Paula Sampaio, who is often seen walking through the corridors of the IBMC with a screwdriver, was a visiting scientist in the EMBL Cell Biology and Biophysics Gonzalez Group from 1995 to 2001. While responsible for maintaining the first Leica confocal microscope at EMBL and teaching scientists how to use it, Paula was also running the fledgeling IBMC\u2019s server on her laptop! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEMBL gave me an overview of how a big institute works, and this has been very useful to help to improve IBMC organisation,\u201d she says. \u201cBesides inspiring me to build the microscopy unit at IBMC, it was a great experience scientifically.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was her interest in technical equipment \u2013 microscopes in particular \u2013 which led her to set up the IBMC\u2019s open access Advanced Light Microscopy Facility in 2004, where they now have 100 users a year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paula is also a Senior Scientist in the lab of IBMC Director Claudio Sunkel. \u201cIt has been very important for me to divide my time between services and research\u201d, she says. \u201cI don\u2019t think you can really understand and appreciate the requirements of the facility users, and push forward the need for microscopes, if you\u2019re not doing research”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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