on 6 July 2023

The next Euro-BioImaging User Forum will take place on Thursday, October 12, 2023, from 2 pm-5 pm CEST. The topic is “Understanding plant biology.” This event will highlight how cutting-edge imaging technologies can support research into the structure and function of plants, shed light on plant health, resilience and adaptability, and help answer agroecology-related research

Have you heard of Euro-BioImaging?

Posted by FocalPlane, on 23 March 2023

Euro-BioImaging is a scheme that sounds too good to be true: access to advanced microscopy technologies and the experts that are responsible for them, what’s not to like! The 35 imaging facilities, known as Nodes, that make up the infrastructure of Euro-BioImaging are located across 16 European countries and are accessible to all scientists regardless

Euro-BioImaging User Forum: Cardiovascular Research

Posted by Marianna Poli, on 13 March 2023

Euro-BioImaging is organizing a fifth online User Forum on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, from 14:00-17:00 CET. The topic is “Cardiovascular research.” This event will highlight the importance of cutting-edge imaging technologies in support of cardiovascular health, disease, diagnostics and the development of therapies. We will showcase the specific expertise available at our Nodes across Europe

The Third Euro-BioImaging User Forum: “At the Forefront of Neuroscience”

Posted by Johanna Bischof, on 17 March 2022

Euro-BioImaging is organizing a third online User Forum on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 from 14:00-17:00 CEST. The topic is “At the Forefront of Neuroscience.” This event will highlight the importance of cutting-edge imaging technologies in support of brain research and showcase the specific expertise available at our Nodes across Europe through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. Program:

New funding opportunity from Euro-BioImaging

Posted by Johanna Bischof, on 3 December 2021

Euro-BioImaging is pleased to announce our first open call for user projects. Send in a proposal by December 15, 2021 to carry out a biological or biomedical imaging project at one of our 33 Nodes, and receive up to 5.000 Euros to cover access, consumables, travel and accommodation costs. Successful applicants will be notified by late January

Technology highlights - Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI)

Posted by Johanna Bischof, on 20 January 2021

Interview with Helena Chmelová, Ph.D. from the Light Microscopy Core facility at the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself – where you work, what your research focus is? I work at the Light Microscopy Core Facility at the Institute of

Technology highlights - Traction Force Microscopy (TFM)

Posted by Johanna Bischof, on 9 December 2020

Interview with Aki Stubb, Ph.D. Please tell us a bit about yourself and the facility where you work. My name is Aki Stubb and I am a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK. I did my PhD in the group of Johanna Ivaska at the Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo

Technology highlights - Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM)

Posted by Johanna Bischof, on 25 November 2020

Interview with Prof. Dolf Weijers and Prof. Joris Sprakel from Wageningen University, The Netherlands Tell us a little bit about who you are and about the people involved in the work we are talking about today. This work is a collaboration between the groups of Prof. Dolf Weijers and Prof. Joris Sprakel at Wageningen University,

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