Published: 2023-03-28
Euro-BioImaging is proud to be part of the Horizon Europe-funded CanSERV project, along with 28 Euro-BioImaging Nodes and other project partners. The canSERV consortium, led by BBMRI ERIC, will make innovative services available to cancer researchers, therefore supporting the goals of the EU Cancer Mission. Through CanSERV's Open Call for Service Provision on “Advancing Personalised Oncology”, cancer researchers in and outside the EU are invited to apply for free access to cutting edge tra...
Published: 2023-03-28
Euro-BioImaging is delighted to share some stories from our fantastic Nodes. First on the long list is the Danish BioImaging Node (DBI). Euro-BioImaging visited the Node and got a two-day tour of their fascinating facilities from Clara Prats, Director of the DBI-INFRA and Director of Light Microscopy and Image Analysis at the University of Copenhagen, and Sonia Garcia, Coordinator of the DBI-INFRA. Clara and Sonia were superb hosts. We filmed what we saw while visiting some of their facilities. ...
Published: 2023-03-23
Correlative X-ray imaging and electron microscopy (CXEM) is the combination of X-ray imaging and electron microscopy. It is a correlative approach that makes it possible to characterise a sample of interest and locate a structure of interest in a non-destructive way. Nicolas BROUILLY is in charge of the Electron Microscopy Unit of the PICsL imaging facility on the Marseille node of France BioImaging , where CXEM is used for developmental biology studies. As part of Euro-BioImaging’s Proof-of-C...
Published: 2023-03-17
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an 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 through case studies presented in tandem with the research community.At this event, Eline Kooi, Maastri...
Published: 2023-03-16
MINFLUX is a super-resolution approach developed by Nobel prize laureate Stefan Hell in 2016. Two Euro-BioImaging Nodes are currently offering MINFLUX in open access as part of our Proof-of-Concept study. We spoke to Timo Zimmerman, Head of Light Microscopy applications at the EMBL Imaging Centre, part of Euro-BioImaging’s EMBL Node, to learn more about this technology and what it can be used for. Hi, my name is Timo Zimmerman, and I’m the team leader for light microscopy services at the ...
Published: 2023-03-14
Want to see objects that are 5 nanometers apart? Need to track objects moving in live cells with high temporal resolution? Then why not give MINFLUX a try? Two Euro-BioImaging Nodes are currently offering MINFLUX in open access as part of our Proof-of-Concept study. We spoke to Christopher Tynan, a staff scientist at Central Laser Facility - Octopus Cluster. His facility, which is part of the Euro-BioImaging UK Node , is now accepting applications for MINFLUX projects from external users. Read ...
Published: 2023-03-09
Want to look at tumor vs. healthy tissue within a sample? Laser microdissection enables you to select a material based on its spatial or qualitative traits. We spoke to Natalia Nowak, a biologist at the Laboratory of Imaging Tissue Structure and Function - light microscopy core-facility of Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw, Poland, part of our Polish Advanced Light Microscopy Node. Her facility has recently added this exciting new technique to their portfolio and is now acceptin...
Published: 2023-03-08
Euro-BioImaging is delighted to be part of the ANERIS (operAtional seNsing lifE technologies for maRIne ecosystemS) project, which kicks off this week in Barcelona. The ANERIS Project aims to create advanced scientific instruments and techniques for detecting marine life by integrating multiple technologies, such as genomics, imaging-biooptics, and participatory sciences. To accomplish this, a cooperative strategy will be employed, engaging all interested parties, including academic institu...
Published: 2023-03-07
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an 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 through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. At this event, Eva Rog-Zielinska, Uni...
Published: 2023-03-07
Are you interested in looking at tissues or other thick samples in high resolution? We spoke to Marc Tramier, a group leader at the Institute of Genetics & Development of the University of Rennes/INSERM/CNRS, and scientific director of MRic (Microscopy Rennes Imaging Centre), to learn more about Random Illumination Microscopy (RIM), a fast and easy to use microscopy technique with low phototoxicity. His facility, which is part of the Bretagne-Loire Node of France BioImaging , offers RIM as a Eur...
Published: 2023-03-06
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an 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 through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. At this event, Dr Rebecca Richardson,...
Published: 2023-03-06
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an 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 through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. At this event, Ida Marie Hauge-Iverse...
Published: 2023-03-01
Spatial Transcriptomics is a useful approach for understanding tissue architecture and for understanding the molecular basis of health and disease. The Bioscience Technology Facility at the University of York, part of our UK Node, has experience with this exciting technique and is now accepting applications for spatial transcriptomics projects as part of the Euro-BioImaging Proof-of-Concept study. We spoke with Peter O’Toole, Director of the Bioscience Technology Facility, to find out more abo...
Published: 2023-03-01
As Euro-BioImaging has specifically been established to enable open access to cutting-edge imaging technologies, we are obviously interested in how open access and open science are being developed globally. A small Euro-BioImaging team had the privilege and opportunity to see an excellent example of open access being established in Africa, when the Africa Microscopy Initiative (AMI) Imaging Centre opened its doors at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM) hosted by the ...
Published: 2023-02-28
Want to see adherent cells with low phototoxicity and photobleaching? What about spheroids and organoids? Both of these are possible with Lattice Light-sheet imaging, an interesting approach for those studying adherent cells, membrane systems, spheroids and organoids. We spoke to Steven Edwards, at the Advanced Light Microscopy facility at SciLifeLab in Sweden, part of our Swedish NMI Node. His facility - as well as others within Euro-BioImaging - are accepting applications for Lattice Light-she...
Published: 2023-02-23
Want to look at subcellular structures such as mitochondria, centrioles and microtubules in super-resolution? Only have access to conventional diffraction-limited microscopes? By physically expanding the sample, expansion microscopy (ExM) can achieve super-resolution images of your immunostained adherent cells. We spoke to Ana Agostinho and Steven Edwards, at the Advanced Light Microscopy facility at SciLifeLab in Sweden, part of our Swedish NMI Node. Their facility has recently added this exci...
Published: 2023-02-20
At the end of 2022, Euro-BioImaging significantly reorganised and expanded its technology portfolio, including a large number of novel imaging technologies that are provided to users under proof-of-concept study status. In total, 34 new and cutting-edge technologies joined the technology portfolio, provided across a large number of Euro-BioImaging Nodes. We are very excited about the potential and impact of these innovative techniques, many of which are becoming available for the v...
Published: 2023-02-20
Three hundred years after Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, father of live-cell microscopy, performed his last amazing research, a 25 Million Euro grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) provides important resources to NL-BioImaging, a distributed research infrastructure that brings together all academic Dutch microscopy facilities. Great news for seven Euro-BioImaging Nodes, who are part of this collaboration and will greatly benefit from a paradigm shift that channels funding to core facilities. We ...
Published: 2023-02-15
Euro-BioImaging is proud to be part of the IMPRESS (Interoperable electron Microscopy Platform for advanced RESearch and Services) project, which kicks off this week in Trieste. The Horizon Europe-funded IMPRESS project addresses a major evolution in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) from a laboratory technique to a broad-impact advanced analytical method that is capable of unprecedented integrated experiments and user-driven innovation. We are very excited to work towards this revolution t...
Published: 2023-02-13
On Friday, February 17th at 13:00 CET, Nico Sommerdijk, Department of Medical Biosciences, Electron Microscopy Center, Radboudumc Technology Center Microscopy, Radboudumc, Nijmegen-NL delivers a lecture on “3D Correlative Live and Cryogenic imaging of Biological Tissues combining Raman, Light and Electron Microscopy” as part of the Volume EM Series, brought to you by the Volume EM community and Euro-BioImaging. Abstract Imaging biological tissues at different length scales (e.g. correlativ...
Published: 2023-02-09
The Euro-Bioimaging team is expanding! We are currently recruiting two project managers to help us with the Horizon Europe project administration and management at our Statutory Seat in Turku, Finland. Come play a vital role in the daily operations of our pan-European research infrastructure. Project Specialist, Euro-BioImaging Statutory Seat, Turku, Finland We are looking for a Project Specialist to drive EU project administrative coordination, general administration, financial administration...
Published: 2023-02-02
We are pleased to announce that our first in-person All Hands Nodes Meeting since Euro-BioImaging ERIC operations began in 2019 will be held at EMBL, Heidelberg, from Monday, April 17th to Wednesday, April 19th, 2023. The agenda is packed with fantastic opportunities to get to know more about the Euro-BioImaging family with presentations and poster sessions from Nodes, as well as a keynote talk and presentations from partner organisations. The first day is dedicated to Correlative and Multimodal...
Published: 2023-02-01
After the Panel of Nodes meeting in Torino, Italy, we are pleased to provide posters that can easily be printed on an A4 printer and displayed in the lab, coffee room or bulletin board! These posters help spread the word about the Euro-BioImaging community, provide some reasons to make image data FAIR, and advertise the funding opportunities for user projects. Print them out, stick them on the wall, and send us a picture at info@eurobioimaging.eu Please share them widely! Download the Fund...
Published: 2023-02-01
Education is the greatest gift we can give to the next generation, which is why Euro-BioImaging is collaborating with several dedicated Master’s degree programs in biological or biomedical imaging. To provide practical training to these young imaging scientists, the Euro-BioImaging Industry Board (EBIB) initiated a pilot Internship program for master’s students in 2021. The pilot involves two EBIB member companies, ZEISS and TissueGnostics, and the MSc programme in Biomedical Imaging at...
Published: 2023-02-01
Wondering how to make the most out of your bioimaging data? We have just the right event for you. Join us for a free, online workshop entitled “Euro-BioImaging’s Guide to FAIR bioimage data” on Tuesday, March 28th, from 14:00 CET-17:00 CET. Everyone is welcome! About the workshop This workshop will introduce the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) principles, focusing on their implementation for bioimaging data. We will explore the diverse motivations for adhering to ...
Published: 2023-01-29
On January 24-25, 2023, the BioImage Archive (BIA) in collaboration with the AI4Life project, hosted a virtual workshop with 46 experts from various backgrounds. The objective of the workshop was to bring representatives from the image analysis community together to improve the BIA’s support for image annotations as part of AI-ready datasets and to develop annotation standards for the community. Several members of Euro-BioImaging Nodes participated in this workshop. Learn more about what was...
Published: 2023-01-27
Congratulations to the MMMI Italian Node and Italian ALM Node on receiving 30.5 M Euros funding over the next 3 years from the Italian Ministry of Research! In a highly competitive call part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), our Nodes were selected to receive special funding to hire experts and develop training for researchers as well as upgrade their technology offer. Prof. Enzo Terreno, Coordinator of the Multi-Modal Molecular Imaging (MMMI) Italian Node, Seetharaman Parashu...
Published: 2023-01-24
David Vondrasek is a biologist at the Institute Of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, part of Euro-BioImaging’s Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy Prague Node. Since 2018, he has been developing a Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) & Stimulated Raman Spectrometry (SRS) microscopy offer for users at his facility, based on adaptations to the Bruker Ultima upright microscope his facility owns and operates. In the past months, he and his users have been getting interesting result...
Published: 2023-01-23
EUropean Federation for CAncer IMages (EUCAIM) is the cornerstone of the European Commission-initiated European Cancer Imaging Initiative, a flagship of the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (EBCP), which aims to foster innovation and deployment of digital technologies in cancer treatment and care to achieve more precise and faster clinical decision making, diagnostics, treatment and predictive medicine for cancer patients. The project involves 76 organisations and is coordinated by the European ...
Published: 2023-01-11
Are you experienced with systems engineering, SQL, PHP, CI/CD, Linux, and SAML? Want to join a distributed research infrastructure and make a difference in science? We are inviting expressions of interest for the position of Software Developer at Euro-BioImaging ERIC (https://www.eurobioimaging.eu), a pan-European research infrastructure organization that offers open access to world-leading imaging technologies, training and data services in biological and biomedical imaging. ...
Published: 2023-01-05
Education is the greatest gift we can give to the next generation, which is why Euro-BioImaging collaborates with a number of dedicated Master’s degree programs in biological or biomedical imaging. One such program is the International Master´s in Biomedical Imaging jointly administrated by the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Turku (Masters programme in Biomedical Sciences). Close cooperators ...
Published: 2022-12-21
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 through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. Program: https://www.eurobioimag...
Published: 2022-12-14
We are very pleased to announce a significant expansion of the Euro-BioImaging technology offer and a brand new, user-friendly technology presentation for the Euro-BioImaging website! Designed to make our technology portfolio more flexible and accessible, the new presentation is based on technology “categories”, making it easier for users to find the right imaging technology for their project. We are really proud of this large-scale, service-oriented reorganization, which was a long-term col...
Published: 2022-12-12
Today, imaging scientists are producing datasets of increasing volume, complexity, and information content. To realize the full potential of imaging data, Euro-BioImaging Nodes offer a range of Image Data Services, including data handling, developing bespoke image analysis workflows, quantitative analysis, and access to analysis software. Access to these image analysis services as a standalone service is currently available at selected Nodes as part of our Proof-of-Concept study. We spoke with J...
Published: 2022-12-12
New imaging technologies are developed at a rapid pace and keeping up with these advancements is a key mission for Euro-BioImaging. At the same time, we have an important responsibility to our users, to ensure that new technologies are service-ready for open access use before being included in the Euro-BioImaging portfolio. To balance the need for fast availability of new technology with the requirement for due diligence to ensure service-readiness, Euro-BioImaging implements a defined process. ...
Published: 2022-12-05
Katrín Möller is a post-doctoral researcher at Biomedical Center of the University of Iceland, where she studies epigenetics and neuronal development. She’s just published a paper in eLIFE entitled “A role for the centrosome in regulating the rate of neuronal efferocytosis by microglia in vivo,” which provides important insight into microglial phagocytosis and features impressive light sheet microscopy images. Beyond describing exciting science in her publication, Katrin Möller also upl...
Published: 2022-12-01
On Friday, December 16th at 13:00 CET, Martina Schifferer, of SyNergy Nanoscale Hub, Technical University Munich and German Center of Neurodegenerative Diseases, delivers a lecture on “Neuropathology on tape – applications of ATUM-based volume EM” as part of the Volume EM Series, brought to you by the Volume EM community and Euro-BioImaging.AbstractVolume Electron Microscopy (vEM) reveals biological structures at nanometer resolution in three dimensions and resolves ambiguities of two-dime...
