The M icroscopy and I mage A nalysis P latform ( MIAP ) Freiburg, was founded in 2016 with the DFG call “Gerätezentren – Core facilities” to form a highly competitive joint network for scientific infrastructure of imaging based core facilities and life science sites in Freiburg , Basel , Mulhouse and Strasbourg . As competitive and advanced technology platform, MIAP is embedded in the “Forschungsinfrastrukturen” of Freiburg University.
MIAP is established in close collaboration with networks like EuroBioimaging , German Bioimaging and NEUBIAS . Further, MIAP supports and enhances the cooperation of national and international partners from academia and industry. MIAP initiated and gives home to the international initiative “Quality Assessment and Reproducibility for Instruments & Images in Light Microscopy” – QUAREP-LiMi
A special edition of Nature Methods was published containing publications aimed at improving the quality of research results based on light microscopic techniques.