Brief updates for Academic Year of 2023-2024

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(video: time lapse FLIM of endocytosis in human colon cancer cells using LysoSensor Green, (C) Dmitriev Lab, 2023)


The period of ~October 2023 until ~May 2024 (almost complete academic year!) was too busy for publishing any updates but thanks for staying tuned (if you did so).
Some key updates for this period:
  • Successful start of FLIMagin3D project, with the 3 new PhD students (Hang, Michele and Gabriele) + visiting (via secondments) PhD students, joining our team to address challenges in multi-parameter FLIM of organoids and multicellular spheroids, advancing imaging & probes for cell oxygenation, FLIM-FRET, tissue mechanics and biofabricated inter-species communities. More about the FLIMagin3D can be found here: https://www.flimagin3d.com/ 
  • Some visiting scientists with exciting projects, including Dr. A. Russegger, R. Harkhoe, partners from OsteoNet Horizon MSCA Staff Exchange network
  • Our group (including the microscopes!) has relocated to the new 'The Core' / MREB3 research building at UZ Gent campus of Ghent University. This was a bit stressful period of  late autumn - winter months but we happy to say that we survived it and now are back to operation
  • We finalised, submitted and published some new exciting research (see below). More to come!

Some recent research articles and preprints:

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