• January 26, 2012
    Conference "Biophotonics: Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care" 16-19 April 2012 in Brussels, Belgium. accepted our talks "Use of Raman microspectroscopy to score the malignancy of breast cancer cells, ", "Detecting neuroinflammation non-invasively through the retina by means of Raman spectroscopy and multivariate analysis," "Optical trapping detects colored noise in the fluctuations of an extended DNA molecule," "Load bearing studies of single DNA molecules and red blood cells using optical tweezers and Raman spectroscopy," "Force and Raman spectroscopy of single red blood cell"
  • January 18, 2012
    Optics Letters accepted a manuscript D. Petrov, N. Rahuel, G. Molina Terriza, and L. Torner "Characterization of dielectric spheres by spiral imaging"
  • January 6, 2012
    Physical Review Letters published a manuscript F. Beunis, F. Strubbe, K. Neyts, and D. Petrov "Beyond Millikan: The dynamics of charging effects on individual colloidal particles" It recived also the label "editor's suggestion" and it is covered by an article in "PhysicsFocus" "Millikan's experiment takes the next step"
  • January 5, 2012
    European Biophysics Journal published a manuscript I. A. Martinez, S. Raj and Dmitri Petrov "Colored noise in the fluctuations of an extended DNA molecule detected by optical trapping"
  • October 10, 2011
    European Biophysics Journal accepted a manuscript I. A. Martinez, S. Raj and Dmitri Petrov "Colored noise in the fluctuations of an extended DNA molecule detected by optical trapping"
  • June 28, 2011
    European Biophysics Journal published a manuscript Pau Mestres and Dmitri Petrov "Real-time detection of changes in the electrophoretic mibility of a single cell under hyperosmotic stress"
  • June 12, 2011
    European Biophysics Journal accepted a manuscript Pau Mestres and Dmitri Petrov "Real-time detection of changes in the electrophoretic mibility of a single cell under hyperosmotic stress"
  • May 31, 2011
    A Monica Marro's poster at Light for Health 2011, Photonics4Life, ICFO, May 31 "Extending the applicability of Raman microspectroscopy for biological samples using statistical analysis and plasmonic effects"
  • May 26, 2011
    A Monica Marro's talk at SPIE/OSA European Conferences on Biomedical Optics (22-26 May 2011), Munich "Using 2D correlation and multivariate analysis combined with plasmonic effects to expand the use of Raman microspectroscopy in biomedical applications"
  • November 19, 2010
    Applied Physics Letters published a manuscript Mario Tonin, Stefan Balint, Pau Mestres, Ignacio A. Martınez, and Dmitri Petrov "Electrophoretic mobility of a growing cell studied by photonic force microscope"
  • November 3, 2010
    Applied Physics Letters accepted a manuscript Mario Tonin, Stefan Balint, Pau Mestres, Ignacio A. Mart`ınez, and Dmitri Petrov "Electrophoretic mobility of a growing cell studied by photonic force microscope"
  • October 27, 2010
    Optics Express published a manuscript Satish Rao, Mikko J. Huttunen, Juha M. Kontio, Jouni Makitalo, Milla-Riina Viljanen, Janne Simonen, Martti Kauranen, and Dmitri Petrov "Tip-enhanced Raman scattering from bridged nanocones"
  • October 26, 2010
    Journal of Nanophotonics published a manuscript D. Petrov "Raman nanospectroscopy of single DNA molecules"
  • October 25, 2010
    Journal of Raman Spectroscopy accepted a manuscript S. Balint, S. Rao, M. Marro, P. Miskovsky, D. Petrov "Monitoring of local pH in photodynamic therapy treated live cancer cells using surface-enhanced Raman scattering probes" "
  • October 5-8, 2010
    A COST meeting and training school (Optical micro-manipulation by nonlinear nanophotonics). Visegrad, Hungary A talk M. Marro Sanchez "Photodynamic drug induced pH changes in live cancer cells studied with SERS probes"
  • September 10, 2010
    I. A. Martínez defended his Master in Photonic Thesis "Biochemical noise of a single DNA molecule studied by optical trapping"
  • September 9, 2010
    Physical Review A published a manuscript D. Petrov "Second harmonic generation by a rotating Laguerre-Gaussian beam"
  • August28 / September2, 2010
    A Biophotonic and Imaging graduate summer school, Ireland. A poster I. A. Martínez, S. Raj, F. Beunis, S. Rao and D. Petrov "Biochemical noise of a single DNA molecule studied by optical trapping"
  • August 27, 2010
    S. Balint defended his PhD thesis> "Development and application of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering probes for the study of drug action in cancer cells"
  • August 24, 2010
    Physical Review A has accepted a manuscript D. Petrov "Second harmonic generation by a rotating Laguerre-Gaussian beam"
  • June 6, 2010
