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An interview with Rodrigo Vena

Posted by , on 27 September 2022

MiniBio: Rodrigo Vena is a core facility member at the Bioimaging Unit of the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Rosario, Argentina. He specialized in Optics, and is in charge of optical microscopy. Rodrigo is passionate learner in all things related to microscopy, and strives to keep up to date with the advances in
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An interview with Virginia Albarracin

Posted by , on 13 September 2022

MiniBio: Virginia Albarracin is the Head of the Centre for Electron Microscopy of the National University of Tucumán and CONICET in Tucuman, Argentina, as well as a group leader focusing on investigating extremophiles. Virginia studied her BSc degree in Biology, and PhD degree in Biochemistry at the University of Tucuman, Argentina. During her PhD she
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An interview with Andrés Di Paolo

Posted by , on 27 July 2022

MiniBio: Andrés Di Paolo holds a hybrid position as a postdoctoral researcher and as a member of a microscopy core facility, involving several institutions including Institut Pasteur Montevideo, Hospital de Clínicas from UdelaR and Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable (IIBCE). He is currently  involved in the development of the first super-resolution microscope (based on STORM)
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An interview with Marcela Diaz

Posted by , on 21 June 2022

Marcela Diaz is a co-leader of a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative project at the Advanced Bioimaging Unit (a joint Unit between Institut Pasteur de Montevideo and the Faculty of Medicine of Universidad de la República, Udelar). With this grant, her aim is to generate a program to train imaging educators, and in this way promote knowledge
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EMBL Imaging Centre: Enabling imaging across scales

Posted by , on 17 June 2022

With its first symposium, the EMBL Imaging Centre introduced its services, aims, and missions to the scientific community, celebrated advancements in imaging, and provided a sneak-peek into the cutting-edge technologies and advanced training it will make accessible to researchers all over the world.
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An interview with Kildare Miranda

Posted by , on 10 May 2022

Kildare Miranda is the director of the Advanced Microscopy Unit and vice-director of the National Centre for Structural Biology and Bioimaging (CENABIO), Professor of Biophysics and Cell Biology and Head of the Cell Biology and Parasitology Department of the Biophysics Institute at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and holds several CNPq fellowships. He
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An interview with Lia Medeiros

Posted by , on 5 April 2022

Lia Medeiros is an associate staff scientist at Carlos Chagas Institute, Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil), and is head of the Electron Microscopy Facility at the same institution. She obtained her Ph.D. from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her Ph.D. research involved the ultrastructural characterization of the interactions between Plasmodium parasites and
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An interview with Leandro Lemgruber

Posted by , on 15 March 2022

Leandro Lemgruber is the facility manager of the Glasgow University Imaging facility in Scotland, UK, and has been in this role since 2015. He has worked in several capacities as a microscopist in Brazil, Italy, Germany, the USA and the UK. Leandro began his work in microscopy and parasitology since his undergraduate degree. He did
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Job Opportunity: Light Microscopy and Image analysis at the Centre for Cellular Imaging of Gothenburg University

Posted by , on 4 February 2022

We are looking for a new colleague to join the light microscopy team of the Centre for Cellular Imaging of Gothenburg University (CCI). Information below and in this link Researcher, Core Facilities The University of Gothenburg tackles society’s challenges with diverse knowledge. 53 500 students and 6 500 employees make the university a large and inspiring place
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An interview with Peter O'Toole - part 2

Posted by , on 14 December 2021

Here is the second part of the interview with Peter O’Toole, Director of the Imaging and Cytometry Laboratory at University of York. After learning more about The Microscopist podcast in the first part of the interview, we now focus on his work running an imaging facility. When did you decide to move from academia into
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