Several members of the group attended the Annual Meeting of the Argentina Association of Physics in Bahía Blanca to enjoy wonderful scientific discussions and accompany Dr. Luciano Masullo in his presentation on the ocassion of the Juan José Giambiagi Award to the best doctoral thesis in experimental Physics of Argentina defended in the period [...]
The director of CIBION, Fernando Stefani, received a Konex Merit Award for being one of the 100 most outstanding scientific personalities of the last decade (2013-2022) in Argentina. This award has been given by the Konex Foundation since 1980, on differente categories. This year, the award was for those who excelled in Science and [...]
CONICET publicó una nota de divulgación destacando nuestra investigación sobre el calentamiento fototérmico de nanopartículas bimetálicas de oro y paladio. Este trabajo fue liderado por el Dr. Julián Gargiulo en nuestro grupo, y actualmente mudándose a la Universidad de San Martín, en colaboración con el grupo del Prof. Emiliano Cortés de la Universidad Ludwig-Maximilians [...]
Dr. Alan Szalai returns to our group after a succesful stay in the group of our collaborator Prof. Philip Tinnefeld Alan joins now as assistant researcher to start his career at CONICET. We are so happy to have Alan back with us. Undoubtedly, he will boost our research, [...]
Metallic nanoparticles can be used as nanoheaters; they are very efficient converters of light energy into heat. However, accurate measurement of the temperatures reached by a metallic nanoparticle under illumination remains an open challenge, creating difficulties in the interpretation of results across plasmonic applications. Particularly, there is a quest for understanding the role of temperature [...]
Many physical, chemical, and biological phenomena are determined by dynamical processes occurring at the nanoscale. Therefore, tracking (bio)molecules and nanoparticles with nanometric precision and high temporal resolution is a truly powerful discovery tool in various fields. When it comes to biology, tracking the motion and conformational changes of proteins lies at the core of deciphering [...]
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)-based approaches are unique tools for sensing the immediate surroundings and interactions of (bio)molecules. FRET imaging and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) enable the visualization of the spatial distribution of molecular interactions and functional states. However, conventional FLIM and FRET imaging provide average information over an ensemble of molecules within a diffraction-limited [...]
Today we gathered after work to celebrate publications, grants and awards received by group members. Many thanks to Dr. Piotr Zdankowski for the delicious polish spirits!!
Since 1980, every 10 years, the Konex Foundation (https://www.fundacionkonex.org/) recognizes 100 remarkable personalities or institutions of Argentina for their work over one decade in different areas: Sports, Show Business, Visual Arts, Science and Technology, Literature, Popular Music, Humanities, Comunication, Journalism, Community and Institutions, Enterprises, and Classical Music. This year was the turn of Science [...]
Prof. Stefani was invited to the University of Fribourg to give lectures and supervise ongoing collaboration projects with Prof. Guillermo Acuna. In addition, Prof. Stefani gave a short course on Advanced Fluorescence Imaging for graduate and undergraduate students of the University of Fribourg and the University of Bern. The course was organized [...]