Examining tissues, cells, and proteins under a microscope helps us prevent and combat diseases. To study this, we need to precisely determine the dimensions of the biological structure. However, a biological sample may appear flatter under the light microscope than it actually is. Researchers at Delft University of Technology have now demonstrated for the first time that this distortion is not constant, contrary to what many scientists have assumed for decades. The breakthrough, published in Optica, confirms a prediction by Nobel laureate Stefan Hell from the 90s. With an online calculation tool and software, every researcher can now determine the correct depth of a biological sample.

Alesandra Placzek has just started at the ImPhys biocluster as a bio-technician/biolab supervisor aiming at providing experimental support to a couple of different projects and being involved in lab managerial tasks at the same time.

Jianyao Jin will help to develop a better understanding of electron matter interactions in the context of scanning electron microscopy. He will work under supervision of Kees Hagen.

TU Delft researcher Dr. Martin Verweij and USP researcher Dr. Theo Pavan were awarded the SPRINT grant to explore potential collaboration in the field of ultrasound imaging. Martin Verweij and Djalma dos Santos (PhD student) participated in a collaborative exchange facilitated by the São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration (SPRINT) program.

Monika Molnar will fill the PhD position on high throughput electron microscopy development. She will work on supervison of Jacob Hoogenboom.

Aurèle Adam is one of the award winners to receive the annual Open Education Ambassador Award during Open Education Week. The award praises teachers as figureheads of open education.

Loek Andriessen started his thesis for the Nanobiology Masters in the lab of Hylkje Geertsema under the supervision of Myron Hensgens. We are trying to understand the spatial organization of the cell nucleus. Specifically, we investigate the distribution of nuclear lamin proteins using DNA-PAINT. The focus of his project is on investigating local differences in lamin protein distribution in 3D.

After a record-breaking 57 days, 7 hours and 38 minutes, NASA’s balloon telescope GUSTO completed its flight above Antarctica by landing on the ice by parachute. The mission was designed to last 55 days. GUSTO has observed atomic clouds in our own galaxy and its nearest neighbor with far-infrared cameras, developed by SRON and TU Delft.

Co Kadijk will be doing his thesis project on Focusing functions for photoacoustic imaging, to account for strong reflectors in the medium without artifacts, with the guidance of Koen van Dongen and Joost van der Neut.