{"id":10636,"date":"2017-08-31T14:39:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T12:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/?p=10636"},"modified":"2021-05-18T15:04:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:04:25","slug":"funding-agreed-imaging-technology-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/funding-agreed-imaging-technology-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding agreed for imaging centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The German state and federal governments have agreed on funding for a high-resolution microscopy centre at EMBL in Heidelberg. The letter of intent was signed today during an official ceremony at EMBL&#8217;s Heidelberg campus, by representatives of the German government together with industry and foundation partners. The new centre for light and electron microscopy will be a unique service facility for the life sciences and unite cutting-edge equipment, experts and data analysis. This imaging technology centre will be open to visiting scientists from all over the world as well as industry partners. It will make new technologies at EMBL available to foster a better understanding of the molecular basis of life and disease.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seeing is understanding: the EMBL Imaging Centre\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ECHbgonbU0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, EMBL Director-General Iain Mattaj and Jan Ellenberg, project leader of the imaging centre and Head of the Cell Biology &amp; Biophysics Unit at EMBL, presented the construction plans and the concept for the new Imaging Technology Centre to representatives from government, the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation and partners from industry. \u201cWe can only advance our knowledge by bringing together the latest technologies and making them available to all scientists,\u201c said Ellenberg. \u201cEMBL has a long-standing, excellent track record and a unique expertise in the imaging area. So Heidelberg is an obvious place to build a new imaging service centre.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Imaging Technology Centre will provide access to the latest technologies for scientists at EMBL as well as for up to 300 visiting scientists annually, well before they become commercially available. To facilitate this EMBL is cooperating with leading microscopy companies. Thermo Fisher Scientific, Leica and ZEISS will contribute a total sum of ten million Euros to the project. &nbsp;To train scientists to work with these high-end technologies, the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation will donate 5 million Euros towards the operation of the new centre.<\/p>\n<p>The new centre will cover a floor area of 4,500 square metres (5,960 square metres of gross floor area) and cost 45 million Euros.&nbsp;HeidelbergCement will provide building materials. Ground-breaking is planned for summer 2018 and the Imaging Technology Centre is due to begin operations in 2021. The centre will unite the best microscopes, experts and analysis techniques under one roof, and also host a permanent exhibition which provides visitors with information about EMBL and the world of microscopy. \u201cWith the help of these new technologies we will be able to answer questions which have been puzzling scientists for years, the answers to which will be relevant to all of us,\u201c said Mattaj.<\/p>\n\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-10636 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/funding-agreed-imaging-technology-centre\/attachment\/pr31aug17-01\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pr31aug17-01-300x184.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Theresia Bauer, minister of research of the federal state of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Dr. Georg Sch\u00fctte, state secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and EMBL Director General Iain Mattaj sign the letter of intent. PHOTO: Marietta Schupp\/EMBL Photolab\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pr31aug17-01-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pr31aug17-01.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10645'>\n\t\t\t\tTheresia Bauer, minister of research of the federal state of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Dr. Georg Sch\u00fctte, state secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and EMBL Director General Iain Mattaj sign the letter of intent. PHOTO: Marietta Schupp\/EMBL Photolab\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/funding-agreed-imaging-technology-centre\/attachment\/pr31aug17-03\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pr31aug17-03-300x184.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"EMBL scientists demonstrated the research enabled by state-of-the-art imaging technologies. 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PHOTO: Marietta Schupp\/EMBL Photolab\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/funding-agreed-imaging-technology-centre\/attachment\/pr31aug17-02\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pr31aug17-02-300x184.