    The ninth ELKIN "International Electrokinetics Conference", a talk of Filip Beunis, Filip Strubbe, Bart Verboven, Kristiaan Neyts and Dmitri Petrov, titled 'Monitoring of charging events on particles in a nonpolar liquid’
  • May 24, 2010
    Appl. Phys. Lett. published a manuscript S. Rao, S. Raj, S. Balint, C. B. Fonts, S. Campoy, M. Llagostera, D. Petrov, "Single DNA molecule detection in an optical trap using Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering " The journal issue "cover page "
  • May 11, 2010
    A Photonics4Life meeting *St. Andrew, Scotland. A poster I. A. Martínez, S. Raj, F. Beunis, S. Rao and D. Petrov "Microrheology of a single DNA molecule using optical trapping"
  • April 28, 2010
    ICFO seminar , a Filip Beunis´s a talk titled 'A Modern Version of Millikan's Oil-drop Experiment’
  • April 27, 2010
    A Felix Ritort´s group seminar (University Barcelona, a Satish Rao´s a talk titled '’
  • April 15, 2010
    J. Biomedical Optics published a manuscript S. Balint, S. Rao, M. Marro, V. Huntusova, P. Miskovsky, D. Petrov, "Diffusion and cellular uptake of drugs in live cells studied with surface-enhanced Raman scattering probes"
  • April 19, 2010
    COST Meeting & Training School,"Optical Micro-Manipulation by Nonlinear Nanophotonics" Visegrád, Hungary, April 19-23, 2010: S. Raj (oral presentation), "Single DNA molecule detection in an optical trap using surface-enhanced Raman scattering " ; M. Marro (poster presentation) "S. Balint, M. Marro, S. Rao, D. Petrov, "Drug uptake monitoring in live cancer cells using SERS probes" ; S. Balint (poster presentation) "S. Balint, S. Rao, M. Marro, D. Petrov, "Photodynamic drug induced pH changes in live cancer cells studied with SERS probes"
  • April 15, 2010
    Journal of the European Optical Society: Rapid publications accepted a manuscript D. Petrov, "Mecanical forces exerted by a dipole emitter on an interface"
  • March 15, 2010
    Appl. Phys. Lett. accepted a manuscript S. Rao, S. Raj, S. Balint, C. B. Fonts, S. Campoy, M. Llagostera, D. Petrov, "Single DNA molecule detection in an optical trap using Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering "
  • February 10, 2010
    ICONS weekly seminar, a Satish Rao´s a talk titled 'Fluorescence photons perform work’
  • January 31, 2010
    J. Biomedical Optics accepted a manuscript S. Balint, S. Rao, M. Marro, V. Huntusova, P. Miskovsky, D. Petrov, "Diffusion and cellular uptake of drugs in live cells studied with surface-enhanced Raman scattering probes"
  • January 27, 2010
    A Filip Beunis´s talk at Photonic West SPIE conference "Complex Light and Optical Forces" (23 - 28 January 2010, San Francisco, California, USA): F. Beunis, F. Strubbe, B. Verbovena, K. Neyts, D. Petrov, "Fast and precise measurements of particle charge with optical trapping electrophoresis"
  • November 16 - 18, 2009
    Two posters "Optically trappable probes for SERS and Photonic Force Microscopy" by S. Rao, S. Balint, M. Kreuzer, M. Marro and D. Petrov and "Diffusion of drugs in live cells studied with SERS" by S. Balint, S. Rao, M. Marro and D. Petrov at a Photonics4Life Meeting (Barcelona, November 16 - 18, 2009)
  • November 12, 2009
    A group seminar "Optical trap electrophoresis" by Filip Beunis
  • October 15, 2009
    Invited talk "Probing single biosystem dynamics using optical tweezers and spectroscopy" by S. Rao at a JPK International Meeting on the application of SPM & Optical Tweezers for Life Sciences (Berlin, October 14 - 15, 2009)
  • October 8, 2009
    A talk "Momentum transfer from the emission of Raman and fluorescence photons detected by an optically trapped probe " by S. Rao and D. Petrov at a COST meeting in Delphi, Greece (Delphi, October 6 - 10, 2009)
  • September 15, 2009
    a manuscript S. Balint, M. Kreuzer, S. Rao, G. Badenes, P. Miskovsky and D. Petrov A simple route for preparing optically trappable probes for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering has been published in Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
  • September 25, 2009
    Physical Review Focus´s story Bead's Glow Creates Recoil highlighted two our publications: S. Rao, S. Balint, P. Lovhaugen, M. Kreuzer, and D. Petrov "Measurement of mechanical forces acting on optically trapped dielectric spheres induced by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (Phys. Rev. Lett.) and A. Zhdanov, S. Rao, A. Fedyanin and D. Petrov "Experimental analysis of recoil effects induced by fluorescence photons" (Phys. Rev. E)
  • September 15, 2009
    a manuscript A. Zhdanov, S. Rao, A. Fedyanin and D. Petrov Experimental analysis of recoil effects induced by fluorescence photons has been acccepted in Physical Review E.
