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  • Dr. Vanderpoorten receives MSCA grant

    Congratulations to our colleague, Dr. Oliver Vanderpoorten, who has been granted 2.1 million NOK for his project: “Nanofluidics for label-free detection of exosomes and protein aggregates in neurodegenerative disease research (EXO-CHIP)” via the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021, funded … Continued

  • Krishna Agarwal promoted to full professor

    We are happy to announce the promotion of Krishna Agarwal to a full professor at the Department of Physics and Technology at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. The promotion takes effect from Sept 2021. Check out her LinkedIn post … Continued

  • Arctic OPTICA Student Chapter present in the “Research Days”

    The Arctic OPTICA Student Chapter participated in the “Research Days” (Forskningsdagene), celebrated on the 25th of September 2022. The event was hosted by the Science Museum in Tromsø, with the participation of multiple faculties from the UiT The Arctic University … Continued

  • PhD candidate awarded with the best poster at the Summer 2022 INTPART meeting

    Congratulations to our PhD candidate, Luis Villegas, for being awarded with the best poster presentation at the Summer 2022 INTPART meeting held in Tromsø, Norway. In his poster, Villegas had the opportunity to talk about his research topic and discuss … Continued

  • INTPART meeting held at UiT

    At the Nanoscopy Research Group, we would like to thank all the participants of the 2022 Summer INTPART meeting, held at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway. The meeting took place on week 37 of 2022 at Tromsø, Norway, … Continued

  • One of our papers features in the top-10 most downloaded articles in the Journal of Biophotonics

    We are proud that one of our papers (A waveguide imaging platform for live-cell TIRF imaging of neurons over large fields of view) features in the top 10 downloaded articles in the Journal of Biophotonics. Congratulations to Dr. Ida Opstad, … Continued

  • Our tissue-on-chip article is featured in the LSA “news and views” section

    The chip-based nanoscopy developed by Prof. Ahluwalia and the optical nanoscopy research group at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway has the potential to have a positive impact in clinical settings. Our recent paper “Chip-based multimodal super-resolution microscopy for histological investigations of … Continued

  • Published paper in Light: Science & Applications

    Congratulations to PhD candidate, Luis Villegas and Dr. Vishesh Dubey for their paper titled “Chip-based multimodal super-resolution microscopy for histological investigations of cryopreserved tissue sections”, published in the prestigious journal Light: Science and Applications. The paper can be accessed here: … Continued

  • New paper on vectorial Jones calculus: Donut or not, that is the question!

    Take an image of a single fluorophore with a microscope. When the fluorophore is pointing just the right way, you will see a donut on the camera. Surprising, right? But that’s not even always the case. With some lenses, the … Continued

  • Prof. Balpreet S. Ahluwalia invited speaker at the MNBF Research Group in IIT Madras

    Prof. Balpreet S. Ahluwalia has been invited for a talk at the monthly webinar series organized by the Micro Nano Bio Fluidics (MNBF) Research group at IIT Madras (India). In his talk, scheduled for 16th of February 2022 at 12:30h … Continued

  • Prof. Balpreet S. Ahluwalia invited speaker at the Tekna Big Data seminar

    Prof. Balpreet S. Ahluwalia participated in the Tekna Big Data webinar hosted by the Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals (Tekna) on December 10th 2021. In his talk, prof. Ahluwalia presented the “photonic chip based super-resolution optical microscopy for … Continued

  • Two of our researchers featuring on DLN newsletter

    Two researchers in our group, Dr. Ida Sundvor Opstad and Sebastián Andrés Acuña Maldonado have recently featured in the newsletter of The Centre for Digital Life Norway (DLN), a Norwegian centre for biotechnology research, education and innovation. For more details, please … Continued

  • Assoc. prof. Krishna Agarwal featuring in Optics & Photonics News by OPTICA (OSA)

    One of our group leaders, assoc. prof. Krishna Agarwal has been recently interviewed by OPTICA (formerly OSA). In this interview, prof. Agarwal reflects on what science research represents for her, and also gives valuable tips for young scientists. Thank you … Continued

  • Dr. Ine Larsen Jernelv wins the Chorafas prize for her outstanding PhD research

    Congratulations to our group member, Dr. Ine Larsen Jernelv, for winning the prestigious Chorafas Prize for her outstanding research. During her PhD studies at NTNU (Trondheim, Norway), Jernelv worked on mid-infrared tunable laser spectroscopy for glucose sensing. The work was part of the … Continued

  • Optical Nanoscopy now available in Sámi language

    The Optical Nanoscopy group webpage at UiT is now being translated into Northern Sámi! With this translation we want to reach an even broader audience for our research, and explain concepts within optics in an easily understood manner. We wish … Continued