Fundamental research and product development are two sides of the same coin in this newly granted project. Wouter Roos and Gijs Wuite, who are both leading an independent research group at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, will study virus infection with a specially developed sample chamber. Essential for this project is the intensive collaboration with NT-MDT, an Eindhoven-based high-tech company. Project leader Roos: ,,I am very happy this challenging project has been granted and we are eager to start it. The Wuite lab and my lab will put in our specialist knowledge and experience in the areas of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), viruses and flow cells. At the same time NT-MDT will use their development skills and capacity to make a product of the sample chamber we design."