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ARC Launch of the Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS)

COMBS launch featuring Adelaide investigators with lead investigator Arnan Mitchell

The ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS) was officially launched on 28th October 2024 at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).

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Press release: Lighting the way with accurate and safe 3D embryo imaging

3d image of an embryo using light sheet microscopy

A press release for our paper in Scientific Reports (Nature) comparing light sheet and confocal microscopy has been published: "Lighting the way with accurate and safe 3D embryo imaging".

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Hosting PhD student Freja Hoier from the Technical University of Denmark

Freja Hoier PhD student from the Technical University of Denmark

The Centre had the pleasure of hosting PhD student Freja Høier from Peter Andersen's group at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) over the last 3 months to conduct work related to spatial offset optical coherence tomography.

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Sidelobe Suppressed Bessel Beams for Light Sheet Microscopy

Imaging cell nuclei of the zebrafish eye using Bessel beam and Sidelobe Suppressed Bessel beam. Scale bar: 50 micron

The team at the University of St Andrews Optical Manipulation Group together with the Centre of Light for Life have published a new article on using sidelobe suppressed Bessel beams for light sheet microscopy

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New publication in Nature: Light Science & Applications

Illustration of a trapped Ln-NP (sphere) within an optical tweezers (red focused laser) forming the SRPFM.

Chris Perrella and Kishan Dholakia have published a News & Views article entitled “A material change for ultra-high precision force sensing” in the journal Nature: Light, Science & Applications.

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New publication in Scientific Reports

3d image of an embryo using light sheet microscopy

Our latest publication in Scientific Reports pits light sheet against confocal microscopy and quantifies the impact of volumetric imaging on DNA integrity in preimplantation mouse embryos.

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Kishan elected as SPIE Society Director

SPIE newly elected board of directors

Kishan Dholakia has been elected as one of the Society Directors for SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.

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2024 ARC Future Fellowship Awards

2024 ARC Future Fellows Kylie Dunning and Danny Wilson

A/Prof Kylie Dunning and A/Prof Danny Wilson are two of the three researchers from The University of Adelaide to be awarded the 2024 ARC Future Fellowship, speaking to the outstanding level of their fellowship projects.

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Nature Review in Physics

Image from Nature review in physics published by Kishan Dholakia

Our "Expert Recommendation" has been published in Nature Reviews Physics, aimed at advancing the field of speckle metrology.

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SPIE Board of Directors nomination

Kishan Dholakia is a candidate for the SPIE Board of Directors

Centre Director Kishan Dholakia has been nominated for the prestigious SPIE Board of Directors 2024.

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