Published: 2022-11-28
ISIDORe (Integrated Services for Infectious Disease Outbreak Research) is pleased to announce the launch of its preparedness programme calls for proposals for free of charge access to its state-of-the-art facilities, cutting-edge services, advanced equipment and technologies. Topics include Respiratory pathogens, SARS-COV-2/COVID-19, Vector-borne pathogens and their vectors, and other Pathogens with epidemic potential- these calls are running on a rolling and “first come - first served” bas...
Published: 2022-11-23
Euro-BioImaging is participating in the “Joining forces to define the European Health Data Sharing Landscape for Research” meeting organized by the Healthy Cloud project in Brussels on November 23, 2022. This event unites researchers, policy-makers and other stakeholders to openly discuss the future of the Health Research and Innovation Cloud (HRIC) and to address key challenges identified by the EC: quality accessible and (re)usable health data to improve research, policymaking, regulation ...
Published: 2022-11-23
On November 8-9, 2022, members of the Euro-BioImaging Hub Team had the pleasure of meeting with the Euro-BioImaging Board and Panel of Node in Torino, Italy. This was our first in-person meeting with our stakeholders since 2019. We enjoyed the feedback and chance for exchange with our Board members Node representatives. Representatives from 32 Nodes - including brand new UK & Slovenian Nodes - and all 17 Member States and Organisations were present in Torino and online. We were very pleased...
Published: 2022-11-21
On Friday, November 18th at 13:00 CET, Martina Marchetti-Deschmann, TU Wien, delivers a lecture on “Multimodal Imaging and Omics Analysis to characterize senescent cells” as part of the Correlated Imaging Series, brought to you by COMULIS and Euro-BioImaging.Abstract: Martina Marchetti-Deschmann introduces the concept of MALDI Mass Spectrometry based imaging (MALDI MSI) in the context of investigations on aging skin. Our skin is constantly exposed to solar radiation, high oxygen levels,...
Published: 2022-11-15
Meiofauna are tiny marine organisms that range in size from 20 microns to 1 milimetre. They are present everywhere in the sea, from the shore to the deep ocean. They are an important part of the food web and a crucial link between micro- and macro- ecosystems. Nevertheless, to this day, very little is known about these creatures. Valentin Foulon, a research engineer in marine biology, is part of the Blue Revolution program that aims to develop a taxonomic identification protocol for meiofauna. ...
Published: 2022-11-15
A new, promising collaborative agreement among top-class life science research infrastructures was made official during the International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI 2022) in Brno, Czech Republic, on October 21, 2022. This trilateral Memorandum of Understanding between Instruct-ERIC, EU-OPENSCREEN ERIC and Euro-BioImaging ERIC is designed to benefit the life science research community by building common pipelines for user access, and joining forces in training, external communic...
Published: 2022-11-02
On October 17, the Horizon EU-funded AgroSERV project, coordinated by AnaEE ERIC and CNRS, kicked off in Prague. This project gathers 12 research infrastructure partners and 61 additional partners as service providers from a broad spectrum, ranging from life science and environmental research infrastructures up to the social sciences. At the kick-off meeting, Euro-BioImaging Bio-Hub Section Director, Antje Keppler, and Coordinator, Ilari Pulli, presented the set of technologies and tools ...
Published: 2022-10-26
Delivering cutting-edge Electron Microscopy (EM) support, operations, and instrumentation, that is the mission of the Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy at Umeå University, part of Euro-BioImaging’s Swedish NMI Node. It’s a relatively new facility, with a range of imaging techniques, from CLEM to cryo-EM. In order to support rapid developments in the cryo-EM and Electron Microscopy fields, and better serve a widening user base with diverse applications in structural and cell biology, plan...
Published: 2022-10-26
On October 6th, Euro-BioImaging ERIC organized its fourth online User Forum. The topic was “Fighting infectious diseases.” The event highlighted the range of infectious disease research that can be served by high-tech imaging and expertise, from drug discovery to the biology of disease agents and immune response to infection. The event also served to inform the community about the funding opportunities available via the ISIDORe project. Altogether, 116 people attended this event from 26 coun...
Published: 2022-10-25
This week, the AI4LIFE Project kicks off! We are pleased to host 25+ participants hailing from 10 different institutions – our project partners - at EMBL Heidelberg. For the next two days, we have AI/ML researchers and developers of popular open source image analysis tools gathered around the table alongside providers of European-scale storage and compute services, and representatives of diverse European Life Sciences Research Infrastructures. We will get to know each other, discuss the next s...
Published: 2022-10-24
Prof. Tullio Pozzan, eminent scientist, died at the age of 73. Italy lost one of its most prominent scientists well known worldwide for his contributions to the understanding of calcium signaling (Ca2+). Professor Tullio Pozzan was a full professor at the University of Padua, and a strong supporter in the initial phases of Euro-BioImaging. He significantly contributed to the constitution of the Advanced Light Microscopy Italian Node, of which his lab, the Laboratory of CA2+ and cAMP s...
Published: 2022-10-24
On Friday, October 28th at 13:00 CEST, Kevin L. Schey, PhD, Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, delivers a lecture on “Multimodal imaging of human retina pathology,”as part of the Correlated Imaging Series, brought to you by COMULIS and Euro-BioImaging. Abstract:Retina deposits form with age and their presence is the highest known risk factor for the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD); the leading cause of blindness in older adults. Deposits, such...
Published: 2022-10-21
International engagement is one of Euro-BioImaging’s key missions, to intensify scientific cooperation across disciplinary and national boundaries, and to raise awareness of Euro-BioImaging services also among scientists outside Europe. We are pleased to announce that on October 21, 2022, at the International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI 2022) in Brno, Czech Republic, we signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Institut Pasteur Montevideo, formalizing our collaboration with t...
Published: 2022-10-19
What better place to bring your plant imaging project than to DIMP Neuromed Node, located in the Technology and Research Center in Pozzilli, in Italy’s beautiful Molise region? The environment is unique, particularly favorable for agriculture, as demonstrated by the ancient olive trees that surround the Technology and Research Center. In this beautiful, natural setting, a team of scientists led by Nicola D’Ascenzo are developing state-of-the-art plant imaging capacities based on Positron Emi...
Published: 2022-10-13
We are pleased to announce that the Euro-BioImaging family is growing! On October 12, 2022, two new Nodes and two Node upgrades were approved by the Euro-BioImaging Board. Our two new Nodes are located in the United Kingdom and Slovenia. In addition, the Cellular Imaging Hungary Node and the Molecular Imaging Italian Node applied for an upgrade, to bring a new facility on board. There are now 35 Nodes in the Euro-BioImaging family and 173 facilities! We welcome these new Nodes with open a...
Published: 2022-10-12
Imaging technologies are becoming increasingly complex and ever more expensive, reducing the general accessibility and potential reach of cutting-edge microscopy. Open microscopy addresses this issue – and many imaging scientists are committed to making microscopy hardware and software solutions openly available to a wide audience. The Special Edition Virtual Pub “Open Hardware in Microscopy” will highlight these developments, by featuring presentations of a number of open hardware project...
Published: 2022-10-12
We are pleased to announce that Euro-BioImaging Bio-Hub Director, Antje Keppler, has been elected by her peers, the Directors of 24 European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERICs), to be the next ERIC Forum Chair at today’s meeting of the ERIC Forum Executive Board in Brussels. In her new functions, Antje Keppler will be supported by Allen Weeks, Director General of ELI-ERIC, elected as Vice Chair of the ERIC Forum Executive Board. We congratulate both on their new roles, and provide a few...
Published: 2022-09-29
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on October 6, 2022, from 14:00-17:00 CEST. This event will highlight the importance of cutting-edge imaging technologies in support of fighting infectious diseases and showcase the specific expertise available at our Nodes across Europe through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. At this event, Hanna Renvall, Aalto University, will speak about recent steps towards novel clinical applications of MEG, including recently ...
Published: 2022-09-26
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on October 6, 2022, from 14:00-17:00 CEST. This event will highlight the importance of cutting-edge imaging technologies in support of fighting infectious diseases and showcase the specific expertise available at our Nodes across Europe through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. At this event, Daniela Cirillo, San Raffaele Hospital (Milan), will explain how Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can be used to study ch...
Published: 2022-09-26
Climate change and the global pandemic have changed the way we work and interact with each other. From home office and virtual meetings to remote access to user services, many changes have been introduced that profoundly alter the way research infrastructures operate. The eRImote project, supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under grant number No 101057557, is the first to consider solutions for digital and remote service provision across scientific domains and ...
Published: 2022-09-22
On September 15, the Horizon EU-funded canSERV project, led by BBMRI ERIC, kicked off in Brussels. This project brings together 19 partners including European life science research infrastructures and other key organizations in the field of oncology to support the EU Cancer Mission. At the kick-off meeting, Euro-BioImaging Director General, John Eriksson, and Scientific Project Manager, Alessandra Viale, in collaboration with Claudia Alen Amaro of Instruct ERIC, presented the outset for the port...
Published: 2022-09-21
Expertise on imaging data and image analysis is essential for integration, testing and validation of image-related technologies for health (e.g., AI-based technologies). The Population Imaging Flagship Node’s Imaging Office is part of the European Population Imaging Infrastructure, embedded in the Erasmus MC department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine. It offers support for all medical imaging-related questions by clinicians, scientific researchers and companies. To learn more about the Populat...
Published: 2022-09-14
From August 17-19, Euro-BioImaging’s Scientific Project Manager, Johanna Bischof, and Quality Manager, Camilo Guzmán, joined Euro-BioImaging’s Nordic Nodes and other members of the international imaging community at the BNMI Symposium in Reykjavik, Iceland. The aim of this inaugural meeting was to bring together the community of Nordic imaging core facility staff and imaging scientists who develop or utilize biological imaging methods and representatives of industry to discuss projects and ...
Published: 2022-09-14
Euro-BioImaging wishes to promote diversity and equality in the organization by publishing its Equality plan on the 5th September 2022! The aim of the plan is to enhance the work-life balance of the staff, and establish an open workplace culture by means of open communication, training, and audits. Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) are required for public organizations, research organizations and higher education establishments participating in the Horizon Europe funding program. Our ...
Published: 2022-09-12
On Friday, September 16th at 13:00 CEST, Diana Mateus, LS2N laboratory / Ecole Centrale Nantes, delivers a lecture on “Deep learning for medical image analysis: self-supervision, graphs and priors,” as part of the Correlated Imaging Series by COMULIS and Euro-BioImaging. Abstract: This talk will address fundamental medical image analysis tasks such as classification, segmentation, registration, and ranking with deep learning methods. The focus will be on techniques that help handle issues ...
Published: 2022-09-09
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on October 6, 2022, from 14:00-17:00 CEST. This event will highlight the importance of cutting-edge imaging technologies in support of fighting infectious diseases and showcase the specific expertise available at our Nodes across Europe through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. At this event, Kareem Elsayad, Medical University of Vienna, will explain Brillouin Light Scattering spectroscopy was used at the Austrian Bi...
Published: 2022-09-09
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on October 6, 2022, from 14:00-17:00 CEST. This event will highlight the importance of cutting-edge imaging technologies in support of fighting infectious diseases and showcase the specific expertise available at our Nodes across Europe through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. At this event, learn how Cristina Risco Ortiz and her colleagues use live cell microscopy, correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM), ...
Published: 2022-09-09
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on October 6, 2022, from 14:00-17:00 CEST. This event will highlight the importance of cutting-edge imaging technologies in support of fighting infectious diseases and showcase the specific expertise available at our Nodes across Europe through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. At this event, learn how Ann-Marie Chacko and her colleagues combine molecular imaging efforts in drug discovery and early drug development (...
Published: 2022-09-09
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on October 6, 2022, from 14:00-17:00 CEST. This event will highlight the importance of cutting-edge imaging technologies in support of fighting infectious diseases and showcase the specific expertise available at our Nodes across Europe through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. At this event, Adám Kenesei, University of Debrecen, will tell us about FRET imaging work done at our Cellular Imaging Hungary Node, to bett...
Published: 2022-09-05
Automation and artificial intelligence are revolutionizing many sectors, from public transport to medicine. Implementing them in microscopy is referred to as Smart Microscopy. Many scientists from academia and industry are working on this concept, which will drastically change traditional image acquisition methods and experimental pipelines. But before it becomes the norm, a paradigm shift in technology development and experimental design must occur. And that’s what Rafael Camacho Dejay of the...
Published: 2022-09-05
Palina Nepachalovich is a first year PhD student studying lipid metabolism at the Center of Membrane Biochemistry and Lipid Research at TU Dresden . She is part of Maria Fedorova’s Group of bioanalysts, who use high resolution mass spectrometry and bioinformatics to study how living cells adapt to various stress conditions with a focus on lipids and lipid metabolism. Palina had never used a microscope when she applied for access at Euro-BioImaging’s Sofia Node in December 2021, as part of...
Published: 2022-09-02
On September 1, 2022, four of the new Horizon Europe-funded projects that Euro-BioImaging ERIC is a partner in are officially launched! We very much look forward to working with our consortium partners and Nodes on these projects. Here is a short synopsis of our newest projects. As these projects kick-off we will update our Joint research infrastructure projects page on our website. Stay tuned! AI4LIFE – This project, which is coordinated by Euro-BioImaging, will develop cutting-...
Published: 2022-09-02
From August 25-26, 2022, Euro-BioImaging Hub Team members attended the BioCity Symposium, where virologists and immunologists from the U.S., the U.K. and Europe presented their research. Our team was there to spread the word about opportunities for open access to European imaging infrastructures through Euro-BioImaging – including the ISIDORe User Access Fund for COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Monkeypox and related research topics. ISIDORe is a Horizon Europe funded project, lead by ERINHA, de...
Published: 2022-09-01
How does prostate cancer become aggressive and life-threating? That is a question that Maria K. Andersen, post-doc researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Science & Technology (NTNU) - Trondheim, really wants to answer. She is part of the ERC-fundedProstOmics project, which combines -omics technology with state-of-the-art imaging approaches to better understand the molecular mechanisms underlying prostate cancer development and validate biomarkers and molecular signatures for separating aggress...
