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We are an interdisciplinary group that brings solutions to life science problems by combining our expertise in physics, engineering, mathematics and biology.
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- Our lab at SMLMS 2024 in Lisbon | 28.-30.08.2024The Balzarotti lab will attend the Single Molecule Localisation Microscopy Symposium (SMLMS) 2024 in Lisbon & Oeiras, Portugal from August 28 to August 30. This will make it something like …
- Our lab at GRC “Single Molecule Approaches to Biology” | 14.-19.07-2024The Balzarotti lab (in reality, just Alba and Francisco) is going to the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) Single Molecule Approaches to Biology in Newry, Maine, USA. Alba is excited to …
- Our lab at FOM 2024 | 24.-27.03.2024The Balzarotti lab will be at FOM 2024 in Genoa, Italy, from March 24 to March 27! Several lab members are excited to go and will try to hide there …
News
- New preprint out!
We are very excited to share our first preprint, just out in bioRxiv! Take a look at what the first authors, Max and Alba, have to say about it on … - Francisco presented at the Erice School of Biophysics “Antonio Borsellino”
Francisco presented the latest advances of the group at the biophysics school held to the stunning location of Erice, Sicily as part of the Italian Biophysics Society.
- Balzarotti lab on retreat at Gustav’s castle
The Balzarotti lab went on retreat to Gustav’s castle in Rax for two days of science presentations by the members and fun! - Alba presents at SMLMS 2023
Alba presented her work on MINFLUX tracking in the Single Molecule Localisation Microscopy Symposium (SMLMS) 2023, hosted at the IMP in Vienna! - Welcome Juan!
One of the three new members joining simultaneously during SMLMS 2023, Juan is a new postdoc in the lab. Learn more about him in our Team tab. - Welcome Karina!
One of the three new members joining simultaneously during SMLMS 2023, Karina is our new research assistant/lab manager. Learn more about her in our Team tab. - Welcome Paul!
One of the three new members joining simultaneously during SMLMS 2023, Paul is a new PhD student in the lab. Learn more about him in our Team tab. - End of VBC Summer School for Anna Deputatova
Yesterday marked the end of the two months of the VBC Summer School for Anna Deputatova, physics student at TU Dresden. In these two months, with Alessandro’s supervision, Anna was … - DOC Fellowship for Alessandro!
Alessandro’s research on MINFLUX and DNA-PAINT was awarded a DOC Fellowship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Take a look at the IMP release!
- The lab presents at FOM Porto 2023
Almost the whole lab was present at Focus On Microscopy Porto 2023, with Alessandro and Max having selected talks in the MINFLUX session on the first day, Alba and Mehrta presenting posters in one of the Single Molecule sessions, and Francisco and Jakub just enjoying the sun. An amazing experience all around, which galvanized us for the future.
- Our lab Organizes SMLMS2023
Our group in collaboration with Mark Bates is organizing the Single Molecule localization Symposium 2023, which will be hosted at IMP in Vienna!
- Alessandro and Francisco present at EMBL
In February, Francisco held his invited talk and Alessandro presented a poster at the “In situ structural biology: from cryo-EM to multi-scale modelling” workshop at EMBL in Heidelberg.
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