{"id":50726,"date":"2022-07-05T18:21:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T16:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/?p=50726"},"modified":"2024-03-22T11:51:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T10:51:55","slug":"the-embl-imaging-centre-making-it-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/events\/the-embl-imaging-centre-making-it-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"The EMBL Imaging Centre: making it happen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/imaging-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EMBL Imaging Centre<\/a>&nbsp;provides the global scientific community in academia and industry with access to the latest imaging technologies to enable ground-breaking research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, 30 June 2022, the centre was officially opened at the EMBL headquarters in Heidelberg. 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