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Let's put photons to work for Health, Information and Energy. A
#CERCA center affiliated to the UPC and a member of #BIST.
#CERCA center affiliated to the UPC and a member of #BIST.
ICFO's #Quantum Technologies for space showcased at
#SpaceTechExpoEU 🛰️
Our team is presenting the latest advances, including ultra-secure quantum communication systems for free-space networks as well as space-based missions.
Fins us at the Catalonia Space Booth (S26) 📍
#SpaceTechExpoEU 🛰️
Our team is presenting the latest advances, including ultra-secure quantum communication systems for free-space networks as well as space-based missions.
Fins us at the Catalonia Space Booth (S26) 📍
November 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
ICFO's #Quantum Technologies for space showcased at
#SpaceTechExpoEU 🛰️
Our team is presenting the latest advances, including ultra-secure quantum communication systems for free-space networks as well as space-based missions.
Fins us at the Catalonia Space Booth (S26) 📍
#SpaceTechExpoEU 🛰️
Our team is presenting the latest advances, including ultra-secure quantum communication systems for free-space networks as well as space-based missions.
Fins us at the Catalonia Space Booth (S26) 📍
Con la clausura del Plan Complementario en Comunicaciones Cuánticas celebramos los avances logrados por los socios del proyecto🙌
Gracias a la colaboración entre instituciones, CCAA y el apoyo del Ministerio, España da un paso firme hacia el futuro de las tecnologías cuánticas.
Gracias a la colaboración entre instituciones, CCAA y el apoyo del Ministerio, España da un paso firme hacia el futuro de las tecnologías cuánticas.
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Con la clausura del Plan Complementario en Comunicaciones Cuánticas celebramos los avances logrados por los socios del proyecto🙌
Gracias a la colaboración entre instituciones, CCAA y el apoyo del Ministerio, España da un paso firme hacia el futuro de las tecnologías cuánticas.
Gracias a la colaboración entre instituciones, CCAA y el apoyo del Ministerio, España da un paso firme hacia el futuro de las tecnologías cuánticas.
👩💻 Durante las flash talks, el talento joven del Plan Complementario de Comunicaciones Cuánticas ha compartido proyectos que impulsan el futuro de la comunicación y el procesamiento cuántico en España.
#NextGenerationEU #PRTR
#NextGenerationEU #PRTR
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
👩💻 Durante las flash talks, el talento joven del Plan Complementario de Comunicaciones Cuánticas ha compartido proyectos que impulsan el futuro de la comunicación y el procesamiento cuántico en España.
#NextGenerationEU #PRTR
#NextGenerationEU #PRTR
📢Arranca la Clausura del Plan Complementario de Comunicaciones Cuánticas.
La sesión institucional reúne hoy a representantes del Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y universidades, comunidades autónomas y la @ec.europa.eu para trazar el futuro cuántico de España y Europa.
#NextGenerationEU #PRTR
La sesión institucional reúne hoy a representantes del Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y universidades, comunidades autónomas y la @ec.europa.eu para trazar el futuro cuántico de España y Europa.
#NextGenerationEU #PRTR
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
📢Arranca la Clausura del Plan Complementario de Comunicaciones Cuánticas.
La sesión institucional reúne hoy a representantes del Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y universidades, comunidades autónomas y la @ec.europa.eu para trazar el futuro cuántico de España y Europa.
#NextGenerationEU #PRTR
La sesión institucional reúne hoy a representantes del Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y universidades, comunidades autónomas y la @ec.europa.eu para trazar el futuro cuántico de España y Europa.
#NextGenerationEU #PRTR
📝In a recent @physrevlett.bsky.social article, ICFO researchers have demonstrated that high-dimensional photonic states offer exceptional robustness to photon loss in the triangle network when certifying pure quantum correlations.
ICFO News👉 icfo.eu/news/2586/th...
ICFO News👉 icfo.eu/news/2586/th...
November 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
📝In a recent @physrevlett.bsky.social article, ICFO researchers have demonstrated that high-dimensional photonic states offer exceptional robustness to photon loss in the triangle network when certifying pure quantum correlations.
