UserEvent2025

Flashback on our User Event 2025

An inspiring morning full of exciting insights into current research projects using nanoimaging lies behind us! The program reflected the wide variety of scientific questions to which SNI's Nano Imaging Lab (NI Lab) is making valuable…
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Farewell

Daniel Mathys went into his well-deserved retirement at the end of March 2025 after more than 40 years. Dani started his career at the Biozentrum as a laboratory technician and soon after became acquainted with electron microscopy in the…
[Translate to English:] User Event 2025

Invitation to the User Event 2025

The Nano Imaging Lab invites you to another user event. We have put together a varied program with different topics, which will be presented in short talks by users and project managers. The meeting is open to all interested parties, not…
User Event 2024

User Event 2024

The Nano Imaging Lab user event took place on the morning of April 23rd. In short presentations, six researchers described their research approaches and how they are supported by the Nano Imaging Lab (NI Lab) team. The range of research…
UE2024

Invitation to the User Event 2024

The Nano Imaging Lab would like to invite you to our third user event. The wide range of applications of our laboratory will be presented in short lectures and the event offers the opportunity to discuss with other users. The meeting is…
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Farewell

Dr. Markus Dürrenberger retired at the end of May 2023 after 37 years at the University of Basel. His heart beat for microscopy and ultra-rapid freeze drying. His passion for microbiological research was unmistakable. Thanks to his…
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We warmly welcome Alex to the Nano Imaging Team!

Dr. Alexander Vogel started working with us in the Nano Imaging Lab on May 1, 2023 and complements our team with his well-founded knowledge in the field of electron microscopy, in particular transmission electron microscopy (TEM). During…
Versa3D

Highly precise cutting accuracy on our new FEI Versa3D Dual Beam

The FEI Versa 3D dual beam microscope recently built up in our lab is characterized by a comparable imaging and cutting resolution as our well-utilized FEI Helios NanoLab 650 S field emission scanning electron microscope and meets our…
Crystalline structures made visible – the new TEM/STEM in the Nano Imaging Lab

Crystalline structures made visible – the new TEM/STEM in the Nano Imaging Lab

Our new scanning transmission electron microscope “JEOL JEM-F200 cFEG” has a cold field emission source and an acceleration voltage that is more than twice as high as the previous TEM in our laboratory. This, as well as the ability to scan…
Digital Photomontage and Coloration

New service for our customers: Digital Photomontage and Coloration

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images, which typically come in black and white, are already rather impressive and beautiful. By putting them into a colorful scene, we can highlight mechanisms and functions to better understand what we…