History

8-12-2023 Kick off meeting

20-10-2023 Official start of the project

20-2-2023: NL-BioImaging (NL-BI) received national funding to become the national advanced light microscopy infrastructure providing coordinated access to the Netherlands’ best imaging technology and analysis platforms.

16-2-2022: Submission NL-BioImaging AM Roadmap proposal, following selection by the Life Science & Enabling Technologies GWI group

8-11-2021: 8th National Steering Committee meeting

18-12-2020: Funding NL-BI ‘Instandhoudingssubsidie’ for expanding data-management and analysis activities

11-11-2020: 7th National Steering Committee meeting

31-10-2019: Submission rebuttal NL-BioImaging AM Roadmap proposal

8-10-2019: 10th national stakeholdersmeeting Veldhoven @ FOM-ALW/biophysics/NvVM meeting

4-5-2019: Submission NL-BioImaging AM Roadmap proposal

12-4-2019: 6th National Steering Committee (NSC)  meeting Amsterdam

end 2018: Landscape analysis including mocroscopy core facilities, NWO laureates and consortia

21-6-2018: 5th National Steering Committee. Election new PMT NL-BioImaging AM: Reits (Chair), Giepmans, Friedl, Wolstencroft, van Zandvoort, van de Water. Unanimous decision on new national investment plan for advanced microscopy. Inclusion of 4 national flagship nodes (lightsheet, intravital, high-content and CLEM) and data management and analysis node, with focus on embedding in core facilities and training-the-trainers program.

4-5-2018: NWO Bridge financing for NL-BioImaging AM Roadmap proposal

1-6-2017: Submission of NL-BioImaging AM roadmap proposal to NWO

20-4-2017: 4th National Steering Committee. Election new PMT NL-BioImaging AM: Gadella (Chair), Akhmanova, Tanke, Friedl, Houtsmuller and Meijering. Unaminous decision on new national investment plan for advanced microscopy. Inclusion of 6 national flagship nodes and data analysis program.

13-12-2016: Presentation of National Roadmap Large Scale Research Facilities 2016-2020 with NL-BioImaging AM included as independent cluster

4-10-2016: 7th national stakeholdersmeeting Veldhoven @ FOM-ALW/biophysics/NvVM meeting

11-12-2015: NL-BioImaging update report sent to NWO by the board of the UvA

4-12-2015: Ratification of all 7 nodes proposed by NL-BioImaging AM as candidate nodes by the unanimous Euro-BioImaging Interim Board

26-11-2015: Unanimous approval of the roadmap update report by the National Steering Committee NL-BioImaging AM

29-9-2015: 6th national stakeholdersmeeting Veldhoven @ FOM-ALW/biophysics/NvVM meeting

24-6-2015: National nomination of all 7 nodes proposed by NL-BioImaging AM by NWO & OCW as 1st generation Euro-BioImaging nodes for the Netherlands

18-6-2015: Presentation of 7 Euro-BioImaging node nominations coordinated by NL-BioImaging AM at NWO, the Hague

13-1-2015: 3rd National Steering Committee, new election PMT NL-BioImaging AM. Gadella (chair), Klumperman (vice chair), Akhmanova, Friedl, Tanke and Houtsmuller

30-9-2014: 5th national stakeholdersmeeting Veldhoven @ FOM-ALW/biophysics/NvVM meeting

1-7-2014: Decision not to fund NL-BioImaging AM in roadmap despite 5x excellent score

4-2-2014: Sander Dekker signs MOU Euro-BioImaging on behalf of the Netherlands

1-10-2013: 4th national stakeholdersmeeting Veldhoven @ FOM-ALW/biophysics/NVvM meeting

30-9-2013: Submission of NL-BioImaging AM roadmap update proposal

29-8-2013: 2nd National Steering Committee, decisions on outline/finances NL- roadmap

30-4-2013: Coordinated Expression of Interest submission for Dutch microscopy Nodes for Euro-BioImaging

6-3-2013: NL-BioImaging AM Poster presentation at Horizon 2020/NWO Roadmap kickoff conference, Amsterdam University College

2-10-2012: 3rd national stakeholders meeting: Veldhoven

  • Presentation of National Steering Committee (NSC)
  • Presentation of reports from innovative node leaders
  • Explanation link to DTL
  • Presentation of Microscopy Valley STW approved grant (6 M€) for CLEM technology development by Hans Gerritsen

11-4-2012: Assembly & Installation of National Steering Committee: Amsterdam

  • Election of national innovative node leaders
  • Decision that PMT remains as is until/including next roadmap call

23-3-2012: NL-BioImaging AM approved by NWO for National Roadmap, no funding (yet)

11-1-2012: Roadmap committee interview: Utrecht

4-10-2011: 2nd national stakeholders meeting: Veldhoven

  • Submitted proposal is discussed
  • Participants declare to support the application
  • Outlined governance model is adopted.
  • Mandate for PMT is reconfirmed.
  • Directions to go ahead.

31-8-2011: Proposal submitted: 18 partner centres 

22-6-2011: 1st national stakeholdersmeeting:  Amsterdam

•Gadella, Klumperman, Akhmanova, Tanke & Jalink (PMT) get mandate on behalf of assembled stakeholders to write a proposal for the NWO roadmap connected to Euro-BioImaging