🗨️ “I am honoured and thankful to receive the ESP Young Investigator Award. This recognition strongly motivates my newly established group at ICFO.” — Prof. Dr. Nicoletta Liguori on being awarded the @EurSocPhotobiol Young Investigator Award 2025. 👉 https://ow.ly/4uQM50XouBY

🧠Bridging Brain Science and Clinical Care in the 4th Barcelona Medical Photonics Network Annual Meeting Gathering of experts focuses discussion on clinical unmet needs and uses of photonic techniques in neuroscience, medicine & clinical care. ICFO News👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2585/br...

Very grateful to @icfo.eu MINDLAB workshop organizers for inviting me to share my research & visit the institute. I may have gone more bio for my postdoc, but my love of engineering has yet to fade & my passion for photons grows with every experiment. Feeling very inspired by this community 🔬 💗

⏲️⚛️Descobreix el món de la #quàntica en 5min! Per celebrar la Setmana de la Ciència un grup d'investigadors de l'ICFO ens explicarà per què la quàntica és important per a la seva investigació i per a la societat. Apunta't amb la teva classe! 👉 https://ow.ly/vwR050XmhK5

📝Simpler, yet just as precise: the new spectromicroscopy technique proposed at ICFO The technique, described in ACS Nano, could bring high quality together with greater accessibility and simplicity to this kind of research. ICFO News 👉 bit.ly/4i1l2Lv

🧠The Barcelona Medical Photonics Network Annual Meeting illustrated how diverse disciplines converge to bridge fundamental brain science with clinical care.

We started the BMPN Annual Meeting program with talks by experts featuring a spectrum of cutting-edge methodologies in the study of the brain 🧠

Kicking off the 4th Annual Barcelona Medical Photonics Network Meeting, for the first time happening at ICFO! 🙌 This event brings together experts in photonics, neuroscience, biology, and clinical medicine. An intersection of disciplines where new ideas emerge! 💡

📣Final call for the Quantum Education Summit 2025. 📅Registrations close November 9. Join international experts, educators, and researchers in Barcelona to explore the future of quantum learning and collaboration. Limited capacity. Register now👉 https://quantumeducationsummit.eu/

📣 Last days to apply! #Fellowships available for undergraduate and master students to conduct a research internship at ICFO with one of our Research Groups. 📅 Apply by November 6 👉 https://bit.ly/47lNq78

📝New clues on how physical forces spread in neurons ICFO researchers & collaborators have uncovered new insights into how physical stresses (which might encode mechanical information) spread across the membranes of neurons. 🔗NaturePhysics ICFO News👉 bit.ly/4omezx2

CARLA Camp: Photonics Career Symposium 💡 Explore photonics careers, tech talks & researcher stories! 📅 Dec 4, 2025 | 09:00 – 14:00 CET | CosmoCaixa Register now👉 https://quantumeducationsummit.eu/workshops/#tab-11772

📢 Last chance to register! Registration for the Annual Meeting of the Barcelona Medical Photonics Network closes tomorrow, October 28. Don’t miss it! 👉https://www.icfo.eu/event/4095/BMPN/ 🗓️ November 4 | 📍ICFO

📝Exposing graphene’s surface without sacrificing quality ICFO researchers have developed a new technique capable of selectively removing the top hBN layer while preserving the electronic quality of graphene. 🔗The Journal of Physics: Materials 👉http://bit.ly/4oC2LWV

📢Up to 9 fellowships available to undertake an internship or master’s thesis in #quantum at a different CQA institution or a non-CQA institution!​ ​ The #CATQuantumAcademy launches its Mobility Call for outstanding students.​ Send your applications👉 https://bit.ly/4nTkDfU

ICFO postdoctoral researcher Luciano Iván Pereira Valenzuela has been recognized by CSIC for his outstanding doctoral thesis, carried out at the Institute of Fundamental Physics (IFF-CSIC)🙌 Congratulations Luciano for this award! 👏 ICFO News 👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2578/cs...

🍂 Whether you missed a few of them or just want a quick recap, our summary of September’s top scientific news has you covered! Dive in and catch up on everything that happened last month! 👉 https://www.icfo.eu/news/2569/september-science-news-recap/880/ #ICFOScienceRecap

📍En la marc del #DiaDeLaFotònica, la doctoranda Diana Méndez va participar en el taller Investiga'm a la Biblioteca de Castelldefels amb la xerrada “De la Tierra al cerebro: usando átomos para medir campos magnéticos”. 🧠Va compartir la seva recerca i va conversar amb el públic!

