DESCRIPTION
The “Ultrafast Bio- and Nanophotonics” group is devoted to the study of light-matter interactions and its use to develop technologies that impact the societal challenges wellbeing, safe & secure society as well as an urban society.
We are using optical labels to track smart drug delivery systems, and other innovative nanomaterials in interaction with cells and biological tissues using advanced fluorescence and nonlinear spectroscopy e.g. to measure intracellular temperature.
We use and develop new imaging techniques such as super-resolution microscopy techniques and light sources, such as quantum and plasmonic LEDs.
Our femtosecond laser sources can be used for laser-based micro-nanofabrication, e.g. of photonics crystals or 3D scaffolds for tissue engineering using two photon polymerisation.
Nonlinear multi-photon FLIM imaging modes are developed for deep tissue and cell metabolic studies.
Join the Ultrafast Bio- and Nanophotonics group!
We invite motivated students from the Bioengineering, Physics, Chemistry and related areas to contact us for possibilities to conduct research internships or #master projects in our group!
Highly motivated PhD candidates and postdocs with nanophotonics research experience, please contact jana.nieder@inl.int for further information on funding opportunities (e.g. #FCT grants, #Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship grants and others) to join the team.
NEWS
2020-05-26: Our 3D microfabrication paper is online! We multiply fabrication speed using multiple beamlets to fabricate periodic structures simultaneously. Further, we perform first interdisciplinary studies with live cells. Here the link to the article: Multi-beam two-photon polymerization for fast large area 3D periodic structure fabrication for bioapplications, Maibohm et al., Scientific Reports 10, 8740 (2020)
2020-05-20 This year we organised the International Day of Light event as an online webinar with inspirational talks related to Light and Biology, Energy, Computing and Health, and all information you need to work with us, e.g. as collaborator. Recored version available online.
2020/03 Project granted: FCT-UT Austin portugal Programme: ExtreMED – Collaboration between the UBNP group at INL with U Porto (FemtoLab- Prof. H. Crespo) and Sphere Ultrafast Photonics as well as with UT Austin.
In the National News: With our near field DNA – hybridisation methods based on a Graphene sheet (collaboration with INL research group 2D Materials and Devices led by Prof. P. Alpuim).
Interview on TV channel “Porto Canal” (In Portuguese – sorry for any language errors;)
SCIENTIFIC Publication in the Portuguese National TV:
SyncRGB-FLIM in PT national TV!
Original SyncRGB-FLIM Publication can be found here!
SCIENTIFIC Publication with Backcover at Nanoscale:
Original Nanodrug delivery publication can be found here!
Student prize:
Rodrigo Ferreira receives “Best Oral Communication” prize at the IJUP 2019 – 12th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto for his oral presentation entitled “Few-cycle laser for real-time nanomedicine research: towards innovative anti-cancer therapy” awarded by the University of Porto.
Rodrigo performed his Master research project partly at the Femtolab at University of Porto and partly at the Ultrafast Bio- and Nanophotonics group at the INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory in a collaboration project also with the support from Sphere Ultrafast Photonics.
Congratulations Rodrigo!
Recent Publications
GROUP LEADER
THE TEAM
Bruno Romeira
Staff Researcher
Christian Maibohm
Staff Researcher
Bejoys Jacob
Research Fellow
Filipe Camarneiro
Junior Research Fellow
Ima Ghaeli
Research Fellow
Manuel Caño
Research Fellow
Rajesh Tamang
Research Fellow
Ricardo Adão
Junior Research Fellow
João Martins
Research Fellow
João Freitas
Master Intern
Ânia Barata Micaelo
Master Intern
Beatriz Costa
Master Intern
Apply with us for a Quantum position as PhD student and Join our Team!
I’m interested in developing the following projects related to quantum sensing and information using Nitrogen Vacancy centers in diamond:
“Diamond photonics-based magnetic field sensing around neurons”
“Development of integrated diamond photonics platforms for quantum information and sensing applications“
If you are interested in any of them, or you want to suggest other quantum photonics projects for your PhD, please contact by email to Dr. Jana Nieder
Research Area: Quantum Sensing & Q. Information Sciences
This year we organised the International Day of Light event as an online webinar with inspirational talks related to Light and Biology, Energy, Computing and Health, and all information you need to work with us, e.g. as collaborator.
Link to the video on the INL youtube channel.
