STW Microscopy valley
Welcome to microscopy valley
The Dutch Technology
Foundation (STW)
has awarded a Perspectief Grant in correlative
microscopy “Microscopy Valley” to a consortium of
scientists and companies in the Netherlands. The consortium has
the
ambition to take correlative microscopy, the combination of
optical and
electron microscopy, to the next level. The team will develop new
technology for correlative
microscopy in biomedical research, including combinations of super
resolution fluorescence microscopy with transmission electron
microscopy, 3-D correlative microscopy with scanning electron
microscopy, integrated correlative microscopy, integrated correlative Raman microscopy and probe
development.
There
are 16 positions available in this program for enthusiastic and
talented PhD students, postdocs and technicians who like to
contribute to this next step in advanced microscopy. Candidates
with a
background ranging from engineering, physics and (bio)chemistry to
cell
biology and molecular biology are encouraged to send their CV and
motivation letter to one of the project leaders.
For general information please contact the program leader Prof.dr.
H.C.Gerritsen, H.C.Gerritsen@uu.nl.
correlative microscopy
Correlative microscopy bridges the micro and nano world by combining fluorescence microscopy and electron microscopy. The fluorescence microscope is used to identify regions of interest in large fields of view with high sensitivity. Next, the electron microscope is used to study the ultrastructure of the specimen with nm resolution.