📢 ICFO welcomes applications for the DigiQ Student Research Fellowships Students can undertake an internship or master’s thesis project within ICFO’s Quantum Science and Technologies research groups Learn more👉 jobs.icfo.eu?detail=947 #DigiQ

Today we celebrate the #DayOfPhotonics and recall our #ICFOOpenDay ✨ Through lab tours, hands-on activities, and conversations with researchers, attendees discovered how #photonics help us understand and improve the world around us. ICFO News👉 icfo.eu/news/2576/op...

📝Roadmap for photonics with 2D materials and for quantum nanophotonics with free electrons ICFO researchers played a leading role in developing two roadmaps, published in ACS Photonics and coordinated by ICREA Prof. Javier García de Abajo. ICFO News👉 https://ow.ly/TS1t50XcYYu

ICFO receives the FEI 2025 award 🏆 The jury highlighted the center's track record in photonics research and its role as an international benchmark in the transfer of knowledge and cutting-edge technology, as well as a source of innovative companies. ICFO News 👉 https://ow.ly/UihK50Xct8B

📢Up to 4 fellowships available for students who want to undertake an internship and/or master’s thesis in #quantum at a CQA institution! ​ The #CATQuantumAcademy launches the Research Fellowship Call for outstanding students applying.​ Apply here👉 https://bit.ly/42FT0i8

📢The program for the Annual Meeting of the Barcelona Medical Photonics Network is out! Discover how photonics helps bridge brain science and clinical care 🧠💡 🗓️ Nov 4 | 📍ICFO Register by October 28th 👉 www.icfo.eu/event/4095/B...

📣 @icfo.eu is now accepting applications for its Student Research Fellowships, including the SPIE@ICFO María Yzuel Awards, which support women in the field of #optics and #photonics. Join top scientists for up to 12 months of research! Apply now: https://jobs.icfo.eu/?detail=1040 #WomenInSTEM

📢Up to 9 fellowships available to undertake an internship or master’s thesis in #quantum at a different CQA institution or a non-CQA institution!​ ​ The #CATQuantumAcademy launches its Mobility Call for outstanding students.​ Send your applications👉 bit.ly/4nTkDfU

#ICFOSpinOff @luxquanta.bsky.social secures €8 Million in Series A Funding to Accelerate Global Deployment of Quantum-Safe Cybersecurity Solutions. This milestone funding marks LuxQuanta’s transition from a promising startup to a global scale-up. ICFO News 👉 icfo.eu/news/2573/lu...

A la tarda, hem donat la benvinguda a famílies! 🙌 A través d’activitats, experiments i xerrades, hem compartit la nostra recerca amb públic de totes les edats. #ICFOOpenDay

Apropant la #fotònica i les seves aplicacions als estudiants! 💡 Un matí complet de visites a laboratoris, xerrades amb #ICFOnians i activitats per descobrir què fem a l'ICFO. #ICFOOpenDay

Comença l'#ICFOOpenDay! 🙌 Aquest matí rebem estudiants de batxillerat amb ganes de descobrir l'impacte de la recerca #fotònica en la societat💡

👋 La Diana, el Miguel, la Rebecca i el Chunyu ens obriran les portes dels seus laboratoris! Demà, a l’ #ICFOOpenDay, ells i altres #ICFOnians voluntaris acompanyaran els grups que ens visitaran en un recorregut per diversos laboratoris i activitats 🔬

💡 The research group led by ICFO Prof. Michael Krieg has been awarded a BBVA Foundation Fundamentos Grant to study disordered proteins in neuronal cells in collaboration with @irbbarcelona.org. ICFO News 👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2566/ic...

📝Interconnecting quantum memories for the quantum internet ICFO researchers have recently achieved a milestone towards the distribution of entanglement over long distances, which could serve as one of the building blocks of a worldwide quantum internet. In @physrevlett.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/4qggyV1

📝 Breakthrough wearable device enables practical blood-flow monitoring A team led by ICFO researchers has now developed a new type of wearable blood flow monitor that, without sacrificing data quality, is more compact, stable, and user-friendly. 👉 bit.ly/478FENM

📝 Two decades of Quantum Science through the lens of a photonics institute A new article in Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física tells the story of ICFO in quantum science since its inception. ICFO News 👉 bit.ly/3IMiKlV