Published: 2022-08-05
Climate change and the global pandemic have changed the way we work and interact with each other. From home office and virtual meetings to remote access to user services, many changes have been introduced that profoundly alter the way research infrastructures operate. The eRImote project, supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under grant number No 101057557, is the first to consider solutions for digital and remote service provision across scientific domains and to look fo...
Published: 2022-08-04
We were very happy to meet in person with members of our Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) for the first time from July 25-26 in Finland. These intense two days provided the opportunity to gather ideas to support our infrastructure in the next strategic plan. We want to thank our SAB members who came from around the world (Australia, Japan, Canada and the United States), and the members who joined online, for taking the time to attend this important meeting. In this article, we share some imp...
Published: 2022-08-03
Data is THE hot topic in imaging these days. That’s why we’ve planned a second Special Edition of the Virtual Pub to cover the topic of “DATA” in Biological & Biomedical Imaging. Part II will take place on Friday, September 9th, from 13:00-15:00 CEST, and feature short presentations from academics and industry.From visualising large data sets, storing, managing, curating & sharing data and metadata – to image analysis tools and data repositories, a wide range of image data management a...
Published: 2022-07-19
One of Euro-BioImaging’s key missions is to facilitate excellent science by providing open access to imaging technologies and expertise. Users come from many backgrounds – and career stages – to work with core facility experts. But what about the experts themselves? What if they want to test a new technique or develop a new approach? One important aspect of Euro-BioImaging is bringing our Nodes together, so experts can learn from each other, try out new techniques – and expand their port...
Published: 2022-07-19
The European Open Science Cloud is a multi-disciplinary federated cloud environment where researchers can publish, find and re-use data, tools and services. The EOSC Association plays an important role in helping to coordinate investments in the European Open Science Cloud via its Task Forces and other governance structures. In order to better contribute to the future of EOSC, Euro-BioImaging decided to join the EOSC Association as a full member in December 2021, joining forces with over 2...
Published: 2022-07-11
From June 7-10, Euro-BioImaging Bio-Hub and Statutory Seat team members were in Turku, Finland, for ELMI 2022. It was the first in-person meeting of the ELMI community since 2019 – and thus the first in-person ELMI since Euro-BioImaging became an ERIC. To celebrate, we had a large booth that was used as a home-base by our family of Nodes and friends and we had the great opportunity to meet with our Node colleagues, researchers, students and core facility staff from around the world. Loo...
Published: 2022-07-08
AI4LIFE is a Horizon Europe-funded project that brings together the computational and life science communities. Its goal is to empower life science researchers to harness the full potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) methods for bioimage analysis – and in particular microscopy image analysis, by providing services, and developing standards aimed at both developers and users. With a consortium of ten partners, AI4LIFE promises to create harmonized and interoperabl...
Published: 2022-07-08
On Friday, July 15th at 13:00 CEST, Raphaël Marée, R&D & Senior Research fellow, University of Liège, delivers a lecture on “Collaborative analysis of multimodal imaging data with the Cytomine web platform,” as part of the Correlated Imaging Series, brought to you by COMULIS and Euro-BioImaging. Abstract: The Cytomine project (https://www.cytomine.org/ ; Marée et al. Bioinformatics 2016) started in 2010 at University of Liege (https://uliege.cytomine.org) to build a rich web environmen...
Published: 2022-07-07
The Euro-Bioimaging team is expanding! We are currently recruiting two project managers to help us with the Horizon Europe project administration and management. Euro-BioImaging Bio-Hub - EU Project ManagerThe Euro-BioImaging Bio-Hub hosted by European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is seeking a highly motivated EU Project Manager to support the team in operations, administration and management of the Bio-Hub's contribution in three Horizon Europe projects. These projects range from eRImot...
Published: 2022-07-06
From 2022, Euro-BioImaging will be involved in five new Horizon Europe consortia, thus receiving important grants to drive new developments in key areas and facilitate transnational access to our Nodes in support of outstanding science. The overwhelming success of our infrastructure in the proposal process shows the strength of Euro-BioImaging and the importance of imaging services in solving a variety of global societal challenges. Horizon Europe funding to support transnational access Transn...
Published: 2022-06-29
Scientists have made extraordinary progress in understanding stroke and the effects it has in the brain, but are still exploring the finer details of why some brain cells die and others don’t during and after a stroke. We spoke with Euro-BioImaging user Dr. Andrew Boyce, who is looking closely at the cell death process, with a particular focus on dendritic blebs. Widely believed to be pathological in stroke, Andrew believes that blebbing dendrites might be more than just a step in the cell dea...
Published: 2022-06-28
We are very pleased to share our second Annual Report! This Annual Report highlights the progress of Euro-BioImaging towards reaching its strategic objectives in its second year of operations. It contains key achievements, user testimonies, a summary of our funded projects, an overview of the excellent science performed at our Nodes, and quotes and snapshots from our community. Browse through it - and you will meet our key players – the Hub team, the Nodes, our users, and our governing body ch...
Published: 2022-06-23
Data is THE hot topic in imaging these days. That’s why we’ve planned a two-part Special Edition of the Virtual Pub to cover the topic of “DATA” in Biological & Biomedical Imaging. These events will each be 2-hours long and will feature short presentations from academics and industry showcasing a range of image data management and analysis solutions for Biological & Biomedical imaging. From visualising large data sets, storing, managing, curating & sharing data and metadata – to image...
Published: 2022-06-09
Euro-BioImaging is organizing a fourth online User Forum on Thursday, October 6, 2022 from 14:00-17:00 CEST. The topic is “Fighting Infectious Diseases.” This event will highlight the importance of cutting-edge imaging technologies in support of pandemic preparedness, finding treatments and understanding the underlying biology of infectious agents. We will showcase the specific expertise available at our Nodes across Europe through case studies presented in tandem with the research community...
Published: 2022-06-07
Along with its partners, Euro-BioImaging is pleased to announce that the First ISIDORe Call for user projects is open and accepting applications! Researchers working on SARS-CoV-2, Covid-19 and its variants of concern, can apply for funding supporting access to a spectrum of technologies, services and expertise at 17 Research Infrastructures across Europe, including Euro-BioImaging. The ISIDORe project, led by ERINHA (the European Research Infrastructure on Highly pathogenic Agents), bring...
Published: 2022-06-02
Remote access to Research Infrastructures (RI) services has become a hot topic since the pandemic in 2020. Euro-BioImaging Nodes and Hub have worked hard to improve and adapt the Euro-BioImaging services available remotely (learn more here). And while the current pandemic context may not restrict our operations or travel significantly, continuing developments in remote access are critical to ensure sustainability and resilience of Research Infrastructure services while also further democratizing...
Published: 2022-06-02
We are happy to announce that showcasing of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Imaging is now launched. Used in biomedical research, EPR imaging is a non-invasive, in vivo methodology used to determine tissue microenvironment parameters. Euro-Bioimaging Nodes are invited to participate in a showcase to make this technology available in open access. To support the imaging community and its associated high-quality research, Euro-BioImaging must remain at the technological forefront. ...
Published: 2022-05-31
Did you know? It’s now possible for Node staff to submit an access proposal to a Euro-BioImaging Node on behalf of a user. This is easily done via the portal, once the user has registered. Step 1: Login, click on the “Access technologies” button and start an access proposal Step 2: Select the Node and the technology(ies) Step 3: In the application form, answer “yes” to the question “Are you submitting this proposal on behalf of someone else?” and start typing the user’s name ...
Published: 2022-05-30
The new total-body PET scanner has been introduced at the Turku PET Centre, part of Euro-BioImaging’s Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node. This new generation of medical imaging device offers novel methods for studying diseases that affect the entire body, not only a single organ. Such diseases include diabetes, coronary artery disease, and multiple sclerosis. For the patient, being able to use the new device means a lower amount of radiation and a shorter scanning time. In this interview wit...
Published: 2022-05-25
The Euro-BioImaging Hub team will have a strong presence at ELMI2022 in Turku, Finland from June 7-10. In addition to the plenary presentation from our Directors, we have reserved Booth #12 in the exhibition space. You can stop by to meet our Hub team at any time! Additionally, several of our Nodes will join us on our booth for "Meet our Node" sessions - see details of the sessions below. Come by the booth to hear from the Nodes about their expertise and coolest imaging systems, and to me...
Published: 2022-05-24
The Challenges Framework flagship Node organizes a series of Grand Challenges in Medical Image Analysis (www.grand-challenge.org), focused at standardized evaluation of different image analysis algorithms in the field. The goal of this Node is to create a generic open-source platform that allows MIC (Medical Imaging Computing) researchers to make their data and evaluated software available for on-line collaboration and cloud computing. Bram van Ginneken, professor of medical image analysis at Ra...
Published: 2022-05-19
In 2021, the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research kindly provided € 85,000 to support transnational user access to and from Italy. The Italian User Access Grants Program was launched in March 2021 and was intended to support Italian researchers traveling to Euro-BioImaging Nodes abroad and international researchers accessing Italian Euro-BioImaging Nodes with their travel and access costs.This initiative was a great success. Over the course of the year, 15 grants, of which the ma...
Published: 2022-05-17
On July 8th, 2022, Euro-BioImaging together with the Euro-BioImaging Industry Board will organize the next Special Edition of our Virtual Pub. Imaging Scientists and Image Data experts from academia and industry are invited to give a flash presentation on the topic of "DATA in imaging". Tell us about your work with image data analysis and image data management – whether it concerns an individual project, general data management strategies or any data or metadata related initiatives that you ...
Published: 2022-05-17
Euro-BioImaging became an ERIC in December 2019. During the entire duration of the pandemic, we waited patiently for our “plate,” the official plaque with our name on it that is given to all European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs). On March 25th, 2022, following a relaxation in travel restrictions, we received our plate at the ESFRI 20 years event in Paris, France, in a formal ceremony with the European research community. Today the plate is housed at the Euro-BioImaging Seat in T...
Published: 2022-05-07
Interested in protein dynamics and DNA repair? Why not work with the experts at Sofia BioImaging Node? Thanks to the support of the Bulgarian National Roadmap for Scientific Infrastructure, the Node has two new instruments to perform Fluorescence-lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM). Stoyno Stoynov, Node coordinator, explains how these technologies will enhance the Node’s portfolio and answer new research questions. And he shares an important opportunity for Bulgarian researchers to gain full fi...
Published: 2022-05-05
Euro-BioImaging is happy to welcome the EMBL Imaging Center (EMBL IC) to the Euro-BioImaging family of Nodes. The EMBL Node submitted an Expression of Interest for a Node upgrade in the Call for Nodes 2021. The application was evaluated by the Euro-BioImaging Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and highly recommended for ratification. Following the SAB's recommendation, the Euro-BioImaging Board unanimously approved the Node upgrade on May 3rd, 2022. Read more below about the new services becoming a...
Published: 2022-05-05
Euro-BioImaging’s Bio-Hub Director, Antje Keppler, has been selected by her peers to represent the Life Science research infrastructures (LS RIs - https://lifescience-ri.eu/home...) as part of the ERIC Forum Executive Board. Antje Keppler, who has been an active participant in the LS RI Strategy Board for over 10 years, and has worked closely with the Life Sciences’ cluster projects CORBEL and EOSC-Life on topics including transnational user access, Open Science and FAIR data, explains why i...
Published: 2022-04-26
The third edition of the Euro-BioImaging User Forum was held on Tuesday, April 5th, 2022 - an afternoon of exchanges on the importance of imaging technologies in support of brain research. The event highlighted the expertise available at Euro-BioImaging Nodes through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. 169 people joined us for this online conference, including researchers, students, core facility staff and industry representatives from 28 countries in Europe and around ...
Published: 2022-04-22
The comprehension of bone damage processes is a crucial hint for the understanding of age-related fractures that are strongly linked to osteoporosis, a diffuse pathology that consists in a decrease in the mineral content of bone, leading to an increased fragility. In this context, early diagnosis is the key. Bone is characterized by a complex hierarchical structure and bone damage occurs at the multi-scale. However, while at the clinical level, macro-scale bone damage is clearly visible, the mec...
Published: 2022-04-21
On Friday, May 20th at 13:00 CEST, Kevin L. Schey, PhD, Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, delivers a lecture on “Multimodal imaging of human retina pathology,” as part of the Correlated Imaging Series, brought to you by COMULIS and Euro-BioImaging. Abstract: Retina deposits form with age and their presence is the highest known risk factor for the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD); the leading cause of blindness in older adults. Deposits, such as dr...
Published: 2022-04-20
Chiara Cassioli, a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Siena, is passionate about basic research. Her quest to discover how immune cells communicate within the immune system has been the driving force in her research. So trying to figure out what trafficking pathways are responsible for the biogenesis and the release of SupraMolecular Attack Particles (SMAPs) - a recently discovered way for T cells to kill virally infected and cancerous cells – is right up her alley. And it brought he...
Published: 2022-04-12
As of April 11, we will no longer be using ELIXIR AAI to identify our users, but instead Life Science Login. Life Science Login is a new and more flexible service, which replaces ELIXIR AAI. Life Science Login is developed in the EOSC-Life project, and Euro-BioImaging contributes to the development. The migration of ELIXIR AAI to Life Science Login will start early morning on April 11 and will be accompanied by several short service interruptions (up to tens of minutes). Some functionality may ...
Published: 2022-04-05
The Norwegian Advanced Light Microscopy Node (NorMIC) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two important grants to develop its infrastructure. NorMIC is part of a larger national infrastructure, NALMIN, that has received a prestigious grant from the Norwegian Research Council to purchase new microscopes and hire staff to run the new equipment. In addition, the Node and other local imaging facilities have been awarded funding from the University of Oslo to support IT infrastructure dev...
Published: 2022-03-24
The preclinical imaging community faces many challenges when it comes to collecting, processing, and reusing the various types of imaging data produced in preclinical research. That is why a group from the Molecular Imaging Center (CIM) of the University of Torino, part of Euro-BioImaging’s Multi-Modal Molecular Imaging Italian Node, with support from the Horizon Europe EOSC-Life project, undertook the development of a user-friendly, customizable workflow to store, process and share precl...
