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The new EMBL Imaging Centre<\/a> will give researchers access to the most modern microscopy technologies available. It is made possible by a collaboration between the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the State of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg (MWK), EMBL, and by further contributions from industry partners (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Leica and ZEISS), as well as by donations from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation and HeidelbergCement. The EMBL Imaging Centre will open in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A large cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For more than 40 years, EMBL has performed fundamental research in the molecular life sciences and developed new technologies to further this research. EMBL presently hosts more than 85 highly interdisciplinary research groups across its six sites in Europe. EMBL, which is currently supported by 26 member states, is one of the cradles of the current revolution in light and electron microscopy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new EMBL Imaging Centre will be for state-of-the-art high and ultra-high resolution electron and light microscopy techniques, including new developments not yet commercially available. To facilitate this, EMBL is cooperating with the leading microscopy companies Leica Microsystems, Thermo Fisher Scientific and ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCutting-edge research and innovation are only possible through openness and exchange,\u201d said Christian Luft, State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. \u201cAt the new Imaging Centre, EMBL is cooperating with leading international partners from industry with a view to further advancing research on high-resolution microscopy. We at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research strongly rely on cooperation with our partners in Europe and around the world. As an intergovernmental science organisation, EMBL is a pillar of this international collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The heart of the centre consists of several high-end electron and light microscopes. Among them are microscopes \u2013 co-developed at EMBL \u2013 specifically configured for linking light and electron microscopy. The combination of these two very different microscopy techniques enables scientists to bring together functional and structural information to gain new insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe new EMBL Imaging Centre fits perfectly into the unique environment of scientific institutions in Heidelberg. And it will shine far beyond the state’s borders,\u201d said Theresia Bauer, Minister of Science, Research and the Arts in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg. \u201cThat is why we are so pleased about this enrichment to our scientific landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rendering of the new EMBL Imaging Centre. Credit: gerstner architekten, Heidelberg\/Render Vision<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Open to visitors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The new centre will be open to visiting researchers from all over the world. This means EMBL\u2019s expertise in imaging technologies and data analysis will pass on to other locations, promoting scientific discovery in EMBL\u2019s member states and beyond. As such, the EMBL Imaging Centre will function as a training facility for the most advanced imaging technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up to 300 visiting scientists per year will be able to visit the new centre and get access to the very latest imaging technologies. At the same time, they will be supported by highly qualified experts from EMBL who provide not only training on the microscopes but also on sample preparation and data analysis, tailored to the needs of visiting researchers. An additional aim of the centre is to develop the next generation of imaging technologies for life science applications in close cooperation with industrial partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An interactive exhibition is also planned for the EMBL Imaging Centre, which will be housed in the openly accessible part of the building. The exhibition will allow the public to get insights into molecular biology and the power of imaging technologies, as well as how the research done at EMBL affects everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEMBL was set up in order to promote molecular biology across Europe, and to be a centre of excellence for Europe’s leading young molecular biologists,\u201d said EMBL Director General Edith Heard. \u201cTraining, technology development and providing services to scientists are key aspects of EMBL\u2019s missions. The new EMBL Imaging Centre embodies these missions and extends them to users across Europe and from around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A rendering of the EMBL Imaging Centre and the rest of the EMBL campus in Heidelberg. Credit: gerstner architekten, Heidelberg\/Render Vision<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

