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Food for thought
by Kareem Elsayad June 17, 2025

June 17, 2025

This (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1305.4105) is super interesting not only for membrane measurements but also generally for relevant length scales in BLS (frequency/wavevector scaling even if not explicitly implied). Pure thermodynamic description. Takes a few reads to understand/appreciate and helps to have thermodynamics/statistical mechanics textbook on hand (I had Pathria’s). Several (empirical) assumptions more than questionable, but conclusion, at least qualitatively, make sense and I think very nice read all in all.

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Merck Invoices
by Anastasia Asvestopoulou April 23, 2025

April 23, 2025

Hello again, as mentioned, we have these confusing invoices from Merck. I have recieved them back from the Cellbiology Department and 5 remain with us now. Please check the attached list and let me know, if you remember ordering any of them. Most of the orders are from 2023 (all exept for one). It is very messy, I apologize. @Kareem: Please check if Alex Johnson ordered any of these in 2023. If any of them are ours, let my know from what Budget (global or fwf). These are the same invoices we recieved in October last year. There are following names on them: Kareem's, Alex Johnson and Marion Krewan. I know about the account on their website, that might have been wrongly used by somebody else, let's not repeat that. I just need to find out whose those are. Any help is much welcome! All the best, Anastasia -- Anastasia Asvestopoulou M.Sc. Medical University Vienna Department of Anatomy

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Merck Invoices
by Anastasia Asvestopoulou April 22, 2025

April 22, 2025

Hello everyone! I hope you had a beautiful Easter time! We have recieved a lot of Merck invoices, which has caused some confusion. All addresses are wrong and it is unclear if they belong to us (and if so, which ones..?). I would like to kindly ask you to send me any info about orders or payments (invoices) from Merck Group made from January 2025. It would be a great help to identify these documents. Thanks in advance! Anastasia p.s. congrats on the paper acceptance! Hope you could celebrate to the fullest! -- Anastasia Asvestopoulou M.Sc. Medical University Vienna Department of Anatomy

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Fwd: [EXTERN] Final Decision made for NPHOT-2024-04-00624B
by Pierre Bouvet April 16, 2025

April 16, 2025

I think the acceptance of the paper deserves a lab bar! When are you all available? Drinks on me :) Best, Pierre Pierre Bouvet, PhD Post-doctoral Fellow Medical University Vienna Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Wahringer Straße 13, 1090 Wien, Austria > Begin forwarded message: > > From: giampaolo.pitruzzello(a)nature.com > Subject: [EXTERN] Final Decision made for NPHOT-2024-04-00624B > Date: 16. April 2025 at 00:52:09 GMT+2 > To: pierre.bouvet(a)meduniwien.ac.at > Reply-To: giampaolo.pitruzzello(a)nature.com > > Dear Dr Bouvet, > > Please find below a copy of the decision letter for your manuscript "Consensus Statement on Brillouin Light Scattering Microscopy of Biological Materials" [NPHOT-2024-04-00624B], which has just been accepted for publication in Nature Photonics. > > You can now use a single sign-on for all your accounts, view the status of all your manuscript submissions and reviews, access usage statistics for your published articles and download a record of your refereeing activity for the Nature journals. > > To assist our authors in disseminating their research to the broader community, our SharedIt initiative provides all co-authors with the ability to generate a unique shareable link that will allow anyone (with or without a subscription) to read the published article. Recipients of the link with a subscription will also be able to download and print the PDF. > > As soon as your article is published, you can generate your shareable link by entering the DOI of your article here: <http://authors.springernature.com/share>http://authors.springernature.com/share. Corresponding authors will also receive an automated email with the shareable link. > > > Sincerely, > > Dr Giampaolo Pitruzzello > Senior Editor > Nature Photonics > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Subject: Acceptance note for Nature Photonics manuscript NPHOT-2024-04-00624B > > 15th April 2025 > > Dear Kareem, > > All your hard work has paid off and I am delighted to inform you that your manuscript, "Consensus Statement on Brillouin Light Scattering Microscopy of Biological Materials", has now been formally accepted for publication in Nature Photonics. Congratulations! It's been a long journey and I am so glad to see this piece now finalised. 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Urlaub / Holiday / Happy Easter
by Anastasia Asvestopoulou April 14, 2025

