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Software now compatible with TFP (beta)
by Pierre Bouvet March 6, 2025

March 6, 2025

Hi everyone, I’ve been developing a software to easily treat data for the a range of BLS spectrometers (for now the ar-BLS VIPA and since now the TFP in beta), it comes in the form of a GUI (see image attached) and allows you to treat data with minimal effort and 0 lines of code. Learning how to use the GUI is straightforward but there might be some tweaking around to have it work on your machines (in particular PCs), so if you are interested, we can look into that together :) The repository with the up-to-date code is at this link <https://github.com/bio-brillouin/HDF5_BLS/tree/main>. The trade offer is for you to have an easy and reliable way of storing and treating your data and for me to have an input on how well it works, raise awareness on bugs and see what functionalities you would like to have to make all the data processing easier for you to use/present. Best Pierre Pierre Bouvet, PhD Post-doctoral Fellow Medical University Vienna Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Wahringer Straße 13, 1090 Wien, Austria

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FW: RPMI Waves Issue 1/2025
by Kareem Elsayad Feb. 28, 2025

Feb. 28, 2025

You guys also get this email. If not can sign up via https://rpmi.meduniwien.ac.at/members/membership/ Would be cool if we can also all have something to present at this next “RPMI Festival”. From: Research Platform Medical Imaging <RPMI(a)LISTSERV.MEDUNIWIEN.AC.AT> on behalf of mic_admin <rpmi(a)MEDUNIWIEN.AC.AT> Reply to: Research Platform Medical Imaging <RPMI(a)LISTSERV.MEDUNIWIEN.AC.AT> Date: Thursday, 27. February 2025 at 15:20 To: <RPMI(a)LISTSERV.MEDUNIWIEN.AC.AT> Subject: RPMI Waves Issue 1/2025 Welcome to RPMI Waves! We are excited to share the latest news and trends in medical imaging with our vibrant community. Your feedback and collaboration are vital in enhancing research and clinical practice. RPMI Winter School: Impressions From February 17-19, 2025, the first Winter School took place at the Lecture Hall Center, attracting around 40 participants interested in Translational In Vivo Imaging. The event was organized by Claudia Kuntner-Hannes, Ines Lopez Martinez, Thomas Wanek, and Thomas Helbich. Check out some impressions here. RPMI Festival: The Symphony of Medical Imaging - Call for Abstracts Join us on June 12, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM for the 7th RPMI Festival: The Symphony of Medical Imaging The scientific committee invites submissions of original work for oral or poster presentations, focusing on recent advances and innovative applications in medical imaging, particularly research with a multidisciplinary approach. · Abstract Submission Deadline: April 2, 2025 (11:59 PM CET) · Submission Rules: Click here RPMI Mobility & Conference Support Grants The Research Platform Medical Imaging (RPMI) offers financial support for PhD candidates and junior Postdocs to attend scientific conferences, workshops, and summer/winter schools. Applications are accepted until April 30 or September 30, 2025. For further details and to apply, please refer to the document here. Each applicant can receive up to €1,000! RPMI Best Paper Award 2025 The Research Platform Medical Imaging (RPMI) offers a Best Paper Award 2025 to honor exceptional research in medical imaging. Eligible applicants include PhD candidates and junior Postdocs who are RPMI members, under 38 years old, and first authors of a recent publication. The award is valued at €1,000. For additional information and application instructions, please refer to the document here. Deadline: October 31, 2025! Upcoming Meetings of the Microscopy and Advanced Optical Imaging (MAOI) Node We are pleased to announce the upcoming Meetings of the Microscopy and Advanced Optical Imaging (MAOI) Node (Node-Speakers: Wolfgang Drexler, Kareem Elsayad), which will feature anticipated presentations by and for MAOI Node members. The meetings are scheduled for the second Monday of each month from March to December, taking place from 17:00 to 18:00 at various locations, including the Division of Anatomy and Medical Physics at AKH. For more information and to join the mailing list, please contact kareem.elsayad(a)meduniwien.ac.at . Schedule MAOI Node Meetings (with anticipated presentations by and for MAOI Node members) · March 11th (Division of Anatomy) · April 8th (Medical Physics, AKH) · May 13th (Division of Anatomy) · June 10th (Medical Physics, AKH) · July 8th (Division of Anatomy) · August 12th (Medical Physics, AKH) · September 9th (Division of Anatomy) · October 14th (Medical Physics, AKH) · November 11th (Division of Anatomy) · December 9th (Medical Physics, AKH) Time: In each case meeting will take place at 17:00-18:00 Location: Meetings at Division of Anatomy in Old Library (1st Floor, Waehringerstrasse 13), and at AKH in Seminar Room at Leitstelle 4 (L4), unless otherwise announced. © MedUni Wien | ImpressumSie haben wichtige Termine oder Themen, die Sie innerhalb der Research Platform Medical Imaging kommunizieren möchten? Schicken Sie uns eine E-Mail an rpmi(a)meduniwien.ac.at. Teilen Sie uns auch gerne mit, falls wir weitere Personen in den Newsletter-Verteiler aufnehmen sollen und helfen Sie uns damit, noch mehr Personen zu erreichen. Vielen Dank und mit herzlichen Grüßen, Ihr RPMI-Team © Universitätsklinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin / Research Platform Medical Imaging -- powered by phpList Access the RPMI Home Page and Archives

