Open access to cutting-edge electron and light microscopy
We provide researchers from Europe and beyond with a synergistic portfolio of imaging services including cryo-EM, super-resolution and intravital microscopy to enable new ground-breaking research that crosses the scales of biology.
The EMBL Imaging Centre invites applications for an immersive 5-day hands-on course focused on the cryo-lamella tomography workflow — a cutting-edge technique to study cellular samples in their native environment at high resolution. 
Course Dates: 13…
Secondary school students Misha Hegde and Mia Maurer are working since 1.5 years to find a targeted way to combat the plant pathogen Rhizobium rhizogenes. Specifically, they are investigating whether bacteriophages can be used as biological pesticides. They came to EMBL in Heidelberg to use…
At the EMBL Imaging Centre (IC), we are proud to be at the forefront of cutting-edge biological research, providing access to state-of-the-art imaging technologies and expertise to scientists worldwide. Since opening our doors in the summer of 2021, we have supported nearly 300 projects from over…
The EMBL Imaging Centre (IC) is excited to coordinate two groundbreaking projects funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), aimed at transforming biological imaging. Liz Duke’s group at EMBL Hamburg, Alevaro Crevenna’s team at EMBL Rome, as well the Mahamid and Mattei groups at EMBL…
Recent developments in cellular structural biology approaches revolutionized the researchers’ ability to investigate biological processes. The direct imaging of unperturbed cellular environments of vitrified specimens now allows to analyze the function and structure of macromolecular complexes…
Over the past decade, single particle electron cryo-microscopy (cryoEM) has become the method of choice for 3D structure determination of (large) biological macromolecules, offering several advantages over other techniques. This transformation from a niche technique into a widely used one has often…
The EMBL Imaging Centre User Symposium will take place on Thursday 17th and Friday 18th October 2024, at EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, and will bring together the user community of the EMBL Imaging Centre. The IC user symposium is covering a…
Marie Sorin and Bina Kumari Singh of the Carlson Lab at University of Umeå in Sweden, spent one week at the EMBL IC performing cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) to study the replication process of enteroviruses, a group of viruses that includes poliovirus, coxsackievirus, and rhinovirus. This…
2023 was for us, the EMBL Imaging Centre (IC) team, a year of growth and expanding our services to the user community. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights from the year.
Studying macromolecular complexes in their native environment within a cell has always been a challenge for scientists. However, with the advancements in technology and new methods, researchers are now able to delve into the ultrastructure of molecules, even in thicker samples, and study them in…