An outstanding project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With its concept, the EMBL Imaging Centre makes a strong contribution to Heidelberg as the “knowledge city of tomorrow” and cleverly combines architectural with programmatic openness. For this reason, the International Building Exhibition (IBA) in Heidelberg named the EMBL Imaging Centre an IBA project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The total cost of the EMBL Imaging Centre will be around \u20ac48 million. Of this, \u20ac28 million will be used for the building itself and \u20ac20 million on the initial equipment of microscopes and supporting IT infrastructure. The BMBF is providing the largest financial contribution for the new Imaging Centre with funding of \u20ac29.7 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The foundation stone ceremony today was attended by more than 100 researchers from EMBL and representatives from the supporting partners. The ceremony opened with a speech from EMBL Director General Edith Heard, followed by speeches from state secretary Christian Luft (BMBF); Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg\u2019s State Minister for Science, Research and the Arts Theresia Bauer; the president of Leica, Markus Lusser; the Chairman of the Managing Board of HeidelbergCement, Dr Bernd Scheifele; and by Dr Jan Ellenberg, project leader for the EMBL Imaging Centre and head of EMBL\u2019s Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funding partners<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Bildung und Forschung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ministerium f\u00fcr Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thermo Fisher Scientific<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HeidelbergCement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grundsteinlegung f\u00fcr Weltklasse-Zentrum der hochaufl\u00f6senden Mikroskopie <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Heute fand die Grundsteinlegung f\u00fcr das neue EMBL Imaging Centre<\/a> auf dem Campus des Europ\u00e4ischen Laboratoriums f\u00fcr Molekularbiologie (EMBL) in Heidelberg statt. Durch die neue Einrichtung erhalten Forscher Zugang zu den modernsten verf\u00fcgbaren Mikroskopie-Technologien. Erm\u00f6glicht wird dies durch eine Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), dem Land Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg (MWK), dem EMBL und durch weitere Beitr\u00e4ge von Industriepartnern (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Leica und ZEISS) sowie durch Spenden der Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung und HeidelbergCement. Das EMBL Imaging Centre wird 2021 er\u00f6ffnet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eine gro\u00dfe Kooperation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Seit mehr als 40 Jahren betreibt das EMBL Grundlagenforschung in den molekularen Lebenswissenschaften und entwickelt daf\u00fcr neue Technologien. Derzeit beherbergt es mehr als 85 interdisziplin\u00e4re Forschungsgruppen an sechs Standorten in Europa. Das EMBL, das derzeit von 26 Mitgliedsstaaten unterst\u00fctzt wird, ist eine der Wiegen der aktuellen Revolution in der Licht- und Elektronenmikroskopie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Das neue EMBL Imaging Centre wird ein Zentrum f\u00fcr hoch- und ultrahochaufl\u00f6sende Elektronen- und Lichtmikroskopietechniken auf dem neuesten Stand der Technik sein. Auch vollkommen neue, noch nicht kommerziell erh\u00e4ltliche Entwicklungen, werden dort verf\u00fcgbar sein. Um dies zu erm\u00f6glichen, arbeitet das EMBL mit den f\u00fchrenden Mikroskopieunternehmen Leica Microsystems, Thermo Fisher Scientific und ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions zusammen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNur Offenheit und Austausch erm\u00f6glichen Spitzenforschung und Innovation\u201c, sagte Christian Luft, Staatssekret\u00e4r im Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Bildung und Forschung. \u201eIm neuen Imaging Centre arbeitet das EMBL mit weltweit f\u00fchrenden Industriepartnern zusammen, um gemeinsam die Forschung zur hochaufl\u00f6senden Mikroskopie weiter voranzubringen. Als Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Bildung und Forschung setzen wir ganz klar auf die Zusammenarbeit mit unseren Partnern in Europa und der Welt. Das EMBL ist als zwischenstaatliche Wissenschaftsorganisation eine S\u00e4ule dieser internationalen Zusammenarbeit.