Microscopy and cellular imaging

Description

The microscopy facility was the first technology platform established in the IBMP in 1998. It’s scientific programme aims at understanding the expression of plant or animal genes over space and time at various levels. Microorganisms or biomaterials studied by partner research units are other topics of interest. Our facility follows official guidelines for « Plates-Formes Technologiques du Vivant » and has received RIO 2001, 2004 and 2006 labels. It’s part of the larger Strasbourg Esplanade Cell Imaging Facility that allows sharing devices and knowledge from 7 research units from CNRS, INSERM, UNISTRA and INRA.

Missions

Assist research from IBMP and partner research units
Develop and implement new imaging technologies
Give appropriate one-to-one or group training to research staff
Get involved in microscopy education and science popularization
Make sure our devices are up and running

Expertises

Electron Microscopy and histology

Manager : Mathieu ERHARDT

Provides expertise, development and training for the following technologies:

TEM, SEM, serial block face imaging
Histology, cytology, in situ hybridization

Optical microscopy and bioimage analysis

Manager : Jérôme MUTTERER

Provides expertise, development and training for the following technologies:

Brightfield , fluorescence, confocal microscopy, fluorescence lifetime imaging
Image Processing

Members

Mathieu ERHARDT

Ingénieur de recherche / Research engineer
Jérôme MUTTERER

Ingénieur de recherche / Research engineer

Recent publications

All publications

CHEMINAT M., WAECKERLE L., ALIOUA A., COGNAT V., ERHARDT M., KOECHLER S., ROGER K., MULLER D., PFLIEGER D., ZUMSTEG J., SCHALLER H. and ARSÈNE-PLOETZE F.

Genomic and biological characterization of Streptomyces strains isolated from barley

BMC Microbiology, 26(1), 2025. | DOI : 10.1186/s12866-025-04493-4
ZHANG X., ZUMSTEG J., ERHARDT M., SHEN W.H. and BERR A.

The histone methyltransferase SDG26 shapes cold stress responses in Arabidopsis through chromatin-based regulation of ABA-dependent and ABA-independent pathways

BioRxiv, , 2025. | DOI : https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11. 25.690385
SHI B., FELIPO BENAVENT A., CERUTTI G., GALVAN-AMPUDIA C., JILLI L., BRUNOUD G., MUTTERER J., VALLET E., ACHARD L., DAVIÈRE J.M., NAVARRO-GALIANAO A., WALIA A., LAZARY S., LEGRAND J., WEINSTAIN R., JONES A.M., PRAT S., ACHARD P. and VERNOUX T.

A quantitative gibberellin signaling biosensor reveals a role for gibberellins in internode specification at the shoot apical meristem

Nature Communications, 3895:3895, 2024. | DOI : doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-48116-4.
KNOSP S., KRIEGSHAUSER L., TATSUMI K., MALHERBE L., ERHARDT M., WIEDEMANN G., BAKAN B., KOHCHI T., RESKI R. and RENAULT H.

An ancient role for CYP73 monooxygenases in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and embryophyte development

EMBO Journal, 43:4092-4109, 2024. | DOI : https://doi.org/10.1038/s44318-024-00181-7
KAABECHE M., CHARRETON M., KADALA A., MUTTERER J., CHARNET P. and COLLET C.

Cardiotoxicity of the diamide insecticide chlorantraniliprole in the intact heart and in isolated cardiomyocytes from the honey bee

Scientific Reports, 14(1), 2024. | DOI : 10.1038/s41598-024-65007-2