{"id":50564,"date":"2022-07-01T09:24:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T07:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/?p=50564"},"modified":"2024-03-22T11:52:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T10:52:00","slug":"official-opening-of-the-embl-imaging-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/events\/official-opening-of-the-embl-imaging-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Official opening of the EMBL Imaging Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/imaging-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EMBL Imaging Centre<\/a> provides the global scientific community in academia and industry with access to the latest imaging technologies to enable ground-breaking research. On Thursday, 30 June 2022, the centre was officially opened at the EMBL headquarters in Heidelberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a welcome address by EMBL Director General Edith Heard, the guests of honour Jens Brandenburg, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and Theresia Bauer, Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Minister of Science, Research and the Arts, officially inaugurated the EMBL Imaging Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Jens Brandenburg, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, said: &#8220;The EMBL Imaging Centre offers researchers from all over Europe and beyond access to state-of-the-art electron and light microscopes. We are delighted that EMBL offers this excellent service at its headquarters in Heidelberg. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding the EMBL Imaging Centre to provide groundbreaking new insights into molecular processes. From tumour cells to the impact of the environment \u2013 it is here where researchers will investigate the big questions of our time. EMBL is a prominent, globally renowned incubator for new talent. This strengthens the Life Science Cluster in Rhine-Neckar and research in Germany as a whole.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EMBL Imaging Centre enables researchers from across the world to access some of the latest microscopy technologies. It facilitates research in all areas of the life sciences, and fosters collaboration between research and industry to push the boundaries of the possible in imaging technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe opening of the EMBL Imaging Centre is an important moment for the European science community. Access to advanced technologies is key to enabling scientific progress,&#8221; said Professor Heard. \u201cEMBL has pioneered many of the imaging technologies and workflows that scientists apply today, and the EMBL Imaging Centre provides a unique opportunity to benefit from such development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The building was already completed in summer 2021, within the projected timeframe of two years from having laid the foundation stone. Since then, EMBL scientists began setting up operations, followed by the first visits by scientific users, training provision and the first scientific symposium in May 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By attracting users and visitors to the Rhine-Neckar region, the EMBL Imaging Centre will strengthen the state of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg as an attractive science and research location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Through the Imaging Centre EMBL not only further expands its services, which are already well known far beyond Germany\u2019s borders. With its open architecture, it also enables new insight into research itself. For me, the EMBL Imaging Centre embodies cooperation and openness for the future of science in the region, in Germany, and in Europe. Through a public exhibition, this perspective will be broadened, and new ways to involve the public will become possible,&#8221; said Theresia Bauer, Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Minister of Science, Research and the Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EMBL Imaging Centre will also act as a training facility for the latest microscopy technologies. In this way, EMBL&#8217;s expertise in imaging, from sample preparation to data analysis, can be transferred to global research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will additionally provide access to completely new technologies that are not yet commercially available. 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Der Zugang zu neuesten Technologien ist der Schl\u00fcssel zum wissenschaftlichen Fortschritt,\u201c sagte Prof. Dr. Edith Heard, EMBL Generaldirektorin. \u201eDas EMBL hat bei vielen der Mikroskopietechnologien, die Wissenschaftler heute anwenden, Pionierarbeit geleistet. Das EMBL Imaging Centre bietet eine einzigartige Gelegenheit f\u00fcr Forschung und Industrie von solchen Entwicklungen zu profitieren.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fertiggestellt wurde das Geb\u00e4ude bereits im Sommer 2021, innerhalb der geplanten zwei Jahre nach der Grundsteinlegung. 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