Looking forward to the #QuantumEducationSummit2025? ✈️ #CATQuantumAcademy → up to 15 students, €500 reimbursement DigiQ→ up to 5 network students, €500 reimbursement SPIE→ up to 4 students (eligible countries), travel + 4 nights shared accommodation 📅Apply by 19 Oct 👉 ow.ly/B3Fz50X4mGo

Interested in knowing how quantum communication works in space? 🛰️ #QUDICE is developing space-based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) to enable a future secure satellite network over Europe. Learn more about the project 👉 qudice.eu

👉 Guess whose 🐈‍ appears on the 4th #Quantumposters! With #BISTCommunity @icfo.eu @icn2.bsky.social @iciq.org #IFAE & @perimeterinstitute.ca Illustrated by @mariapicasso.com. Supported by @ajuntamentbcn.bsky.social 📥https://bist.eu/society/quantum-science-for-schools/

Tanquem una setmana d’activitats apropant la ciència a la ciutadania!🌙 Els i les #ICFOnians han participat un any més en la #NitRecerCat, presentant aplicacions de la fotònica en àrees com la medicina, el medi ambient i la quàntica. Moltes gràcies Lucía, Pere, Valentina, Stefano i Lydia! 🙌

#Quantum100 #ICFOUNAMUniandes | La 4.ª Escuela de Investigación de Fronteras @icfo.eu - #UNAM - Uniandes | Este año celebramos 100 años de mecánica cuántica explorando la frontera entre ciencia y tecnología cuántica. Confirma tú asistencia: 👇 www.icfo.eu/event/3953/i...

📢 @icfo.eu‬ is organising a one-day #PhotonHub Demo Centre about Super Resolution and Advance Microscopy Imaging Techniques. 📅 29 October 2025 📍 Castelldefels, Spain 👉 https://bit.ly/4p230vt

🟡 Dilluns 29 a les 19h, a OnaLlibres es presenta el poemari 'Magmes: Quatre poètiques de Ciència Radical' amb els autors, @joanduranf.bsky.social i Godall Edicions. Una alegria retrobar-hi el Pol Vouillamoz, que vam acollir en residència a l'ICFO🖋️

📢 At ICFO we are organizing a free one-day PhotonHub Demo Centre about Super resolution and advanced microscopy imaging techniques 💡🔬 📅 29 October 2025 📍 Barcelona, Spain Don't miss this opportunity and register your spot now 👉 https://ow.ly/XUT350X30Kw

🎙️ El Lluís Torner, director fundador de l'ICFO, va participar en el segon capítol del podcast 'La utilitat del coneixement inútil' amb Mariona Esquerda Ciutat i Cèlia Ventura i Gabarró No us el perdeu! 👇 https://bsky.app/profile/marionamec.bsky.social/post/3lz4gdrui5k2h

Early Bird ends 30 Sept! 🐦 Join 300+ global researchers & educators in Barcelona for the Quantum Education Summit 2025. Register now with a discounted fee.👉 https://ow.ly/Cowq50X2Ybb #CATQuantumAcademy #QuantumEducationSummit2025

🌙🔬 Avui ens trobareu a les microxerrades Científiques de #NitRecerCat: ⚛️ Més enllà del que veiem: la llum i la quàntica amb Stefano Pedarra 🍃 La fotònica al servei de l’energia sostenible amb Lydia Sanmartí-Vila 📍 Vil·la Urània | 19:00h - 20:00h Registra't 👉 https://bit.ly/4nVqBwF

🌙🔬 Vols apropar la física quàntica als teus estudiants? En el taller de la ICFO Maciej Lewenstein Quantum School for Teachers, podràs descobrir els recursos al teu abast. 📍Vil·la Urània | 18:00h - 18:45h Registra't 👉 https://bit.ly/4gM0lT1

One week ago, we welcomed the brilliant participants of the 'Be an ICFOnian for a day' program! 🎉 This 4th edition brought together a group of students from diverse STEM fields, from Physics and Computer Engineering to Nanoscience, Chemistry, Photonics, and Telecommunications.

📝Researchers at @ethz.ch and ICFO have now proposed a technique to increase the distance over which the wave-like behavior of an optically levitated nanoparticle remains well-defined. 🔗Paper in Physical Review Letters ICFO News 👉 bit.ly/48AQD3J

📢 @icfo.eu‬ is organising a FREE #PhotonHub Online Introductory Course about Lighting up the Invisible: From Fluorescence to Advanced Microscopy 💡🎓 📅 1 October 2025, 10:00 – 12:00 CET 📍 Online Training 👉 Register your spot at https://bit.ly/4laATbD