Consortium - IMAGINE!

The consortium is made up of 21 leading scientists in their field, and their respective PhDs and postdocs contributing to the IMAGINE! project, based at 8 different Dutch institutes.

Together they form an expert team with a diverse and extensive knowledge background including optogenetics, organoid research, cellular dynamics, oncology, DNA-segregation, drug delivery, biosensor development, organic chemistry, engineering of optical microscopes, data visualisation and analysis.

For the realisation of the project the consortium was awarded a Gravitation grant (“zwaartekracht” in Dutch), funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Dutch government via the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) for 10 years (October 2022 – September 2032).

Participating institutes:

The Executive Board

The executive board, led by Anna Akhmanova, consists of 6 PIs who together manage the project:

Portrait of Anna Akhmanova — **Anna Akhmanova (Lead)**
a.akhmanova@uu.nl
Utrecht University (Cell Biology)

Portrait of Jacco van Rheenen — **Anna Akhmanova (Lead)**
a.akhmanova@uu.nl
Utrecht University (Cell Biology)

Other PIs of the consortium

Portrait of Federica Eduati — **Federica Eduati**
f.eduati@tue.nl
Eindhoven University of Technology (Biomedical Engineering)

Portrait of Menno Prins — **Federica Eduati**
f.eduati@tue.nl
Eindhoven University of Technology (Biomedical Engineering)

Scientific Advisory Board

Our Scientific Advisory Board is composed of internationally acclaimed scientists in their fields who support us with valuable feedback throughout the project.