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Our TEAM of experts.

A group of 19 partners comprised of academic and industrial experts in electron microscopy and five of the largest and most important research infrastructures in Europe.

A map displaying the Impress Consortium's members and their locations.

Research and Technology Organisations

COORDINATOR
CNR

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

The largest public research institution in Italy, the only one under the Research Ministry performing multidisciplinary activities.
FZJ

Forschungszentrum Jülich

Hosting the Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons (ER-C), it is one of the major interdisciplinary research centres in Europe and a member of the Helmholtz Association
CNRS

French National Centre for Scientific Research

Internationally recognised for the excellence of its scientific research, it is a reference in the world of research and development, as well as for the general public.
ICN2

Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CSIC & BIST

A non-profit international research institute devoted to the generation of knowledge, materials and devices in the broad fields of ICT, health, energy and the environment.
IFW Dresden

Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research

A legally independent, non-university research institution in which scientists and engineers work together. Member of the Leibniz Association.
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Area Science Park

Area Science Park

A national research centre operating in innovation field for more than 40 years. An ecosystem of research, innovation and enterprise in charge of managing the largest Italian science & technology park.

Universities

UANTWERP

University of Antwerp

The home ground for original thinkers and actors. Its research group EMAT - Electron Microscopy for Material Science - is one of the leading electron microscopy centers in the world.
NTNU

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

International oriented university with a main profile in science and technology. The TEM Gemini Centre is a well-known TEM centre focusing on open source TEM software and engineering materials.
TU Graz

Graz University of Technology

The oldest science and technology research and educational institute in Austria.
UM

Maastricht University

The most international university in the Netherlands. Home of the Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4i), an international institute that brings together a powerful palette of innovative molecular imaging technologies.
Oxford University

The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford

A world-leading centre of learning, teaching and research and the oldest university in the English-speaking world.

Research Infrastructures

CERIC

Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium

A distributed research infrastructure offering open access to more than 60 instruments in 10 European countries for multidisciplinary research with priority to Energy Research.
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Euro-BioImaging

Euro-BioImaging ERIC

A research infrastructure that offers open access to imaging technologies, training and data services in biological and biomedical imaging.
ALBA

Consortium for the Construction, Equipment and Exploitation of the Synchrotron Light Laboratory

A 3rd generation Synchrotron Light facility, the newest source in the Mediterranean area.
SOLEIL

Synchrotron SOLEIL

Shareholding of the French public centers CNRS and CEA, it is the French synchrotron at the service of the international scientific community and industry.
ELI ERIC

Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC

The world's largest and most advanced high-power laser infrastructure and a global technology and innovation leader in high-power, high-intensity, and short-pulsed laser systems.

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

CEOS

Corrected Electron Optical Systems

A world-leading manufacturer of aberration-corrected electron-optical solutions. We provide services for science.
Corvers

Corvers Procurement Services

Highly experienced and internationally recognized experts on innovation procurement, strategic public procurement, procurement economics and contracting.
Promoscience

Promoscience

Experts in communication, software development, visual and digital solutions.