History

The concept of the Cell Observatory as a shared facility for Life Science of Leiden University has a long history. The obvious benefits of sharing expensive bio-imaging infrastructure had readied hearts and minds. The final trigger for establishing the Cell Observatory in 2006 was the award of a major grant for Cyttron, a new public-private consortium for bio-imaging under the leadership of prof. Abrahams from Leiden University. Major efforts of prof. Saris and later prof. Verduyn-Lunel (Deans of the Faculty of Science) and of prof.