News
| 2010-08-11 | The 4th P4L-Newsletter is out! |
The Newsletter contains detailed information about the activities of Photonics4Life and related Biophotonic news. Issue 4 features articles about the Photonics Europe and Entrepreneurship in Biophotonics, covers new technology breakthroughs and gives a tutorial about fast and efficient detection of pathogens using Raman spectroscopy and chip-based methods and much more. |
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| 2010-07-26 | New optics and photonics society in Portugal announces conference |
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The recently established Portuguese Optics and Photonics Society (SPOF) will present a new photonics meeting next spring in Portugal. The International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics (AOP 2011) will be held at the Univ. of Minho in Braga, Portugal, 3-7 May. P4L members like Hugo Thienpont (Vrije Univ. Brussel) will be among the event's international steering committee. 
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| 2010-07-19 | Handbook of Photonics for Biomedical Science published |
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The Handbook of Photonics for Biomedical Science analyzes achievements, new trends, and perspectives of photonics in its application to biomedicine. With contributions from P4L scientists and other world-renowned experts in the field, the handbook describes advanced biophotonics methods and techniques intensively developed in recent years. 
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| 2010-06-29 | Cytometry A: Winners of the 2010 Paper of the Year Award announced |
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P4L Researchers around Ekaterina I. Galanzha from Saratov State University were awarded a prize for their paper: In Vivo Multispectral, Multiparameter, Photoacoustic Lymph Flow Cytometry With Natural Cell Focusing, Label-free Detection, and Multicolor Nanoparticle Probes. The award, presented at the CYTO 2010, Seattle, Washington, recognized their article as the best paper to be published during 2008 in the journal Cytometry A. 
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| 2010-05-12 | Interdisciplinary Annual Meeting of Photonics4Life |
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Today about 100 of Europe‘s leading Biophotonics experts are coming together in St. Andrews, Scotland, for their 2nd Annual Meeting to discuss priority healthcare issues. A diverse array of medical professionals, specialising in cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and immunology will engage directly with laser physicists, lab-on-a-chip technologists, and advanced microscopists to tackle new collaborative efforts under the banner of understanding, diagnosing, and treating emerging healthcare needs. 
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| 2010-04-22 | International two-year Master Programme in Photonics |
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International Master's Degree Programme in Photonics is a two-year degree programme taught in English at the University of Eastern Finland. The goal of the programme is to educate students with outstanding skills needed both in international careers in optics and photonics or related fields, and also in post-graduate studies.
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| 2010-04-16 | Photonics Europe 2010: Biophotonics is leading theme in Brussels |
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From April 12-16th the whole Photonics community met at the SPIE Photonics Europe 2010 in Brussels. Recent research, intense networking and EU initiatives were the focus of the conference for photonics. Over 2,000 participants from around the world attended the event. Thus, the event has established itself after only a few years as one of the largest of its kind in Europe. The accompanying industrial exhibition shrunk slightly with 131 exhibitors (2006: 150). 
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| 2010-04-14 | Photonics4life presents the mini-laboratory for the field |
The detection of biological matter such as pathogens still requires large and specialized laboratories. Waiting for analysis of a sample wastes precious time during which the germ may have spawned or even caused damage. Researchers from the EU network photonics4life have recently developed a biochip the size of a 1-cent which allows rapid and reliable DNA-detection within minutes on site. |
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| 2010-04-13 | Targeting unmet medical needs |
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Physicians demand novel Biophotonic solutions at Photonics Europe A fresh impetus for researchers was provided by the conference “Biophotonics – Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care“, which took place from April 12 to 16 as part of Photonics Europe in Brussels. For the first time, the oral program featured not only premium-class talks on the latest technologic advances in the field, but also a dedicated medical session entitled “Towards a Better Health Care: Unmet Medical Needs“. The European Network of Excellence “photonics4life” had invited renowned physicians to unravel challenges in various medical fields, ranging from oncology to infectious diseases, and to state their expectations on user-oriented optical solutions. |
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| 2010-04-13 | Photonics Europe: Best Biophotonics Poster |
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In the frame of the subconference, "Biophotonics: Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care", the prize for the best poster presentation went to Nika Razansky from the Technical University of Munich. Topic of her thesis was: "High resolution single-mode fiber-based sensor for Intravascular Detection of Fluorescent Molecular Probes. |
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