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Arben Merkoçi
@arbenmerkoci.bsky.social
ICREA Professor
Director of Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group
ICN2, Barcelona, Spain
https://icn2.cat/en/nanobioelectronics-and-biosensors-group/arben-merkoci
Director of NANOBALKAN
Regional Center of Nanotechnology
www.nanoalb.al
🇦🇱 Krenar që mora pjesë sot në Berlin në takimin hapës të Komitetit të Politikave Shkencore (SC) të #ALLEA -s, si anëtar i propozuar nga #AkademiaShkencave.
🇬🇧 Proud to join today’s ALLEA Science Policy SC kickoff in Berlin, nominated by the #AlbanianAcademySciences
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
At the beginning of this month, I had the honour of joining colleagues from around the world at the 200th anniversary of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, celebrated in partnership with UNESCO. Proud to represent the Academy of Sciences of Albania. 🔬✨

Read more at: mta.hu/english/mta-...
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Reposted by Arben Merkoçi
The NanoBioMed Conference will present the latest advances in #Nanobiotechnology & #Nanomedicine.

📍 Barcelona
📅 2-4 Dec. 2025
🔜 Abstract Submission: 14th Nov.

🤝 Phantoms Foundation, BOKU Vienna, ICN2 Prof. @arbenmerkoci.bsky.social @merkocigroup.bsky.social

ℹ️ https://f.mtr.cool/ckpgxahxwo
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today I had the pleasure of giving a seminar at #KeioUniversity on our #nanobiosensor research @ICN2nano !
Great to exchange ideas with researchers & students from Keio and other Tokyo universities.
Halfway through my stay in Japan—more to come! 🇯🇵🔬
#Nanotech #ResearchStay #Science
June 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🔵 Molt content d’haver estat elegit membre de l’IEC. Gràcies a l’IEC, ICREA, ICN2 i tots els col·laboradors que m’han acompanyat en aquest camí.
🔵 Honored to join IEC — grateful to all who supported me: ICREA, ICN2 & global collaborators.

More: icn2.cat/en/news/5478...
June 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Great start to the day at Keio University with a surprise from Dr. Otake — prints of our centers' logos (@icn2nano & @KeioGlobal )! A productive brainstorming on future nanotech & biosensor collaborations. Thanks Atsushi, for the thoughtful gift & great talks! 🇯🇵🇪🇸 #Nanotech #ICN2
June 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Great discussions today in Prishtina 🇽🇰 with Univ. of Prishtina & Kosova Academy of Sciences (Technical Section) on the future of science & education. Projects like #NANOBALKAN, #SUSNANO #NANOKOS show the power of regional & EU collaboration. Thanks Prof. Dr. Fetah Podvorica!
#ScienceForDevelopment
June 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Honored to receive this recognition!
Grateful to my past & present group members—this is a team achievement powered by collaboration, freedom in research & international exchange.
Thanks to our institutions for the great support! 🙌
#Science #Research #Teamwork
🏆 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

1️⃣ Prof. @arbenmerkoci.bsky.social (@merkocigroup.bsky.social) is ranked 1st in Spain in Research.com for his excellent work in Electronic and #ElectricalEngineering, and 8th in 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ.𝑐𝑜𝑚 ranking in #MaterialsScience.

👏 Congrats!

ℹ️ Info here! 🖱️ https://bit.ly/43OyyLJ
June 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Reposted by Arben Merkoçi
📰 NEW UPDATE

🔬 Represented by @merkocigroup.bsky.social, ICN2 was well represented at the 𝟑𝟓𝐭𝐡 Anniversary World Congress on #Biosensors. ICREA Prof. @arbenmerkoci.bsky.social chaired it & group members were also involved in the organisation, talks & posters.

ℹ️ f.mtr.cool/vpufumalzo

#2DMaterials
June 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
At #EUIndTech2025 in Kraków 🇵🇱—excited to speak on sustainable nanomaterial-based sensors & bridging EU–Western Balkans via #SUSNANO & #NANOBALKAN.
A stronger, united, collaborative EU in science! 🇪🇺
🔗 indtech2025.eu/en/konferenc...
#ICN2 #HorizonEU
June 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Reposted by Arben Merkoçi
📰 NEW UPDATE❗

🔬 ICN2 was well represented by @merkocigroup.bsky.social at the 𝟑𝟓𝐭𝐡 Anniversary World Congress on #Biosensors. ICREA Prof. @arbenmerkoci.bsky.social chaired it & group members were also involved in the organisation, talks & presenting posters.

ℹ️👉 f.mtr.cool/vpufumalzo

#2DMaterials
May 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Excited to launch a collab with @WaterlooWIN, 🇨🇦's largest nanotech institute & supporter of the #UNSDGs!

One winning project: MELANOMA-TRACKER 🧬—a wearable microneedle patch for non-invasive melanoma screening.
@merkocigroup.bsky.social

👏 Kudos to @ICN2nano & WIN teams!

#Nanotech #HealthTech
📣 BIG NEWS❗

📰 Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology & ICN2 announced the winners of their joint seed funding to foster #ScientificExcellence & nanotech applications.

👏 Congrats to the projects:

🔹AHEADBAT
🔹MELANOMA-TRACKER
🔹SHYPIM

🤝 Supported by ICN2 #SeveroOchoa.

➡️ https://bit.ly/43xMFVp
May 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Reposted by Arben Merkoçi
Do not miss on June 10th the talk of Dr. Daniel Quesada, from @icn2.bsky.social and @arbenmerkoci.bsky.social's group, about #QuantumDots and #Biosensing within the cicle "Quàntica a #Sabadell".

More details and free inscription at: fbc.cat/events/2025/...

Promoted by "Fundació Bosch i Cardellach"
May 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Reposted by Arben Merkoçi
Willing to start a #PhD career?
Check the possibilities at @icn2.bsky.social and apply to Prof. @arbenmerkoci.bsky.social group!

#Joboffer here: jobs.icn2.cat/job-openings...

#ICN2 #PhDlife #Biosensors #Nanomaterials
May 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Honored to give an invited talk today at #EUMRS in Strasbourg! Shared our work on graphene sensors (Graphene Flagship & #2DBioPad) for early Alzheimer's detection. Also proud of our spinoff @GraphenicaLab working on graphene printing. Great science, friends & future collabs!
May 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Great to meet with the Biosensors and Bioelectronics Editorial Board today in Lisbon during the 35th World Congress on Biosensors!
Proud to support this leading journal driving innovation in biosensors & bioelectronics.
Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/bios...
#Biosensors2025
May 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Here in Lisbon for #Biosensors2025, the 35th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors—the most important global event in the field!

Since 1990 in Singapore, it has traveled the world.
Excited to welcome 1200+ participants starting tomorrow!
#Biosensors2025 #Lisbon #Portugal #ElsevierEvents
May 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Reposted by Arben Merkoçi
📣 NEW UPDATE❗

🤔 More affordable & easy-to-use portable #DiagnosticTools?

📝 ICREA Prof. @arbenmerkoci.bsky.social & Dr Ruslan Alvarez (@merkocigroup.bsky.social) analysed how #2DMaterials are shaping sensing technologies. Part of the #EU Graphene Flagship.

ℹ️👉 f.mtr.cool/jrdgkafbyu

#Biosensors
May 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Excited to speak at next week’s Workshop: Technology-Oriented Research Infrastructures – Opportunities for the Western Balkans in Podgorica, Montenegro 🇲🇪! I’ll present NANOBALKAN & how tech RIs can boost innovation in the WB.
🔗 bit.ly/4jCrnfV
#NANOBALKAN #Innovation
May 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Honored to give a plenary at #ElecNano2025 in Angers, France!
Presented our group’s work on nanomaterial-enhanced biosensors for sustainable diagnostics.
Thanks to SCF & the organizing committee!
More: elecnano.univ-paris-diderot.fr
#Nanoscience #Electrochemistry
#ICN2
May 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Excited to join Dr. Alan O'Riordan as external evaluator for Dr. Alida Russo’s #PhDdefense @TyndallInstitut! A brilliant thesis on #SERS_based_LF #antibioticdetection in #milk. Congrats, Dr. Russo! More ICN2–Tyndall collabs to come! 🎓🧪🥛
#SERS #WomenInSTEM #NanoTech #MilkSafety #ICN2 #Tyndall #UCC
April 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Great day at @TyndallInstitut sharing our work on sustainable nanobiosensors (optical & electrical) developed in Barcelona for democratizing #diagnostics.
@merkoci_group @icn2nano
Thanks to Dr. Daniela Iacopino & team for the warm welcome and inspiring discussions!
#Nanotech
April 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reposted by Arben Merkoçi
🗞️ NEW UPDATE❗

👏 The #Optical properties of #plasmonic nanoparticles make them a promising option for next-gen sensors. Nanoscale Horizons chose @arbenmerkoci.bsky.social (@merkocigroup.bsky.social)'s paper for their 10th Anniversary Regional Spotlight Collection.

ℹ️ https://f.mtr.cool/ehiwtllqvq
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
nanoBalkan2025 lands in Tirana, Albania – Sept 29–Oct 3!
Join top minds in #Nanoscience & #Nanotech for keynotes, workshops & collabs across AI, 2D materials, nanomedicine & more.
Speak, connect, innovate!
Info: nanobalkanconf.com/2025
#nanoBalkan2025
April 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Honored to speak at the INL Workshop on Advanced Materials for Health, organized w/ the EU Commission. I shared ICN2’s work on graphene nanobiosensors & challenges in clinical translation Thanks to Clivia, Lorena & the team for a high-caliber event!
#Nanotech #Health #Innovation
April 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM