🌞 The early-bird registration deadline has been extended up to April 15. Secure your spot and register for an amazing event! 🌿 🔬 The Photobiology School is the place to be if you are in #Photobiology

And if you are asked to chair a symposium at a congress, take it. If you need a chair, take it! #achairisnotonlyachair

Warm congratulations to Dr. Qian Peng on receiving the Rimington Prize from NOFFOF in 2026. 🏆 Recognized for decades of pioneering work in photobiology and photomedicine at Oslo University Hospital. A well-deserved honor and an inspiration to colleagues and future researchers. 🔬👏

New paper out after a fruitful collaboration with the lab of Miloslav Macháček at Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, @unikarlova.cuni.cz that sent talented and hardworking PhD student Magdaléna Kozlíková to our lab in Oslo! doi.org/10.3389/fimm...

⏰ Last Chance – Registration Closes Today! This is your final opportunity to join the 2nd ESP Junior Meeting! Now is the moment to register — don’t miss out. 📅 Deadline: February 28th, 2026 🎯 Secure your spot before it’s too late! 🔗 Register here: forms.gle/kf4U9PdYpsCi...

The deadline for early registration to the ESP Photobiology School with a discounted fee is March 31st, do not miss it!

Free ESP membership for Ukrainian scientists in 2026! ESP will waive 2026 membership fees for any scientist affiliated with a Ukrainian institution who wishes to join. 👉 How to join: www.photobiology.eu/membership-p... #Photobiology #Science #Ukraine #UkrainianScientists #EuropeanScience #ESP

❄️The PCI Group wishes you a Merry Christmas 🎄, Happy Holidays 🎁, and a very Happy New Year ✨❄️

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Congratulations to everyone in Oslo Cancer Cluster on a decade of building a world-class innovation ecosystem — and on the opening of the John Ugelstad House. Also congratulations to Photocure that won the innovation prize from the Norwegian Cancer Society. Hurra!

Are you working on the investigations on biological effects of optical radiation in relation to human beings? Why not applying to the 22. Arnold Rikli Award (10.000 € for the year 2025)?

Please re-post @pkselbo.bsky.social @giorgiamiolo.bsky.social @amparofaustino.bsky.social @photobiology.bsky.social @grattierilab.bsky.social @bergkristian.bsky.social @antoniomonari.bsky.social @virginielhiaubet.bsky.social @frangiunti.bsky.social @maxxtrotta.bsky.social

Paper out in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy! 🔬🧑‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬 “Light-enhanced cytotoxicity & trafficking of the PD-L1-targeting photoimmunoconjugate EITC-atezolizumab” 👉 lnkd.in/dz-zF-Hx Novel: #Atezolizumab clusters w/ #CD63 pos #MVBs #Photoimmunotherapy #lungcancer #PDL1 #Tecentriq #NSCLC #PhotodynamicTherapy

As the #ESPCongress2025 has come to an end, we would like to thank you all for having made this event so unique!!! The ESP President @pkselbo.bsky.social, the ESP President Elect @frangiunti.bsky.social and the ESP Past President @maxxtrotta.bsky.social are ready to welcome you soon! Safe travels!

We have attended the #ESP2025Congress in Bari: ✨ PhD students Riccarda K Læret & Arno Bruel gave excellent talks! ✨ Inger Kristine F. Aukrust had a great poster presentation! ✨ Kristian Berg gave an inspiring Opening Lecture! ✨ Myself: New President of ESP🤗 🌞😎 #Photobiology & #PDT #ProudOfMyGroup

Thank you to all of the attendees of the Gala Dinner of the #ESPCongress2025!!! What an amazing night celebrating #photobiology and friendship!!! ...and....you look fantastic! 📷 @josemgpereira.bsky.social

Thank you very much to all speakers! The symposium, #PDT and #immunotherapy of #cancer, went very well with around 100 attendees. #ESPCongress2025 Dimitri Krysko, Lígia Catarina Gomes da Silva, Odrun Gederaas, Kaitlyn Moore, Arno Bruel, Brian Schnoor, Cristina Dias and Angeles Juarranz

Get ready for the #ESP2025Congress! Prof. Kristian Berg @bergkristian.bsky.social open the meeting with the Plenary Lecture: “Fortieth anniversary of the European Society of Photobiology. History and significance in the scientific community”.

✨ The #ESPCongress2025 is ready and waiting for you!!! 🚨 See you all on Sunday!!! ☀️ @maxxtrotta.bsky.social @virginielhiaubet.bsky.social @grattierilab.bsky.social

📢 We are extremely excited to announce the first of our Plenary Speakers at #ESPCongress2025, the 🎩 Nobel Prize Laureate Martin Chalfie #NobelPrize 🏅 Do not miss the opportunity to be with us in #Bari! #Photobiology Poster submission still open!! bari2025.photobiology.eu/abstract-sub...

📢 Announcing our second Plenary Speaker at the #ESPCongress2025: Prof. Kristian Berg will deliver his Lecture at the Welcome Reception on Sunday August 24th! Do not miss the opportunity to be with us in #Bari! #Photobiology

🥁 Drum roll........the 2025 Young Investigator Awardees have been selected! Congratulations to Nicoletta Liguori @nikinikki87.bsky.social and Antonio Francés-Monerris @afranceschem.bsky.social 🎉 They will deliver the Young Investigator Award Lectureship at the #ESPCongress2025. See you all there!

🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 ESP Best Ph.D. Thesis awardees: Lara García-Campa for Plant Photobiology; Charlotte Rouiller for Environmental Photobiology; Martina Mušković for Photodynamic Therapy; and Celina Pihl for Photomedicine. Join us at the #ESPcongress2025 🗓️ to discover their works!

🌟 Great News for Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (PPS)! 🌟 @springernature.com PPS has achieved Q1 status in the "Radiation" category and its 2024 impact factor has increased to 3.2. Congratulations to everyone involved in this achievement: authors, reviewers, editors and journal staff!!

📢 Grab your sunglasses....we are waiting for you at the #ESPCongress2025 in #Bari! ☀️ ⛱️ 🌊 Here is our fifth and last Plenary Speaker: Prof. Guglielmo Lanzani will deliver his Lecture on Monday August 25th! 🗓️

📢 The countdown continues for the #ESPCongress2025! Join us in #Bari! ☀️ ⛱️ 🌊 Here is our fourth Plenary Speaker: Prof. Roberta Croce will deliver her Lecture on Thursday August 28th! 🗓️ #Photobiology

📢 The countdown is on to the #ESPCongress2025! Do not miss the opportunity to be with us in #Bari! Here is our third Plenary Speaker: Prof. Sherri McFarland will deliver her Lecture on Tuesday August 26th! 🗓️ #Photobiology

🌞✨ Calling all ESP Juniors! Start #ESPCongress2025 mornings with new skills and good company at our very first ESP Junior Breakfasts in Bari! 🥐☕ Check the ESP program schedule (26 and 27 August 2025). ⚠️ Spots are limited! Register by 20 August, 2025! More info👉 [email protected]

Follow @photobiologyeurope.bsky.social, the European Society for Photobiology is on Bluesky and share your pictures of the next congress in Bari See you in 3 days!!☀️🧪🧬

🌟 Great News for Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (PPS)! 🌟 PPS has achieved Q1 status in the "Radiation" category and its 2024 impact factor has increased to 3.2. Congratulations to everyone involved in this achievement: authors, reviewers, editors and journal staff!

To the photobiology sphere. This exciting news makes us extremely happy. Be part of our congress. See you in beautiful Bari. And don't forget your swimsuit! #ESPCongress2025. @photobiology.bsky.social @photodynamicipa.bsky.social @pkselbo.bsky.social @nobelprize.bsky.social

🌟 The election for the new Executive Committee (EC) of the European Society for Photobiology (ESP) for the 2025-2027 term is now open for ESP members in good standing. The election results and the new EC will be announced at the ESP General Assembly during the 21st Congress in Bari. 1/2

📣 From the LOC: «In view of the numerous requests received by the organizing committee, the deadline for registering and submitting contributions to the #ESPCongress2025 is extended to May 31st! 🗓️ Do not miss the opportunity to join a vibrant scientific community in Bari! ☀️ #Photobiology»

Paper out! 🎉 Together with Pål Johansen lab and UHZ/UZH/ETH Zürich: Inflammatory cutaneous reactions with systemic CD8+ T-cell responses upon photochemical internalization of antigens in mice - Journal of Investigative Dermatology www.jidonline.org/article/S002...

🚨 Only 9 days remains to submit your abstract for the #ESPCongress2025 in Bari!! 📢 Do not miss this opportunity to join the photobiology community for this exciting event!!! 🔬 Abstract submission at: bari2025.photobiology.eu/abstract-sub...

I en blogg som i dag ble lagt ut på «EKSPERTSYKEHUSET - OUS SIN BLOGG FOR FAG, FORSKNING» skriver vi om viktigheten av solkrem, avliver myter om solkremer - de er trygge - og oppfordrer til å ikke bruke solarium. www.oslo-universitetssykehus.no/om-oss/ekspe... God påske! 😎☀️🐣

🚨 The deadlines for the Young Investigator Award and the Best PhD Thesis Award have been extended to March, 31st! Check out the ESP websites for all the details: photobiology.eu Do not miss the opportunity to apply!

We are pleased to inform that our article on PDT and immunity in cancer has been published as open access! Reference: Pål Kristian Selbo & Mladen Korbelik, Enhancing antitumour immunity with photodynamic therapy, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, In press, 2025. rdcu.be/eaz2e

🚨#TravelFellowships are available to attend the #ESPCongress2025 that will be held on August 24-28, 2025 in Bari, Italy! 🔬Applications are reserved to senior scientists, early-stage researchers, Post-docs, and PhD students from less privileged countries bari2025.photobiology.eu/fellowships

🚨 The Website of the the 21st Congress of the European Society for Photobiology ✨ #ESPCongress2025 in now online! 📢 Join us in the beautiful city of #Bari, #Italy Abstract submission deadline May 15 🗓️ All info at: bari2025.photobiology.eu

📢 First post announcing that the executive committee of the #ESP was gathered in Bari, Italy last weekend to plan many exciting activities, including the 21st #ESP Congress, #ESP25Bari! Mark your calendar 🗓️ August 25-29, 2025. Info on deadlines, venue, and accommodation will soon come! Stay Tuned!

I have started my new position as Group Leader of the PCI group at the Department of Radiation Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital! Very happy that @bergkristian.bsky.social will be a member of the team together with talented students and skilled engineers. #Photobiology

My first post! God Jul / Happy Christmas / Happy Holidays 🎄❄️ from the PCI lab ⁦‪⁦‪in Oslo‬⁩, which already got Santa (Julenissen🎅🏼) on visit. ⁦‪ #GodJul #GodtNyttår 👨🏻‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬🔬🧪🕯️