ICFO News👉 icfo.eu/news/2586/th...
ICFO News👉 icfo.eu/news/2586/th...
🎃🌰 Whether you missed a few of them or just want a quick recap, our summary of October’s top scientific news has you covered!
Dive in and catch up on everything that happened last month!👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2584/oc...
#ICFOScienceRecap
Dive in and catch up on everything that happened last month!👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2584/oc...
#ICFOScienceRecap
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🎃🌰 Whether you missed a few of them or just want a quick recap, our summary of October’s top scientific news has you covered!
Dive in and catch up on everything that happened last month!👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2584/oc...
#ICFOScienceRecap
Dive in and catch up on everything that happened last month!👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2584/oc...
#ICFOScienceRecap
🗨️ “I am honoured and thankful to receive the ESP Young Investigator Award. This recognition strongly motivates my newly established group at ICFO.”
— Prof. Dr. Nicoletta Liguori on being awarded the @EurSocPhotobiol
Young Investigator Award 2025.
👉 https://ow.ly/4uQM50XouBY
— Prof. Dr. Nicoletta Liguori on being awarded the @EurSocPhotobiol
Young Investigator Award 2025.
👉 https://ow.ly/4uQM50XouBY
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🗨️ “I am honoured and thankful to receive the ESP Young Investigator Award. This recognition strongly motivates my newly established group at ICFO.”
— Prof. Dr. Nicoletta Liguori on being awarded the @EurSocPhotobiol
Young Investigator Award 2025.
👉 https://ow.ly/4uQM50XouBY
— Prof. Dr. Nicoletta Liguori on being awarded the @EurSocPhotobiol
Young Investigator Award 2025.
👉 https://ow.ly/4uQM50XouBY
🧠Bridging Brain Science and Clinical Care in the 4th Barcelona Medical Photonics Network Annual Meeting
Gathering of experts focuses discussion on clinical unmet needs and uses of photonic techniques in neuroscience, medicine & clinical care.
ICFO News👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2585/br...
Gathering of experts focuses discussion on clinical unmet needs and uses of photonic techniques in neuroscience, medicine & clinical care.
ICFO News👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2585/br...
Bridging Brain Science and Clinical Care in the 4th BMPN Annual Meeting | ICFO
Gathering of experts focuses discussion on clinical unmet needs and uses of photonic techniques in neuroscience, medicine and clinical care.
www.icfo.eu
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🧠Bridging Brain Science and Clinical Care in the 4th Barcelona Medical Photonics Network Annual Meeting
Gathering of experts focuses discussion on clinical unmet needs and uses of photonic techniques in neuroscience, medicine & clinical care.
ICFO News👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2585/br...
Gathering of experts focuses discussion on clinical unmet needs and uses of photonic techniques in neuroscience, medicine & clinical care.
ICFO News👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2585/br...
Reposted by ICFO
Very grateful to @icfo.eu MINDLAB workshop organizers for inviting me to share my research & visit the institute. I may have gone more bio for my postdoc, but my love of engineering has yet to fade & my passion for photons grows with every experiment. Feeling very inspired by this community 🔬 💗
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Very grateful to @icfo.eu MINDLAB workshop organizers for inviting me to share my research & visit the institute. I may have gone more bio for my postdoc, but my love of engineering has yet to fade & my passion for photons grows with every experiment. Feeling very inspired by this community 🔬 💗
⏲️⚛️Descobreix el món de la #quàntica en 5min!
Per celebrar la Setmana de la Ciència un grup d'investigadors de l'ICFO ens explicarà per què la quàntica és important per a la seva investigació i per a la societat.
Apunta't amb la teva classe! 👉 https://ow.ly/vwR050XmhK5
Per celebrar la Setmana de la Ciència un grup d'investigadors de l'ICFO ens explicarà per què la quàntica és important per a la seva investigació i per a la societat.
Apunta't amb la teva classe! 👉 https://ow.ly/vwR050XmhK5
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
⏲️⚛️Descobreix el món de la #quàntica en 5min!
