EMBL Imaging Centre

The EMBL Imaging Centre is EMBL's new service unit for researchers from across the world for the highest resolution EM and LM technologies.

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🔬 A new chapter for the EMBL IC!

We’re delighted to welcome Simone Mattei and Robert Prevedel as our new Heads.

Together, we’ll continue advancing imaging innovation, technology development and collaboration.

👉 Read more: https://t.co/LRGQxsbMqa

#EMBL #Imaging #Microscopy

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📢 Applications are open for the Autumn School on Single Particle #CryoEM!
📅 19–23 Oct 2026
📍 EMBL Imaging Centre
A 5-day course combining lectures, hands-on training, data processing.
👉 https://t.co/u0zKVvUxaq

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🚀We are excited to have the #EasyGrid now at the EMBL Imaging Centre – we look forward to implement it in our service workflows soon!

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The Papp team has developed EasyGrid and EasyGrid Control, new instruments for automated cryo-EM sample preparation and quality control.
These systems, described in the journal Nature Methods, are improving and accelerating microscopy and imaging studies. https://t.co/83t7dDO3It

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🔬✨ The first WoW Award at @embl celebrated the beauty and impact of scientific imaging.
The award-winning works are now lighting up the “Window of Wonder” at the EMBL Imaging Centre.
Full article 👉 https://t.co/PZR1ceIukG
#Imaging #Microscopy #ScienceCommunication

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🔬 Registration is open for the EMBL Imaging Centre Symposium 2026!
📍 Heidelberg | 🗓 13–14 Oct 2026
Join us for cutting-edge #imaging science, expert talks, and hands-on industry workshops.
📢 Submit your abstract by 1 Sept
📝 Register by 15 Sept
👉 https://t.co/zHM1HVKxZL

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🔬 WoW Award 2026 is here!
10 stunning microscopy images have been shortlisted — now it’s your turn to vote 🗳️
Top 3 win the public award!
📍 Vote online or join us on 25 April at EMBL for Microscopy Day
👉https://t.co/bMxIJmoiJr

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🔬 Applications open!
Join the @instructhub -ERIC Advanced cryo-FIB-SEM hands-on workshop (9–13 Nov 2026) at EMBL Imaging Centre.
🧪 Learn cutting-edge workflows
🤝 Train with leading experts
🔧 Gain real hands-on experience

Apply now 👉 https://t.co/f02KNDndCi

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New services launching in 2026 — pilot projects wanted! 🚀
We’re introducing:
🔬 Oblique Plane Microscopy (OPM) – fast, gentle 3D imaging of living systems
🧪 Brillouin Microscopy – label-free mapping of mechanical properties
Get in touch!
📩 [email protected]

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🚀 New in 2026: Serial lift-out for cellular cryo-electron tomography!
Our new service enables high-resolution cryo-ET of thick tissues & complex samples in near-native conditions — with faster workflows (1–2 days) and increased throughput.

📩 Get in touch: [email protected]

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It's day 2 of the EMBL Course 'Brillouin microscopy for life science applications' at our campus 🔬🤓

Great energy in the lecture hall at the Imaging Centre – diving into the theory before moving on to the hands-on lab sessions. Excited for what’s next! #EMBLBrillouin

#BrillouinMicroscopy @Kelsa909

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2025 was a big year for the @EmblImaging Centre 🚀
🔬 145 projects | 18 countries
🛠️ New home-built microscopes (OPM & Brillouin)
📚 16 publications
🎓 Hands-on training & global conferences
Take a look at our year at 👇
https://t.co/IpWEeIJtQb
#Microscopy #Imaging #EMBL

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🚀 We’re hiring!
We are looking for an Application Specialist in cryo-CLEM to help develop and deliver cutting-edge correlative light & electron microscopy workflows.
📍 Heidelberg | 🗓 Apply by 15 March 2026
👉 Apply here: https://t.co/X75zhuJ7Qb
#Hiring #CryoEM #CLEM #EMBL

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📣 Deadline extended!
The EMBL Imaging Centre WoW Award is still open ✨
Submit your most striking microscopy images for a chance to be displayed on the 40 m² Window of Wonder LED wall in Heidelberg.
🗓️ New deadline: 31 January
Details ➡️ https://t.co/YzrYOavUUn

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Through the EVOLVE programme, our Service Manager, Virginia Pierini, spent a week job-shadowing the team at @Fr_BioImaging in Bordeaux.
A warm thank you to Caroline Thiriet and the entire FBI team for their exceptional hospitality! 🇫🇷✨
Full story 👉 https://t.co/s294DYBwhx

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📣 The EMBL Imaging Centre WoW Award is open!
Submit your most striking microscopy images for display on the 40 m² Window of Wonder LED wall in Heidelberg.
🗓️ Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
Details ➡️ https://t.co/YzrYOavn4P
#EMBL #Microscopy #ScienceArt #Imaging

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📢 We’re hiring at the EMBL Imaging Centre!
Join our growing team in:
🔬 Cryo-EM
💡 Light Microscopy
📋 Lab Management
Apply here 👉https://t.co/SM2g7rybAp
⏳ Deadline: 6 Oct 2026
💻 Interviews: Oct (online) + Nov (onsite)
#Hiring #Microscopy #CryoEM #LightMicroscopy #ScienceJobs

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🖼️ Coming soon: The EMBL WoW Award!
Submit your most stunning images from EMBL imaging tech & get featured on our 40 m² LED wall in Heidelberg.
🧬 Open to @embl researchers + facility users
📅 Submissions: Oct–Dec 2025
🌟 Premiere: Spring 2026
👉Link: https://t.co/vsEDU8ClJl