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Lab clean up (before bringing in house technic folks)
by Kareem Elsayad Feb. 18, 2025

Feb. 18, 2025

Hi All, I would like to get “Haus Technik” in to make a few technical amendments, most notably to power supplies and for AC. Ideally already next week. Before this though we should really do a good clean up (both in labs upstairs and downstairs, but mainly downstairs). This would mean putting all things in “right” place and making sure there are no obvious safety hazards. The worst case being that if they find issues that they may mention to others and can lead to lab shut down (they may even be able to instigate on their own accord). I think for us it would also be good in terms of finding things and mental well-being (provided we can all agree where different items should be!). I would thus like to suggest that we all dedicate this Friday to cleaning up starting (e.g. 9) in morning. There is a lot of stuff standing around that is not actively used (largely my fault I admit), and also going through what we have may yield some pleasant surprises and identify things we need to order more of -- “consumable” optical components we should order asap. I will put a piece of paper by the door of lab downstairs where we can just enter these and we will go ahead and order. I know this is not the most fun Frida, so I would invite you all for a beer/food after (on me) in e.g. Charlie P’s if you are available 😊 Some other reasons why good to tidy up. I should have several potential students visiting (also from out of town) and would be important to give them good impression. I will try make sure you all have opportunity to hang out with them independently if you want and get your feedback (they are mainly along physics/optics track) Also, Matthias Schneider – good friend from TU Dortmund, who did all this action potential/phase change stuff during signal propagation – should visit in coming week(s). He is a fun/crazy guy and when he visits we should definitely all hang out with him. But would be important to make best impression. Finally I think it is good to have a clean up day every few weeks since things pile up and this can cause avoidable stess. We also have this whole electrophysiology setup now, which I spent the weekend reading through the cryptic instructions for. Time permitting would also like to explain how whole thing works (or is meant to work) from what I figured, but guess this is secondary (first priority is getting aesthetics of lab in order). All the best, Kareem

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Fwd: [EXTERN] ILL Soft Matter Summer School First Announcement
by Ursula Windberger Jan. 23, 2025

Jan. 23, 2025

Hello, maybe this announcement (text below) is of interest to you? not so expensive, but seems to be quite informative... Only the coffee at the ILL guesthouse is terrible. Kind regards Ursula -------- Originalnachricht -------- Betreff: [EXTERN] ILL Soft Matter Summer School First Announcement Datum: 2025-01-22 17:22 Von: Leonardo Chiappisi <Chiappisil(a)ill.fr> An: ; Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to announce the ILL Soft Matter Summer School, taking place from 1st to 3rd July 2025 at the Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France. The aim of the school is to provide an overview of the forces governing the behavior of soft matter systems and introduce the most relevant techniques to probe such interactions. The program includes lectures delivered by recognized experts from across Europe. Confirmed speakers include Benoit Coasne, Milena Corredig, Wiebke Drenckhan, Samantha Micciulla, Julian Oberdisse, Sylvain Prevost, Emanuel Schneck, and Alicia Vallet. For further details, please visit our website: https://workshops.ill.fr/event/503/ [1]. Application process: Due to the limited number of places, interested participants are requested to submit their application, including a short description of their research activity and a CV, to softmatter2025(a)ill.fr by 21 March 2025. The organizing committee will review the applications and notify candidates of their acceptance by 02 May 2025. Conference fees: We have made every effort to keep the fees as low as possible: * 190 €: Includes lecture materials, lunches, and the social dinner. * 270 €: Includes lecture materials, lunches, the social dinner, and 2 nights of accommodation. Please feel free to share this announcement with colleagues or students who might be interested. We apologize if you receive this email more than once. Best regards, Leonardo Chiappisi -- [2] Dr. Leonardo CHIAPPISI Scientific Coordinator of the PSCM Maître de conférences associé at UGA Institut Max von Laue - Paul Langevin (ILL) 71, avenue des Martyrs - CS 20156 38042 Grenoble cedex 9 - France Science Building SB-206 +33 (0)4 76 20 79 53, chiappisil(a)ill.eu Personal website [3], PSCM-grenoble.eu [4] Links: ------ [1] https://workshops.ill.fr/event/503/ [2] http://www.ill.eu/ [3] https://www.ill.eu/index.php?id=2103/ [4] https://pscm-grenoble.eu/ To unsubscribe follow instructions here : https://www.ill.eu/about-the-ill/documentation/ill-newsletter/guide-to-ill-…

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FW: TOMORROW! Distinguished Lecturer Series with Gerard Milburn
by Kareem Elsayad Jan. 21, 2025

