{"id":23,"date":"2026-04-21T12:12:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T12:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:26:32","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vf-grid vf-grid__col-3 | vf-u-margin__bottom--800\">\n      <div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-2\">\n      <div class=\"vf-content-hub-html\">\n  <!-- Generated by: http:\/\/content.embl.org\/api\/v1\/pattern.html?filter-content-type=profiles&amp;filter-uuid=4c7101f4-e8a2-4546-bc3f-dc25d3ee6f2f&amp;pattern=node-teaser -->\n      <div data-embl-js-conditional-edit=\"1820215\">\n              <h1 class=\"vf-lede\">The Scientific Instrumentation Workshops provide comprehensive support for the development and maintenance of scientific instruments.<\/p>\r\n\n            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                    <article class=\"vf-profile vf-profile--very-easy vf-profile--medium vf-profile--inline\" data-embl-js-conditional-edit=\"1591707\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" src=\"https:\/\/content.embl.org\/\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/medium\/public\/persons\/CP-60100858.jpg?itok=Ji_ub1JJ\" alt=\"image of Athanasios Athanassiadis\" \/>\n      \n              <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\">\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/people\/person\/athanasios-athanassiadis\" class=\"vf-profile__link\">Athanasios Athanassiadis<\/a>\n                  <\/h3>\n      \n              <p class=\"vf-profile__job-title\">\n          Head of Scientific Instrumentation Workshops\n        <\/p>\n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n              <p class=\"vf-profile__uuid\">\n          <span>ORCID:<\/span>\n          <a class=\"vf-profile__link vf-profile__link--secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/europepmc.org\/authors\/0000-0002-2015-829X\">\n            0000-0002-2015-829X\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n            <a class=\"vf-text vf-text--body-r vf-link embl-conditional-edit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/node\/1591707\/1591707\" target=\"_blank\">\n        Edit\n      <\/a>\n    <\/article>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-3\"><div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-2\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<p>Our engineering teams are always ready to help EMBL researchers and collaborators, whether advising regarding instrumentation needs, repairing and maintaining hardware, coming up with quick solutions to improve existing hardware or workflows, or devising completely new advanced instruments to overcome experimental challenges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our services leverage years of experience developing custom solutions researchers across a range of needs, including: sample preparation and handling; in-situ measurement and actuation; light microscopy; electron microscopy; cryogenic systems; <em>in-vivo<\/em> experimental platforms; fluidic handling systems; automation and control; data acquisition solutions; system integration; and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our workshops are happy to take your scientific goals and requirements, and work with you to develop a custom hardware solution that enables your experiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-4\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mechanical-Workshops-11-edited-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-337\" 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These instruments can be ordered from the workshops, and, if necessary, adapted to your specific project\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are happy to support not only EMBL researchers, but also the biology community more broadly. If you are an external research group or company interested in our services or products, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/contact\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"161\">please get in touch!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/services\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"50\">Find out more about our services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<article class=\"vf-card vf-card--brand vf-card--bordered vf-u-margin__bottom--800\" default>\n  \n  <div class=\"vf-card__content | vf-stack vf-stack--400\">\n          <h3 class=\"vf-card__heading\">\n                  <a class=\"vf-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/contact\/\" target=\"\">\n        \n        Contact\n                  <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"vf-card__heading__icon | vf-icon vf-icon-arrow--inline-end\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n            <path d=\"M0 12c0 6.627 5.373 12 12 12s12-5.373 12-12S18.627 0 12 0C5.376.008.008 5.376 0 12zm13.707-5.209l4.5 4.5a1 1 0 010 1.414l-4.5 4.5a1 1 0 01-1.414-1.414l2.366-2.367a.25.25 0 00-.177-.424H6a1 1 0 010-2h8.482a.25.25 0 00.177-.427l-2.366-2.368a1 1 0 011.414-1.414z\" fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\"><\/path>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/a>\n              <\/h3>\n    \n    \n          <p class=\"vf-card__text\"><strong>Reach out or visit us to discuss your next project!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-card__text\">EMBL Heidelberg<br \/>\nBuilding 1D-404B<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-card__text\">+49 6221 387-8583<br \/>\n<a class=\"vf-card__link\" href=\"mailto:instrumentation@embl.de\">instrumentation@embl.de<\/a><\/p>\n      <\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}