  • September 3, 2009
    a manuscript S. Balint, M. Kreuzer, S. Rao, G. Badenes, P. Miskovsky and D. Petrov A simple route for preparing optically trappable probes for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering has been acccepted in Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
  • August 15, 2009
    A Satish´s interview for a Catalan media
  • July 11 - July 15, 2009
    European Biophysics Congress Genoa, Genoa, Italy "Monitoring of oxygenation transition and protein ordering in red blood cells using Raman tweezers" by S. Rao, S. Balint, D. Petrov and "Emodin uptake study in U-87MG cells using optically trapped surface-enhanced Raman scattering probes" by S. Balint, S. Rao, P. Miskovsky, D. Petrov
  • July 13 - July 17, 2009
    18th INTERNATIONAL LASER PHYSICS WORKSHOP (Barcelona, July 13 - 17, 2009) "Photonic Force Microscope as a spectrometer" by S. Rao and D. Petrov
  • July 9, 2009
    Master in Photonic thesis: Monica Marro Sanchez "Emodin diffusion in cancerous living cells studied by means of Raman spectroscopy enhanced by plasmon effects"
  • June 8, 2009
    La red "Fisica de sistemas fuera de equilibrium", Barcelona. A talk A Brownian particle in a time and space modulated optical trapping landscape by D. Petrov
  • June 2, 2009
    CLEO USA 2009. A talk "Detection of momentum transfer from the emission of Raman photons" by S. Rao, S. Balint, P. Lovhaugen, M. Krezer, and D. Petrov
  • June 6 -13, 2009
    4th International Graduate Summer School: Biophotonics '09 Ven Sweden. A poster "Optical trapping system for active microrheology of single biosytems" >
  • July 11 - July 15, 2009
    European Biophysics Congress Genoa, Genoa, Italy "Monitoring of oxygenation transition and protein ordering in red blood cells using Raman tweezers" by S. Rao, S. Balint, D. Petrov and "Emodin uptake study in U-87MG cells using optically trapped surface-enhanced Raman scattering probes" by S. Balint, S. Rao, P. Miskovsky, D. Petrov
  • July 13 - July 17, 2009
    18th INTERNATIONAL LASER PHYSICS WORKSHOP (Barcelona, July 13 - 17, 2009) "Photonic Force Microscope as a spectrometer" by S. Rao and D. Petrov
  • July 9, 2009
    Master in Photonic thesis: Monica Marro Sanchez "Emodin diffusion in cancerous living cells studied by means of Raman spectroscopy enhanced by plasmon effects"
  • June 8, 2009
    La red "Fisica de sistemas fuera de equilibrium", Barcelona. A talk A Brownian particle in a time and space modulated optical trapping landscape by D. Petrov
  • June 2, 2009
    CLEO USA 2009. A talk "Detection of momentum transfer from the emission of Raman photons" by S. Rao, S. Balint, P. Lovhaugen, M. Krezer, and D. Petrov
  • June 6 -13, 2009
    4th International Graduate Summer School: Biophotonics '09 Ven Sweden. A poster "Optical trapping system for active microrheology of single biosytems"
  • May 6-9, 2009
    COST MP0604 meeting in Glasgow. A talk     Monitoring of mechanically induced transitions in biology using Raman tweezers by S. Rao, Š. Bálint, B. Cossins, V. Guallar, and D. Petrov and poster Optically Movable Probes for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy by Š. Bálint, S. Rao, M. Kreuzer, V. Huntošová, P. Miškovský, and D. Petrov.