FORMER MEMBERS
Christian Maibohm
Postdoctoral research fellow
Pedro Moura
Maser Intern
Oleksandr Savchuk
Research Fellow
Oscar F. Silvestre
Postdoctoral research fellow
Beatriz Santiago
Research Fellow
Birhanu Belay
Visiting PhD student
Carlota Pereira Carlos
Master Intern
Pedro Manuel Lima da Silva
Master Intern
Riazul Arefin
Master Intern
Lisa-Marie Otto
Master Intern
Rodrigo Ferreira
Master Intern
Edite Figueiras
Postdoctoral research fellow
Ana Rita Faria
Master Intern
Raquel Cristina Fonseca Gonçalves Lopes
Master Intern
Thomas Exlager
Master Intern
Eduarda B. Fernandes
Master Intern
Rasa Ozolina
Master Intern
Ana M. Carvalho
Master Intern
DESCRIPTION
In the nanomedicine research area, the “Ultrafast Bio- and Nanophotonics” group is devoted to the study of smart drug delivery systems and other innovative nanomaterials using advanced fluorescence and nonlinear spectroscopy and using and developing new imaging techniques. Besides using more established super-resolution microscopy techniques one of our main focus is to develop new superresolution techniques.
Our femtosecond laser sources can be used for lased based micro-nanofabrication, e.g. of plasmonic nanostructures or biomimetic models and a multi-photon microscope is developed for the study of nonlinear effects in nanoparticles, as well as, for deep tissue imaging purposes.
Research lines of the Ultrafast Bio- and Nanophotonics group
We invite motivated students from the Bioengineering, Physics, Chemistry and related areas to contact us for possibilities to conduct research internships or #master projects in our group!
Highly motivated PhD candidates and postdocs with nanophotonics research experience, please contact jana.nieder@inl.int for further information on funding opportunities (e.g. #FCT grants, #Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship grants and others) to join the team.
NEWS
2020-05-26: Our 3D microfabrication paper is online! We multiply fabrication speed using multiple beamlets to fabricate periodic structures simultaneously. Further, we perform first interdisciplinary studies with live cells. Here the link to the article: Multi-beam two-photon polymerization for fast large area 3D periodic structure fabrication for bioapplications, Maibohm et al., Scientific Reports 10, 8740 (2020)
2020-05-20 This year we organised the International Day of Light event as an online webinar with inspirational talks related to Light and Biology, Energy, Computing and Health, and all information you need to work with us, e.g. as collaborator. Recored version available online.
2020/03 Project granted: FCT-UT Austin portugal Programme: ExtreMED – Collaboration between the UBNP group at INL with U Porto (FemtoLab- Prof. H. Crespo) and Sphere Ultrafast Photonics as well as with UT Austin.
In the National News: With our near field DNA – hybridisation methods based on a Graphene sheet (collaboration with INL research group 2D Materials and Devices led by Prof. P. Alpuim).
Interview on TV channel “Porto Canal” (In Portuguese – sorry for any language errors;)
SCIENTIFIC Publication in the Portuguese National TV:
SyncRGB-FLIM in PT national TV!
Original SyncRGB-FLIM Publication can be found here!
SCIENTIFIC Publication with Backcover at Nanoscale:
Original Nanodrug delivery publication can be found here!
Student prize:
Rodrigo Ferreira receives “Best Oral Communication” prize at the IJUP 2019 – 12th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto for his oral presentation entitled “Few-cycle laser for real-time nanomedicine research: towards innovative anti-cancer therapy” awarded by the University of Porto.
Rodrigo performed his Master research project partly at the Femtolab at University of Porto and partly at the Ultrafast Bio- and Nanophotonics group at the INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory in a collaboration project also with the support from Sphere Ultrafast Photonics.
Congratulations Rodrigo!
Recent Publications
GROUP LEADER
Jana Nieder
jana.nieder@inl.int
tel. +351 253 140 112
NEWS
This year we organised the International Day of Light event as an online webinar with inspirational talks related to Light and Biology, Energy, Computing and Health, and all information you need to work with us, e.g. as collaborator.
Link to the video on the INL youtube channel.
THE TEAM
Bruno Romeira
Staff Researcher
Bejoys Jacob
Research Fellow
Filipe Camarneiro
Junior Research Fellow
Ima Ghaeli
Research Fellow
Manuel Caño
Research Fellow
Rajesh Tamang
Research Fellow
Ricardo Adão
Junior Research Fellow
João Freitas
Master Intern
Ânia Barata Micaelo
Master Intern
Beatriz Costa
Master Intern
FORMER MEMBERS
Christian Maibohm
Postdoctoral research fellow
Pedro Moura
Maser Intern
Oleksandr Savchuk
Research Fellow
Oscar F. Silvestre
Postdoctoral research fellow
Beatriz Santiago
Research Fellow
Birhanu Belay
Visiting PhD student
Carlota Pereira Carlos
Master Intern
Pedro Manuel Lima da Silva
Master Intern
Riazul Arefin
Master Intern
Lisa-Marie Otto
Master Intern
Rodrigo Ferreira
Master Intern
Edite Figueiras
Postdoctoral research fellow
Ana Rita Faria
Master Intern
Raquel Cristina Fonseca Gonçalves Lopes
Master Intern
Thomas Exlager
Master Intern
Eduarda B. Fernandes
Master Intern
Rasa Ozolina
Master Intern
Ana M. Carvalho
Master Intern