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Marcos González López is a Master’s student and Euro-BioImaging user at the state-of-the-art CELLIM facility, part of our Advanced Light Microscopy and Medical Imaging Node Brno CZ.

March 11, 2021

Studying abroad? Euro-BioImaging can enhance your experience!

Euro-BioImaging users come from many different countries and many different backgrounds. Their research interests vary – as does their career stage. This is the…

March 3, 2021

Remote experiments with STED microscopy at Euro-BioImaging's EMBL Node? Yes, you can!

Jonas Bagge is a PhD Fellow in the Department of Biology at the University of Copenhagen. His speciality is DNA repair, with a…

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…

Left: 3D rendering of organelles visualised by TEM tomography. Multiple tomograms are accessible via an online browser. Credit: Giulia Mizzon, Electron Microscopy Core Facility EMBL. Right: FIB-SEM imaging reveals in 3D the ultrastructure of an entire infected cell. Credit: Julian Hennies, Schwab team, EMBL. 

November 24, 2020

Euro-BioImaging’s EMBL Node contributes to understanding SARS-CoV-2 replication cycle in human cells

Understanding virus replication is a key part of any therapeutic strategy to combat COVID-19. Without this crucial piece of the puzzle, it is hard…

Setting up the second phase of screening at Euro-BioImaging’s EMBL Node. Photo copyright: EMBL/Kinga Lubowiecka

November 10, 2020

Conducting interdisciplinary transnational research in the COVID-19 era

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it more difficult for researchers to travel from one country to another, slowing down cross-border cooperation. It has forced…

January 9, 2020

“I would definitely recommend Euro-Biomaging to others" – Tobias Kletter, an iNEXT-funded user to Euro-BioImaging, tells his story

Tobias Kletter is a PhD-student in the Reber lab at Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany. His research in the area of cell biology focuses…