The purpose of the Centre for Molecular and Cellular Imaging is to promote projects on biological imaging at EMBL at all levels of biological organisation, from the molecule to the organism. The decision to hire group leaders working in electron microscopy tomography will mean that EMBL has research groups interested in imaging biological systems across the entire spectrum of complexity. This creates a unique opportunity for synergy, especially in the field of image analysis.

The Centre will identify areas for fruitful interaction between groups working at different levels, and wishes to support collaborations that aim to bridge resolution gaps, either by systematically combining different imaging approaches or by developing novel methods. Furthermore, the Centre will assemble and disseminate new state-of-the-art image processing software, and will make accessible to all EMBL scientists the imaging instrumentation that has been developed in individual EMBL groups. Finally, the Centre plans to establish a web based information resource on imaging at EMBL and to serve as a scientific exchange forum that promotes synergy by bringing together EMBL scientists with shared interests.

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