Our Institute

Picture: A view of an imaging lab — © Uni Münster - Erk Wibberg

Research

Seeing leads to understanding: We develop imaging methods that allow us to visualise molecular processes inside organisms, tissues, and cells. Our comprehensive imaging approach not only provides insight into fundamental mechanisms underlying different diseases but also leads to novel imaging-based diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

Group photo of the EIMI team — © Uni Münster - Michael Kuhlmann

Interdisciplinary Team

A distinctive feature of the EIMI is the close interaction of physicians, biologists, chemists, physicists, mathematicians and computer scientists – both in the lab and at their desks. Their different approaches stimulate creativity and generate innovative ideas about how advanced imaging technologies can bridge basic research and clinical medicine.

Scientific Networks

The European Institute for Molecular Imaging (EIMI) is a central scientific institution at the University of Münster. The faculties involved include Medicine, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Mathematics and Computer Science and Physics.

The EIMI team works closely with colleagues from the University Hospital Münster’s Department of Nuclear Medicine. Together, we conduct research that spans the full range of biological magnitudes, from multiprotein complexes to humans. This allows us to address clinically important questions in our research and translate new findings about disease processes into new applications for medical care.

We are also part of various externally funded scientific consortia, including the Collaborative Research Centre 1450 inSight – ‘Multiscale imaging of organ-specific inflammation’. In addition, our institute is based at the Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC). The MIC hosts various working groups from our university who are bringing together a broad range of state-of-the-art imaging techniques in order to investigate biomedical questions. It is the central research building of the Cells in Motion Interfaculty Centre, a cross-faculty research network at our university and a meeting point for scientists from our university whose research focuses on cell dynamics, inflammation, and imaging.

EIMI, together with the Translational Research Imaging Centre of the Department of Radiology, forms the preclinical imaging branch of the Münster Imaging Network. Through this cooperative network, we offer researchers at our university and beyond the opportunity to integrate preclinical imaging into their research.

Career opportunities

Our research area offers an exciting interdisciplinary work environment and a wide range of support opportunities. For example, doctoral students receive comprehensive training through the Integrated Research Training Group ‘Multiscale Imaging’ (Spokesperson: Professor Friedemann Kiefer) within the Collaborative Research Centre 1450 inSight. For medical professionals, the programme ‘Clinician Scientist CareerS Münster’ (Spokesperson: Professor Michael Schäfers) offers attractive opportunities to combine both patient care and research.

We post open positions on the job portal of our Faculty of Medicine and the University Hospital Münster.