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Cellular Imaging Hungary Node at User Forum on Immunology

October 10, 2024

Relation between IL-15 trans-presentation and antigen presentation and their dependence on the actin cytoskeleton

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…

Austrian BioImaging at User Forum on Immunology

October 9, 2024

Unlocking the lymphoid structures with germinal centers: architectural complexity, functionality and clinical relevance

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…

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.

A staff scientist sits at the Thermo Fisher Scientific Volumescope, looking closely at data

February 21, 2024

Dissecting the natural history of the Malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in mosquitoes with advanced 3D electron microscopy

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,…

Irina Belaia (right) with FiAM Node colleagues from Turku BioImaging Junel Solis (right) and Dado Tokic (left) at the CytoData 2023 Symposium in Helsinki, organized by FiAM Node collaborators Lassi Paavolainen of the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), the University of Helsinki, and Pekka Ruusuvuori of the University of Turku. The poster presents the Mouse Brain Alignment Tool developed by the FiAM Node in collaboration with FiBI Node and Euro-BioImaging user Zuzana Čočková, who took the picture. Photo by Zuzana Čočková.

February 9, 2024

FiAM awarded 7.22M Euros to upgrade instruments and develop 3D microscopy applications

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

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…

November 2023 cover of Cell Reports featuring imaging work done at Euro-BioImaging's Brno Node.

December 4, 2023

Motor neuron development revealed using multiple imaging techniques and 3D reconstructions

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

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…

The lightweight, transportable TeraHertz Imaging system offered by the University of Pisa can easily be deployed in the field.

November 20, 2023

TeraHertz Imaging: Portable plant imaging

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

November 15, 2023

An open source image analysis tool for studying neuroinflammation linked to COVID-19

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…

In the photo above, Katerina Kaduchova tests out the Virtual Reality headset at the IEB Plant imaging training course in Prague, October 2023. Picture taken by: Beáta Strejčková (shared by @pecinka_grp on X)

November 6, 2023

Learning new plant imaging techniques at an IFIEB training course

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

Plant samples on the conveyor belt at the Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities - PhenoPLANT

July 13, 2023

PHENOPlant: High-throughput phenotyping capability for plant research

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…