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.
Autumn school on single particle cryo-EM:
from sample to 3D reconstruction
Date: 6 – 10 October 2025
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre and EMBL Imaging Centre, Heidelberg
Seeing is believing: imaging the molecular processes of life
Date: 8 – 11 October 2025
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre and EMBL Imaging Centre, Heidelberg
Basics of cryo-FIB milling and in situ cryo-electron tomography course
Date: 13 – 17 October 2025
Venue: EMBL Imaging Centre, Heidelberg
Volume electron microscopy by automated serial SEM
Date: 23 – 28 November 2025
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre, Heidelberg
Brillouin microscopy for life science
Date: 9 – 13 February 2026
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre, Heidelberg
Microscopy data analysis: machine learning and the BioImage Archive
Date: 16 – 20 March 2026
Venue: virtual
Ultrastructure expansion microscopy: from cells to tissue
Date: 20 – 24 April 2026
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre, Heidelberg
Advanced fluorescence imaging techniques
Date: 17 – 22 May 2026
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre, Heidelberg
Advances in cryo-electron microscopy and 3D image processing
Date: 17 – 25 August 2026
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre, Heidelberg
The EMBL Imaging Centre training activities are generously supported by the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation.