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
Governance
DCI COUNCIL
DCi Council: responsible of all decisions involving the 4 institutions
Frédéric Herman
Jean-Yves Flückiger
Martin Vetterli
Christian Leumann
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 and the University of Geneva.
DCI STEERING COMMITTEE
2 Professors per institution with chair changing each year
Brigitte Gaillot
Paul Guichard
Andrea Ablasser
Francesco Stellacci
David Baud
Stephan Gruber
Dimitri Fotiadis
Hugues Abriel
STEERING COMMITTEE 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 and the University of Geneva.
LAUSANNE
Alexander Myasnikov
Head
Henning Stahlberg
Director academic
Bertrand Beckert
Emiko Uchikawa
Sergei Nazarov
Florent Wenger
GENEVA
Christoph Bauer
Head
Robbie Loewith
Director academic
Céline Besnard
Andrew Howe
BERN
Benoit Zuber
Director academic
