About PPBI
PPBI - the Portuguese Platform of Bioimage is a common functional platform dedicated to promoting the technical integration and centralized management of shared resources in bioimaging.
Organized as a consortium of top research universities and institutes in Portugal, the PPBI services focus on advanced microscopy and processing/analysis of images in the life-sciences, from cell & developmental biology, neurosciences, oncobiology, immunology, infection, and regenerative medicine.
PPBI consists of 20 core facilities distributed by 3 regional poles (DOURO & MINHO, MONDEGO & BEIRAS, TEJO & ALGARVE), enabling Portuguese and International researchers in academia and industry to have open access to multiple bioimaging modalities operating at all scales from electron microscopy, fluorescence nanoscopy and advanced light microscopy up to whole animal imaging, including advanced quantitative image analysis. PPBI staff is highly qualified, supporting node’s activities, services and user research projects.
PPBI also wants to boost collaboration between researchers, institutions, and industry to strengthen both basic and applied research, matching high-impact R&D projects with state-of-art bioimaging resources and expertise. Through shared coordination, strategic investments, and efficient allocation of resources, PPBI give access to cutting-edge technological resources to national and international researchers.
PPBI Euro-BioImaging Node integrates the European research infrastructure as a Biological Node of Euro-BioImaging ERIC.
PPBI nodes provide a wide variety of services in bioimaging, including access to imaging equipment, wet lab and sample preparation equipment, cluster access for computation and data storage, image analysis and training (courses and workshops, online tools). This infrastructure also offers support of animal facilities (model and non-model organisms) and equipment operation, consulting and project planning, technology development, and outreach activities.
PPBI consortium institutions:
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/i3S); Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica (INEB/i3S); Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/i3S); Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP); Universidade do Minho (UM); Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNC); Universidade de Coimbra (UC); Universidade de Aveiro (UA); Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI); Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC); Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL); Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (NOVA-ITQB/UNL); Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM); Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL); Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/UL); Fundação D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud (FC); Universidade do Algarve (UAlg).
