About us
Our Mission
We push the boundaries of electron microscopy and spectroscopy to reveal how matter works — from individual atoms and molecules to complex materials and biological systems.
At the Ernst Ruska-Centre, we bring together scientific expertise, cutting-edge instrumentation and methodological innovation to address challenging questions across materials science, condensed-matter physics, chemistry, soft matter and structural biology.
As a scientific institute, we develop new microscopy methods, instruments and workflows, explore new approaches to imaging and spectroscopy, and apply them to advance scientific understanding. Our research ranges from fundamental questions about matter to the development of technologies with potential impact beyond the laboratory.
As a national user facility, we also make these capabilities and expertise available to researchers from academia and industry. Through collaboration with our users and partners, we expand the scientific and technological potential of electron microscopy and enable research that would otherwise not be possible.
Our Vision
To advance the frontiers of electron microscopy and spectroscopy and contribute to the development of the next generation of microscopy.
We envision an ER-C where scientific discovery and technological innovation continuously drive each other — where advanced instrumentation, methodology, data science and computational approaches come together to answer questions that cannot be addressed by conventional techniques.
With ER-C 2.0, we are building the next generation of research infrastructure for ultra-high-resolution electron microscopy while creating new opportunities for scientific discovery, technological innovation and collaboration.
Our Ambition
We aim not simply to see matter at ever higher resolution, but to transform what we can see into what we can understand — and to develop the technologies that make the next generation of discovery possible.
