Today it has been announced the provisional resolution of the last call for co-funding through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of cooperative projects oriented at creating, building, acquiring and improving shared scientific and technological equipment and platforms. Among the approved strategic projects are two proposals, one led by the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) and the other by the Institute of Molecular Biology of Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC), which, thanks to the joint effort of nine research entities, will allow the installation of advanced electron microscopy equipment at the ALBA Synchrotron.