Our Goal
Because of their non-invasive effect on living systems, light microscopy and spectroscopy have been the workhorses for studies of structures and functions at the cellular, sub-cellular and molecular levels for almost a century. However, many challenging questions of molecular and cellular biology remain beyond their conventional capabilities. The spatiotemporal resolutions, the labeling, and the contrast methods of conventional microscopy and spectroscopy pose fundamental limits for investigating the smallest and fastest puzzling mysteries of life. Furthermore, the information content potentially encoded in a microscopy or spectroscopy experiement is often lost (because of averaging, for example) or not decoded. The core research of our group is the design, development, and validation of novel optical and analytical tools that allow the modern biologists to peer inside living cells and organisms with unprecedented temporal-spatial resolutions, minimal invasivity, and augmented information content. This goal can be achieved only by working across many disciplines, from physics to engineering, from computer science to biology. Our projects want to synergically integrate novel contrast imaging mechanisms, labeling probes, optical architectures, and computational approaches that can be readily adopted by researchers all over the world.
Last News
Welcome to our new Team member Alessandro Zunino. Trained as a physicist, Alessandro has a perfect mix of theoretical and experimental skills. Looking forward to starting new projects on quantum microscopy with him.
Where To Meet Us
- August 31th - September 2nd, 2021, Single Molecule Localization Microscopy Symposium 2021
- September 29th - October 1st, 2021, Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Super-resolution Microscopy 2021
- November 8th - 10th, 2021, Internation Conference on Nanoscopy 2021
- April 10th - 13th, 2022, Focus on Microscopy 2022
The Laboratory
We’re based at the Center for Human Technology at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia.