Euro-BioImaging was granted the legal status of an ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium) by the European Commission on 29 October 2019 and Bulgaria is one of the founding members of the consortium. Euro-BioImaging became fully operational in December 2019. https://www.eric-forum.eu/2019/11/07/euro-bioimaging-is-officially-an-eric/

On November 15 2019 the state-of-the-art confocal microscopy system Andor Dragonfly 500 , was installed and presented in the Institute of Molecular Biology “Roumen Tsanev”. This system is among the most advanced to study living cells. The acquisition of the system was made possible due to the financial support from the National road map for research infrastructure. The event was attended by the Minister of Education and Science Krasimir Valchev, the Deputy Minister of Education and Science Karina Angelieva, the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Acad. Julian Revalski, scientists and journalists.

On 16 December 2019 an agreement was signed between the Ministry of Education and Science and the Institute of Molecular Biology “Roumen Tsanev” to finance the establishment of a Centre for advanced microscopy for fundamental and applied research in the field of biology, medicine and biotechnology, part of the National road map for research infrastructure accounting for 1 670 000 lev for the period 2019/2020.

New ZEISS LSM 980 with Airyscan 2 microscope system was installed at the Center for Advanced Microscopy at the Institute of Molecular Biology. The system could be used for airyscan super resolution microscopy. The funding was provided by the National Roadmap for Scientific Infrastructure.

Five Bulgarian scientists will receive funding from the Bulgarian National Roadmap for Research Infrastructures in 2022 to perform their experiments at the Sofia Euro-BioImaging Node. They must apply for access to the Sofia Node via the Euro-BioImaging portal, and be accepted by the Euro-BioImaging review process. Then they will receive up to 6000 leva to perform their experiments at the Node.

STELLARIS 8 STED microscope system was installed at the Center for Advanced Microscopy at the Institute of Molecular Biology. The system could be used for STED, FCS and FLIM microscopy. The funding was provided by the National Roadmap for Scientific Infrastructure.

PicoQuant FLIM for ZEISS LSM 980 microscope system was installed at the Center for Advanced Microscopy at the Institute of Molecular Biology. The system could be used for FCS and FLIM microscopy. The funding was provided by the National Roadmap for Scientific Infrastructure.

ZEISS SteREO Discovery.V20 stereo microscope was installed at the Center for Advanced Microscopy at the Institute of Molecular Biology. The funding was provided by the National Roadmap for Scientific Infrastructure.