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CoCID project aims to develop soft X-ray microscope for visualizing cellular origin of diseases CoCID (Compact Cell Imaging Device), a €5.7 million, four-year, pan-European research and innovation project, funded through Horizon 2020, has officially commenced. CoCID is focused on the development of a soft X-ray-based methodology that enables fast and inexpensive three-dimensional imaging of whole internal structure of intact biological cells. The objective of CoCID is to develop a lab-scale, soft X-ray microscope, which can be used as a research tool to help scientists to understand the cellular origin of diseases. The benefits of this compact imaging device will be demonstrated through a series of virology use cases that enable researchers to decipher critical changes in cell morphology induced by viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2, in their host cell with the aim to identify possible targets for therapy suppressing virus replication and/or cellular responses of relevance to the virus

Baden wubergEva pereiroTony mcenroeMaija vihinen rantaEmily hendersonNicola fletcherRalf bartenschlagerPablo gastaminzaVenera weinhardtCentre for organismalSchool of veterinary medicineUniversity college dublinHeidelberg university hospitalNational centre for biotechnologyUniversity of jyvDepartment of molecular