{"id":62,"date":"2020-11-02T18:35:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T18:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/imaging-centre\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2026-02-03T07:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:46:23","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/imaging-centre\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation & Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Technology Development as an integral part to drive the best service<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From academic technology development to service provision<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Constant improvement and development of new imaging and correlative technologies is an inherent part of the IC, following a long and successful tradition at EMBL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To do that the IC service teams work closely with EMBL research groups, international external academic developers and industrial partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The development process usually begins with building a custom microscope or developing new sample preparation and correlative workflows within a research group, and is followed by a proof-of-concept demonstrated on a selected biological application. With increasing interest and demand the need for service provision to the wider research community might arise. If this is the case the IC team will take over that task optimising the design or workflow to ensure ease of use and broad applicability. Pilot experiments enable further refinement, ultimately leading to the provision of a reliablbe established service.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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EMBL has a long successful history in technology development in collaboration with industrial partners. Technology development in context of the IC aims to drive industrial early-stage next generation technologies by biological applications based on the needs of the user community. This novel concept of collaboration between academia and industry is underpinned by longer term partnerships and agreements. In such an \u201copen innovation<\/strong>\u201d environment, technology development is done side by side with users testing new technologies for applicability in their research. Partner companies can thus feed these experiences directly back into their R&D, to make sure new products deliver what users need to accomplish their research goals. Inherent to this concept is a great opportunity to mobilise funding for such public-private partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IC is grateful to call four leading companies in microscopy technology founding technology partners – Abberior Instruments, Leica Microsystems, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Zeiss Microscopy. Over the past years we have increased our collaborative network by CryoSol, Delmic and Tescan. We remain open to work with other companies <\/strong>in complementary technology areas. If you are interested in such collaboration please contact Stephanie Alexander<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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