Today we welcomed (back) three #ICFOAlumni to the Beyond ICFO panel with ICFO Prof. Nicoletta Liguori. 💡This edition focused on funding opportunities for Early Career Researchers across Europe. A big thank you to Natalia, Nicoletta, Martí, and Carsten for your insights! 🙌

At #EOSAM2025, the podium discussion “HR Strategies for the Growing Photonics Industry” featured Lydia Sanmartí-Vila, Homa Zarebidaki, Anne-Lise Viotti, Martin Caldarola & Reinhard Windemuth, with Jérémy Picot-Clémente moderating. @carlahub.bsky.social @icfo.eu @csem.ch @lund-university.bsky.social

Welcome to all participants! 🙌 Today starts the fourth edition of the 'Be an #ICFOnian for a day' program. An opportunity to experiment what is the daily life of a researcher at ICFO.

Explore the agenda and speakers of this year's #ICFOCLPDay on the intersection of AI and #Photonics. It will highlight how AI is transforming photonic technologies, and how advances in photonics are enabling next-generation AI systems. Register here 👉 www.icfo.eu/event/4052/c...

Ep! 🎙️Ja teniu disponible el segon capítol de La utilitat del coneixement inútil! 💡Aquest capítol parlem amb Lluís Torner ex-director i fundador de @icfo.eu! 👉Escolta'l aquí open.spotify.com/episode/2Xbc... @soctastaolletes.bsky.social

📢At ICFO we are organizing a FREE #PhotonHub Online Introductory Course: "Lighting up the invisible: from fluorescence to advanced microscopy"💡🔬🦠 📅1 October 2025, 10h – 12h CET 📍Online Training Register your spot 👉 www.photonhub.eu/trainings-li... #PhotonicsInnovation

#SomCERCA | Des de la I-CERCA, celebrem la #Diada de Catalunya amb el compromís i la voluntat de continuar fent avançar la recerca i la innovació. Molt bona diada. #Diada2025 #Diada25 #11desetembre @govern @gencat

🎉 ¡Orgullo RSEQ! Nuestros socios @casadevallcarla.bsky.social, @nikinikki87.bsky.social y @carlosmyruela.bsky.social han sido galardonados con una prestigiosa #ERCStartingGrant 2025🔬 Enhorabuena!!!!! 📖 rseq.org/tres-miembro... @urv.cat @lcbm-epfl.bsky.social @iciq.org @icfo.eu

📝ICFO researchers have designed a special coating for the electrodes used in the conversion of CO2 into ethylene, ethanol, and other compounds with industrial and energy-related purposes. 🔗 In Journal of American Chemical Society ICFO News👉 bit.ly/46hpKix

🎙️Prof. Nicoletta Liguori received an ERC Starting Grant for her project MARIONETTE, that aims to understand how changes in the structure and environment of photosynthetic proteins allow them to regulate light-harvesting in plants🌱 🔗Read the interview 👉 bit.ly/46q0pEe @erc.europa.eu | #ERCStG

🎙️ We talked with Prof. Carmen Rubio-Verdú who has received an ERC Starting Grant. Over the next 5 years, this funding will allow her to explore fundamental questions at the frontier of quantum materials science. 🔗Read the full interview👉 bit.ly/41GFB90 #ERCStG | @erc.europa.eu

Six #BISTcommunity early-career researchers have secured prestigious ERC grants 👏 These awards highlight the ability of BIST Community centres to attract and nurture outstanding young international talent. @crg.eu @icfo.eu @iciq.org @ibecbarcelona.eu 👉http://bit.ly/486ENOq

Dues investigadores de l'ICFO reben la prestigiosa beca de l' @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant per abordar grans qüestions de la ciència🌱🌀 Un èxit per a les brillants investigadores i líders de grup de l'ICFO, la Prof. Nicoletta Liguori i la Prof. Carmen Rubio-Verdú. ➕Info: bit.ly/45OJ7AH @cerca.cat

Plants require sunlight to survive, yet excessive exposure can cause photodamage. Luckily a photoprotective "switch" triggers the conversion of excess solar energy to harmless heat. Nicoletta Liguori @icfo.eu will research the mechanics involved. 👉 buff.ly/yV0qmpN @nikinikki87.bsky.social

Two ICFO researchers win prestigious @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant to tackle big questions in science. An outstanding feat for the brilliant researchers and group leaders at ICFO, Prof. Nicoletta Liguori and Prof. Carmen Rubio-Verdú🙌 Read the full story 👉 bit.ly/3JF26Ff

📝Well-known semiconductor gains renewed interest for green hydrogen generation ICFO researchers in collaboration with @tum.de, have demonstrated a new route to exploit BiVO4 for hydrogen generation. 🔗ACS Energy Letters Full story on ICFO News👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2550/we...

