A new LinkedIN page dedicated to SWOPT has been launched! LinkedIN is an excellent platform to expand our networking to relevant stakeholders including the scientific and industrial community, as well as the general public. Follow us in LinkedIN to stay updated with the most important project results …Read More »

Prof. Vasilis Ntziachristos, director of the Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging and leader of the instrumentation work package of the SWOPT project, is a new member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He is also a Professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) holding the Chair for Biological Imaging.  …Read More »

As we are approaching the end of the year, it is a good moment to recover a recent podcast featuring Prof. Vasilis Ntziachristos, the director of the Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging (IBMI, HMGU) and the lead of the instrumentation work package in the SWOPT project. …Read More »

On October 9th – 10th 2024, the Second Consortium Meeting of the SWOPT took place in-person in the hystorical city of Besançon (France). Hosted by partner Sonaxis, the consortium met for two days to discuss the progress and challenges of the project, and to define future crucial …Read More »

Back in late 2023, the SWOPT consortium was approached by the group of Dr. Giannis Zacharakis, who was interested in contributing to the project, through the HopOn Facility. Dr.  Zacharakis is a Research Director at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser – Foundation for Research and …Read More »

The 88th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) took place this year on September 7th-15th in HELEXPO, the largest exhibition and congress centre in Greece. Under the motto “made in Germany” the honoured country in 2024 has been Germany, providing 6000 squared metres of exhibition space for German institutes …Read More »

On July 20th 2024, the Oben Ohne Open Air music festival took place in Munich. This is one of the largest outdoor festivals in southern Germany with about 20.000 visitors, mainly aged between 15 and 25 years old. Along with the music performances, the space serves as …Read More »

On the 28-30 June 2024, the FORSCHA (Münchner Wissenschaftstage) took place in Munich. This is a science communication fair free of cost that lasted 3 days and targeted general audience, with special emphasis on non-scientific public and kids. It took place in the Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum in …Read More »

On 20 June 2024, SWOPT took part in the summer party of the TUM School of Medicine and Health in Munich Olympiapark. Our communication team prepared a booth with visual material to show the research we do at our insitute. We also distributed reusable bottles and sunscreen, …Read More »

This April, a delegation from the Helmholtz Association visited Southeast Asia. SWOPT coordinator, Prof. André C. Stiel, was part of it, together with other representatives from Helmholtz Munich and other research institutions. The aim of the trip was to initiate collaborations and gain detailed insights into the …Read More »

On 12-15 March 2024, the 19th European Molecular Imaging Meeting – EMIM 2024 took place in Porto (Portugal). Several researchers working in SWOPT participated in the talks and the posters presentations, presenting projects results and establishing new fruitful collaborations. Rosa Marquez from Prof. Szymanski’s group at UMCG …Read More »

Rosa Marquez participates in the Molecular Nanotour Symposium 2023 On 13th September, the Molecular Nanotour Symposium 2023 took place in the Schulz-Horner Building of the JGU Mainz campus (Germany). The PhD student Rosa Marquez, from the SWOPT partner University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), presented a poster with her …Read More »

On September 7th 2023, the SWOPT partners met for the first Consortium meeting, in a hybrid format. The principal investigators and early career researchers of each organization presented the progress made during the first year of the project. Vibrant discussions took place to analyse the results obtained so …Read More »

SWOPT coordinator host, Helmholtz Munich (HMGU), has received the prestigious Total E-Quality award for its commitment to promoting equal opportunities and an inclusive work culture. We are proud to be part of an institution with demonstrated dedication in achieving gender equality and cultural diversity. Pro-active measures are …Read More »

The Photons & Proteins workshop in honor of Martin Chalfie was held at the Università di Parma, Centro Sant’Elisabetta on July 3, 2023, from 14.30 to 18.00. Detailed information here. In the occasion of the conferral of the honoris causa degree in Physics by the University of …Read More »