Per celebrar la Setmana de la Ciència un grup d'investigadors de l'ICFO ens explicarà per què la quàntica és important per a la seva investigació i per a la societat.
Apunta't amb la teva classe! 👉 https://ow.ly/vwR050XmhK5
Per celebrar la Setmana de la Ciència un grup d'investigadors de l'ICFO ens explicarà per què la quàntica és important per a la seva investigació i per a la societat.
Apunta't amb la teva classe! 👉 https://ow.ly/vwR050XmhK5
📝Simpler, yet just as precise: the new spectromicroscopy technique proposed at ICFO
The technique, described in ACS Nano, could bring high quality together with greater accessibility and simplicity to this kind of research.
ICFO News 👉 bit.ly/4i1l2Lv
The technique, described in ACS Nano, could bring high quality together with greater accessibility and simplicity to this kind of research.
ICFO News 👉 bit.ly/4i1l2Lv
November 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
📝Simpler, yet just as precise: the new spectromicroscopy technique proposed at ICFO
The technique, described in ACS Nano, could bring high quality together with greater accessibility and simplicity to this kind of research.
ICFO News 👉 bit.ly/4i1l2Lv
The technique, described in ACS Nano, could bring high quality together with greater accessibility and simplicity to this kind of research.
ICFO News 👉 bit.ly/4i1l2Lv
🧠The Barcelona Medical Photonics Network Annual Meeting illustrated how diverse disciplines converge to bridge fundamental brain science with clinical care.
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🧠The Barcelona Medical Photonics Network Annual Meeting illustrated how diverse disciplines converge to bridge fundamental brain science with clinical care.
We started the BMPN Annual Meeting program with talks by experts featuring a spectrum of cutting-edge methodologies in the study of the brain 🧠
November 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We started the BMPN Annual Meeting program with talks by experts featuring a spectrum of cutting-edge methodologies in the study of the brain 🧠
Kicking off the 4th Annual Barcelona Medical Photonics Network Meeting, for the first time happening at ICFO! 🙌
This event brings together experts in photonics, neuroscience, biology, and clinical medicine.
An intersection of disciplines where new ideas emerge! 💡
This event brings together experts in photonics, neuroscience, biology, and clinical medicine.
An intersection of disciplines where new ideas emerge! 💡
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Kicking off the 4th Annual Barcelona Medical Photonics Network Meeting, for the first time happening at ICFO! 🙌
This event brings together experts in photonics, neuroscience, biology, and clinical medicine.
An intersection of disciplines where new ideas emerge! 💡
This event brings together experts in photonics, neuroscience, biology, and clinical medicine.
An intersection of disciplines where new ideas emerge! 💡
📣Final call for the Quantum Education Summit 2025.
📅Registrations close November 9.
Join international experts, educators, and researchers in Barcelona to explore the future of quantum learning and collaboration.
Limited capacity. Register now👉 https://quantumeducationsummit.eu/
📅Registrations close November 9.
Join international experts, educators, and researchers in Barcelona to explore the future of quantum learning and collaboration.
Limited capacity. Register now👉 https://quantumeducationsummit.eu/
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📣Final call for the Quantum Education Summit 2025.
📅Registrations close November 9.
Join international experts, educators, and researchers in Barcelona to explore the future of quantum learning and collaboration.
Limited capacity. Register now👉 https://quantumeducationsummit.eu/
📅Registrations close November 9.
Join international experts, educators, and researchers in Barcelona to explore the future of quantum learning and collaboration.
Limited capacity. Register now👉 https://quantumeducationsummit.eu/
📣 Last days to apply!
#Fellowships available for undergraduate and master students to conduct a research internship at ICFO with one of our Research Groups.
📅 Apply by November 6 👉 https://bit.ly/47lNq78
#Fellowships available for undergraduate and master students to conduct a research internship at ICFO with one of our Research Groups.
📅 Apply by November 6 👉 https://bit.ly/47lNq78
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📣 Last days to apply!
#Fellowships available for undergraduate and master students to conduct a research internship at ICFO with one of our Research Groups.