Published: 2022-03-22
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on April 5, 2022, from 14:00-17:00 CEST. 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. In this abstract, learn how Serena Ding and her colleagues use new imaging and analysis tools to dissect the mechanisms underlying observed behaviour and to ...
Published: 2022-03-21
In 2021, Euro-BioImaging launched its pilot call for funded user projects to be supported by an internal Euro-BioImaging User Access Fund. This initiative was incredibly successful, resulting in 80+ applications from researchers in more than 30 different countries around the world. In what was an extremely competitive evaluation, our panel of reviewers and scientific experts selected 10 of the most excellent proposals for funding. Successful proposals were judged to be scientifically excel...
Published: 2022-03-21
Euro-BioImaging ERIC strongly opposes the war launched on Ukraine and mourns the loss of life, the destruction of property and the disruption of collaborative ties that are a result of this war. As stated by the ERIC Forum Executive Board (full statement here), we stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian institutions and researchers, who are key participants in scientific activities and express respect to Russian scientists around the world who are protesting and speaking out against the invasion...
Published: 2022-03-16
As of March 1, 2022, Euro-BioImaging has a new Section Director at the Med-Hub, picking up where Professor Silvio Aime left off after 2 years as the Interim Director of the Med-Hub. We spoke with Linda Chaabane to learn more about her passion for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), her involvement in user projects, and her vision for Euro-BioImaging in the coming years. Hi Linda! Tell us a little bit about yourself, your background, and how you got into imaging: My name is Linda Chaabane, and I ...
Published: 2022-03-16
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on April 5, 2022, from 14:00-17:00 CEST. 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. In this abstract, learn how Joao Castelhano, University of Coimbra, worked alongside the experts at Brain Imaging Network Node in Portugal, to set up a multi...
Published: 2022-03-16
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on April 5, 2022, from 14:00-17:00 CEST. 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. In this brief abstract, learn how Martin Gajdoš, CEITEC Masaryk University, worked with the experts at ALM and Medical Imaging Node Brno in Czechia, to d...
Published: 2022-03-16
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on April 5, 2022, from 14:00-17:00 CEST. 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. In this brief abstract, learn how Lisa De Santi, Fondazione Toscana G. Monasterio worked with a large series of images from the Molecular Imaging Italian Nod...
Published: 2022-03-15
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on April 5, 2022, from 14:00-17:00 CEST. 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. In this abstract, learn how Angela Getz and her colleagues at the Bordeaux Imaging Center (part of the French BioImaging Node) and the Interdisciplinary In...
Published: 2022-03-15
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on April 5, 2022, from 14:00-17:00 CEST. 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. In this abstract, learn how Ângela Inácio, University of Coimbra, used imaging techniques available at the Portuguese Platform of BioImaging (PPBI) Node ...
Published: 2022-03-14
Imaging living plants has always been challenging. Most microscopes place the sample horizontally – while plants grow vertically. But scientists at Czech Republic’s Institute of Experimental Botany, part of Euro-BioImaging’s Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy Node Prague, have found a way to overcome this challenge. Inspired by scientist in IST Vienna, they’ve turned their Zeiss LSM 880 with Airyscan detector on its side – at an angle of 90 degrees – and added high magnification ...
Published: 2022-03-10
On Friday, March 18that 13:00 CET, Silvia Pujals of the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CISC) delivers a lecture on “Correlative super resolution and electron microscopy methods for nanomedicine,”as part of the Correlated Imaging Series, brought to you by COMULIS and Euro-BioImaging. Abstract: Correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) entails a group of multimodal imaging techniques that are combined to pinpoint to the location of fluorescently labelled mole...
Published: 2022-03-08
Euro-BioImaging is proud to participate in the Horizon Europe funded ISIDORe project, led by ERINHA, that brings together 154 project partners from 32 countries around the world. This project, which had its kick-off meeting on February 24th, is designed to effectively support research on infectious diseases and increase pandemic preparedness. Contributing to pandemic preparedness ISIDORe will give researchers the ability to access cutting-edge technology platforms and resources in an efficient...
Published: 2022-02-17
The Institut des Sciences Biologiques (INSB) of the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) has launched a call for projects to expand the user base of the services offered by French research infrastructures, including France-BioImaging. This grant, widely publicized by CNRS, could increase the visibility of our French Node, helping it to reach out to new user communities in France and beyond. Caroline Thiriet, External Affairs Manager of France-BioImaging, reflects on this op...
Published: 2022-02-17
What can we learn from the most comprehensive ELMI survey ever?In 2019, the European Light Microscopy Initiative community undertook one of the most comprehensive surveys of core facilities in the world. This survey, driven by Marco Marcello, Light Microscopy Facility Manager at the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, in collaboration with Laure Plantard, Laurent Gelman, Roland Nitschke and Stefan Terjung, comprised more than 200 quest...
Published: 2022-02-11
How does Euro-BioImaging bring together scientists and imaging facilities to support interdisciplinary research? Why was it launched? What are the challenges? The successes? The future perspectives? These are just some of the questions that are addressed in our Backstory article in iScience entitled “Euro-BioImaging – Interdisciplinary research infrastructure bringing together communities and imaging facilities to support excellent research” part of a Special Issue on “Light for Life: Mu...
Published: 2022-02-11
Imaging technology is one of the fastest developing areas in scientific instrumentation. Staying on the cutting-edge in this dynamic field means that Euro-BioImaging is constantly working with our Nodes to expand our open access technology portfolio. But an increasing number of available technologies - 9 new technologies were added to our portfolio between 2020-2021 alone -, shifting terminologies and fast paced developments in the electron microscopy field have led Euro-BioImaging to unde...
Published: 2022-02-03
Danish BioImaging (DBI) is a multi-sited, multimodal Euro-BioImaging Node that brings together five state-of-the-art facilities representing the bioimaging infrastructure of Denmark. The Node provides a broad service offer covering a wide range of advanced bioimaging technologies - from pre-clinical imaging of big animals and humans to cryo-electron microscopy for single particle analysis. Its fields of expertise cover plant biology, HCS of yeast libraries, zoology, pathology, neurosciences and ...
Published: 2022-01-31
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:During the first hour, keynote speakers from the biological and biomedic...
Published: 2022-01-20
Temporary breaks expected in Euro-BioImaging services Jan 22nd Euro-BioImaging network services will undergo maintenance on Saturday, 22 Jan 2022. This may cause temporary breaks in Euro-BioImaging Web Portal and email services during that day. We apologize for the inconvenience....
Published: 2022-01-20
Correlated multimodality imaging (CMI) projects give scientists a truly holistic picture of a sample – but they require more coordination and more intense collaboration than other imaging projects. Andreas Walter, Director of Austrian BioImaging/CMI, Euro-BioImaging’s Austrian Node, explains the challenges - but also the advantages - of a multimodal approach and gives specific examples of why this type of project is so successful at Austrian BioImaging. “No single imaging m...
Published: 2022-01-18
Amazing progress has been made in 2021 towards establishing community-approved guidelines and tools for improving reporting and reproducibility of microscopy metadata, as well as supporting FAIR microscopy data sharing and re-use. The December Issue of Nature Methods provides a “Focus” on Reporting and Reproducibility in Microscopy, bringing together a series of papers that provide guidelines and solutions for collecting and reporting microscopy metadata. Image copyright: Thao Do, All...
Published: 2022-01-13
Need some arguments to convince your national funders to invest in your facility? Want to remind scientists how important it is to cite core facilities that support their research? Are you looking for reasons that instrument manufacturers should collaborate with your facility? What are the advantages of being part of an open access facility for imaging scientists & core facility staff? Don’t miss “Added Value of Open Access Imaging Core Facilities,” an important international publication f...
Published: 2021-12-17
In October 2021, Euro-BioImaging launched the call for funded user projects to be supported by a pilot Euro-BioImaging User Access Fund. This Fund provides financial support of up to 5,000 Euros for researchers to take advantage of the imaging services provided by the 33 Euro-BioImaging Nodes. In total, 84 applications were submitted for the Euro-BioImaging Access Fund, a sign of the overwhelming popularity of this funding opportunity in our community. The received applications propose employin...
Published: 2021-12-16
The Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node (FiBI) is a multi-sited, multimodal Node with sites in Turku, Kuopio, Aalto and Helsinki Universities. This Node covers biomedical imaging from mouse to man, with key expertise in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, neuroscience, and cancer. After joining Euro-BioImaging in December 2020, the Node got its first opportunity to work together to apply for funding from the Academy of Finland, one of the main funders of research infrastructures in Finland, in 20...
Published: 2021-12-16
Correlated multimodality imaging (CMI) has huge potential in biological and biomedical research. COMULIS - Correlated Multimodal Imaging in Life Sciences is an EU-funded COST Action which aims to fuel urgently needed collaborations to make CMI a more standard practice. COMULIS is pleased to announce four open calls in December 2021 to support research and dissemination in the field of correlated imaging. As many Euro-BioImaging Nodes are part of the COMULIS network, offering comprehensive multim...
Published: 2021-12-13
On Friday, December 17that 13:00 CET, Christian Tischer of EMBL delivers a lecture on “Multi-modal big image data exploration and sharing”, as part of the Correlated Imaging Series, brought to you by COMULIS and Euro-BioImaging. Abstract: Multimodal image datasets can comprise several TB of hundreds of images of different spatial resolution and different spatial extent. In addition, there can be thousands of objects that have been segmented in these images. To address the challenge of...
Published: 2021-12-10
The European Open Science Cloud is a multi-disciplinary federated cloud environment where researchers can publish, find and re-use data, tools and services. Since March 2019, “Euro-BioImaging is a strong partner in the EOSC-Life project, where we work together with the imaging communities and 13 other ESFRI research infrastructures to ensure that life sciences have their space in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)“, says Antje Keppler, Director of Euro-BioImaging Bio-Hub at EMBL. As of A...
Published: 2021-12-03
On 10th December 2021, Euro-BioImaging together with the Euro-BioImaging Industry Board is organizing another special edition of the Virtual Pub. This time, in line with the season, we will focus on the theme of “COLD” and evoke a little celebratory spirit with exciting talks from our community. Please find below the program for the event: TimeTitlePresenter 13:00-13:05 Welcome and Intro ...
Published: 2021-11-30
If you are attending the Cell Bio Virtual 2021 conference, don’t miss our Networking session “Training at International Research Infrastructures: Case Studies in Bioimaging, Structural Biology and Early Drug Discovery” with our partner research infrastructures EU Openscreen and Instruct. Research infrastructures play an important role in the training of their research community for both early career and established scientists. This can take the form of internship programs, ...
Published: 2021-11-29
Please join us on Friday, December 3 at 14:00 CET for coffee with Euro-BioImaging. It’s a great opportunity for an informal chat with the Euro-BioImaging Hub Team! What’s on the agenda? We plan to cover the topics you want to discuss – if you have questions, comments, or just feel like reminiscing about 2021 and/or planning for 2022, please join! Who should attend? We welcome Node staff, potential users, imaging students, PhDs and other friends of Euro-BioImaging. How to join? After...
Published: 2021-11-17
Euro-BioImaging ERIC is pleased to announce that its Call for Nodes 2021 is open! This is the process by which Euro-BioImaging invites applications from imaging facilities located in Euro-BioImaging ERIC member countries to suggest new Nodes or upgrades to their existing Nodes. New Nodes - who should apply: Cutting-edge imaging facilities hosted by Euro-BioImaging member states and prospective member states, which are supported by their national authorities to become a Node of this pan-Europea...
Published: 2021-11-11
A global pandemic, climate change… the world is changing, and so is science. In this discussion, Beate Neumann, Senior Scientific Officer at EMBL’s Advanced Light Microscopy Facility (ALMF), part of the Euro-BioImaging’s EMBL Node, explains the ALMF approach to user projects in this new context. Working hand-in-virtual hand with her users, she runs better, more efficient experiments for the benefit of science – and the planet. In April 2020, when the first global lockdown due to C...
Published: 2021-11-09
On Friday, November 19th at 13:00 CET, Noeska Smit of the University of Bergen delivers a lecture on how best to perform visual analysis of different imaging modalities, as part of the Correlated Imaging Series, brought to you by COMULIS and Euro-BioImaging. Advances in medical imaging techniques are bringing more and more different imaging modalities that provide additional information on anatomy and physiology. For instance, a single patient can have a CT scan, PET scan, as well as an MRI sca...
Published: 2021-10-29
Wondering where you can go to do fast live cell imaging with unprecedented resolution (at 60 nm)? Why not travel to Stockholm or Gothenburg, where extremely qualified staff scientists will help you design and carry out your experiment with the newest generation of Structured Illumination (Lattice SIM) and Single Molecule Localization equipment! With the support of a highly competitive Swedish Research Council grant, our Node in Sweden, National Microscopy Infrastructure (NMI), has purchased...
Published: 2021-10-25
On October 13, Euro-BioImaging representatives participated in the BeYond-COVID (BY-COVID) kick-off meeting, marking the start of a new EU-project for pandemic preparedness. BY-COVID is an exciting interdisciplinary project led by ELIXIR that unites life science, medical, policy, social science and public health experts from across Europe. With 53 partners from 20 European countries, the BY-COVID project will run for three years and is part of the European Commission’s HERA Incubator plan ‘A...
Published: 2021-10-21
The second edition of the Euro-BioImaging User Forum was held on Thursday, October 14th, 2021 - an afternoon of exchanges on the importance of imaging technologies in support of cancer research that highlighted the expertise available at Euro-BioImaging Nodes through case studies in tandem with the research community. Over 175 people joined us for this online event, including researchers, students, core facility staff and industry representatives from 26 countries in Europe and around the world....
Published: 2021-10-18
On 10th December 2021, Euro-BioImaging together with the Euro-BioImaging Industry Board will organize another special edition of the Virtual Pub. This time, in line with the season, we will focus on the theme of “COLD” and evoke a little celebratory spirit with exciting talks from our community. We are inviting abstracts for flash presentations to hear from you about a specific challenge with respect to the topic of “COLD” in imaging and what you have done to overcome this challenge, ei...
