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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…

Mouse Brain Atlas screenshot

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…

Figure 1: Hierarchical scanning of entire monkey hearts. A) a heart before serial ethanol dehydration. B) stabilized heart prepared for scanning. C) transverse cut in the overview (67 µm pixel) scan. D) ‘zoomed in’ stitched plane (8 µm pixel) in the area of interest, demonstrating condensed myocardial band (#) and a coronary vessel (*). D) Single view of ‘zoomed in’ scan (2 µm pixel)

June 19, 2023

Multiscale multimodal 3D analysis of cardiovascular alterations/ structural features in a rhesus macaque monkey model for COVID-19

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…

MRI images provide information about distribution of the polymer in the different organs and tumor uptake

June 7, 2023

Supporting the development of hydrogels for drug delivery

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

A closer look at chloroplasts involved in stem photosynthesis in Fraxinus ornus with FLIM. Photo courtesy of Sara Natale.

May 23, 2023

Looking at stem photosynthesis with FLIM

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

Exemplary image of the tumor microenvironment visualized with intravital microscopy.

May 23, 2023

Intravital microscopy supports progress in nanomedicine and immunotherapy

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

Photo during Carolina's visit to the Dutch High Field Imaging Node

May 19, 2023

Understanding Phantom Limb Pain

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…

Experimental schema. Image courtesy of Shiladitya Mitra, Laboratory of Neurobiology of Stress Resilience, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry

May 5, 2023

Analyze large-scale light-sheet microscopy images of the brain

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