Netherlands Centre for Electron Nanoscopy

Scientific embedding
Scientific support for biological issues, sample preparation, data acquisition and data analysis will be provided by all partners of the NeCEN consortium.
Hands-on support for users will be ensured by the groups of prof. Koster (LUMC), prof. Zandbergen (TUDelft), prof. Peters (NKI) and prof. Abrahams (UL). Each of these groups will second technicians and/or postdocs at NeCEN, ensuring that the equipment is used efficiently (24/7) and that experiments make full use of its capabilities.
Support on equipment development is also provided by the fine mechanical workshops of TUDelft and the Gorlaeus with excellent expertise in micro- and nano-engineering for ultra-cold and/or vacuum applications.



Cell Observatory infrastructure
NeCEN will be housed in the Cell Observatory. All outside users can have flex-desk space and access to computational and visualization infrastructure. All users of NeCEN can also have access to vital technologies housed in the Cell Observatory that complement the NeCEN infrastructure. These technologies include: tissue & cell culturing, crystallization & robotics, X-ray diffraction, a zebra fish farmery, scanning EM, (confocal, high throughput) light microscopy, microfluidics, sample preparation and biochemistry & molecular biology labs. Within a short walk, a top-end mass spec facility (>10 mass spectrometers, including imaging mass-spec and 15T equipment), is located at LUMC.