Published: 2021-10-14
Euro-BioImaging is pleased to announce our first open call for user projects! Send in a proposal between October 20 and 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. How it works: Have an idea for a biological or biomedical imaging project? Submit your project proposal through the Euro-BioImaging web portal between October 20 and December 15, 2021, an...
Published: 2021-10-07
Euro-BioImaging and the Euro-BioImaging Industry Board are jointly organizing a webinar entitled “Living Collaborations” – to share and discuss successful models of academia-industry partnerships on October 28, 2021 from 10:00-12:00 CEST. In this webinar Euro-BioImaging Nodes and partners will present several different models of collaboration with industry. These presentations will be followed by a panel discussion involving facility representatives and Industry Board members. This event ...
Published: 2021-10-07
On Friday, October 15th at 13:00 CEST, Adriana Tavares, University of Edinburgh, delivers a lecture on how to maximize the amount of data extracted from PET, SPECT and CT images and increase the advantages of multi-modal imaging approaches, as part of the Correlated Imaging Series, brought to you by COMULIS and Euro-BioImaging. Positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and computed tomography (CT) have been used to understand how multiple diseases th...
Published: 2021-10-07
What could be more exciting than observing the behavior of microscopic coral in situ? A new underwater microscope from the University of Haifa, part of Israel BioImaging, Euro-BioImaging’s new Node in Israel, allows scientists to study microscopic coral in their native environment – an unprecedented technology development that provides insight into the biology of these fascinating microorganisms - and the small-scale processes that drive large scale ecosystem change. Taking the microscope o...
Published: 2021-09-28
The bi-annual EMBO and EMBL Symposium Seeing is Believing is a central event for the microscopy community. Seeing is Believing brings together leading developers of imaging methods and with its focus on “Imaging the Molecular Processes of Life” emphasizes methods to capture the dynamics of life, spanning the whole range from molecular resolution to imaging of whole organisms. The conference takes place from 5th to 8th October and is entirely virtual this year. The full program with many exc...
Published: 2021-09-28
Euro-Bioimaging is a research infrastructure that has been founded to provide access to the best imaging services in Europe. These services are provided at its 33 Nodes, all of which are internationally renowned imaging facilities. A prime goal of Euro-BioImaging ERIC is to ensure that its imaging technologies are truly cutting-edge. To ensure that our repertoire of provided technologies will stay abreast with the fast development and the breakthroughs in imaging research, we have, together with...
Published: 2021-09-28
Tell us who you are, where your facility is based, and what your role is. I am Veikko Jousmäki, physicist, senior scientist, Head of Aalto NeuroImaging open-access research infrastructure for human functional neuroimaging at Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. My role is to maintain and develop Aalto NeuroImaging facility together with my team. Aalto NeuroImaging comprises of four units offering magnetoencephalography (MEG), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), navigated transcranial m...
Published: 2021-09-27
Tell us a bit about yourselves, your team and where you are based. We are the X-ray physics group (https://ati.tuwien.ac.at/forschungsgruppen/strahlenphysik/forschung/roentgenphysik/) in the research area radiation physics of the Atominstitut of the TU Wien located in the Prater area of Vienna, Austria. Our group is dealing with X-ray spectrometry; we perform non-destructive elemental analysis of various samples, and we are particularly interested in biological samples. Christina Streli is the ...
Published: 2021-09-27
Interview with Dr. Berta Cillero Pastor, CORE lab manager and Principal Investigator at the division of Imaging Mass Spectrometry at M4i, Maastricht University, part of our Facility of Multimodal Imaging – AMMI Maastricht Node. Our facility offers a unique infrastructure for state-of-the-art mass spectrometry-based molecular imaging (MSI). Complementary imaging modalities allow determination of the spatial distribution of biomolecules from cellular and tissue surfaces at the nm and µm scale....
Published: 2021-09-23
The European Researchers’ Night is a research communication and promotion event that aims to bring research and researchers closer to citizens of all ages. This year, it will take place simultaneously in 29 countries on the evenings of Friday, September 24th and Saturday, September 25th. Several Euro-BioImaging Nodes and Users will be involved in the 2021 edition of the European Researchers’ Night to raise awareness about imaging technologies via games, quizzes, exhibitions, digital activiti...
Published: 2021-09-21
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on October 14, 2021 from 14:00-17:00 CEST. This event will highlight the importance of cutting-edge imaging technologies in support of cancer research and showcase the specific expertise available at our Nodes across Europe through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. In this brief abstract, learn how imaging work accomplished at Euro-BioImaging’s Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy Node in Prague led to a paradigm...
Published: 2021-09-21
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on October 14, 2021 from 14:00-17:00 CEST. This event will highlight the importance of cutting-edge imaging technologies in support of cancer research and showcase the specific expertise available at our Nodes across Europe through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. In this brief abstract, learn how the Dutch High Field Imaging Node uses non-invasive imaging (metabolic MRI) to detect phospholipidic markers to p...
Published: 2021-09-21
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on October 14, 2021 from 14:00-17:00 CEST. This event will highlight the importance of cutting-edge imaging technologies in support of cancer research and showcase the specific expertise available at our Nodes across Europe through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. In this brief abstract, learn how imaging techniques used at our Advanced Light Microscopy Italian Node reveal how GOLPH3 promotes mitogenic signaling and...
Published: 2021-09-21
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on October 14, 2021 from 14:00-17:00 CEST. This event will highlight the importance of cutting-edge imaging technologies in support of cancer research and showcase the specific expertise available at our Nodes across Europe through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. In this brief abstract, learn how the Phase Contrast Imaging Node in Trieste developed a pipeline for the analysis of paraffin embedded soft-tissue specim...
Published: 2021-09-17
Imaging living plants as they grow has traditionally been very difficult as almost all microscopes place the sample horizontally but plants grow vertically. This challenge has been overcome by scientists at Austria’s Institute of Science and Technology, part of Austrian BioImaging, CMI, Euro-BioImaging’s Austrian Node. With a “special” confocal microscope for vertical sample mounting and integrated directional illumination, combined with a custom software for tracking moving objects, liv...
Published: 2021-09-13
As the UN General Assembly gears up for its 76th Session in New York City this month, the European research infrastructure community is excited about the Science Summit, designed to draw attention to the importance of transparent, open and agile research collaboration to tackle issues like climate change, pandemics and biodiversity loss. The ERIC Forum chair will speak at this event to draw attention to areas where ERICs, such as Euro-BioImaging, are contributing to the United Nation’s 2030 A...
Published: 2021-09-10
On Friday September 17th at 13:00 CEST, Olga Ovchinnikova, Group Leader at the Multimodal Data Analytics Group of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, delivers a lecture on how correlating imaging techniques makes it possible to get a closer look at nanoscale chemical phenomena, as part of the Correlated Imaging Series, brought to you by COMULIS and Euro-BioImaging. Materials ranging from adhesives, pharmaceuticals, lubricants, and personal care products are traditionally studied using macroscopi...
Published: 2021-09-03
Euro-BioImaging is organizing a second online User Forum on October 14, 2021 from 14:00-17:00 CEST. The topic – after the success of our first User Forum – is “Understanding and Fighting Cancer.” This event will highlight the importance of cutting-edge imaging technologies in support of cancer research and showcase the specific expertise available at our Nodes across Europe through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. Program: During the first hour, keynote spe...
Published: 2021-08-04
The European Commission announced last week that 11 new projects worth €120 million have been shortlisted by Horizon Europe, to enable urgently needed research into the coronavirus and its variants. Euro-BioImaging is very proud to be part of two of the projects selected by Horizon Europe, and looks forward to providing open access to biological and biomedical imaging services to gain new knowledge about coronavirus variants and other infectious diseases. ISIDORe The ISIDORe consortium, coo...
Published: 2021-08-03
Euro-BioImaging ERIC and INFRAFRONTIER are European Life Science Research Infrastructures (LS RIs). Together they are organizing a special session entitled “ Euro-BioImaging and INFRAFRONTIER: Open access to imaging technologies and animal models to support your research” at the 16th European Molecular Imaging Meeting (EMIM) held in Göttingen, Germany. This session will be held on August 24th at 9:30 am and it is designed to promote opportunities to boost research by providing open access t...
Published: 2021-07-28
On Friday August 20th at 13:00 CEST, Petr Chlanda of Heidelberg University/Bioquant delivers a lecture on Cryo-CLEM strategies as part of the Correlated Imaging Series, a new online lecture series brought to you by COMULIS and Euro-BioImaging. In cellulo cryo-electron tomography facilitates understanding of cellular processes at molecular resolution and near to native conditions. Since labelling strategies of vitrified samples are limited, cryo-correlative light and electron microscopy (cryo-CL...
Published: 2021-07-27
In March 2020, many imaging core facilities had to turn their equipment off and close shop for multiple weeks, due to the global pandemic. This “shutting down” marked a major turning point in the way Euro-BioImaging Nodes, some of Europe’s most prestigious imaging core facilities, provide their services. The pandemic could have dealt a serious blow to Euro-BioImaging’s modus operandi, based on providing open access to imaging facilities, often for international visitors. Instead, the glo...
Published: 2021-07-21
Euro-BioImaging offers an ever-expanding portfolio of cutting-edge imaging technologies and expertise that covers a range of applications in the life sciences – including in virology. A number of Euro-BioImaging facilities are connected to strong local research expertise in virology, where they constantly work to support their local researchers in understanding all aspects of the biology of viruses and viral infections, from how viruses can enter and proliferate in their host cells to how the...
Published: 2021-07-20
On Thursday, June 17 th, Euro-BioImaging hosted its first online User Forum: Fighting and Understanding Cancer. Over 220 people attended this event, including researchers, students, core facility staff, policy makers and industry representatives from 26 countries. Speakers hailed from 7 research institutes and 5 Nodes, imaging facilities that offer open access to imaging technologies and services through Euro-BioImaging. Euro-BioImaging thanks everyone who participated in this event - both speak...
Published: 2021-07-14
We are very pleased to share our first Annual Report with the community! Browse through it - and discover the story of Euro-BioImaging – the Hub team, our Nodes, our users, our governing bodies and our achievements – in our first year of operations as an ERIC. This report provides snippets, highlights, and a sense for the amazing progress that was made within our community in 2020 - despite the global pandemic. As such, it is a tribute to the remarkable resilience, energy and passion for ima...
Published: 2021-07-12
On Friday July 16th at 13:00 CEST, Ori Avinoam of the Weizmann Institute kicks off the Correlated Imaging Series, a new online lecture series brought to you by COMULIS and Euro-BioImaging. Correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) combines the strengths of light microscopy (LM) and electron microscopy (EM) to pin-point and visualize cellular or macromolecular structures. However, there are many different imaging modalities that can be combined in a CLEM workflow, creating a vast number ...
Published: 2021-06-30
We are very pleased to announce that the Euro-BioImaging family is growing! In June 2021, we welcome a total of eight new Nodes to the Euro-BioImaging family, including two Mixed, five Biomedical, and one Biological Imaging Node. These new Nodes are located in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Portugal. In addition, the AMMI Maastricht Node (Netherlands) was granted an upgrade, to bring a new facility on board and expand their technology portfolio....
Published: 2021-06-29
We are pleased to announce an exciting new lecture series brought to you by COMULIS and Euro-BioImaging as part of the Virtual Pub. Every third Friday of the month, starting in July 2021, the Virtual Pub will host speakers involved in the COMULIS COST Action for the “Correlative Imaging Series”. Talks will focus on multi-modality imaging combining a range of different imaging techniques and the biological and biomedical applications they can address. Speakers will hail from the COMULIS net...
Published: 2021-06-29
The Euro-BioImaging ERIC is a consortium of European countries and EMBL that provide life scientists with open access to a broad range of technologies and resources in biological and biomedical imaging. The Euro-BioImaging Board is proud to announce that Poland has joined the Euro-BioImaging ERIC and extends a warm welcome to their newest member! Poland has a vibrant national imaging community and was actively involved in the interim phase of Euro-BioImaging. Ever since 2011, Euro-BioImaging h...
Published: 2021-06-10
To promote the advancement of bioimaging worldwide – and considering that many efforts are under way to support bilateral collaboration in science between the two regions – Latin America Bioimaging and Euro-BioImaging have organized a bilateral 2.5 hours online seminar to take place on 18 June 2021 (10h00-12h30 UYT/15h00-17h30 CEST) that will foster exchanges between the European and Latin American scientific communities and the political actors involved in building Research Infrastructures....
Published: 2021-06-07
On April 16th, we held the first Virtual Pub Special Edition, making room for Flash presentations from academia and industry, on the topic of “Speed in Imaging.” During this event, Luis Fernando Delgadillo Silva, of the Centre for Regenerative Therapies TU Dresden at the Technische Universität Dresden, presented his work on the function of pancreatic β-cells in vivo. His presentation was voted “Best Academic Talk” by the audience. In the interview below, Luis shares some highlights fr...
Published: 2021-05-19
Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on June 17, 2021 from 14:00-17:00 CEST. The topic is "Understanding and Fighting Cancer". This event will highlight the importance of cutting-edge imaging technologies in support of cancer research and showcase the specific expertise available at our 25 Nodes across Europe through case studies presented in tandem with the research community. Program: During the first hour, keynote speakers from the biological and biomedical imaging communitie...
Published: 2021-05-10
On Friday, May 14th, at 14:00 CEST, the Euro-BioImaging Industry Board invites you to learn more about AI supported image acquisition and analysis from some of our Board members. Come out and discuss with them some new technologies and exciting applications in our Q&A session! Topics to be presented: • "Contextual Tissue Cytometry with AI – Applications in Tumor Biology and Beyond," by Rupert Ecker of TissueGnostics GmbH • "A new dawn in high-end confocal imaging from Nikon," ...
Published: 2021-04-06
On Friday, April 9th, at 13:00 CET, we welcome: Linda Streich, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, EMBL, on "High resolution deep brain imaging using adaptive optics three-photon microscopy" All imaging enthusiasts are welcome! Join via internet:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/760003029If you would like to present at The Virtual Pub, we are open to suggestions! Please let us know at info@eurobioimaging.eu ...