  • February 28, 2009
    a talk S. Rao, S. Balint, B. Cossins, V. Guallar, and D. Petrov Monitoring of mechanically induced transitions in biology using Raman tweezers presented at The Biophysical Society's 53rd Annual Meeting, Boston, USA, February 28 - March 4, 2009.
  • February 26, 2009
    a manuscript S. Rao, S. Balint, L. del Carmen Frias, and D. Petrov Polarization Raman study of protein ordering by controlabble RBC deformation has been acccepted in Journal of Raman Spectroscopy.
  • February 23, 2009
    a manuscript S. Rao, S. Balint, P. Lovhaugen, M. Kreuzer, and D. Petrov Measurement of mechanical forces acting on optically trapped dielectric spheres induced by surface-enhanced Raman scattering has been published online in Physical Review Letters
  • January 20, 2009
    ICFO NEWS ROOM highlights our publication in Biophysical Journal.
  • January 08, 2009
    a manuscript G. Volpe, J. Wehr, D. Petrov and J. M. Rubi Thermal noise suppression: How much does it cost? has been accepted in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical.
  • December 10, 2008
    F. Beunis's talk Electric charges in nonpolar liquids: From photonics to physical chemistry and back at ICFO OSA student Colloquium.
  • December 3, 2008
    S. Rao's talk A view on mechanically induced transitions in living cells using Raman tweezers at ICFO OSA student Colloquium.
  • November 21, 2008
    a manuscript V. Garbin, G. Volpe, E. Ferrari, M. Versluis, D. Cojoc and D. Petrov Mie scattering distinguishes the topological charge of an optical vortex: homage to Gustav Mie has been accepted in New Journal of Physics.
  • November 19, 2008
    An image related with our forthcoming paper S. Rao, S. Balint, B. Cossins, V. Guallar, and D. Petrov Raman study of mechanically induced oxygenation state transition of red blood cells using optical tweezers has been selected to appear on the cover page of the January 1, 2009 issue of the Biophysical Journal.
  • November 19, 2008
    Satish Rao's talk A view on mechanically induced transitions in living cells using Raman tweezers at the Scientific Meeting of a NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE "Photonic4Life", Brussels, November 18-20, 2008.
  • November 19, 2008
    a manuscript A. Zhdanov, M. P. Kreuzer, S. Rao, A. Fedyanin, P. Ghenuche, R. Quidant, and D. Petrov Detection of plasmon-enhanced luminescence fields from an optically manipulated pair of partially covered dielectric spheres was published on-line by Optics Letters.
  • October 20, 2008
    El Periodico (Barcelona) and Diario de Cordoba (Cordoba) featured our studies in Raman spectroscopy combined with optical tweezers.
  • October 17, 2008
    a manuscript A. Zhdanov, M. P. Kreuzer, S. Rao, A. Fedyanin, P. Ghenuche, R. Quidant, and D. Petrov Detection of plasmon-enhanced luminescence fields from an optically manipulated pair of partially covered dielectric spheres was accepted by Optics Letters.
  • September 29, 2008
    D. Petrov's invited talk Combining Raman Spectroscopy with Photonic Force Microscopy at European Optical Society Annual Meeting 2008, Paris.
  • September 8, 2008
    a manuscript S. Perrone, G. Volpe, and D. Petrov 10-fold detection range increase in quadrant-photodiode position sensing for Photonic Force Microscope was accepted by Review of Scientific Instruments.
  • September 8, 2008
    a manuscript S. Rao, S. Balint, B. Cossins, V. Guallar, and D. Petrov Raman study of mechanically induced oxygenation state transition of red blood cells using optical tweezers was accepted by Biophysical Journal.
  • August 25, 2008
    D. Petrov's lectures Trapping the invisible at a ICFO Summer 2008 Lecture Course.
  • August 21, 2008
    G. Volpe's presentation Stochastic Resonant Damping vs. Stochastic Resonance at a conference on Stochastic resonance, Perugia, Italy.