Big leap toward quantum RAM: QIA researchers at @icfo.eu built an array of 10 controllable quantum memories that can store & recall multiple qubits on demand — a step toward scalable #quantumcomputing and the #quantuminternet. Read more: www.icfo.eu/news/2549/qu...

📢 Applications open for the Lasers4EU training: 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀-𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗟𝗔𝗕: 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 📅 4-7 Nov 2025 📍 @icfo.eu, Castelldefels, Spain ❗ Deadline for applications: 30 Sept 2025 ➡️ lasers4.eu/event/lasers...

📢 Last call! Abstract submission for Quantum Education Summit 2025 closes 4 Sept. Present your work in Barcelona, 3–5 Dec, and connect with the global quantum community. Submit now 👉 reedmackay.eventszone.net/myAbstracts/...

📝Quantum memory array at ICFO brings us closer to a quantum RAM ICFO researchers have achieved a major milestone in the development of solid-state quantum memories –one of the most promising platforms for quantum information storage. 🔗In Physical Review X 👉 bit.ly/467kXBo

Are you a PhD or postdoc in quantum? The Quantum Education Summit 2025 is your chance to: 🔹Access to global experts 🔹Academic visibility 🔹International networking 📍CosmoCaixa, Barcelona 🗓️3–5 December 2025 🎟️Early bird until 30 Sept: only 50€ for students 👉 reedmackay.eventszone.net/myCongress/f...

An international team led by @icfo.eu uses twisted #2DMaterials and the moiré effect to detect single #photons in the infrared spectrum. 📝 Published in @science.org @icn2.bsky.social #BISTCommunity #BioImaging #Astronomy #Quantum Learn more ➡️ bist.eu/twisted-2d-m...

📝ICFO researchers overcome long-standing bottleneck in single photon detection with twisted 2D materials. The results of this study, published in Science, open the door to a wide range of applications, from bioimaging to observational astronomy and quantum technologies. 👉 icfo.eu/news/2548/ic...

La #físicacuántica es contraintuitiva. El @icfo.eu introduce algunos de sus conceptos con esta entretenida y bella plataforma 'Quantum Tour' #scicomm ♾️ quantumtour.icfo.eu/Quantum-World #entanglement #superposition #belltest

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

Start of #PIXEurope, a initiative that aims to position Europe as a global leader in emerging technology for Photonic Integrated Chips. Read the full story on ICFO News 👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2546/st...

We're proud to announce the creation of shinephi, ICFO’s 13th Spin-off🙌 shinephi was born as a result of more than a decade of research conducted by the research group led by ICREA Prof. at ICFO Valerio Pruneri. Read the full story here👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2543/sh... #ICFOSpinOff

The #NANOGLASS_EU project held its second workshop on nanostructured surfaces for optics. 💬Invited talks included discussions about silicon photonics, thermal management and photovoltaics. Read more👉 nanoglass-itn.eu/2025/07/28/n... #H2020 #MSCA

📝 #AndiChallenge global competition puts tools for single-molecule motion analysis to the test, highlighting both the current strengths and the pressing challenges in this rapidly advancing field. 🔗Results in Nature Communications Read the full story👉 bit.ly/3IPv9Wc

📝ICFO researchers shed light on how superconductivity’s precursor forms This new optical method's extreme sensitivity can detect subtle asymmetries in the sample's behavior that eluded earlier techniques. 🔗In Communications Materials Read the full story👉 bit.ly/3UwnrTa

📢 NEW PAPER OUT❗ 🔬 An ICN2 Group, led by Klaas-Jan Tielrooij, with @icfo.eu collaborators & #Marburg University studied the transport mechanisms of charge carriers in MoSe₂. 🚀 Key for faster, more efficient #optoelectronic devices. 📜 Nature Communications ℹ️ 👉 https://bit.ly/44SfIFj #2DMaterials

☀️The #SOREC2_EU project hosted a Summer School in Ferrara last June. Participants explored cutting-edge #photoelectrochemical solutions for #SolarFuels, with expert talks on CO₂ reduction to value-added chemicals. Read more👉 bit.ly/3IH1zSF #HorizonEU #SolarFuels

🧠 Applications open for the 2025 edition of the MINDLAB Hands-on Course! Explore the state-of-the-art of photonics-based technologies tailored to monitor a hierarchy of scales in the study of the brain. 📅4–7 Nov |📍ICFO 🔗 bit.ly/455Jw02 🤝With #Lasers4EU & #360CARLA

🚀The European Space Agency - @esa.int and @hispasat.bsky.social have signed an agreement for Q-Design, the first integrated satellite and terrestrial quantum key distribution system. Read the full news article 👇 icfo.eu/news/2534/hi...