Published: 2021-04-06
Join us for a special edition of the Virtual Pub on Friday, April 16th, from 13:00-15:00 CEST. This 2-hour long event will include Flash presentations from academics and industry on the topic of "Speed" in imaging. From in vivo imaging to high-speed cameras and image compression, there is something for everyone, so please see the agenda below. To make this Special Edition even more "special", the audience will vote on the best academic presentations. The winner will be awarded a prize, sponsor...
Published: 2021-03-31
Are you a senior scientist who is looking for an exciting leadership opportunity and passionate about medical imaging? Euro-Bioimaging ERIC is currently seeking a Director of Medical Imaging. The recruited Director will be part of the operational leadership of the organization with special focus on advancing technologies, services, and applications related to medical and pre-clinical biomedical imaging. Ideal candidates should have a strong motivation and willingness to take Euro-BioImaging to ...
Published: 2021-03-30
The Advanced Light Microscopy and Medical Imaging Node in Brno, Czech Republic, has just invested in a new, super-resolution microscope that can perform Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) and Single Molecule Localisation Microscopy (SMLM). In this interview, Milan Esner, Deputy Head of the Brno Node, explains the range of projects that will be supported with this technology and the scientific questions that can be addressed. Great news, Euro-BioImaging users are eligible to use this state-...
Published: 2021-03-26
The HealthyCloud project, funded by the European Commission, brings together 21 organizations from 11 countries with broad and complementary expertise, to contribute to a Strategic Agenda towards the European Health Research and Innovation Cloud. This project aims to maximise the impact of health research, by adopting best practices in health data management. Euro-BioImaging participates in the Healthy Cloud project with two Nodes, the Population Imaging Node hosted by Erasmus MC, and the Mul...
Published: 2021-03-23
On Friday, March 26th, at 13:00 CET, we welcome: Andreas Walter, Austria BioImaging, CMI, on "Multimodality imaging across scales and institutes" After the Virtual Pub, stay online for the Tech Exchange, a one-hour discussion dedicated to correlated multi-modal imaging technologies, brought to you by the Euro-BioImaging Industry Board. Learn more: https://www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/euro-bioimaging-industry-board--tech-exchange/ All imaging enthusiasts are welcome! Join via internet:https...
Published: 2021-03-17
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Italian User Access Grants Program. With this Program, sponsored and funded by the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research, Italian researchers travelling to Euro-BioImaging Nodes abroad and international researchers accessing Italian Euro-BioImaging Nodes, have now the possibility to cover their travel and access costs. It’s easy to apply - users can simply tick the corresponding option in the user application form on the Euro-BioImaging Web ...
Published: 2021-03-16
On Friday, March 19th, at 13:00 CET, we welcome: Prof. Clemens Löwik, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands on “State-of-the-art and new tools for in-vivo optical imaging and its translation to the clinic” All imaging enthusiasts are welcome! Join via internet:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/760003029If you would like to present at The Virtual Pub, we are open to suggestions! Please let us know at info@eurobioimaging.eu ...
Published: 2021-03-11
Euro-BioImaging users come from many different countries and many different backgrounds. Their research interests vary - as does their career stage. This is the story of Marcos González López, a Master’s student in “Cell and Gene therapies” from Spain, who became a Euro-BioImaging user at the state-of-the-art CELLIM facility, part of our Advanced Light Microscopy and Medical Imaging Node Brno CZ, while pursuing his Master’s degree research. Marcos reports on the unique combination of f...
Published: 2021-03-11
On Friday, March 26th, at 14:00 CET, the Euro-BioImaging Industry Board invites you to learn more about correlative multi-modal imaging technologies from some of our Board members and discuss with them your technical challenges and applications in our Q&A session! Topics to be presented: “Multimodal Imaging with Biochemical, Biophysical and Molecular Contrast using Stimulated Raman Scattering, Harmonic Generation and Fluorescence” (Volker Schweikhard - Leica Microsystems) “When...
Published: 2021-03-09
On Friday, March 12th, at 13:00 CET, we welcome: Prof. Dr. Twan Lammers, Department of Nanomedicine and Theranostics, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging Center for Biohybrid Medical Systems, Aachen University Clinic, on “Theranostic Nanomedicine” All imaging enthusiasts are welcome! Join via internet:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/760003029If you would like to present at The Virtual Pub, we are open to suggestions! Please let us know at info@eurobioimaging.eu ...
Published: 2021-03-05
The preclinical imaging community faces many challenges when it comes to collecting, processing, and reusing the various types of imaging data produced in preclinical research. That is why a group from the Molecular Imaging Center (CIM) of the University of Torino, part of Euro-BioImaging’s Multi-Modal Molecular Imaging Italian Node, with support from the Horizon Europe EOSC-Life project, undertook the development of a user-friendly, customizable workflow to store, process and share prec...
Published: 2021-03-03
Jonas Bagge is a PhD Fellow in the Department of Biology at the University of Copenhagen. His speciality is DNA repair, with a specific focus on how TopBP1 protein contributes to maintaining genome integrity during mitosis. With only one year left to finalize his doctoral research, Jonas planned to travel to Euro-BioImaging’s EMBL Node in Heidelberg, Germany, to use stimulated emission depletion (STED) super-resolution microscopy to observe the location of TopBP1 in human cells in specific mit...
Published: 2021-03-01
On Friday, March 5th, at 13:00 CET, we welcome: Dr. Pablo Dörig, VP Research Solutions, Cytosurge AG, on “A force-controlled nanopipette system with integrated imaging for applications in life sciences and beyond" All imaging enthusiasts are welcome! Join via internet:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/760003029If you would like to present at The Virtual Pub, we are open to suggestions! Please let us know at info@eurobioimaging.eu ...
Published: 2021-02-23
On Friday, February 26th, at 13:00 CET, we welcome: Prof. Ricardo Henriques Group Leader of the Optical Cell Biology Laboratory, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal on “Open cutting-edge super-resolution and machine-learning technology for the study of cell biology and viral infection" All imaging enthusiasts are welcome! Join via internet:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/760003029If you would like to present at The Virtual Pub, we are open to suggestions! Please let us know at info@eurob...
Published: 2021-02-19
We are happy to share the Spring 2021 Calendar with you for the Virtual Pub! All imaging enthusiasts are welcome to join! Join via internet:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/760003029If you would like to present at The Virtual Pub, we are open to suggestions! Please let us know at info@eurobioimaging.eu ...
Published: 2021-02-18
Have you had an experience with “Speed” in Imaging or Image analysis that you would like to share with the Euro-BioImaging community? In collaboration with the Euro-BioImaging Industry Board, we would like to invite you to submit an abstract for a special edition of the Virtual Pub on April 16th, 2021. We are inviting flash presentations of 5 minutes (3-4 slides without title slide) that address the topic of “Speed” in imaging. We particularly encourage early career researchers to apply...
Published: 2021-02-15
On Friday, February 19th, at 13:00 CET, we welcome: Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer Larsen, Head of Section, Professor Technical University of Denmark, on “Hyperpolarized MR, a modality in spe” All imaging enthusiasts are welcome! Join via internet:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/760003029If you would like to present at The Virtual Pub, we are open to suggestions! Please let us know at info@eurobioimaging.eu ...
Published: 2021-02-12
How can we be sure that measurements from a microscope in a cell biology laboratory in California, USA, correspond to measurements made by the same type of microscope in Paris, France? Or how can we be even sure that the measurements taken on the identical system 3 months apart can be compared? This question has preoccupied microscopists for many years, without a clearly coordinated community-wide response. But since April 2020, the light microscopy community has come together to form QUAREP-Li...
Published: 2021-02-10
On Friday, February 12th, at 13:00 CET, we welcome: Josh Moore and Jean-Marie Burel, OME Team, Dundee University, UK on “Data Management: Biological Imaging perspective” Dario Livio Longo, Principal Investigator, IBB-CNR & University of Torino and Sara Zullino, Research Fellow, University of Torino on “Data Management: Preclinical Imaging perspective” All imaging enthusiasts are welcome!Join via internet:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/760003029If you would like to present at Th...
Published: 2021-02-02
On Friday, February 5th, at 13:00 CET, we welcome: Prof. Maria Paola Martelli, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia and Roberta Ranieri, PhD student, University of Perugia, to talk about their quest to find “New therapy options for Acute Myeloid Leukemia” Bahne Stechmann, Head of Operations & Scientific Strategy, EU-Openscreen and Antje Keppler, Interim Director Euro-BioImaging Bio-Hub, for insight on how research infrastructures support complex cross-RI proj...
Published: 2021-01-26
On Friday, January 29th, at 13:00 CET, we welcome: Berta Cillero Pastor, CORE lab leader of the Division of Imaging Mass Spectrometry at M4I, Maastricht University and Domenico Russo, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, CNR, Advanced Light Microscopy Italian Node, on “An overview of Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI)” All imaging enthusiasts are welcome!Join via internet:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/760003029If you would like to present at The Virtual Pub, we are open to suggestion...
Published: 2021-01-19
To learn more about BioImaging Master’s Programmes in Europe, please click below to see presentation slides: Åbo Akademi University and the University of Turku, Finland University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands University College London, United Kingdom University of Rouen-Normandie, France On Friday, January 22nd, at 13:00 CET, we welcome a line-up of speakers across Europe to present a range of BioImaging Master's programmes: Assoc. Prof. Diana Toivola and Joan...
Published: 2021-01-18
Imaging technologies can help scientists understand how plant tissues respond to stress, such as drought, heat, or other environmental factors. Characterising the mechanical properties of plant cells is an important aspect of studying plant resilience. That is why a team at Wageningen University, host of Euro-BioImaging’s Advanced Light Microscopy and Molecular Imaging Node Wageningen, developed a new method to measure the viscosity in individual parts of plant cells using Fluorescence Lifetim...
Published: 2021-01-12
On Friday, January 15th, at 13:00 CET, we welcome: Michal Mikl, Head, and Milan Esner, Deputy Head, of the Advanced Light Microscopy and Medical Imaging Node, Brno, on “From Molecules to Human: Complex-Scale Imaging at the Advanced Light Microscopy and Medical Imaging Multi Modal Node in Brno" All imaging enthusiasts are welcome!Join via internet:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/760003029If you would like to present at The Virtual Pub, we are open to suggestions! Please let us know at info@...
Published: 2021-01-04
On Friday, January 8th, at 13:00 CET, we welcome: Shan Zhao, PhD researcher, Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (iTERM) Helmholtz Zentrum München and LMU, on “Holistic Three-dimensional Cellular Mapping of Mammalian Organs by Tissue Clearing and Light-sheet Fluorescence Microscopy" All imaging enthusiasts are welcome!Join via internet:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/760003029If you would like to present at The Virtual Pub, we are open to suggestions! Please let u...
Published: 2020-12-21
This year - our first year in operations as an ERIC - was an exciting year for Euro-Bioimaging. We faced the challenge of operating a pan-European research infrastructure within the context of a global pandemic, but we did not let that bring us down. The year was full of important milestones for our research infrastructure, some of which are highlighted below. We want to thank our wonderful community for making all of these important actions possible! Thank you for your support in 2020 and we w...
Published: 2020-12-16
We held our last Virtual Pub of 2020 on Friday, December 11th, but we look forward to a very exciting line-up of talks in 2021! Please find below the calendar of the first Virtual Pubs of the new year. Please help us spread the word about these upcoming talks and join us on Friday, January 8th for the first Virtual Pub of 2021. In the meantime, stay healthy and enjoy the holidays! On Friday, January 8th, at 13:00 CET, we welcome: Shan Zhao, PhD researcher, Institute for Tissue Engineering ...
Published: 2020-12-09
On Friday, December 11th, at 13:00 CET, we welcome: Anna Klemm, BioImage Analyst at the SciLifeLab BioImage Informatics Facility, on “NEUBIAS Academy: Providing FAIR Training in Bioimage Analysis" Prof. Juhani Knuuti and Senior Scientist Veikko Jousmäki, Finnish biomedical Node, on “Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node: Exceptional opportunities for translational research - and introducing MEG to Euro-BioImaging” All imaging enthusiasts welcome!Join via internet:https://us02we...
Published: 2020-12-08
In order to provide our users open access to relevant and up-to-date imaging technologies, Euro-BioImaging is constantly evaluating new technologies’ readiness for open access in collaboration with the imaging community. Johanna Bischof, Scientific Project Manager at Euro-BioImaging explains how this multi-step evaluation process works – and how the user experience is an important part of the inclusion of technology breakthroughs in Euro-BioImaging’s operational portfolio. How is a new...
Published: 2020-12-08
Traction Force Microscopy (TFM) has long been used to measure the forces cells exert on their environment – recent advances mean it is ready to go SUPER-RESOLUTION. Euro-BioImaging is now offering all researchers access to super-resolution Traction Force Microscopy (SR-TFM) at our Finnish Advanced Light Microscopy Node in Turku, Finland. In this interview, Dr Aki Stubb, from the University of Cambridge, explains how super-resolution Traction Force Microscopy works. Can you please briefly des...
Published: 2020-12-04
We are very pleased to announce that the Euro-BioImaging family is growing! In 2020, we welcome four new Nodes hosted by Austria, Finland, Sweden, and Portugal. These include two Biological, one Biomedical and one Mixed Node. Four existing Nodes were also granted upgrades, bringing on board new facilities and expanding their technology portfolio. A cutting-edge infrastructure These renowned imaging facilities have undergone a stringent, independent review process by the Euro-BioImaging Scient...
Published: 2020-12-01
On Friday, December 4th, at 13:00 CET, we welcome: Philippe Lambin, Head of the Department of Precision Medicine, Maastricht University, on “Radiomics: Preclinical and medical images are more than pictures, they are quantitative data" All imaging enthusiasts welcome!Join via internet:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/760003029If you would like to present at The Virtual Pub, we are open to suggestions! Please let us know at info@eurobioimaging.eu. ...
Published: 2020-12-01
Between 2021 and 2025, EMBL and Marie Sklodowska Curie programme will award 62 three-year fellowships to talented technology experts who wish to advance technology development in the life sciences and receive training to operate life science research infrastructures. ARISE: Career Accelerator for Research Infrastructure Scientists is an impressive fellowship program and a unique, interdisciplinary opportunity for experienced STEM professionals - in Europe or abroad. For three full year...
