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FNIP WEBINARS
FNIP WEBINARS cover the topics that are the pillars our mission, featuring leading scientists from around the world. Explore our previous FNIP webinars organized by topic at this link.
Edition 2022-2023
| Date | Speaker | Title | Chair |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2022 | A. Giovannucci (UNC, US) | Neuro-image segmentation and real-time data processing | L. Mariotti |
| D. Sage (EPFL, CH) | Microscopy Image Analysis – The Shift to Deep Learning? | M. Brondi | |
| C. Stringer (Janelia, US) | Analitical and functional algorithms for cellular segmentation | A. Archetti | |
| April 21, 2022 | O. Martin (EPFL, CH) | Plasmonic, alloyed and hybrid metasurfaces | A. Zilli |
| H. Caglayan (TUNI, FI) | Rolled-up multilayer nanostructures and their applications | G. Ruffato | |
| P. Genevet (CRHEA, FR) | Physics, applications and integration of metasurfaces | A. Archetti | |
| June 9, 2022 | J. Bewersdorf (Yale, US) | All-optical Super-resolution Imaging of Molecules in Their Nanoscale Cellular Context | C. Cecchetto |
| A. Radenovic (EPFL, CH) | Correlative imaging using ions and single molecules | D. Lopez | |
| F. Biancardi (ZEISS) | Beyond CLEM: Multiscale and 3D Volume Imaging across Light, Electron and X-Ray Microscopy | A. Archetti | |
| July 12, 2022 | A. Bassi (PoliMi, IT) | Microscopes on chip for cellular imaging | M. dal Maschio |
| C. Liberale (KAUST, S. Arabia) | High-resolution 3D printing of novel on-fiber optical structures | G. Ruffato | |
| E. Brasselet (U-Bordeaux, FR) | Spin-orbit shaping of light with/from topological defects | A. Zilli | |
| Dece. 1, 2022 | S. Curreli (IIT, Italy) | Investigating information encoding in the brain beyond neural cells | L. Mariotti |
| N. Rouach (C. de France, FR) | Astrocytes, guardians of critical period plasticity in the visual cortex | M. Zonta | |
| A. Araque (UMN – US) | Tripartite synapses: Astrocyte regulation of synaptic function, network activity and animal behavior | M. Brondi | |
| April 20, 2023 | G. Ortolano (INRiM, IT) | Application in Quantum Hypothesis Testing: quantum reading and pattern recognition | G. Ruffato |
| D. Faccio (Glasgow, UK) | Hong-Ou-Mandel microscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging | G. Ratto | |
| Dr. O. Varnavski (Uni. of Michigan, US) | Scanning Fluorescence Microscope with Entangled Two-Photon Excitation | S. Luin | |
| Coordinator: A. Archetti |
Edition 2023-2024
| Date | Speaker | Title | Chair |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 5, 2023 | H. Ren (Monash Uni., AUS) | Structured light metasurfaces | G. Ruffato |
| A. Di Falco (Uni. of St. Andrews, UK) | Photonic metasurfaces in microfluidic environments for biophotonics applications | C. Cecchetto | |
| J. Rho (POSTECH, South Korea) | Low-cost and scalable manufacturing of optical metasurfaces in the visible using engineered | A. Vogliardi | |
| Dec. 12, 2023 | G. Perea (Cajal Institute, ES) | Melanopsin for time-controlling activation of astrocyte-neuron networks | L. Mariotti |
| E. Bäumler (Uni. College London, UK) | Advanced all-optical approaches for investigating downstream readout of neural activity patterns | M. Brondi | |
| M. Pisoni (Pasteur Institute, FR) | Towards two-photon all-optical electrophysiology with acousto-optic scanning | F. Rossi | |
| Coordinator: G. Ruffato |
Edition 2025-2026
| Date | Speaker | Title | Chair |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 23, 2025 | F. Gahbauer (Univ. of Latvia, LV) | Solving the Optical Bloch Rate Equations in alkali metal atoms using the Julia programming language | F. Lorenzi |
| N. Karpowicz (MPI of Quantum Optics, DE) | Simulating nonlinear optics for attosecond science | A. Vogliardi | |
| P. Erhart (Chalmers Univ. Tech., SW) | Bridging the gap: Raman and infrared spectra from ML-MD for anharmonic, disordered and defective materials | N. Plotegher | |
| Jan. 22, 2026 | T. Fellin (IIT, IT) | Aberration corrected microendoscopes for extended field-of-view deep brain | L. Mariotti |
| I. Bendifallah (Sorbonne Univ., FR) | Scanless two-photon voltage imaging | M. Bruzzone | |
| F. Gobbo (Uni. of Edinburgh, UK) | Hippocampal reactivation of planned trajectories in an allocentric memory task in rats through miniature microscopes | M. Brondi | |
| June 4, 2026 | |||
| Sept. 17, 2026 | |||
| Coordinator: A. Archetti |
Edition 2027-2028
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 14, 2027 | ||
| April ??, 2027 | ||
| Sep ??, 2027 | ||
| Jan. ??, 2028 | ||
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FNIP DAYS
FNIP DAYS are held every few years, with both international and local editions. After FNIP Day 2022, FNIP Day 2026 (international), FNIP Day 2024 (local), the next international FNIP Day will be on March ??, 2028, from 9:00 CET to 17:30 in Padua, Italy.
FNIP DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
FNIP DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES are designed to engage students and aspiring young scientists, introducing them to the principles of brain imaging, its importance as a research tool, and the educational paths to become a researcher in this field.
From physics to biology edition 2022
High school dissemination 2022