Biopolis Dresden Imaging Platform

BioDIP's History

The BioDIP has developed over a couple of years. Major steps were the foundation of the Imaging Facilities Network (IFN) in 2006 and later the foundation of the BioDIP in 2013 enabled by the DFG "Core facilities" funding.
Here you find the timeline containing minor and major milestones of BioDIPs development.

01May2008

A Wiki for BioDIP

Michael Weber has started a wiki as the first joint BioDIP webpage.

This Wiki was used to collect information about the facilities and all offered equipment within the BioDIP network, as well as point interested users towards informative web sources.


The website you are reading right now is the natural succesor of this wiki.

01Jan2008

Silke White joins LMFs at MPI & MTZ


Like Michael Weber, Silke divided her time between the light microscopy facilities at the MTZ and MPI.

01Apr2007

Daniel J. White has joined the LMF at MPI-CBG

He has combined both image aquisition and analysis support and worked towards a joined imaging and image processing facility.

01Jan2007

The network lives!

Members of the Imaging Facility Network (IFN) have begun to meet once per month to discuss technologies, challenging imaging projects and teaching.