Published: 2020-11-24
Our next Virtual Pub will be held on Friday, November 27th at 1 PM CET. Dr. Yannick Schwab of EMBL will share the results of a recent collaborative study to create 3D reconstructions of whole cells that are infected by SARS-CoV-2 and their subcellular compartments. All imaging enthusiasts are welcome! Friday, November 27th, we welcome: Yannick Schwab, Team leader and Head of Electron Microscopy core facility, EMBL, on "Understanding the SARS-COV-2 replication cycle in human cells" ...
Published: 2020-11-24
Understanding virus replication is a key part of any therapeutic strategy to combat COVID-19. Without this crucial piece of the puzzle, it is hard to develop drugs to suppress viral replication and virus-induced cell death. EMBL’s Electron Microscopy Core Facility, part of Euro-BioImaging’s EMBL Node, participated in a timely study to reveal the biological mechanisms driving the SARS-CoV-2 replication cycle in human cells. This study, carried out in collaboration with the Ralf Bartenschlager...
Published: 2020-11-19
As the evenings are becoming darker, a new light has been lit up at the BioCity building in Turku, Finland. Finland hosts Euro-BioImaging ERIC, and the Finnish section of the Euro-BioImaging Hub is located in this building. The other two sections of the Hub are at EMBL, Heidelberg, and Torino, Italy. Drop by and visit us for a cup of coffee or tea on the fifth floor of BioCity, if you happen to be around! Or drop us a line at info@eurobioimaging.eu! ...
Published: 2020-11-17
Our next Virtual Pub will be held on Friday, November 20th at 1 PM CET. Don’t miss out on this exciting presentation of the special double chambered microscope developed by a group of UK researchers to study organisms that thrive in high temperature environments. All imaging enthusiasts are welcome! Friday, November 20th, we welcome: Andre Pulschen, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, on “Some like it hot: High temperature live-imaging for studying hyperthermophilic archaea" ...
Published: 2020-11-10
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it more difficult for researchers to travel from one country to another, slowing down cross-border cooperation. It has forced laboratories worldwide to adapt stringent safety and hygiene measures, and has even had an impact on the focus of some research projects. But some researchers, like Euro-BioImaging user, Roberta Ranieri, of the University of Perugia, are unstoppable. Despite the possibility of travel restrictions being reintroduced at any moment, she returne...
Published: 2020-11-09
Our next Virtual Pub will be held on Friday, November 13th at 1 PM CET. Don’t miss out on this exciting talk which will highlight some methods for interactive learning and automatic segmentation of biological images developed by the Kreshuk Group at EMBL. All imaging enthusiasts are welcome! Friday, November 13th, we welcome: Dr. Anna Kreshuk, Group Leader, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, EMBL, on "Deep learning for image segmentation" Join via internet:https://us02web.zoo...
Published: 2020-11-02
Our next Virtual Pub will be held on Friday, November 6th at 1 PM CET. Don’t miss out on these exciting talks about funding and mobility opportunities. All imaging enthusiasts are welcome! Friday, November 6th, we welcome: Federica Paina, External Affairs, Euro-BioImaging Manager, Global BioImaging Kelly Sheehan-Rooney, Head of EMBO Fellowships Program, EMBO Julia Fernandez-Rodriguez, Scientific Director, University of Gothenburg and COMULIS STSM Coordinator Join via i...
Published: 2020-10-27
Our next Virtual Pub will be held on Friday, October 30th at 1 PM CET. Don’t miss out on this exciting talk! All imaging enthusiasts are welcome! Friday, October 30th, we welcome: Dr. Dominic Waithe, UKRI Innovation Fellow, Radcliffe Department of Medicine University of Oxford, on “Computer Vision Powered Microscopy - Subjectivity Dethroned” Join via internet: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/760003029 If you would like to present at The Virtual Pub, we are...
Published: 2020-10-26
Interview with Camilo Guzmán, Manager of Euro-BioImaging’s Finnish Advanced Light Microscopy Node Please tell us who you are, where your facility is based, and what your role is. My name is Camilo Guzmán and I am the manager of the Finnish Advanced Light Microscopy Node of Euro-BioImaging. I have a background both in physics and in biology and I have been working on microscopy topics for over 17 years now. Our node has imaging facilities in Helsinki, Oulu and Turku and I am based in Turk...
Published: 2020-10-22
Correlated multimodality imaging (CMI) is a way to gather holistic information about an individual specimen. The CMI process of combining two or more imaging techniques to a single sample results in a greater understanding of the sample’s macro, meso- and microscopic structure, dynamics, function and chemical composition. CMI therefore has huge potential in biological and biomedical research. To make CMI a more standard practice, COMULIS - Correlated Multimodal Imaging in Life Sciences – was...
Published: 2020-10-20
Our next Virtual Pub will be held on Friday, October 23rd at 1 PM CEST. Don’t miss out on this exciting talk! All imaging enthusiasts are welcome! Friday, October 23rd, we welcome: Yu-Le Wu, Predoctoral Fellow, Ries Group, EMBL, on “Extracting Quantitative Measures from Super-resolution Data” Join via internet: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/760003029 If you would like to present at The Virtual Pub, we are open to suggestions! Please let us know at hub@eurobioimaging.eu. ...
Published: 2020-10-14
The next Euro-BioImaging Virtual Pub will be held on Friday, October 16th at 1 PM CEST. Don’t miss out on this exciting talk! All imaging enthusiasts are welcome!Friday, October 16th, we welcome: Dr. Roland Nitschke - Life Imaging Center (LIC), Centre for Integrative Signalling Analysis (CISA), University of Freiburg, on “QUAREP-LiMi - Bringing a 15 year old idea to success - Quality Assessment and Reproducibility for Instruments & Images in Light Microscopy” Join via internet: ...
Published: 2020-10-05
Interview with Enzo Terreno, Coordinator of the Multi-Modal Molecular Imaging (MMMI) Italian Node belonging to the medical family of the Euro-BioImaging Nodes. Please tell us who you are, where your facility is based, and what your role is. My name is Enzo Terreno, and I have the pleasure to be the Coordinator of the Multi-Modal Molecular Imaging (MMMI) Italian Node belonging to the medical family of the Euro-BioImaging Nodes. This is a multi-sited Node comprising 8 imaging centers distr...
Published: 2020-09-29
Interview with Seetharaman Parashuraman, Head of the Bioimaging facility of the Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Naples, an institute belonging to the National Research Council, part of our Advanced Light Microscopy Italian Node. Let me tell you about Mass-Spectrometry-based Imaging (MSI) at the Bioimaging facility, IBBC-CNR. Our technology is based on an AP-SMALDI10 mass spectrometer with a dedicated home-built matrix pneumatic sprayer (SMALDI prep) and software for images generatio...
Published: 2020-09-29
Interview with Antti Isomäki, of the Biomedicum Imaging Unit of Helsinki BioImaging, part of Euro-BioImaging’s Finish Advanced Light Microscopy Node. Please tell us who you are, where your facility is based, and what your role is. My name is Antti Isomäki and I am an optical physicist by training. The path to my current position went through the basic research in a laser lab, postdoc time in microscopy technology development, and finally biomedical applications and imaging method dev...
Published: 2020-09-23
Interview with Ivan Novotný, Ph.D., from Light Microscopy Core facility at Institute of Molecular Genetics, in Prague, Czech Republic. Please tell us a little bit about yourself. I am employed as an imaging specialist at the Light microscopy core facility at the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Science in Prague, CZ, part of Euro-BioImaging’s Prague Node. I am really interested in super-resolution (SR) methods and Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) is one of the...
Published: 2020-09-23
Interview with Helena Chmelová, Ph.D., from Light Microscopy Core facility at Institute of Molecular Genetics, Prague, Czech Republic, part of Euro-BioImaging’s Advanced Light And Electron Microscopy Node Prague. Could you tell us a little about yourself? I joined the Light Microscopy Core Facility at the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, part of Euro-BioImaging’s Prague Node, as a light microscopy specialist. I am particularly interested in imagin...
Published: 2020-09-23
Interview with Dalibor Pánek, Ph.D., from Imaging Methods Core facility at BIOCEV, Faculty of Science, Charles University, part of the Advanced Light And Electron Microscopy Node Prague. Could you tell us a little about yourself briefly? My name is Dalibor Pánek. I obtained my Ph.D. in applied physics. A year ago I joined the Imaging Methods Core Facility at BIOCEV, part of the Prague node, as a specialist in optical microscopy. I provide training and support for conventional techni...
Published: 2020-09-02
The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is a digital platform for the European science community, designed to give researchers from the European Union (EU) a global lead in research data management. Within this overarching project, EOSC-Life brings together the 13 Life Science Research Infrastructures (LS RIs) to create an open, digital and collaborative space for biological and medical research. Project partners Euro-BioImaging and ELIXIR, in collaboration with the Image Data Resource (IDR) and ...
Published: 2020-08-27
The Centre for Cellular Imaging of the University of Gothenburg has remained open throughout the corona virus pandemic, continuously providing microscopy services to regular users while implementing new guidelines and strict hygiene measures. Among the measures taken in March 2020, face-to-face training of new users came to a halt. In order to continue to attract new users in spite of travel restrictions and safety rules, Julia Fernandez-Rodriguez, Head of the Centre for Cellular Imaging, and he...
Published: 2020-07-29
In November 2019, the European Commission officially established Euro-BioImaging – which provides life scientists with open access to a broad range of technologies and resources in biological and biomedical imaging – as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). As stipulated by the statutes published in the Official Journal of the European Union, Euro-BioImaging ERIC’s governance includes a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), whose role is to oversee the scientific, ethical, techn...
Published: 2020-07-23
Due to the COVID-19 emergency in Spring 2020, Euro-BioImaging’s Phase Contrast Imaging Flagship Node in Trieste, Italy, started running remote experiments at its Elettra Synchrotron facility. This new modus operandi represents a true revolution for the site. Dr. Giuliana Tromba, the SYRMEP Beamline Coordinator, shares the remote procedures her facility has implemented – and explores some possible next steps: “… Before the global pandemic, operations at the Elettra Synchro...
Published: 2020-07-23
Biological and biomedical imaging technologies are essential for addressing many research questions related to Covid-19 and for diagnosis. A recent study conducted by the Heidelberg University Center for Integrative Infectious Disease Research, in collaboration with EMBL and the Heidelberg Collaboratory for Image Processing, reveals a procedure that combines high-throughput microscopy and semi-automated image analysis of virus-infected cells from a cell line to identify SARS-CoV-2 spec...
Published: 2020-07-22
Euro-Bioimaging is a research infrastructure that has been founded to provide access to the best imaging services in Europe. These services are provided at its 33 Nodes, all of which are internationally renowned imaging facilities. A prime goal of Euro-BioImaging ERIC is to ensure that its imaging technologies are truly cutting-edge. To ensure that our repertoire of provided technologies will stay abreast with the fast development and the breakthroughs in imaging research, we have, together with...
Published: 2020-07-22
In the battle against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, imaging technologies play a crucial role. From cellular biology to diagnostics and disease management, imaging techniques are enhancing research. Are you interested in using imaging technologies, but not sure how to access them? All scientists, regardless of area of expertise, field of activity, geographic location, or affiliation can benefit from Euro-BioImaging’s pan-European open access services to imaging facilities. Take advantage of Euro-BioIma...
Published: 2020-07-08
The new coronavirus is highly contagious. However, despite the wide spread of the virus and its ability to bring entire healthcare systems to their knees, only a small percentage of patients - around 5-10% - develop the most serious (and sometimes fatal) forms of the disease. Often these forms have a rapid and unpredictable course that lead the patient to go from a mild symptomatology to a serious respiratory insufficiency in a very short time. The San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, part of Euro-Bi...
Published: 2020-07-01
Expressions of Interest are invited for the Euro-BioImaging Directorate positions. Please find the details here...
Published: 2020-07-01
Thank you very much to all applicants for submitting a new Node application or a proposal to upgrade their existing Node! We are excited to have received so many new applications, and we will now carefully check their eligibility before the independent review by the Euro-BioImaging Scientific Advisory Board will start.More information on the documentation can be found in the Document Gallery of the Euro-BioImaging Web Portal. If you have questions, please contact us at info@eurobioimaging.e...
Published: 2020-06-25
Imaging facilities across the globe are scrambling to adapt remote procedures - or new, stricter hygiene measures - that make it possible to open and operate in the COVID-19 era. But for some facilities, remote access is business as usual. Enzo Terreno, coordinator of Euro-BioImaging’s Multimodal Molecular Imaging Node in Italy, shares his experience providing remote access to the Molecular & Preclinical Imaging Centers (M & PIC) at the University of Torino. Detailed specification and close co...
Published: 2020-06-22
Laboratories around the world are in the process of developing new methods to welcome new users in the aftermath of the COVID-19 lockdown. Members of Euro-BioImaging, a pan-European infrastructure that provides life scientists with open access to a broad range of biological and biomedical imaging technologies, are sharing their experiences. Eija Jokitalo of Euro-BioImaging’s Finnish Advanced Light Microscopy (FiALM) Node shares her experience providing remote access to the EM facility in Helsi...
Published: 2020-06-22
Since 2015, Euro-BioImaging has proudly participated in the Horizon 2020-funded cluster project CORBEL (Coordinated Research Infrastructures Building Enduring Life-Science Services), along with 12 other life science research infrastructures (LS RIs). The ambitious goal of the CORBEL project was to facilitate user access across different RIs, involving multiple scientific fields and a broad range of technologies and services. By coordinating activities across RIs, CORBEL set out to build joint se...
Published: 2020-06-05
A Nordic network of imaging nodes, Bridging Nordic Microscopy Infrastructures (BNMI) has been awarded NOK 2.5 million from NordForsk (220,000 Euros), as part of the Nordic Research Infrastructure Hubs initiative. Euro-BioImaging’s Norwegian Node is part of this network, and spearheaded this initiative. The funding will contribute to the development of imaging courses, workshops and seminars. In addition, it will support mobility of Nordic users within BNMI and the rest of Europe. Project ...