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Representatives from state and national government, industry and foundation partners gathered at the ceremony. 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PHOTO: Marietta Schupp\/EMBL Photolab\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/funding-agreed-imaging-technology-centre\/attachment\/pr31aug17-04\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pr31aug17-04-300x184.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Iain Mattaj and Christoph Boehringer, chairman of the non-profit Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation, signing the letter of intent. 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PHOTO: Marietta Schupp\/EMBL Photolab\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"de\">Bund und Land unterst\u00fctzen das EMBL beim Bau eines Zentrums f\u00fcr hochaufl\u00f6sende Mikroskopie in Heidelberg<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In einer feierlichen Zeremonie auf dem Campus des Europ\u00e4ischen Laboratorium f\u00fcr Molekularbiologie (EMBL) in Heidelberg unterzeichneten Vertreter von Bund, Land sowie Industrie- und Stiftungspartnern heute eine Absichtserkl\u00e4rung zur Finanzierung des neuen Zentrums f\u00fcr Licht- und Elektronenmikroskopie. Diese einzigartige Service-Einrichtung f\u00fcr die Lebenswissenschaften bringt modernste Ger\u00e4te, Technologie-Experten und Datenauswertung zusammen. Sie wird Gastforschern aus aller Welt sowie der Industrie offenstehen. Das EMBL macht mit diesem Nutzerzentrum neue Schl\u00fcsseltechnologien zug\u00e4nglich, die es erm\u00f6glichen, die molekularen Grundlagen des Lebens und von Krankheiten zu verstehen.<\/p>\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"vf-embed vf-embed--custom-ratio\"\n\n  style=\"--vf-embed-max-width: 100%;\n    --vf-embed-custom-ratio-x: 640;\n    --vf-embed-custom-ratio-y: 360;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bdL1xhjTjpU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Seit \u00fcber 40 Jahren forschen Wissenschaftler am EMBL in \u00fcber 85 interdisziplin\u00e4ren Forschungsgruppen am Hauptsitz in Heidelberg und f\u00fcnf weiteren Standorten in Europa. Das EMBL ist Europas f\u00fchrendes Institut der lebenswissenschaftlichen Grundlagenforschung und eine der Wiegen der j\u00fcngsten Revolution in der Licht- und Elektronenmikroskopie. Das EMBL wird von \u00fcber 20 Mitgliedstaaten getragen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201eDas geplante Imaging Technology Centre wird als Nutzer- und Entwicklungszentrum f\u00fcr die kombinierte Anwendung modernster Bildgebungsverfahren die internationale Attraktivit\u00e4t des EMBL und des Wissenschaftsstandortes Deutschland entscheidend erh\u00f6hen. Die strategische Zusammenarbeit mit f\u00fchrenden Herstellern der Optikbranche und mit Unternehmen vor Ort ist dabei wegweisend\u201c, sagte Dr. Georg Sch\u00fctte, Staatssekret\u00e4r im Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Bildung und Forschung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201eBiologische Vorg\u00e4nge genau zu beobachten und sichtbar zu machen, ist ein wichtiger Schl\u00fcssel, wenn wir mehr \u00fcber die zentralen Fragen des Lebens wissen wollen, zum Beispiel wie sich das Leben aus einer Zelle entwickeln kann. Das neue Imaging Technology Center am EMBL erm\u00f6glicht durch modernste Technik und das n\u00f6tige Know-how, diese Prozesse zu beobachten\u201c, sagte die baden-w\u00fcrttembergische Wissenschaftsministerin Theresia Bauer. \u201eWeil Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Stiftung, Bund und Land hier an einem Strang ziehen, k\u00f6nnen wir ein Zentrum realisieren, das eine gro\u00dfartige Bereicherung f\u00fcr den Wissenschaftsstandort Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg und insbesondere f\u00fcr die geballte lebenswissenschaftliche Exzellenz im Raum Heidelberg sein wird.\u201c&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pr31aug17-01.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Ministerin Theresia Bauer, Staatsekret\u00e4r Georg Sch\u00fctte und EMBL Generaldirektor Iain Mattaj (von inks nach rechts) unerzeichnen die Absichtserkl\u00e4rung f\u00fcr die Unterst\u00fctzung des neuen Imaging Technology Centre. FOTO: Marietta Schupp\/EMBL Photolab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Korrelative Licht- und Elektronenmikroskopie (CLEM), die am EMBL mitentwickelt wurde, verkn\u00fcpft unterschiedliche Mikroskopietechniken und erm\u00f6glicht es, eine Probe zun\u00e4chst unter dem Lichtmikroskop und anschlie\u00dfend unter dem Elektronenmikroskop zu untersuchen. Das Lichtmikroskop macht funktionelle Vorg\u00e4nge in lebenden Zellen im Mikrometerbereich sichtbar und das Elektronenmikroskop erfasst die Struktur von Proteinen im Nanometer- und Angstr\u00f6mbereich. Die Kombination der zwei technisch sehr unterschiedlichen Mikroskopieverfahren erm\u00f6glicht es Forschern, funktionelle und strukturelle Informationen zu verbinden und daraus neue Erkenntnisse zu gewinnen. Diese und andere neue Mikroskopietechniken erm\u00f6glichen bahnbrechende Entdeckungen: So konnten Forscher am EMBL erstmals nachvollziehen, wie sich Resistenzen gegen HIV-Medikamente entwickeln und welche Zellprozesse bei S\u00e4ugetieren zu Unfruchtbarkeit f\u00fchren. Professor Iain Mattaj, Generaldirektor des EMBL: \u201eNeue Imagingtechnologien, die hier am EMBL in Heidelberg entwickelt wurden, verschieben die Grenzen von dem, was wir sehen und somit von dem, was wir verstehen k\u00f6nnen.