📅 Apply by November 6 👉 https://bit.ly/47lNq78
#Fellowships available for undergraduate and master students to conduct a research internship at ICFO with one of our Research Groups.
📅 Apply by November 6 👉 https://bit.ly/47lNq78
📝New clues on how physical forces spread in neurons
ICFO researchers & collaborators have uncovered new insights into how physical stresses (which might encode mechanical information) spread across the membranes of neurons.
🔗NaturePhysics
ICFO News👉 bit.ly/4omezx2
ICFO researchers & collaborators have uncovered new insights into how physical stresses (which might encode mechanical information) spread across the membranes of neurons.
🔗NaturePhysics
ICFO News👉 bit.ly/4omezx2
October 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
📝New clues on how physical forces spread in neurons
ICFO researchers & collaborators have uncovered new insights into how physical stresses (which might encode mechanical information) spread across the membranes of neurons.
🔗NaturePhysics
ICFO News👉 bit.ly/4omezx2
ICFO researchers & collaborators have uncovered new insights into how physical stresses (which might encode mechanical information) spread across the membranes of neurons.
🔗NaturePhysics
ICFO News👉 bit.ly/4omezx2
CARLA Camp: Photonics Career Symposium
💡 Explore photonics careers, tech talks & researcher stories!
📅 Dec 4, 2025 | 09:00 – 14:00 CET | CosmoCaixa
Register now👉 #tab-11772tab-11772" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://quantumeducationsummit.eu/workshops/#tab-11772
💡 Explore photonics careers, tech talks & researcher stories!
📅 Dec 4, 2025 | 09:00 – 14:00 CET | CosmoCaixa
Register now👉 #tab-11772tab-11772" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://quantumeducationsummit.eu/workshops/#tab-11772
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
CARLA Camp: Photonics Career Symposium
💡 Explore photonics careers, tech talks & researcher stories!
📅 Dec 4, 2025 | 09:00 – 14:00 CET | CosmoCaixa
Register now👉 #tab-11772tab-11772" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://quantumeducationsummit.eu/workshops/#tab-11772
💡 Explore photonics careers, tech talks & researcher stories!
📅 Dec 4, 2025 | 09:00 – 14:00 CET | CosmoCaixa
Register now👉 #tab-11772tab-11772" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://quantumeducationsummit.eu/workshops/#tab-11772
📢 Last chance to register!
Registration for the Annual Meeting of the Barcelona Medical Photonics Network closes tomorrow, October 28.
Don’t miss it! 👉https://www.icfo.eu/event/4095/BMPN/
🗓️ November 4 | 📍ICFO
Registration for the Annual Meeting of the Barcelona Medical Photonics Network closes tomorrow, October 28.
Don’t miss it! 👉https://www.icfo.eu/event/4095/BMPN/
🗓️ November 4 | 📍ICFO
October 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📢 Last chance to register!
Registration for the Annual Meeting of the Barcelona Medical Photonics Network closes tomorrow, October 28.
Don’t miss it! 👉https://www.icfo.eu/event/4095/BMPN/
🗓️ November 4 | 📍ICFO
Registration for the Annual Meeting of the Barcelona Medical Photonics Network closes tomorrow, October 28.
Don’t miss it! 👉https://www.icfo.eu/event/4095/BMPN/
🗓️ November 4 | 📍ICFO
📝Exposing graphene’s surface without sacrificing quality
ICFO researchers have developed a new technique capable of selectively removing the top hBN layer while preserving the electronic quality of graphene.
🔗The Journal of Physics: Materials
👉http://bit.ly/4oC2LWV
ICFO researchers have developed a new technique capable of selectively removing the top hBN layer while preserving the electronic quality of graphene.
🔗The Journal of Physics: Materials
👉http://bit.ly/4oC2LWV
October 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📝Exposing graphene’s surface without sacrificing quality
ICFO researchers have developed a new technique capable of selectively removing the top hBN layer while preserving the electronic quality of graphene.
🔗The Journal of Physics: Materials
👉http://bit.ly/4oC2LWV
ICFO researchers have developed a new technique capable of selectively removing the top hBN layer while preserving the electronic quality of graphene.
