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Netherlands Electron Microscopy Infrastructure (NEMI)
Identification
Hosting Legal Entity
Self-standing RI
Legal Status
Research organisation
Location
Heidelberglaan 100, University Medical Center Utrecht, Prof. J. Klumperman, Cell Biology, room H02.313, Utrecht, PO: 3584CX (Netherlands)
Structure
Type Of RI
Distributed
Coordinating Country
Netherlands
Nodes
Provider Country:
Netherlands
Academic Medical Centre | AMOLF Institute | Delft University of Technology | Eindhoven University of Technology | Leiden University Medical Centre | Maastricht University | Microscopy Imaging Center - Raboud University | University Medical Center Groningen | University Medical Center Utrecht | University of Amsterdam | University of Groningen | University of Twente | Utrecht University | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Wageningen University
Provider Country:
Norway
Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
Status
Status
Current Status:
Operational since 2017
Timeline
Operational since 2017 to 2028
Design/planning since 2015 to 2017
Scientific Description
NEMI aims to (1) make EM technology accessible to a broad range of scientists (not only EM specialists, but all researchers in the life and materials science), ensuring they all have access to the most advanced EM technologies; and (2) to accelerate innovations in EM as an enabler for novel applications in areas of societal and economic importance. As such, NEMI has the following goals:- To create a coordinated and harmonized plan for EM infrastructure deployment in the Netherlands;- To create a strong and innovative Dutch EM infrastructure by differentiated investments at regional Flagship Nodes, based on local strengths and opportunities;- To better connect EM for the life sciences with EM for the materials sciences;- To provide access, services and training to state-of-the-art EM technologies and increase the accessibility of the EM methodology to non-EM specialists;- To foster the liaison and cooperation between EM instrumentation developers, EM providers, scientists, industry, national and European funding schemes and national authorities;- To enable better use of the capacities of the Dutch EM labs;- To speak to national and international funders with one voice;- To promote findability, easy access, interoperability and reuse (FAIR principles) of EM data.EM has enabled numerous scientific discoveries and industrial innovations in a range of disciplines, most notably the life and materials science.

RI Keywords
Advanced electron microscopy, Scanning electron microscopy, Electron microscopy method development, Transmission electron microscopy, Electon microscopy, Cryo-transmission electron microscopy (Cryo-TEM)
Classifications
RI Category
Analytical Facilities
Biomedical Imaging Facilities
Materials Synthesis or Testing Facilities
Structural Biology Facilities
Micro- and Nanotechnology facilities
Scientific Domain
Biological and Medical Sciences
Chemistry and Material Sciences
Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Mathematics
Earth and Environmental Sciences
ESFRI Domain
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Health and Food
Energy
Services
Electron microscopy

Electron microscopy characterization of biological samples such as tissue, cells, and proteins, and of materials samples such as bulk materials, nanomaterials, and catalysts.

Cryo-electron microscopy

Molecular structure determination of biological structures such as proteins

Equipment
Scanning electron microscope

High-end microscopes for high-resolution imaging and characterization of the surfaces of biological samples and of materials.

Transmission electron microscope

High-end microscopes for high-resolution investigations of thin, electron-transparent samples.

Access
Access Type
Physical
Access Mode
Excellence Driven
Date of last update: 13/03/2018
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