Published: 2020-06-04
The European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) and Euro-BioImaging signed a collaboration agreement on 14 May 2020 to enhance communication about their respective services, to promote the development of joint services, and to encourage best-practice sharing and staff exchanges. The collaboration agreement will focus on facilitating access to marine model organisms and encouraging the use of advanced microscopy techniques in their study. Read the press release....
Published: 2020-06-03
During the COVID-19 pandemic, computed tomography (CT) is the imaging method of choice to diagnose and monitor patients with COVID-19 because of its resolution, availability in intensive care units, and cost-effectiveness. Scientists from the University Federico II of Naples, part of Euro-BioImaging’s Molecular Imaging Italian Node, decided to evaluate the use of medical imaging technologies such as FDG-PET/CT during the COVID-19 pandemic in Southern Italy. They undertook a comparative st...
Published: 2020-05-29
From fundamental research on the molecular level to medical applications and diagnostics, imaging technologies provide crucial insight into the basic biology of the COVID-19 virus. Among others, imaging technologies: Contribute to an in-depth understanding of the molecular processes of infection Support the development of therapeutics Confirm diagnosis and help monitor patients in the clinic Euro-BioImaging is currently processing proposals related to COVID-19 ...
Published: 2020-05-27
Euro-BioImaging’s French Node in Bordeaux is contributing to an important study led by the University of Bordeaux to understand COVID-19 infection and inflammatory response using fully differentiated human bronchial epithelium as model. Fluorescent imaging techniques such as immune fluorescence and RNAscope technology will be used in this highly relevant physiological system to determine if a particular cell type is (preferentially) infected by the virus. Dr Harald Wodrich, INSERM Researc...
Published: 2020-05-20
The major impact of the coronavirus COVID-19 - including lockdown and quarantine in most parts of Europe - has changed the way scientists work. Laboratories around the world have shut down, and are required to develop new methods/processes to go back to work while respecting stringent hygiene measures. Members of Euro-BioImaging, a consortium of European countries and EMBL that provides life scientists with open access to a broad range of biological and biomedical imaging technologies, are imple...
Published: 2020-05-06
Imaging technologies have a central role in driving fundamental research and applied innovations in both biological and biomedical research. These technologies help a very broad user and research community to reach breakthrough biological discoveries and to proceed with translation into innovations in the fields of medicine, diagnostics, drug development, biotechnology, and molecular ecology. The Euro-BioImaging ERIC is a consortium of 14 European countries and EMBL that provide life scientists ...
Published: 2020-04-24
With Europe becoming a hotspot for the COVID-19 pandemic, these last few weeks have been tough. To help lift the spirits and share experiences, the Euro-BioImaging “Nodes & friends virtual beer session” was born. Every Friday afternoon, members of the Euro-BioImaging Hub and Nodes from all corners of Europe come together to close another historical week and say “cheers” to staying at home and keeping healthy! ...
Published: 2020-04-22
To remain at the technological forefront, Euro-BioImaging uses “showcasing” and “proof-of-concept” studies to ensure that new technologies are continuously integrated into its portfolio. The first proof-of-concept studies includes Photoacoustic Imaging, Mass Spectrometry Imaging, Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy and Quantitative Phase Imaging. These technologies will be offered through the Euro-BioImaging Web Portal for user access once the COVID-19 emerg...
Published: 2020-04-20
It is not surprising that the COVID-19 outbreak has significantly limited Euro-BioImaging’s physical user access services. Nevertheless, we are thankful for the necessary health and safety measures put in place all across Europe, and it is fantastic to see researchers come together to fight this pandemic. Imaging research is essential in this fight, and Euro-BioImaging will continue to support your research as best as possible; starting with a COVID-19 repository for the life science community...
Published: 2020-04-17
Euro-BioImaging Hub is looking for a Euro-BioImaging Industry Board (EBIB) Coordinator who will work in close collaboration with EBIB Chair and EBIB members located across Europe as well as with the Euro-BioImaging Hub Office. The position is located at the Bio-Hub at EMBL Heidelberg. The Euro-BioImaging Industry Board (EBIB) is currently comprised of thirteen different companies across the imaging field. In the EBIB, all companies work together as a single, professional ...
Published: 2020-04-17
Here's the latest Euro-BioImaging newsletter! Including for instance COVID-19-related updates, the call for new Nodes and some exciting funding news. Read it here: https://mailchi.mp/75e8ca11a7d4/euro-bioimaging-newsletter-april-2020...
Published: 2020-04-07
Following closely the Covid-19 situation, Euro-BioImaging asks everyone involved, including Euro-BioImaging users, to align with the recommendations of their relevant national health departments.Euro-BioImaging will process the online submission of new user proposals as before, but flexibility needs to be applied when it comes to scheduling a physical user visit until available information on the European situation allows again for reliable and safe travel planning. Euro-BioImaging is also looki...
Published: 2020-04-07
The ongoing pandemic has given reason to consider the public awareness of bioscience and its general importance. In this respect, it was interesting to browse through different mass media and science journals at the turn of the year, as the new decennium, carrying the somewhat prophetic number 2020, spurred an exceptional interest in things to come. There was a cavalcade of interviews, columns, blogs, and debates from experts with presumed crystal balls to provide visions of the future. The pred...
Published: 2020-03-30
"For the advancement of science: Working with European Life Science Research Infrastructures" is a new brochure created by CORBEL. The brochure explains the many advantages of working with Life Science Research Infrastructures, including why access to services and technologies they offer, their collaborative work, and the creation of common service pipelines are advancing life science research. Read and download the brochure here: https://www.corbel-project.eu/...
Published: 2020-03-30
Euro-BioImaging ERIC has opened its Call for Nodes 2020. Cutting-edge imaging facilities hosted by Euro-BioImaging member states and prospective member states, which are supported by their national authorities to become a Node of this pan-European research infrastructure, are invited to submit their Expression of Interest before June 30th, 2020. More information on the documentation that needs to be provided can be found in the Document Gallery of the Euro-BioImaging Web Portal as well as i...
Published: 2020-03-26
The World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS) is holding a series of COVID-19 webinar series called "Imaging of infection". Click here for more information....
Published: 2020-02-05
For the new Euro-BioImaging Bio-Hub at EMBL in Heidelberg, we are looking for a Scientific Project Manager to support us in managing relevant aspects of the Euro-BioImaging operation. S/He will be integrated into the international Bio-Hub team, working closely together with colleagues in the fields of imaging technologies, project management, communication & outreach, image data analysis and science policy. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Coordination of user access to state-of-...
Published: 2020-02-05
Global BioImaging recently received a distinguished award by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI, https://chanzuckerberg.com/), which allows us to set-up an exciting as well as extensive training programme for core facility staff and managers. This program aims at building professional capacity internationally in this field by offering tailored training courses in e.g. imaging facility management and operation; image data management; latest imaging technologies; and more topics as requested by t...
Published: 2020-01-29
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has announced over $1.3 million (€1.2 m) in funding to support Global BioImaging; an international network of bioimaging facilities and communities coordinated by EMBL, with Euro-BioImaging as one major partner. The three-year grant will support Global BioImaging’s work to promote community building and training worldwide, and in this way also facilitate scientists to access the latest imaging technologies....
Published: 2020-01-22
Euro-BioImaging is a publicly funded, non-profit research infrastructure. Hence, the costs for scientists to access Euro-BioImaging services are kept to their minimum, with the sole aim to allow running the infrastructure. The costs vary – for instance, while access to data services is normally free of charge, access to technologies generally involves a fee. For more information please click here....
Published: 2020-01-21
In March 2020, Euro-BioImaging will launch its next Call for Nodes. Cutting-edge imaging facilities hosted by Euro-BioImaging member states and prospective member states will be invited to submit their Expression of Interest to become part of this new European research infrastructure for imaging technologies in the life sciences, to openly offer their services to all European scientists and beyond. If you are interested in this call, you can find the procedure, criteria and the application ...
Published: 2019-12-17
Following the successful first board meeting of Euro-BioImaging on 12-13 December in Helsinki, Euro-BioImaging is now operational and the login feature of the Euro-BioImaging Web Portal has been activated. Users can now login to the portal and submit proposals to access Euro-BioImaging imaging technologies. https://www.eurobioimaging.eu/login(The previously used Interim Web Access Portal can no longer be used to submit new proposals, but it remains online for processing previously subm...
Published: 2020-01-09
On 29th October, 2019, after more than 10 years of preparatory work with active engagement from 25 national imaging communities, the European Commission officially established Euro-BioImaging as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). To mark this achievement, Euro-BioImaging published a Special Edition Newsletter to give recognition to the community's effort in this process and revisit the importance of this remarkable achievement for European life science research. Read the newsl...
Published: 2019-11-21
The registration for the 4th NEUBIAS conference in Bordeaux, Feb 29- Mar 6 February 2020, is now open.NEUBIAS brings together life-scientists, bioimage analysts, microscopists, and image analysis developers from Europe and international partners in Australia, Singapore, Brazil and the USA (www.neubias.org). NEUBIAS is a forum to exchange the newest findings, applications, and cutting-edge developments in ...
Published: 2019-11-07
The European Commission has officially established Euro-BioImaging as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). With its ERIC status, Euro-BioImaging is now legally recognised as a European research infrastructure for biological and biomedical imaging. All Euro-BioImaging services are accessible via www.eurobioimaging.eu.Euro-BioImaging ERIC is hosted by Finland, and the Statutory Seat of the ERIC is located in Turku, Finland. The Euro-BioImaging coordinating Hub consists in add...
Published: 2020-01-09
In October 2019, the first physical meetings of Euro-BioImaging’s Bio and Med Nodes took place at EMBL (site of the Bio Hub) and Torino University (site of the Med Hub). Together with Node representatives, Hub team members, national imaging coordinators and Euro-BioImaging Industry Board members gathered at both meetings; resulting in lively, interactive discussions including: methods to boost user outreach; raising financial support for transnational user access to Nodes; and, the generation ...
Published: 2020-01-09
Tobias Kletter is a PhD-student in the Reber lab at Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany. His research in the area of cell biology focuses on how mitotic spindles are adapted during cell differentiation. When some of his new experiments required automated microscopy techniques, together with his PI, Simone Reber, he applied to access the technology and expertise at the Euro-BioImaging Node at EMBL via the iNEXT open call. They found the application process to be straightforward and received po...
Published: 2019-09-18
On 11.07.2019, at the meeting of ESFRI Research Infrastructures in the life sciences, Euro-BioImaging and EU-Openscreen signed a collaboration agreement to boost their joint support of the European Life Science community.In signing this agreement, Euro-BioImaging and EU-OPENSCREEN acknowledge the value and importance of their own field of expertise being embedded in a larger scope of technologies and services offered by complementary Research Infrastructures. Harmonizing user ...
Published: 2019-09-18
Here's the latest Euro-BioImaging newsletter! Including exciting updates and opportunities from Global BioImaging, COMULIS, the BioImageArchive, our IndustryBoard and EOSC-Life. Read it here: https://mailchi.mp/6ac0b580a4bd/euro-bioimaging-newsletter-13-july-2019...
Published: 2019-09-18
Since May 2016, Euro-BioImaging has enjoyed a successful interim operation; offering life scientists open access to imaging services across its 29 Nodes Candidates throughout Europe. The next step is ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium) status, and this will be launched with at least 15 founding members: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland (the legal host), France, Hungary, Israel, Italy (site of the Med Hub), Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, UK and ...
Published: 2019-09-18
With the advances in modern imaging technologies, the wealth of digital imaging data is rising exponentially. While this will lead to exciting breakthroughs, new challenges are also presenting themselves. The storage of data, its complexity and interoperability are but a few of the challenges for today’s life scientists. In response to these modern imaging trends, EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is expanding its remit to include bioimaging data. Through its new,...
Published: 2019-05-10
On December 12th, the European Commission has published the article "Global network of research infrastructures promotes bioimaging technologies", highlighting Global BioImaging (GBI) as success story on their website. If you want to learn more about this international network of imaging infrastructures, please visit also our GBI website. Enjoy the read!...
Published: 2019-05-09
These days, the ability to exploit and understand research data is critical for the next advances in understanding of life and disease, addressing societal challenges and strengthening the bio-economy. To ensure that European Life Science remains at the forefront of global advances and to deepen research, scientific data along with its associated digital services must be findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) across scientific disciplines and national boundaries.On 1 March 2019,...
Published: 2019-05-09
The ability to do research depends on the availability of suitable products. It is therefore essential that researchers and imaging facility staff have a clear communication line to a wide range of companies in the field to ensure that the companies understand the trends in research thereby making available suitable products. The Euro-BioImaging Industry Board (EBIB) members consist of a range of companies in the field of imaging, joined together by their recognition of the importance of working...
Published: 2018-10-08
The Global BioImaging EoE III took place on September 14th-15th at the Charles Perkins Centre of the University of Sydney. It attracted 64 participants representing - for the third time in a row - imaging infrastructures from all contintents!The worksop succeeded in paving the way to ensure a sustainable future for the Global BioImaging network. Although the H2020 funding is coming to an end in November 2018, more EoE worshops are already planned and the network's a...
Published: 2018-10-08
Read the latest news and updates from Euro-BioImaging in the most recent newsletter!https://mailchi.mp/43eb6fadb7b7/euro-bioimaging-newsletter-11-august-2018...
Published: 2018-10-09
Following a two-year evaluation process, reviewed by a panel of independent senior experts, ESFRI - the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures - has granted Euro-BioImaging the Landmark status of “European Research Infrastructure for Imaging Technologies in Biological and Biomedical Sciences”. This status is recognised by the European Commission as a benchmark for quality, recommending that Euro-BioImaging is the “go-to” Research Infrastructure to support imaging resea...
Published: 2018-10-09
EuBI proudly announces the first showcasing of new imaging technologies during its Interim Operation. The technological innovation of imaging technologies in the life sciences is continuous and exciting. To support the imaging community and its associated high-quality research, EuBI must remain at the technological forefront.To achieve this, EuBI has established workflows to ensure that new technologies are continuously integrated by the community into the EuBI portfolio. These new technologies ...