April 14, 2025

Hello everyone! just wanted to let you know, that I will be away for the holidays. I return on the 22nd of April. If there is anything urgent in the meantime, feel free to give me a call or WhatsApp me +43 66475192529. I wish you happy holidays and happy Easter! See you soon! All the best, Anastasia -- Anastasia Asvestopoulou M.Sc. Medical University Vienna Department of Anatomy

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Missing Invoices
by Anastasia Asvestopoulou April 7, 2025

April 7, 2025

Hello all! Please help me find the invoices to the attached orders. If you have recieved the according invoices per mail or have them somewhere in your office, kindly send them or give them to me. Thank you very much in advance! All the best, Anastasia

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Tour of soft-matter physics lab
by Kareem Elsayad April 3, 2025

April 3, 2025

Hi All, Tomorrow (today 3/4/25) there will be this lab tour at Roberto Cerbino’s lab (Physics, Univ. Vienna)… just down the street at Boltzmann* Gasse 5, at 17:00 – see attachment for direction. The tour is in the context of the Austrian Rheology Society that Ursula is spear-heading. Roberto is super cool/chill guy I’ve known well for quite a while and who we are applying for grants together with, so there will most likely be some upcoming collaborations where we will work closely together on. He comes at things from soft-matter physics perspective. Think it might also be great to get to know his students/postdocs, as they do a lot of optics and probably fun to brainstorm with (they also have a nice kitchen where you can stop by for coffee/tea when nothing is working and you feel you need to talk to someone that understands you). Also, in terms of optical components if you need something right now and can’t wait for order or just want to quickly try something, postdocs in his lab might be useful people to have connection with/on speed dial. I have to oversee this dissection course during this time (theoretically from 16:30-19:30) so might not be able to join (but will try to if can find someone to step in), but I might be able to join for a quick beer afterwards (from what I understand plan is to go to pub afterwards) - @Ursula: do you maybe have time plan for afternoon/evening to share? All the best, Kareem * Btw. Speaking of Boltzmann, my PhD supervisor (from way back when) randomly informed me that I am 4 degrees removed from Ludwig Boltzmann. Meaning his supervisors supervisors supervisor was Ludwig Boltzman, or something like that (kinda like the Kevin Bacon game, or in mathematics the Erdoes tree, if you are familiar but more direct). So you guys can I guess technically say you are five degrees from Boltzmann.. don’t know in what practical context that may be useful, maybe you can blame some of your creative madness on the trickle down from him 😊)

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Re: Brief presentation by potential phd candidate
by Kareem Elsayad April 2, 2025

April 2, 2025

I miscalculated time difference (prob didn’t take into account recent time change here but not there) – so will meet at 11:15am Vienna (not 10:15am) From: Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad(a)meduniwien.ac.at> Date: Wednesday, 2. April 2025 at 03:43 To: "muw(a)biobrillouin.org" <muw(a)biobrillouin.org> Subject: Brief presentation by potential phd candidate We have candidate from Shanghai for a PhD position that will give a brief (~30min) online presentation of what they have done at 10:15am (2/4/2025). If you can join below is the link (would be great to also get your feedback)… PS. Sorry for last minute notice (I got confirmation from him 5min ago!) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5191046969?pwd=alpzaldoZEd3N2ZEQ0hYZU1RR1dOdz09 Meeting ID: 519 104 6969 Passcode: jY3zH8 All the best, Kareem

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Brief presentation by potential phd candidate
by Kareem Elsayad April 2, 2025

April 2, 2025

We have candidate from Shanghai for a PhD position that will give a brief (~30min) online presentation of what they have done at 10:15am (2/4/2025). If you can join below is the link (would be great to also get your feedback)… PS. Sorry for last minute notice (I got confirmation from him 5min ago!) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5191046969?pwd=alpzaldoZEd3N2ZEQ0hYZU1RR1dOdz09 Meeting ID: 519 104 6969 Passcode: jY3zH8 All the best, Kareem

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Safety inspectors tomorrow.
by Kareem Elsayad March 12, 2025

March 12, 2025

Before you leave today remember the safety inspectors will be coming tomorrow morning. This means several things: Coffee machines and any food/drink related stuff should be put away in e.g. cupboard (not on display) – I guess mainly in office Extension chords should not be on floor (but e.g. elevated on table) – mainly in labs Laser safety glasses should be kept near door in lab Anything else you can think of that looks like safety hazard…

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