Date: 30th Sept 2011

From January to July 2012 Euro-BioImaging will conduct a series of proof-of-concept studies. FREE access will be offered to European advanced biological and biomedical imaging facilities. More than 50 imaging facilities in 16 countries have agreed to contribute in kind by providing open access for researchers. Applicants from the PhD student level up to senior researchers, belonging to any university or public research center in Europe are invited to submit their project proposals from October 1st to November 15th, 2011. Details on the USER application process is available here. Advert is available for download here.

NBIP Ireland  advanced microscopy facilities in both Dublin (RCSI, DCU, DIT) and Galway (NUIG) are Euro-BioImaging Proof-of-Concept Sites. Click here to see details of facilities accessible for USER access.

Date: 10-16 October 2011

Turku PET Centre and Turku BioImaging are proud to present "When Life is Art"; an innovative cultural event which will consist of a Bioimaging competition (15.08.2011 - 05.09.2011) and an exhibition of 25 best images (10.10.2011 - 16.10.2011). Apart from a prize for the best image, the 25 images will be exhibited throughout the City of Turku.

The exhibition will display the chosen images on bus stands and buses in Turku. The news and the recent information is at http://www.facebook.com/whenlifeisart
  
How to participate?
See instructions at http://www.bioimaging.fi/Rules_of_Bioimaging_exhibition_Turku_2011.pdf  
See also http://www.bioimaging.fi/  
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Date: 10th August 2011

NBIP Ireland representatives (RCSI, TCD, DIT, NUIG, UCC, DCU) recently travelled to Turku, Finland to participate in a strategic workshop focused on encouraging collaboration in research and technological development underpinned by imaging. Participants included notable experts in the field of biophotonics and imaging from both Europe and the USA. The workshop was co-organised by Prof John Eriksson, Åbo Akademi University, Turku and Dr. Eleanor Coffey, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Finland. The event was supported by Euro-BioImaging, NBIP Ireland, Nordic Imaging Network and Turku Bioimaging. Further details and programme are available on the events webpage.

Date: 12 July 2011

RCSI researchers; Heinrich Huber, Heiko Dussmann, Sean Kilbride, Markus Rehm and Jochen Prehn have conducted a study which reveals new insights into how cancer cells can maintain a resistance to chemotherapy. Their findings show that when cancer cells are exposed to elevated glucose levels, mitochondrial function can be restored and osmotic homeostasis can be maintained. The research was published in the scientific journal Molecular Systems Biology and featured in a number of online media outlets including Science Daily and News Medical. The research team was funded by NBIP Ireland, SFI, EU-FP7 and HRB.

Date: May 2011

The National Access Programme (NAP) committee has approved the proposal by the CEMP fellow Gennaro Picardi. The project is entitled: Electron beam fabrication of optical nano-antennae for SERS based ultrasensitive bioanalysis. The NAP is a programme of the Tyndall National Institute with funding from SFI.

Date: February 2011

Diego Oyarzun Rodriguez who completed his CEMP fellowship in December 2010 will organise and chair an Invited Session in the upcoming World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control in Milano, 2011- http://www.ifac2011.org/. The session is entitled "Hybrid systems and biological networks" and will gather experts in hybrid modelling and analysis, which was the main topic of his CEMP fellowship.