EMBL

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), a founding member of Euro-BioImaging, is host to the Bio-Hub and proudly offers access through the EMBL Node to imaging facilities at EMBL Heidelberg and EMBL Barcelona: Euro-BioImaging EMBL-Node. Learn more about the Nodes and get an overview of news and interactions with EMBL below.

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News about EMBL

March 24, 2025

Imaging to combat crop diseases: How Euro-BioImaging transforms agricultural research

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…

Susana Guerra and Joseph McGrail at EMBL EMCF, part of Euro-BioImaging's EMBL Node

November 28, 2024

Understanding MPOX transmission

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

Nathan Ribot and Nedal Darif at the Electron Microscope.

June 27, 2024

New correlative imaging methods to unlock the secrets of malaria oocyst reproduction in the mosquito midgut

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.

February 5, 2024

Cryo-ET to understand how enteroviruses replicate

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

Maximum intensity projection of Acantharia (plankton), plunge frozen and imaged with a high-end confocal microscope. Green: Acantharia; red: chlorophyll of symbionts (microalgae). Credits: Anna Steyer/EMBL

January 3, 2024

Cryo-ET: Imagination is the limit

Studying macromolecular complexes in their native environment in a cell is a real challenge, but new methods and technology advances are allowing scientists to…

Luis Eduardo Sánchez Cisneros looks at drospholia at EMBL’s Advanced Light Microscopy Facility, part of Euro-BioImaging’s EMBL Node.

November 21, 2023

Looking at Drosophila development with laser microdissection & 2-photon microscopy

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

June 15, 2023

IMAGINE project – imaging technology developments to address socio-economic challenges

Euro-BioImaging is pleased to be part of the IMAGINE project, which kicked off this week at the EMBL Imaging Centre in Heidelberg, Germany. The…

Timo Zimmerman, team leader for light microscopy services at the EMBL Imaging Center. Photo courtesy of EMBL PhotoLab.

March 16, 2023

MINFLUX: A light microscopy technique that closes the gap on structural biology

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…

Euro-BioImaging User Forum: Cardiovascular Research

March 7, 2023

Analysis of Nano-Structural Dynamics in Cardiomyocytes

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…

February 2, 2023

Euro-BioImaging’s All Hands Nodes Meeting in April 2023

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…