  • August 21, 2008
    S. Perrone's presentation Maximum in the signal-to-noise ratio in a harmonic oscillating potential: an experimental study at a conference on Stochastic resonance, Perugia, Italy.
  • July 31, 2008
    Nature Physics featured our publication in Physical Review E: G. Volpe, S. Perrone, J. M. Rubi and D. Petrov Stochastic resonant damping in a noisly monostable sytem: theory and experiments
  • July 21, 2008
    A three-year grant Noise-assisted effects in physics and biophysics studied by the optical trap technique was approved by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion.
  • July 15, 2008
    A Satish's talk Raman Tweezers: Physics and Applications at ICFO at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne).
  • May 10, 2008
    Science News featured our publication G. Volpe, S. Perrone, J. M. Rubi and D. Petrov "Stochastic resonant damping in a noisly monostable sytem: theory and experiments"
  • May 9, 2008: A manuscript G. Volpe, S. Perrone, J. M. Rubi and D. Petrov "Stochastic resonant damping in a noisly monostable sytem: theory and experiments" is published in Physical Review E and has been selected for the May 15, 2008 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research . , which is published by the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics in cooperation with numerous other societies and publishers.
  • May 6, 2008: An article, M. Righini, G. Volpe, Ch. Girard, D. Petrov, and R. Quidant "Surface Plasmon Optical Tweezers: Tunable Optical Manipulation in the Femto-Newton Range" published by Physical Review Letters and has been selected for the May 15, 2008 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research . , which is published by the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics in cooperation with numerous other societies and publishers.
  • April 25, 2008: A Sandro Perrone´s oral presentation S. Perrone, G. Volpe, J. M. Rubi and D. Petrov : "Experimental observation of resonant damping in a parametrically-driven noisy system" at the International congress "New frontiers in micro and nano photonics", 23-26 April 2008, Florence (Italy).
  • April 15, 2008: A manuscript G. Volpe, S. Perrone, J. M. Rubi and D. Petrov ""Stochastic resonant damping in a noisly monostable sytem: theory and experiments" is accepted in Physical review E
  • April 2, 2008: Prof. Petrov's review on "Raman spectroscopy of optically trapped particles" is the most downloaded paper from the Journal of Optics special issue on Optical Micromanipulation (more than 900 downloads since August 2007).
  • April 1, 2008: An article, "Singular point characterization in microscopic flows" has been selected for the March 15, 2008 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research . The Virtual Journal, which is published by the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics in cooperation with numerous other societies and publishers, is an edited compilation of links to articles from participating publishers, covering a focused area of frontier research.
  • March 31, 2008 An article, M. Righini, G. Volpe, Ch. Girard, D. Petrov, and R. Quidant "Surface Plasmon Optical Tweezers: Tunable Optical Manipulation in the Femto-Newton Range" was accepted by Physical Review Letters
  • March 27, 2008 An article, X. Vidal, A. Fedyanin, A. Molinos-Gomez, S. Rao,J. Martorell, and D. Petrov "Nonlinear optical response from single spheres coated by a nonlinear monolayer" published on line in Optics Letters
  • March 11, 2008 An article, G. Volpe, G. Volpe, and D. Petrov "Singular point characterization in microscopic flows" published on line in Physical Review E
  • March 11, 2008 An article, Xavier Vidal, Andrey Fedyanin, Alberto Molinos-Gomez, Satish Rao, Jordi Martorell, and Dmitri Petrov "Nonlinear optical response from single spheres coated by a nonlinear monolayer" will be published in Optics Letters in April
  • March 6, 2008 Satish gave an interview for the first edition of Canalupc.tv. Here is a DVD file of the interview
  • February 18-22, 2008 S.Balint, S. Rao and D. Petrov participated at the conference "Nonlinear microscopy and optical control" collocated with COST Action "Optical Micromanipulation by nonlinear nanophotonics" public general meeting, Muenster, Germany
  • February 21, 2008 An article, Xavier Vidal, Andrey Fedyanin, Alberto Molinos-Gomez, Satish Rao, Jordi Martorell, and Dmitri Petrov "Nonlinear optical response from single spheres coated by a nonlinear monolayer" has been accepted in Optics Letters
  • February 21, 2008 An article, G. Volpe, G. Volpe, and D. Petrov "Singular point characterization in microscopic flows" has been accepted in Physical Review E
  • February 13, 2008 An article, D. Petrov "Raman spectroscopy of optically trapped particles" has been chosen to appear in the Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics (JOPA) annual highlights collection.
