{"id":146,"date":"2019-01-28T17:58:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T16:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/?page_id=146"},"modified":"2024-03-06T13:49:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T12:49:35","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"News\/Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-984\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/se\/oddasat-ja-balkkasumit\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2021\/10\/Sami_flag.svg_.png\" alt=\"Northern saami flag\" class=\"wp-image-984\" width=\"60\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"is-flex-container columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2077 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/2024\/10\/24\/prof-ahluwalia-has-been-awarded-the-utforsk-2024-grant\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Prof. Ahluwalia has been awarded the UTFORSK 2024 grant<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Congratulations to our PI, Prof. Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia, on being awarded the prestigious UTFORSK 2024 grant from the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir).&#8221; The project titled \u201cPhotonics4Life: Educating interdisciplinary researchers to help solve societal challenges in life sciences\u201d with the aim to facilitates international mobility and establish long-term partnerships among the partners&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color has-very-light-gray-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-10-24T10:13:07+02:00\">2024-10-24<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1951 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/2024\/03\/13\/one-of-our-paper-has-been-highlighted-as-an-editors-pick-in-the-journal-of-biomedical-optics-express\/\" target=\"_blank\" >One of our paper has been highlighted as an Editor&#8217;s Pick in the Journal of Biomedical Optics Express<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We are proud that one of our papers \u201cPlasmonic nano-bowls for monitoring intra-membrane changes in liposomes, and DNA-based nanocarriers in suspension\u201d has been highlighted as an Editor&#8217;s Pick in Biomedical Optics Express. Editor&#8217;s Picks serve to highlight articles with excellent scientific quality and are representative of the work taking place in a specific field. Congratulations&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color has-very-light-gray-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-03-13T10:46:23+01:00\">2024-03-13<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1934 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/2024\/03\/06\/congratulations-dr-nikhil-jayakumar-on-earning-his-phd\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Congratulations Dr. Nikhil Jayakumar on Earning his PhD!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Nikhil Jayakumar, member of the nanoscopy group, on the successful completion of his PhD journey! His dedication and hard work have undoubtedly paid off, culminating in the completion of his thesis titled\u201d Label-free super-resolution optical microscopy \u201c May his journey ahead be filled with exciting discoveries, meaningful collaborations, and continued success&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color has-very-light-gray-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-03-06T13:55:09+01:00\">2024-03-06<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1931 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/2024\/03\/06\/congratulations-dr-luis-villegas-on-earning-his-phd\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Congratulations Dr. Luis Villegas on Earning his PhD!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Luis Villegas, a member of the nanoscopy group, on the successful completion of his PhD journey! His dedication and hard work have undoubtedly paid off, culminating in the completion of his thesis titled\u201d\u00a0Super-resolution histology\u201c May his journey ahead be filled with exciting discoveries, meaningful collaborations, and continued success in all his&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color has-very-light-gray-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-03-06T13:47:00+01:00\">2024-03-06<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1782 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-funding category-news\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/2023\/10\/24\/dr-ahmad-receives-the-fripro-support-from-the-research-council-of-norway\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Dr. Ahmad receives the FRIPRO support from the Research Council of Norway<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Congratulations to our colleague, Dr. Azeem Ahmad, for being granted the prestigious FRIPRO support from the Research Council of Norway to finance his research project \u201c5D quantitative microscopy for real-time monitoring of Engineered Heart Tissue\u201d. The grant consists of NOK 8 million distributed along the years 2024-2027 and includes a Ph.D. student position among other&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color has-very-light-gray-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-10-24T17:00:00+02:00\">2023-10-24<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1746 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/2023\/10\/10\/a-prestigious-selection-in-connection-with-lsas-10th-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A prestigious selection in connection with LSA\u2019s 10th\u00a0anniversary<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We are proud to be part of such a prestigious selection. Our paper \u201cChip-based multimodal super-resolution microscopy for histological investigations of cryopreserved tissue sections\u201d has been selected by LSA for a special collection in Biophotonics and Medical Optics, in connection with LSA\u2019s 10th&nbsp;anniversary. More information in the following linke:\u00a0https:\/\/www.nature.com\/collections\/heehciehgc <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color has-very-light-gray-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-10-10T11:56:20+02:00\">2023-10-10<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1733 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/2023\/09\/07\/norwegian-indian-cooperation-in-research-education-and-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Norwegian-Indian cooperation in research, education and innovation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Prof. Balpreet S. Ahluwalia\u00a0participated in the conference entitled &#8220;Sustainable Pathways \u2013 Norway-India Collaboration in Research, Education, and Innovation&#8221; in the presence of three ministers: Minister &#8211; Ola Borten Moe, Department of Research and Higher Education, Ola Borten Moe, Minister &#8211; Anniken Huitfeldt, Department of Foreign Affairs, Minister- Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Earth Sciences, Government of&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color