User stories: Tools Development

In May 2025, Anil Can from Acıbadem Üniversitesi in Istanbul traveled to Prague to explore the fine structure of mitochondria in testicular tissue. Supported by the Imaging4All…

Through the canSERV project, Euro-BioImaging Nodes continue to support innovative cancer research across Europe. One recently completed user project, carried…

Understanding how sperm move in three dimensions is key to advancing reproductive health and improving fertility diagnostics. For Dr. Haydee Hernández from the Centro de…

The ability of Terahertz Imaging to visualize the water content in small objects makes it the ideal technique to non…

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most prevalent cause of dementia and represents one of the most significant healthcare challenges of the 21st century. A…

Euro-BioImaging was delighted to attend the 3rd annual meeting of the ISMRM African Chapter, held from September 26–27 in Tunis, Tunisia, in collaboration with…

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), formerly known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is the most prevalent liver disease globally, yet no therapies…

Peri implant connective tissue consistently forms an organised fiber arrangement around the implant neck during healing. Whithin this framework, X-ray phase-contrast (XPCT) imaging offers…

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive method for stimulating the cerebral cortex. Concurrent functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can show changes in TMS-induced…

New insights into the altered lipid metabolism of osteosarcoma Acidity is a key player in cancer progression, modelling a microenvironment that prevents immune surveillance…

Euro-BioImaging’s Cellular Imaging Hungary Node (University of Debrecen, Hungary) was happy to host Dr. Veronika Huntošová of the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and…

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a label-free technique that has emerged as an excellent tool for monitoring the structure and function of organoids. Nevertheless,…

Contrast agents (CA) for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are widely used in clinical practice to improve diagnostic accuracy. Despite the success of gadolinium (III)-chelate-based…

The immune system plays an important role in fighting cancer but can also be a pathway of metastasis – therefore it is very important…

The Advanced Optical Microscopy Centre (AOMC) at University of Hasselt, part of Euro-BioImaging’s Flanders BioImaging Node, is happy to host Jessica Aye Valdivia Pérez…

The Euro-BioImaging EMBL Node is happy to welcome Fátima Silvina Galván, a researcher at the Laboratorio de Microbiología Ultraestructural y Molecular del Centro Integral…

The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is an increasingly present species across the globe. With a voracious appetite and aggressive, day-time feeding tactics, female…

Would learning to use the most cutting-edge imaging instruments help you answer your scientific question? Could world-class technology accelerate your research? We spoke to…

Chronic intake of high amounts of fructose has been linked to the development of metabolic disorders caused by the almost complete clearance of fructose…

Xylella fastidiosa is a vector-borne gram-negative xylem-limited bacterium native to the Americas, affecting more than 650 plant species, including crops of major economic importance. The bacterial sequence…

What is the best imaging approach to build a human brainstem atlas? Dr. Gisela Hagberg, a senior scientist…

Seed quality is absolutely key to the success of both agronomically relevant crops and forest tree species used for restoration strategies. Forest restoration activities,…

Colorectal cancer deaths are rising among young adults. Rabe’ah Almahassneh, a PhD student from the University of Valencia who is developing her research work…

Clinical evaluation of novel treatments and comparisons with existing ones is of paramount importance in the development of drugs and therapies, to ensure their…

Dr. Veronika Huntosova and her team at the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia, are…

Linda Krahula Doleží is an assistant professor at the Language Centre at the Masaryk University in Brno. She did her PhD on Czech syntax…

Between 20-40% of global food crop production is lost each year due to plant pests and pathogens, highlighting the urgency for scientific research in…

Prague is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, but it also hides a scientific secret. Right in the historic city centre, the…

Leishmania are protozoan parasites responsible for causing leishmaniasis, a spectrum of severe immunopathologies that affect both humans and animals worldwide. These diseases, which manifest…

Obesity is increasingly an acute public health issue in industrialised countries. According to WHO, in 2022, 1 in 8 people in the world were…

What could be more fascinating than to explore the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in populations as diverse as ancient mummies, modern Americans, and people…

At the end of 2024, Euro-BioImaging ran a successful international user access call within the framework of the COMULISglobe project, funded by the…

Susana Guerra is a Professor of Microbiology at the Autonomous University of Madrid Medical School. After working with pox viruses for 24 years, her…

Imaging supports advances in Immunology and Inflammation research. The Euro-BioImaging User Forum “Focus on Immunology” will showcase cutting edge research in this domain from both…

Imaging supports advances in Immunology and Inflammation research. The Euro-BioImaging User Forum “Focus on Immunology” will showcase cutting edge research in this domain from…

With support through ISIDORe funding and Euro-BioImaging, Nathan Ribot and Nedal Darif have joined forces to study a rare, never before described phenomena in malaria parasite replication (oocyst development) in the mosquito’s midgut.

Pablo Suárez Cortés is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin (Germany). His work focuses on understanding how Plasmodium falciparum,…

In February 2023, Irina Belaia started her new position as Manager of the Finnish Advanced Microscopy Node (FiAM) and Project Coordinator of Turku BioImaging.

Enteroviruses cause a range of diverse diseases in humans, like polio or viral myocarditis. While there is a vaccine available for polio, the replication…

Dr. Alena Salašová is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University (AU). Her work focuses on neurodevelopment, in particular, understanding the…

Daniel Ríos Barrera is a developmental biologist and Associate Investigator at the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas (IIBO) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México…

Working on plant biology? Want to detect leaf water stress or assess the quality of dry fruits like chestnuts and hazelnuts? TeraHertz Imaging could…

COVID-19 infection has been associated with many neurological manifestations, from neuroinflammation to impaired brain energy metabolism. In the Turku PET Centre, which is part…

Katerina Kaduchova is a PhD student at the Centre of Plant Structural & Functional Genomics, Institute of Experimental Biology, Czech…

Trying to understand optimum growth conditions for small to mid-size crop plants? Studying the impact of drought and other climate factors? Need to perform…

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest health crisis of the 21th century. Due to the extremely high number of infections, it is of…

Francois Lux is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Lyon 1. His research interests include nanomedicines – precisely the development of…

It all started at the Molecular and Biophysical Bases of Photosynthesis Conference held in Venice in May 2022. Sara Natale, then a PhD researcher…

Understanding how immune cells interact with different medications within the disease environment is at the heart of Alexandros Marios Sofias research interest. He is…

Phantom Limb Pain (PLP), i.e., the pain perceived in an amputated body part, is a very debilitating condition for amputated patients. However, its origin…

Want to analyze and annotate your sample with the Allen Brain Atlas but don’t have the hardware, software or know-how…

Uriel Koziol, a professor at the Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay, studies parasitic tapeworms (such as Echinococcus and Taenia), a type of worm…

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…

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…

David Vondrasek is a biologist at the Institute Of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, part of Euro-BioImaging’s Advanced Light and…

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…

Meiofauna are tiny marine organisms that range in size from 20 microns to 1 milimetre. They are present everywhere in the sea, from the…

Delivering cutting-edge Electron Microscopy (EM) support, operations, and instrumentation, that is the mission of the Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy…

What better place to bring your plant imaging project than to DIMP Neuromed Node, located in the Technology…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Automation and artificial intelligence are revolutionizing many sectors, from public transport to medicine. Implementing them in microscopy is referred to as Smart Microscopy. Many…

Palina Nepachalovich is a first year PhD student studying lipid metabolism at the Center of Membrane Biochemistry and Lipid Research…

How does prostate cancer become aggressive and life-threating? That is a question that Maria K. Andersen, post-doc researcher at the…

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…

Scientists have made extraordinary progress in understanding stroke and the effects it has in the brain, but are still exploring the finer details of…

Interested in protein dynamics and DNA repair? Why not work with the experts at Sofia BioImaging Node? Thanks to the support of the…

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…

Chiara Cassioli, a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Siena, is passionate about basic research. Her quest to discover how immune cells communicate within…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Imaging living plants has always been challenging. Most microscopes place the sample horizontally – while plants grow vertically. But scientists at Czech Republic’s Institute…

What can we learn from the most comprehensive ELMI survey ever? In 2019, the European Light Microscopy Initiative community undertook one of the…

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…

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…

What could be more exciting than observing the behavior of microscopic coral in situ? A new underwater microscope from the University of Haifa, part…

Tell us who you are, where your facility is based, and what your role is. I am Veikko Jousmäki, physicist, senior scientist, Head of…

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…

Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on October 14, 2021 from 14:00-17:00 CEST. This event will highlight the importance…

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…

Imaging living plants as they grow has traditionally been very difficult as almost all microscopes place the sample horizontally but plants grow vertically. This…

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…

On April 16th, we held the first Virtual Pub Special Edition, making room for Flash presentations from academia and industry, on the topic of…

Euro-BioImaging users come from many different countries and many different backgrounds. Their research interests vary – as does their career stage. This is the…

Jonas Bagge is a PhD Fellow in the Department of Biology at the University of Copenhagen. His speciality is DNA repair, with a…

Imaging technologies can help scientists understand how plant tissues respond to stress, such as drought, heat, or other environmental factors. Characterising the mechanical properties…

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…

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…

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…

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…