  • An article, "Brownian motion in a nonhomogeneous force field and photonic force microscope," published in Physical Review E 76, 061118 (2007), has been selected for the January 1, 2008 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research . The Virtual Journal, which is published by the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics in cooperation with numerous other societies and publishers, is an edited compilation of links to articles from participating publishers, covering a focused area of frontier research.
  • December 19, 2007: Physical Review E published G. Volpe, G. Volpe, and D. Petrov "Brownian motion in a non-homogeneous force field and photonic force microscope"
  • November 6, 2007: a manuscript "Noise suppression: how much does it cost?" by Giovanni Volpe, Dmitri Petrov, and J. Miguel Rubi is submitted to ARXIV.ORG (arXiv:0711.0923)
  • October 30, 2007: Jornal of Applied Physics published on line a manuscript "Back-scattering position detection for photonic force microscopy" by Giovanni Volpe, Gregory Kosyreff, and Dmitri Petrov
  • October 26-27, 2007: Dr. Satish Rao participated at a meeting of COST: European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research, in Ancona, Italy
  • October 25, 2007: Physical Review E accepted a publication G. Volpe, G. Volpe, and D. Petrov "Brownian motion in a non-homogeneous force field and photonic force microscope"
  • October 22, 2007: A talk Dmitri Petrov "Raman spectroscopy of single optically trapped living cells" at the LENS, Florence, Italy
  • Octubre 18, 2007: A talk Stefan Bálint "How optical tweezers can help to understand the treatment of cancer by photodynamic therapy (PDT)" at the ICFO Colloquium
  • September 9, 2007: A talk Dmitri Petrov "Applications of optical traps in spectroscopy and statistical physics" at the TASC, Trieste, Italy
  • July 27, 2007: Jornal Of Applied Physics accepted a manuscript "Back-scattering position detection for photonic force microscopy" by Giovanni Volpe, Gregory Kosyreff, and Dmitri Petrov
  • July 24, 2007: Journal of Optics A published online a manuscript D. Petrov "Raman spectroscopy of optically trapped particles"
  • July 5, 2007: A talk Dmitri Petrov "Experimental statistical physics in an optical trap" at the conference *Physics of Fluctuations far from Equilibrium (POFFFE07)* July 2-6, 2007, Dresden, Germany
  • June 26, 2007: A talk Giovanni Volpe, Giorgio Volpe and Dmitri Petrov "An optically trapped Brownian particle in a field of torques" at Latsis Symposium 2007 - Optical Trapping for Molecular Interactions June 25-27, 2007, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • June 6, 2007: Optics Express accepted a manuscript "Real-time actin-cytoskeleton depolymerization detection in a single cell using optical tweezers" by Anna Chiara De Luca, Giovanni Volpe, Anna Morales Drets, Maria Isabel Geli, Giuseppe Pesce, Giulia Rusciano, Antonio Sasso, and Dmitri Petrov
  • May 10, 2007: Two posters at CLEO/QELS USA, Baltimore. G. Volpe, G. Volpe, and D. Petrov "The photonic torque microscope" and G. Volpe, G. Kozyreff, and D. Petrov "The photonic force microscope with backscattered light"
  • April 3, 2007: the OSA New Focus/Bookham Student Award Committee has selected Giovanni Volpe as one of the seven finalists for the 2007 award. The presentation "The photonic torque microscope"
  • March 20, 2007: CLEO/Europe accepted a talk Giovanni Volpe, G. Kozyreff Volpe and D. Petrov "Force microscopy using backscattered light"
  • March 19, 2007: Journal of Optics A accepted a manuscript D. Petrov "Raman spectroscopy of optically trapped particles"
  • March 12, 2007: CLEO/USA accepted two our talks Giovanni Volpe, Giorgio Volpe and D. Petrov "Photonic torque microscope" and Giovanni Volpe, G. Kozyreff Volpe and D. Petrov "Photonic force microscopy with back-scattered light"
  • February 10, 2007: A recap of our article published in Physical Review Letters was published in the February 2007 MRS (Materials Reasearch Society www.mrs.org) Bulletin: "Brownian Motion Fluctuations Used to Measure Minute Torques on Optically Trapped Particle" (page 4 of the attached file)