📝 ICFO researchers demonstrated a way to tune the properties of anisotropy-induced bound-states in the continuum –states that can hold light inside a structure instead of letting it just escape– using liquid crystals. 🔗In @optica.org ICFO News 👉 bit.ly/44MEHZk

🌞 Good morning #BISTcommunity ! 👉 Remember that you have 2,5 weeks left to wrap up your collaborative project proposals for the #BISTignite call! bist.eu/research/ign... @crg.eu @irbbarcelona.org @icfo.eu @icn2.bsky.social @iciq.org @ibecbarcelona.eu

📣 Calling young quantum researchers! Join us at #YQIS25 in Barcelona — a conference by young scientists, for young scientists. Present your work, connect, & help shape the future of quantum information science! Register now 👉 icfo.eu/event/4000/8... 📅 Register by August 15.

We welcome BIYSC Fellows 2025! 👋 For 10 days, this group of international students will work closely with ICFO researchers on a project in quantum cryptography. We hope you enjoy and make the most of this experience! 🎉 #BIYSC2025

We congratulate ICFO PhD graduate Valerio Di Giulio on receiving the 2025 EPS-QEOD Thesis Prize 👏 Valerio, #ICFOAlumni from Prof. F. Javier García de Abajo's group, receives this prestigious award for theoretical advances in the theory of quantum optics with free electrons.

✨This week, #ICFOnians are hosting the Frontiers School on Physics for Biology and Medicine, exploring the role of physics in understanding and addressing key challenges in biology and healthcare. A great start to a week of lectures, lab sessions, and scientific exchange! 🙌

📝A team led by #ICFOnians clarify the transport mechanisms of charge carriers in MoSe₂, identifying key parameters that influence their behavior in this atomically thin material, which is crucial for a range of optoelectronic devices. ICFO News 👉 bit.ly/4lmCECe

📢Call for applications! Join the ICFO-UNAM-Uniandes Frontiers Research School on #Photonics for Quantum Science and Technology. 🏡Accommodation provided to all accepted participants 🌍Open to young researchers worldwide 📅October 2025 🔗Apply: bit.ly/44hq3du

📢 Save the date! Join us for MINDLAB, an interdisciplinary training on neuroscience and #photonics, exploring the brain from molecules to whole organisms. 🗓️ 4–7 Nov 2025 📍 ICFO More details soon! #MINDLAB #Photonics #Neuroscience #ICFO #SaveTheDate

📝Circular polarization is no longer a barrier for HHG Contrary to long-standing scientific belief, ICFO researchers have demonstrated that circularly polarized light can, in fact, generate high harmonics –provided that the light contains sufficiently strong fluctuations. ICFO News 👉 bit.ly/4l3u0bA

📘 #ICFOnian Dr. Hippolyte Dourdent published a popularization book on #quantum science and technology. Dive into his conversation with ICFO Science Writer Laia Serradesanferm about how to demystify quantum science - & why storytelling matters in physics👇 www.icfo.eu/news/2524/th...

🚨 Great news! We’re partnering with SPIE (@spie.org) for the Quantum Education Summit. ✈️ Travel bursaries for non-EU students will soon be available. Stay tuned for more info: quantumeducationsummit.eu #CATQuantumAcademy #QuantumEducation #QuantumSummit2025 #IYQ2025

🌍 Ciència diversa, ciència millor 🏳️‍🌈 Als centres CERCA impulsem entorns inclusius, on tothom pugui ser qui és. Per una ciència més plural i innovadora. ✅ Sumem diversitat, sumem talent. ✨ Amb tot l'orgull 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/cgbtherfhw #SomCERCA #CiènciaAmbRespecte #28J2025

🏳️‍🌈June marks the start of #Pride season around the world! #ICFOnians prepared a vibrant program of activities - from quizzes & talks to beach bingo, movies, book clubs, & a drag show — all designed to celebrate and advocate.🎶🎬💬📚 Full agenda here👉 www.icfo.eu/es/event/401...

We can't believe the 3rd edition of the 'Be an #ICFOnian for a day' has come to an end 🤗 It has been amazing to host this brilliant group of women in STEM in our labs and teams these past months. Keep up your curiosity and hard work! 💪

📝 EPFL scientists build first self-illuminating biosensor Engineers have harnessed quantum physics to detect the presence of biomolecules without the need for an external light source. News👉 bit.ly/4k6wt3F