Photonics4Life News

The 4th P4L-Newsletter is out!

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:51:00 GMT

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.

New optics and photonics society in Portugal announces conference

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:45:00 GMT

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.

Handbook of Photonics for Biomedical Science published

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:55:00 GMT

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.

Cytometry A: Winners of the 2010 Paper of the Year Award announced

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:02:00 GMT

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.

Interdisciplinary Annual Meeting of Photonics4Life

Wed, 12 May 2010 16:16:00 GMT

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.

Photonics Europe 2010: Biophotonics is leading theme in Brussels

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:55:00 GMT

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).

Targeting unmet medical needs

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:08:00 GMT

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.

Photonics Europe: Best Biophotonics Poster

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:47:00 GMT

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.

International two-year Master Programme in Photonics

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:18:00 GMT

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.

Photonics4life presents the mini-laboratory for the field

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:27:00 GMT

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.

The 3rd P4L-Newsletter is online!

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:20:00 GMT

The Newsletter contains detailed information about the activities of Photonics4Life and related Biophotonic news. The recent issue introduces in detail the two core partners ICFO and IPHT as well as the Associated Partner Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi. Newsletter 3 also features an article about women in Biophotonics and covers new technology breakthroughs, a tutorial about biomedical diffuse optics and much more.

Photonics Europe: Biophotonics subconference with highest number of submissions

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:32:00 GMT

Organizer SPIE confirms that with a total of 134 submissions the Biophotonics Subconference will be the biggest conference at the upcoming Photonics Europe in Brussels (12-16. April). For five complete days physicians, physicists, chemists and biologists, will discuss current aspects of their interdisciplinary research field. Photonics4Life is strongly involved in organizing the conference and P4L Coordinator Professor Jürgen Popp from Jena will chair the event.

New Associated Partner of P4L: IMTEK from the University of Freiburg

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:35:00 GMT

Today the Network for Biophotonics Photonics4Life welcomes a new associated Partner. The IMTEK, the Department of Microsystems Engineering from the University of Freiburg, will join P4L to add its expertise in active micro-optics. IMTEK develops tunable micro-lenses, micro-mirrors, and other micro-opto-mechanical components, which they assemble into complex optical microsystems, predominantly for use in medical applications. Especially the Laboratory for Micro-Optics with proficiency in optical design and modeling, fabrication and assembly technologies, and extensive capabilities in micro-optical characterization is established as one of the leading research groups in tunable micro-optics and micro-optics for medical diagnostics and is therefore ideally suited to complement the Network for Biophotonics.

Intensive Training: Entrepreneurship in Photonics

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:29:00 GMT

Today the two week seminar for business development in Photonics starts in Brussels. It is organized by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and “Photonics 4 Life”. Until the 5th of February the participants will learn in three modules not only about economic essentials but also about the special conditions within the photonics market. Photonics entrepreneurs and professionals will accompany the whole workshop to share their experiences and give advice. Eager attendees will also get the opportunity to set up a supervised business plan based on their own ideas.

Journal of Biophotonics: Free online Issue

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:42:00 GMT

The January Issue of the Journal of Biophotonics can now be viewed online for free. It is a special issue about the advances of Biophotonics in the domain of dermatology and features papers with topics like OCT monitoring of glucose permeability in skin or the scoring of collagen organization by multiphoton microscopy. Guest authors are Valery Tuchin, Anna Yaroslavsky, Steven Jacques and Rox Anderson.

Biophotonics in Europe continues to grow

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:25:00 GMT

Photonics4life welcomes six new members

Barcelona. The Network of Excellence for Biophotonics photonics4life, which initially consisted of thirteen European research institutes, has been strengthened with the addition of six new partners. Network co-ordinator Professor Jürgen Popp welcomed representatives of the new members at a ceremony in Barcelona. The new members from research institutions in Denmark, Poland, Italy, Switzerland and Greece, are also all working in the field of biophotonics. This multidisciplinary research area uses light-based technologies to address a wide range of medical and biological questions, from the early diagnosis and treatment of disease to the understanding of fundamental life processes.

Little Nudges from Light – Measuring the Recoil of Photons

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:29:00 GMT

Radiation pressure – the force light exerts on matter – is so slight that it’s usually evident only in the atomic world or in the vacuum of space. With a common laser-and-microscope technique P4L-scientists from ICFO - the Institute of Photonics Sciences from Barcelona have now shown that it is possible to measure the recoil of light emitting molecules. The researchers around Prof. Dmitri Petrov in collaboration with colleagues from the Moscow State University were the first to measure this effect and published their exclusive findings in the renowned Physical Review E and Physical Review Letters highlighted recently by Physical Review Focus.

New Issue of the Journal of Biophotonics now available online

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:42:00 GMT

The September Issue of the Journal of Biophotonics can now be viewed online.The special issue is focused on research in advanced cytometry and application areas with particular emphasis on novel biophotonic methods, disease diagnosis, and monitoring of disease treatment at single-cell level in stationary and flow conditions.

Scientists from P4L fight skin damaging side effects of chemotherapy

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:24:00 GMT

A Group from the Institute of Photonic Technology is engaged in a research project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Their aim is to combine two laser imaging techniques in one device to study the enrichment of skin damaging chemicals that occur in upper layers of the skin after treatment with new chemotherapy drugs.

Photonics4life scientist’s paper on the August Issue of PCCP

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:36:00 GMT

Pccp cover, Issue 34 2009