🔗The Journal of Physics: Materials
👉http://bit.ly/4oC2LWV
📢Up to 9 fellowships available to undertake an internship or master’s thesis in #quantum at a different CQA institution or a non-CQA institution!
The #CATQuantumAcademy launches its Mobility Call for outstanding students.
Send your applications👉 https://bit.ly/4nTkDfU
The #CATQuantumAcademy launches its Mobility Call for outstanding students.
Send your applications👉 https://bit.ly/4nTkDfU
October 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📢Up to 9 fellowships available to undertake an internship or master’s thesis in #quantum at a different CQA institution or a non-CQA institution!
The #CATQuantumAcademy launches its Mobility Call for outstanding students.
Send your applications👉 https://bit.ly/4nTkDfU
The #CATQuantumAcademy launches its Mobility Call for outstanding students.
Send your applications👉 https://bit.ly/4nTkDfU
ICFO postdoctoral researcher Luciano Iván Pereira Valenzuela has been recognized by CSIC for his outstanding doctoral thesis, carried out at the Institute of Fundamental Physics (IFF-CSIC)🙌
Congratulations Luciano for this award! 👏
ICFO News 👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2578/cs...
Congratulations Luciano for this award! 👏
ICFO News 👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2578/cs...
October 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
ICFO postdoctoral researcher Luciano Iván Pereira Valenzuela has been recognized by CSIC for his outstanding doctoral thesis, carried out at the Institute of Fundamental Physics (IFF-CSIC)🙌
Congratulations Luciano for this award! 👏
ICFO News 👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2578/cs...
Congratulations Luciano for this award! 👏
ICFO News 👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2578/cs...
🍂 Whether you missed a few of them or just want a quick recap, our summary of September’s top scientific news has you covered!
Dive in and catch up on everything that happened last month! 👉 https://www.icfo.eu/news/2569/september-science-news-recap/880/
#ICFOScienceRecap
Dive in and catch up on everything that happened last month! 👉 https://www.icfo.eu/news/2569/september-science-news-recap/880/
#ICFOScienceRecap
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🍂 Whether you missed a few of them or just want a quick recap, our summary of September’s top scientific news has you covered!
Dive in and catch up on everything that happened last month! 👉 https://www.icfo.eu/news/2569/september-science-news-recap/880/
#ICFOScienceRecap
Dive in and catch up on everything that happened last month! 👉 https://www.icfo.eu/news/2569/september-science-news-recap/880/
#ICFOScienceRecap
📍En la marc del #DiaDeLaFotònica, la doctoranda Diana Méndez va participar en el taller Investiga'm a la Biblioteca de Castelldefels amb la xerrada “De la Tierra al cerebro: usando átomos para medir campos magnéticos”.
🧠Va compartir la seva recerca i va conversar amb el públic!
🧠Va compartir la seva recerca i va conversar amb el públic!
October 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
📍En la marc del #DiaDeLaFotònica, la doctoranda Diana Méndez va participar en el taller Investiga'm a la Biblioteca de Castelldefels amb la xerrada “De la Tierra al cerebro: usando átomos para medir campos magnéticos”.
🧠Va compartir la seva recerca i va conversar amb el públic!
🧠Va compartir la seva recerca i va conversar amb el públic!
📢 ICFO welcomes applications for the DigiQ Student Research Fellowships
Students can undertake an internship or master’s thesis project within ICFO’s Quantum Science and Technologies research groups
Learn more👉 jobs.icfo.eu?detail=947
#DigiQ
Students can undertake an internship or master’s thesis project within ICFO’s Quantum Science and Technologies research groups
Learn more👉 jobs.icfo.eu?detail=947
#DigiQ
October 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
📢 ICFO welcomes applications for the DigiQ Student Research Fellowships
Students can undertake an internship or master’s thesis project within ICFO’s Quantum Science and Technologies research groups
Learn more👉 jobs.icfo.eu?detail=947
#DigiQ
Students can undertake an internship or master’s thesis project within ICFO’s Quantum Science and Technologies research groups
Learn more👉 jobs.icfo.eu?detail=947
#DigiQ