Researchers from the Department of Biophysics at the Maria Curie Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin will purchase a microscope for biomolecular imaging beyond the resolution limit of typical optical microscopy to be able to see the smallest biological structures more closely. 

According to the UMCS, this system, which is unique in both Poland and the world, will allow routine imaging with a spatial resolution of around 60 nm. Worth PLN 4.5 million, the apparatus will operate on the basis of the technology that won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2014 and will help strengthen the scientific community across Poland.

“To date, only five devices of this type have been installed in Poland, with only one of them operating in the so-called open system, i.e. allowing tuning to the desired measurement configuration”, explains Rafał Luchowski, Professor at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, and emphasises that it is precisely such a microscope that is to be brought to Lublin.