has-very-light-gray-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-09-07T13:37:05+02:00\">2023-09-07<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1693 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/2023\/08\/11\/phase-for-life-hybrid-conference-12-13-august-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Phase for Life: Hybrid Conference 12-13 August 2023<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We are happy to announce the upcoming INTPART project, &#8220;NanoSymBioSys\u2019\u2019 event Phase for Life: Quantitative Phase Microscopy for Life Sciences will be organized on 12-13 August 2023 supported by the Research Council of Norway. Currently, we confirmed physical mobility for 50 participants, and our virtual mobility count stands at 180. It is anticipated that the&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color has-very-light-gray-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-08-11T10:43:26+02:00\">2023-08-11<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1464 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-award category-news\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/2022\/10\/25\/arif-ahmed-sekh-awarded-a-start-up-research-grant-by-the-government-of-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Arif Ahmed Sekh awarded a Start-up Research Grant by the government of India<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Congratulations to our past team member, Dr. Arif Ahmed Sekh, for being awarded a Start-up Research Grant by the science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India. The project is related to microscopy video analysis and Artificial Intelligence. The entire concept, planning, and relevant project ideas are part of the outcomes of the excellent&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color has-very-light-gray-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-10-25T10:57:05+02:00\">2022-10-25<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1460 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-award category-news\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/2022\/10\/25\/ida-s-opstad-awarded-funding-from-dln-to-participate-at-the-bii-summer-school-in-copenhagen\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Ida S. Opstad awarded funding from DLN to participate at the BII Summer School in Copenhagen<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Congratulations to Dr. Ida S. Opstad, who was awarded by Digital Life Norway to participate in the 2022 summer school on bio-innovation and commercialization at the BioInnovation Institute in Copenhagen. Together with two other postdoctoral attendees from Norway, Dr. Opstad had the opportunity to learn valuable strategies for successful research innovation and commercialization. A blog&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color has-very-light-gray-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-10-25T10:43:19+02:00\">2022-10-25<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1458 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/2022\/10\/25\/new-paper-on-instant-volumetric-imaging\/\" target=\"_blank\" >New paper on &#8220;instant volumetric imaging&#8221;<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Congratulations to our PI, Dr. Florian Str\u00f6hl, for his recently published paper titled: Multifocus microscopy with optical sectioning and high axial resolution. The research article, published in the prestigious journal OPTICA, reveals a novel technique to acquire several imaging planes of volumetric samples, instantaneously. Hereby is the link to access the paper: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/OPTICA.468583 And the&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color has-very-light-gray-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-10-25T10:16:27+02:00\">2022-10-25<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1438 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-award category-news\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/2022\/10\/21\/1438\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Sunil Bhatt awarded a travel grant for NEO Meeting<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Congratulations to Sunil Bhatt, who was granted travel fees for participating in the prestigious Norwegian Electro Optics (NEO) Meeting 2022 to present his paper &#8216;Motion trace analysis based on Label-free imaging and MUSICAL&#8217;. The NEO Meeting took place in September 2022 at the Norwegian heritage village of R\u00f8ros. It was an excellent environment for both&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color has-very-light-gray-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-10-21T09:52:14+02:00\">2022-10-21<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1436 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/2022\/10\/21\/prof-agarwal-invited-speaker-at-unitus-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Prof. Agarwal invited speaker at UNITUS University<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Prof. Krishna Agarwal was invited to present the OrganVision project (link: organvision.eu) at &#8220;A.I. 4 Future&#8221; event. The event was organized by the Datrix Group (link: https:\/\/datrixgroup.com\/en\/) on the 21-22 of October at UNITUS university in Viterbo (Italy). The event was attended by around 200 participants including students, companies and public administrations. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color has-very-light-gray-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-10-21T09:36:52+02:00\">2022-10-21<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1432 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/2022\/10\/19\/prof-krishna-agarwal-invited-to-lecture-on-the-dln-course-transdisciplinary-biotechnology-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Prof. Krishna Agarwal invited to lecture on the DLN course \u201cTransdisciplinary biotechnology\u201d 2022<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Prof. Krishna Agarwal was invited to deliver a talk and share her \u201cexperience from working interdisciplinary in science\u201d in the Digital Life Nornay (DLN) Signature Course on \u201cTransdisciplinary biotechnology 2022\u201d. She also led a learning group on the topic of \u2018fluorescence imaging for nanoscopy\u2019, facilitating the group\u2019s orientation toward transdisciplinary research through microscopes\/nanoscopes. The link&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color has-very-light-gray-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-10-19T06:45:33+02:00\">2022-10-19<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1434 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nanoscopy\/2022\/10\/15\/zicheng-liu-promoted-to-full-professor\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Zicheng Liu promoted to full professor<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Zicheng Liu was promoted to full professor in September 2022, at Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), China, due to his contributions to electromagnetic modeling and imaging. He joined NPU as an associate professor in 2021. 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