Sweden

The Kingdom of Sweden, a founding member of Euro-BioImaging, proudly hosts one Node across Stockholm, Uppsala, Lund, Göteborg and Umeå: the Swedish National Microscopy Infrastructure (NMI). Learn more about the Node and get an overview of news and interactions with Sweden below.

Swedish National Microscopy Infrastructure - Key figures 2024

Facilities

174

External Users

130

User Publications

112

Remote Users

Training courses

Staff involved

News about Sweden

May 23, 2025

Imaging for understanding plant disease dynamics

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…

February 11, 2025

Gisele Miranda: From image analyst to group leader

Core facility image analysts play a crucial role in supporting research. They act as a bridge between computer science and biology, leveraging their expertise…

Distributed Training course - Intro to BioImage Analysis with Python for Life Scientists banner

November 11, 2024

Euro-BioImaging runs a highly successful distributed image analysis training course

Within the framework of the eRImote project, Euro-BioImaging Hub in collaboration with France-BioImaging, PPBI and Swedish NMI, developed and implemented an innovative, distributed training…

August 29, 2024

Distributed Training course - Intro to BioImage Analysis with Python for Life Scientists

Euro-BioImaging is proud to announce a pilot distributed training course for “Intro to BioImage Analysis with Python for Life Scientists” from October 7th to…

June 17, 2024

New facilities join Euro-BioImaging Nodes

We are delighted to welcome new facilities into the Euro-BioImaging family as part of our recent Node upgrade. Four Euro-BioImaging Nodes – Swedish NMI,…

March 11, 2024

Cellular architecture of evolving neuroinflammatory lesions and multiple sclerosis pathology

Join us for an afternoon of presentations from Euro-BioImaging users and image data/image analysis experts at our Nodes that will provide a compelling overview…

Poster for the Multiscale Imaging in Neuroscience event with EBRAINS

October 25, 2023

Correlative Multimodal Imaging of Brain Tissue

Our next Special Edition Virtual Pub, “Multiscale Imaging in the Neurosciences,” organized in collaboration with EBRAINS, will take place on Friday, October 27. At…

June 28, 2023

Image data services interview at the BioImage Informatics Facility (BIIF), part of Swedish NMI

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…

June 27, 2023

Image data services interview at the Centre for Cellular Imaging, part of Swedish NMI Node

BioImage Data Analysis is a new interdisciplinary field of research. It has rapidly developed to provide adapted computational solutions to the new scientific questions…

Magenta: membrane coated beads, green: virus like particles. Image courtesy of Steven Edwards, SciLifeLab.

February 28, 2023

Lattice Light-sheet: For fast, subcellular, volumetric imaging

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,…

Example of Expansion Microscopy. Image courtesy of Ana Agostinho, SciLifeLab, Swedish NMI.

February 23, 2023

Expansion Microscopy: Enabling super-resolution microscopy to be performed on diffraction limited microscopes

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…

Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy, Photo by: Mattias Pettersson

October 26, 2022

Method development at Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy

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

September 14, 2022

BNMI Symposium – an important event for the Nordic imaging community

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…

grant to develop the Smart Microscopy concept.

September 5, 2022

Rafael Camacho: Boosting Smart Microscopy

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

October 29, 2021

Coming soon… Two new super resolution microscopes available for you at Swedish NMI!

Wondering where you can go to do fast live cell imaging with unprecedented resolution (at 60 nm)? Why not travel to Stockholm or Gothenburg,…

December 4, 2020

Euro-BioImaging ERIC extends a warm welcome to its new Nodes!

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,…

June 5, 2020

New opportunities for Nordic imaging scientists

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…