A precursor to the development of cryo-EM technology in the 1980s, Jacques Dubochet, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is bringing a fundamental tool that is propelling the development of biomedical research into treatments for cancer, neurodegenerative disorders and other debilitating diseases to new limits.
Welcome
The Dubochet Center for Imaging (DCI) is a joint initiative of the EPFL, the University of Lausanne, the University of Geneva and the University of Bern.
The DCI is composed of three units: The DCI-Lausanne, located at the border between the EPFL and the University of Lausanne; the DCI-Geneva is located in the Science II building of the University of Geneva and the DCI Bern, located in the Insititue of Anatomy at UNIBE.
These units form the DCI, a service platform for cryo-electron microscopy. The DCI operates several high-end cryo-EM instruments to study biological molecules, viruses, bacterial, micro-crystals, small organelles, or sections of biological cells or tissue.
The DCI has the expertise and is equipped to perform the entire structural analysis pipeline, covering the preparation of the samples, image and tomography data collection with electron microscopes, micro-electron diffraction (micro-ED), computer image processing, and atomic model building.
Get in touch
To initiate a project at the DCI-Lausanne, please visit the DCI-Lausanne website.
Alex Myasnikov
Head of the DCI Lausanne
alexander.myasnikov(at)epfl.ch
+41 21 693 04 44
To initiate a project at the DCI Geneva facility, please visit the DCI-Geneva website.
Christoph Bauer
Head of the DCI Geneva
christoph.bauer(at)unige.ch
To initiate a project at the DCI Bern facility, please visit the DCI-Bern website.
David Kalbermatter
Head of the DCI Bern
david.kalbermatter(at)unibe.ch
Governance
DCI COUNCIL
DCi Council: responsible of all decisions involving the 4 institutions
Audrey Leuba
Anna Fontcuberta i Morral
Frédéric Herman
Virginia Richter
Christel Genoud
EXECUTIVE BOARD
The Executive Board is the highest organ of the DCI. It is composed of the President of the EPFL and the Rektors of the University of Lausanne, the University of Geneva and the University of Bern.
DCI STEERING COMMITTEE
2 Professors per institution with chair changing each year
Paul Guichard
Andreas Boland
Francesco Stellacci
Andrea Ablasser
Dimitri Fotiadis
Hugues Abriel
Stephan Gruber
David Baud
STEERING COMMITTEE BOARD
Each institution is represented by 2 members. This scientific committee is meeting at least once per year. they advice on the direction in which the DCI should develop and is responsible to propose to the Council investments.
LAUSANNE
Alexander Myasnikov
Operational Director
Henning Stahlberg
Scientific Director
Bertrand Beckert
Emiko Uchikawa
Sergei Nazarov
Inayathulla Mohammed
Florent Wenger
Mireille Fasmeyer Barile
GENEVA
Christoph Bauer
Operational Director
Robbie Loewith
Academic Director
Céline Besnard
Andrew Howe
BERN
David Kalbermatter
Operational Director
Benoit Zuber
Academic Director
