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Netherlands

The Kingdom of the Netherlands, a founding member of Euro-BioImaging, proudly hosts ten nodes across the country:

Learn more about the Nodes and get an overview of news and interactions with the Netherlands below.

Correlative Light Microscopy Dutch Flagship Node - Key figures 2024

3

Facilities

N/A

External Users

N/A

User Publications

N/A

Remote Users

N/A

Training courses

N/A

Staff involved

Dutch High Field Imaging Hub - Key figures 2024

5

Facilities

10

External Users

50

User Publications

0

Remote Users

2

Training courses

5

Staff involved

Erasmus MC OIC / Advanced Light Microscopy Rotterdam Node - Key figures 2024

1

Facilities

7

External Users

57

User Publications

0

Remote Users

5

Training courses

8

Staff involved

Facility of Multimodal Imaging AMMI Maastricht Node - Key figures 2024

3

Facilities

35

External Users

7

User Publications

20

Remote Users

3

Training courses

12

Staff involved

High Throughput Microscopy Dutch Flagship Node - Key figures 2024

2

Facilities

14

External Users

~20

User Publications

1

Remote Users

4

Training courses

8.4

Staff involved

Preclinical Imaging Centre (PRIME) -
Molecular Imaging Dutch Node - Key figures 2024

8

Facilities

5

External Users

18

User Publications

0

Remote Users

2

Training courses

7

Staff involved

Population Imaging Flagship Node Rotterdam - Key figures 2024

1

Facilities

183

External Users

5

User Publications

N/A

Remote Users

5

Training courses

2.5

Staff involved

The Van Leeuwenhoek Center for Advanced Microscopy (LCAM) -
Functional Imaging Flagship Node Amsterdam - Key figures 2024

3

Facilities

9

External Users

~40

User Publications

0

Remote Users

6

Training courses

9

Staff involved

Wageningen Imaging and Spectroscopy Hub (WISH) -
ALM and Molecular Imaging Node Wageningen - Key figures 2024

2

Facilities

19

External Users

~40

User Publications

0

Remote Users

7

Training courses

3.1

Staff involved

News about the Netherlands

Looking at the neuronal cells in the hydrogel with two-photon microscopy. 

July 21, 2025

International collaboration to support Parkinson’s disease research

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…

Sylvia Le Devedec Mentoring masterclass EVOLVE

July 15, 2025

EVOLVE Mentoring Masterclass: A FAIR vision on imaging core facilities from Sylvia E. Le Dévédec

As part of the EVOLVE Mentoring Masterclass series, Euro-BioImaging was proud to host Dr. Sylvia E. Le Dévédec on June 23, 2025, to share…

issue concentration of deuterated glucose and/or fructose

June 30, 2025

Deuterium Metabolic Imaging to measure hepatic fructose metabolism

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

June 30, 2025

Visiting the PRIME Node

With the occasion of the Board meeting which took place in Amsterdam last May, the Med-Hub section Director Linda Chaabane and the Med-Hub Head…

12th Euro-BioImaging Board Meeting

May 27, 2025

Euro-BioImaging Board Meeting in Amsterdam

The 12th Euro-BioImaging Board meeting took place in Amsterdam, from May 13-14, 2025, hosted by our colleagues from NL-BioImaging. It was the occasion for…

March 12, 2025

EVOLVE Job Shadowing Series: Mahlet Birhanu on her visit to the Radiology and Medical Imaging Valencia Node - Job roles, Health data management tools, and seeing your blind spots.

The EVOLVE Job Shadowing program is a fantastic opportunity for Node staff to immerse in the daily life and operations of other Nodes of…

Example of intracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) calcifications as visualized on axial non-contrast computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain (yellow arrow on the left).

February 12, 2025

Imaging vascular calcifications in the brain, a collaboration spanning continents and millennia

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

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October 21, 2024

ILLUMINATE brings together private-public partners to advance novel theranostics-based cancer treatments

Euro-BioImaging is thrilled to be part of ILLUMINATE (Increasing Lutetium production while leveraging metabolic imaging to enhance theranostics effectiveness), a pioneering 54-month public-private partnership…

July 23, 2023

Marc van Zandvoort, "What is Euro-BioImaging?"

What is Euro-BioImaging? What is open access to imaging? As part of a series spotlighting Euro-BioImaging Nodes, we asked Marc van Zandvoort, Chair of…

Euro-BioImaging at ELMI 2023 with Node colleagues

June 19, 2023

Fantastic ELMI 2023 Conference in Noordwijkerhout!

This year, the European Light Microscopy Initiative meeting took place in Noodwijkerhout, the Netherlands, organised by NL-BioImaging. Several Hub team members were able to…

In the background, Ben Giepmans (left) and Eric Reits (right) proudly holding the NL-BioImaging sign. In the foreground, happy users at the microscopy facility. 

February 20, 2023

Congratulations NL-BioImaging on receiving funding for a fully integrated infrastructure!

Three hundred years after Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, father of live-cell microscopy, performed his last amazing research, a 25 Million Euro grant from the…

Spatial distribution of cholesterol on a prostatic normal (left) and a cancer (right) sample.

September 1, 2022

Mapping cholesterol in tissue to better understand prostate cancer

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

Mark Hink, Dorus Gadella and Marko Lamp at EMBL.

July 19, 2022

The other side of the bench: When Node staff become users

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…

May 24, 2022

Medical Imaging Computing researchers: Meet the Challenges Framework Flagship Node!

The Challenges Framework flagship Node organizes a series of Grand Challenges in Medical Image Analysis (www.grand-challenge.org), focused at standardized evaluation…

March 21, 2022

Successful projects selected to benefit from the Euro-BioImaging User Access Fund

In 2021, Euro-BioImaging launched its pilot call for funded user projects to be supported by an internal  Euro-BioImaging User Access Fund.

Figure: Fluorescence lifetime microviscosity maps of Arabidopsis roots showing the vacuoles (sulfo-BDP, A and B), cytosol (PEG-BDP, C and D; note that the dye penetrates poorly in the meristem region), plasma membranes (N+-BDP, E and F), and cell walls (CWP-BDP, G and H), in all images. (Scale bar: 100 μm.) Red boxes in A, C, E, and G indicate close-ups shown in the B, D, F, and H, respectively. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

January 18, 2021

Understanding how mechanical forces act in plant cells

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