NWO Grant awarded for public-private LIFT proposal (Ben Giepmans group)
02 April 2020
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‘Google biomaps’ on a square nanometre Lead applicant: Dr Ben Giepmans (University Medical Center Groningen) Consortium: University Medical Center Groningen, Delft University of Technology, Delmic BV The researchers collaborating in this project will use novel microscopy techniques to better visualize and understand structural/functional properties in medical biology, and to create tissue atlases. Using today’s workflows, it takes days to record areas of just a few square millimetres. Delft University of Technology and Delmic BV have built a faster microscope that can do the job in less than one hour. In this project, we will (1) modify the chemical process used to prepare tissue, to optimize it for this microscope, and use probes used to identify biomolecules; (2) generate workflows that start with a specific function in a living animal model (zebrafish) and end with FAST-EM analysis. The techniques developed in this project will be generally applicable, making it possible to implement ‘Google tissue’ in biology (and medical biology) right across the board. More information: www.nanotomy.org |
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