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Das Herzst\u00fcck des Zentrums besteht aus mehreren hochwertigen Elektronen- und Lichtmikroskopen. Dazu geh\u00f6ren Mikroskope, die speziell f\u00fcr die Verkn\u00fcpfung von Licht- und Elektronenmikroskopie konfiguriert sind \u2013 diese wurden gemeinsam mit dem EMBL entwickelt. Die Kombination dieser beiden sehr unterschiedlichen Mikroskopietechniken erm\u00f6glicht es den Wissenschaftlern, funktionale und strukturelle Informationen zusammenzuf\u00fchren, um neue Erkenntnisse zu gewinnen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eDas neue EMBL Imaging Centre passt sich hervorragend in das einzigartige Umfeld wissenschaftlicher Einrichtungen in Heidelberg ein. Und es wird weit \u00fcber die Landesgrenzen hinaus strahlen,\u201c sagte Theresia Bauer, Ministerin f\u00fcr Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst des Landes Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg. \u201eDeshalb freuen wir uns \u00fcber diese Bereicherung unserer Wissenschaftslandschaft.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Offen f\u00fcr Besucher<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Das neue Zentrum wird f\u00fcr Gastwissenschaftler aus der ganzen Welt zug\u00e4nglich sein. Auf diese Weise kann die Expertise des EMBL in den Bereichen Bildgebungstechnologien und Datenanalyse auf andere Standorte \u00fcbertragen werden. Damit werden wissenschaftliche Entdeckungen in den Mitgliedsstaaten des EMBL und dar\u00fcber hinaus gef\u00f6rdert. Das EMBL Imaging Centre wird somit als Trainingseinrichtung f\u00fcr die neuesten Bildgebungstechnologien fungieren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bis zu 300 Gastwissenschaftler pro Jahr k\u00f6nnen das neue Zentrum besuchen und Zugang zu den neuesten Bildgebungstechnologien erhalten. Gleichzeitig werden sie von hochqualifizierten Experten des EMBL unterst\u00fctzt, die nicht nur an den Mikroskopen, sondern auch an der Probenvorbereitung und Datenanalyse \u2013 zugeschnitten auf die Bed\u00fcrfnisse der Gastforscher \u2013 arbeiten. Ein weiteres Ziel des Zentrums ist es, in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Industriepartnern, die n\u00e4chste Generation von Bildgebungstechnologien f\u00fcr Anwendungen in den Lebenswissenschaften zu entwickeln.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Es ist geplant, eine interaktive Ausstellung in das EMBL Imaging Centre einzubinden. Diese soll im frei zug\u00e4nglichen Teil des Geb\u00e4udes untergebracht werden. Die Ausstellung wird der breiten \u00d6ffentlichkeit Einblicke in die Molekularbiologie und die Leistungsf\u00e4higkeit der Bildgebungstechnologien geben und zeigen, wie sich die Forschung am EMBL auf den Alltag auswirkt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Das EMBL wurde gegr\u00fcndet, um die Molekularbiologie in ganz Europa zu f\u00f6rdern und ein Kompetenzzentrum f\u00fcr Europas f\u00fchrende junge Molekularbiologen zu sein”, sagte EMBL-Generaldirektorin Edith Heard. “Training, Technologieentwicklung und Dienstleistungen f\u00fcr Wissenschaftler sind zentrale Aspekte der EMBL-Mission. Das neue EMBL Imaging Centre verk\u00f6rpert diese Mission und erweitert sie auf Anwender aus ganz Europa und der ganzen Welt.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Diese architektonische Darstellung zeigt das EMBL Imaging Centre (Vordergrund), integriert in den Rest des EMBL-Campus in Heidelberg. Credit: Heidelberg\/Render Vision, gerstner architekten<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ein herausragendes Projekt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mit seiner Konzeption leistet das EMBL Imaging Centre einen starken inhaltlichen Beitrag zu Heidelberg als \u201eWissensstadt von morgen\u201c und verbindet geschickt architektonische mit programmatische Offenheit. Deswegen k\u00fcrte die Internationale Bauausstellung (IBA) Heidelberg das EMBL Imaging Centre zum IBA-Projekt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Gesamtkosten des EMBL Imaging Centre werden sich auf rund 48 Millionen Euro belaufen. Von diesen werden 28 Millionen Euro f\u00fcr das Geb\u00e4ude selbst und 20 Millionen Euro f\u00fcr die Erstausstattung von Mikroskopen und die IT-Infrastruktur verwendet. Das BMBF leistet mit einer F\u00f6rderung von 29,7 Mio. Euro den gr\u00f6\u00dften finanziellen Beitrag f\u00fcr das neue Imaging Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An der heutigen Grundsteinlegung nahmen mehr als 100 Forscher des EMBL und Vertreter der unterst\u00fctzenden Partner teil. Er\u00f6ffnet wurde die Feier mit einer Rede von EMBL-Generaldirektorin Edith Heard, gefolgt von Staatssekret\u00e4r Christian Luft (BMBF), der baden-w\u00fcrttembergischen Staatsministerin f\u00fcr Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Theresia Bauer, dem Pr\u00e4sidenten von Leica, Markus Lusser, dem Vorstandsvorsitzenden von HeidelbergCement, Dr. Bernd Scheifele, und Dr. Jan Ellenberg, Projektleiter des EMBL Imaging Centre und Leiter der Abteilung Zellbiologie & Biophysik am EMBL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unterst\u00fctzer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Bildung und Forschung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ministerium f\u00fcr Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thermo Fisher Scientific<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HeidelbergCement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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