  • February 4-9, 2007: D. Petrov´s invited talk "Raman spectroscopy of single optically trapped living cells" Giovanii Volpe and Giorgio Volpe´s posters "Photonic torque microscope" , "Brownian motion of spinning particle", and "Detection of cytoskeleton depolymerization in a single cell" at ESF Conference "Trends in Optical Manipulation", Obergurgl, Austria
  • January 17, 2007: Giovanni´s presentation "Photonic torque microscope" at ICFO week´s seminar
  • December 27, 2006: El Pais featured our last PRL publication G. Volpe and D. Petrov "Torque detection using Brownian fluctuations". Complete Story
  • December 1, 2006: Physical Review Focus featured our last PRL publication G. Volpe and D. Petrov "Torque detection using Brownian fluctuations". Complete Story
  • November 28, 2006: D. Petrov presented an invited talk "Raman images of living cells in suspensions" at the 9th conference "Optics within life science" OWLS9 in Taipei, Taiwan
  • November 23, 2006: Physical Review Letters published a manuscript: G. Volpe and D. V. Petrov "Torque detection using Brownian fluctuations"
  • November 2, 2006, 15.00, ICFO conference hall: Prof. N. Heckenberg, Physics Department, The University of Queensland, Australia"Angular momentum under the microscope".
  • Oktober 30, 2006, Irina Soboleva (PhD student, Moscow University) will spend two months in our group doing Raman spectroscopy of single living cells.
  • October 16, 2006: Caitriona presented two talks "Holographic optical tweezers Raman imaging of dividing cells" and "Motion of apoptotic cells in an optical trap" at a European Optical Society Topical Meeting on Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics in Paris
  • October 16, 2006: AnnaChiara De Luca (Universita di Napoli Federico II) will spend with us 5 weeks
  • October 11, 2006: Our group member Giovanni Volpe is a President of the ICFO-OSA students’ chapter that this year won the student chapter excellence award 2006 established by OSA to recognize outstanding achievements of local sections and student chapters.
  • September 15, 2006: Sandro Perrone is a new member of our group as a PhD student
  • September 11, 2006: Invited talk D. V. Petrov at Workshop on Biophotonics and Molecular simulations, Bratislava, 9-12 September 2006 "Raman imaging of living cells"
  • September 1, 2006: Our paper in Applied Physics Letters featured at Analytical Chemistry (Analytical Chemistry is #1 in total citations (64,301) and ISI® impact factor (5.635) among the 70 journals in the field of Analytical Chemistry) "Dynamics of cell growth observed in an optical trap"
  • August 12, 2006: G. Volpe presented two talks at III SPIE conference on Optical trapping and manipulation in San Diego, USA C. M. Creely, S. Mercadal, G. Volpe, M. Soler and D. V. Petrov "Raman Imaging of neoplastic cells in suspension" and G. P. Singh, G. Volpe, F. Bluttner, A. Morales and D. V. Petrov "Optical trapping dynamics for cell identification"
  • August 1, 2006: Journal of Raman Spectroscopy published a manuscript: G. P. Singh, G. Volpe, C. M. Creely, H. Grotsch, I. M. Geli, and D. V. Petrov "The lag phase and G1 phase of a single yeast cell monitoring by Raman microspectroscopy"
  • July 12, 2006: A ICFO PhD student Gajendra Pratap Singh defended his thesis "Raman microspectroscopy of optically trapped cells"
  • July 11, 2006: Caitriona spent a week studied a CARS spectroscopy at the 3rd Annual CARS Workshop in Harvard in June 2006"
  • June 12, 2006: A UPC student Sergi Mercadal defended his Projecte fi de Carrera "Creacion de imagenes de celulas vivas en suspension a traves de HOT"
  • June 7, 2006: Applied Physics Letters published a manuscript: G. Volpe, G. P. Singh, and D. V. Petrov "Dynamics of a growing cell in an optical trap"
  • June 13, 2006: Physical Review Letters published a manuscript: G. Volpe, R. Quidant, G. Badenes,and D. V. Petrov "Surface plasmon radiation forces"