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pr31aug17-03.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Junge EMBL Wissenschaftler erkl\u00e4ren Forschung erm\u00f6glicht durch neuste Imaging Technologien. FOTO: Marietta Schupp\/EMBL Photolab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Mattaj und Dr. Jan Ellenberg, Projektleiter des Imaging-Zentrums und Leiter der EMBL Forschungsabteilung Zellbiologie &amp; Biophysik, stellten den Vertretern von Bund, Land, Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung und den beteiligten Unternehmen heute in Heidelberg w\u00e4hrend einer feierlichen Zeremonie die Baupl\u00e4ne und das Konzept f\u00fcr das Imaging Technology Centre (ITC) vor. \u201eNur wenn die neuen Schl\u00fcsseltechnologien zusammengef\u00fchrt werden und allen Forschern offenstehen, kann sich unser Wissen tiefgreifend \u00e4ndern\u201c, betonte Ellenberg. \u201eDas EMBL hat eine lange Erfolgsgeschichte und einzigartiges Fachwissen im Imaging-Bereich. Da liegt es nahe, hier in Heidelberg ein neues Service-Zentrum f\u00fcr Imaging zu bauen.\u201c&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Das Imaging Technology Centre soll neben Forschern am EMBL bis zu 300 Gastforschern j\u00e4hrlich die neusten Technologien zug\u00e4nglich machen, noch ehe diese auf den Markt kommen. Um dies zu erm\u00f6glichen, arbeitet das EMBL mit f\u00fchrenden Mikroskopie-Unternehmen zusammen. Thermo Fisher Scientific, Leica und ZEISS beteiligen sich mit insgesamt zehn Millionen Euro an dem Projekt. \u201eWir freuen uns sehr, unsere Kooperation mit dem EMBL zu vertiefen und den Bau dieser wegweisenden Imaging-Einrichtung zu unterst\u00fctzen\u201c, sind sich Dr. Peter Fruhstorfer, Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrer Life Sciences bei Thermo Fisher Scientific, Justus Felix Wehmer, CEO von ZEISS Microscopy und Markus Lusser, Vorstandsvorsitzender von Leica, einig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201eInternational herausragende Grundlagenforschung braucht neueste Technologien. Deswegen spendet die Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung 5 Millionen Euro f\u00fcr den Betrieb des neuen Zentrums und insbesondere f\u00fcr das Training und die Arbeit von Wissenschaftlern an den hochkomplexen Mikroskopen\u201c, so Christoph Boehringer, Vorstandsvorsitzender der gemeinn\u00fctzigen Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pr31aug17-04.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Christoph Boehringer, Vorstandsvorsitzender der gemeinn\u00fctzigen Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung, und Iain Mattaj bei der Unterzeichnung. FOTO: Marietta Schupp\/EMBL Photolab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201eDie Entwicklung von weltweit f\u00fchrenden Schl\u00fcsseltechnologien ben\u00f6tigt dazu passende R\u00e4umlichkeiten. HeidelbergCement spendet Baustoffe f\u00fcr das neue Zentrum f\u00fcr Licht- und Elektronenmikroskopie und tr\u00e4gt damit zur weiteren St\u00e4rkung des Wissenschaftsstandortes Heidelberg bei\u201c, erkl\u00e4rt Dr. Bernd Scheifele, Vorstandsvorsitzender von HeidelbergCement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pr31aug17-02.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Vertreter von Bund, Land sowie Industrie- und Stiftungspartnern nahmen an der feierlichen Zeremonie teil. FOTO: Marietta Schupp\/EMBL Photolab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Das neue Zentrum schafft eine 4.500 Quadratmeter gro\u00dfe Nutzfl\u00e4che (5.960 Quadratmeter Bruttogeschossfl\u00e4che) und wird insgesamt 45 Millionen Euro kosten. Der erste Spatenstich ist f\u00fcr den Sommer 2018 geplant. Im Jahr 2021 soll das Imaging Technology Centre seinen Betrieb aufnehmen. Das ITC wird nicht nur die besten Mikroskope, Experten und Analyseverfahren unter einem Dach zusammenbringen, sondern auch eine dauerhafte Ausstellung beherbergen, die Besuchern einen Einblick ins EMBL und in die Welt der Mikroskopie gew\u00e4hrt. \u201eDenn\u201c, so Mattaj, \u201emit den neuen Technologien werden wir Fragen beantworten k\u00f6nnen, die die Wissenschaft seit Jahren besch\u00e4ftigen. Die Antworten werden uns jedoch alle betreffen.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German state and federal governments agree funding for microscopy centre at EMBL Heidelberg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":10643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,530,43,79,1748],"embl_taxonomy":[5802],"class_list":["post-10636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lab-matters","tag-facility","tag-funding","tag-heidelberg","tag-microscopy","tag-press-release","embl_taxonomy-support-embl"],"acf":{"article_intro":"<p>German state and federal governments agree on funding for a high-resolution microscopy centre in Heidelberg<\/p>\n","related_links":[{"link_description":"Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Bildung und 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