Jan. 21, 2025

Maybe of interest.. Max Planck Institute for Science of Light always has these talks online for free since circa CoV pandemic (often by Nobel Laureates). If of interest you can subscribe to get invites (see below). Like everything, some are better than others, but listened to some pretty amazing ones. On a completely different note. So I just read Pollack’s book, “Cells, Gels, and the Engines of Life” (https://www.amazon.de/Cells-Gels-Engines-Life-Unifying/dp/0962689521) in one sitting, and would totally recommend it (if you can’t get hold of I can try get you pdf), but I think nice one to have hard copy of. It is very hypothetical, and conclusions should (and can only) be seen as conjectures. I was initially drawn away by lack of mathematics (for essentially biophysical problems, not a single equation)… but I think the way to see it is that it says “here are some intuitions, go figure the mathematics”. I.e. something to think about and build on. While he knows his history (pre-2001 I guess) it is also clear that this is no longer the complete world view per established science. But it is a beautiful read (like a detective or pulp fiction novel), and reminds you how cool it is to be a scientist (and how much our “core” knowledge is based on shaky ground and trends). It almost sounds crazy at times, but it is not (although some arguments are much weaker than others, and in my opinion sometimes wrong). So would totally recommend, and happy to discuss. Think this might be interesting for Kaixuan in writing up his report on Squid axons, in regard to motivation. @Pierre & Felix, I think this is also very relevant and can think of doing anisotropy/angle-resolved measurements in vicinity of hydrophilic interfaces (as a function of distance/angle) as verification before doing more transient stuff. The ultimate goal is to show there is a non-localized transient state change (effectively of water) for AP, and ideally define order and characteristics (and back up with mathematics) – which I am kind of convinced of. Need to complement with birefringence studies and fluourescent marker signals (should be straightforward, in theory atleast), and we have potential to turn neuroscience on its head. @Ursula, Jenny – think this also has potential to be relevant for blood flow (can GHz longitudinal viscosity and its dispersion give us insight into fluid states tied to pathology, what about looking at even higher frequencies using UV to see dielectric relaxation effects – maybe something to think about). All the best, Kareem From: MPL Presse <mplpresse(a)mpl.mpg.de> Reply to: Edda Fischer <mplpresse(a)mpl.mpg.de> Date: Monday, 20. January 2025 at 09:39 To: "kelsayad(a)gmail.com" <kelsayad(a)gmail.com> Subject: TOMORROW! Distinguished Lecturer Series with Gerard Milburn DLS: "Quantum Learning Machines" ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Besuchen Sie hier die Webversion. DLS lecture on January 21, 2025: "Quantum Learning Machines" Gerard Milburn, professor at the Sussex Centre for Quantum Technologies and the new UK National Quantum Computing Centre will give his lecture on January 21 at 2 pm CET in the Leuchs-Russell Auditorium and via Zoom. Zoom-Data: https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/61808894862?pwd=arxO5pql3M3PFy5udbtA2xCsTKinL4.1 Meeting-ID: 618 0889 4862 Kenncode: 931691 Abstract Gerard Milburn will discuss two approaches to physical learning machines using quantum technology: mesocopic electronics and superconducting quantum optics. The former will be based on a physical neural network and the latter on a quantum kernel algorithm with an interesting connection to quantum chaos. I will discuss the advantages each scheme offers for energy efficiency, security and computational efficiency. Biography Gerard Milburn obtained a PhD in theoretical Physics from the University of Waikato in 1982 for work on squeezed states of light and quantum nondemolition measurements. Professor Milburn is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and The American Physical Society. He has worked in the fields of quantum optics, quantum measurement and stochastic processes, atom optics, quantum chaos, mesoscopic electronics, quantum information and quantum computation. Newsletter This newsletter was sent to you by a colleague? You would like to get the latest news, too? Then please register here: (please ensure to tick the "scientific lectures" checkbox) YouTube You will find previous lectures on YouTube, if we have the speaker's consent. Calendar You don't want to miss out on any DLS-Dates? Here you can save the date into your calendar directly. Imprint: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Staudtstraße 2 91058 Erlangen Germany Unsubscribe

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winter school
by Kareem Elsayad Jan. 20, 2025

Jan. 20, 2025

Hey guys, wanted to bring to your attention this workshop here, that may be of interest signing up to (we would need more participants from optical microscopy/spectroscopy field): https://rpmi.meduniwien.ac.at//ueber-uns/events/winter-school-translational… Today is apparently last day to sign up… Kareem

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MAOI Node meeting (summary and to-do stuff)
by Kareem Elsayad Jan. 16, 2025

Jan. 16, 2025

Dear All, Thank you for attending the MAOI Node meeting yesterday. Just a quick summary of the main meeting/action points and a to-do list. For both of these, if there is something of relevance I missed please repost and include.. Summary of main conclusions: We agree to have a node meeting every second Tuesday of the Month at 17:00-18:00. For these meetings the following apply: The goal of these meetings is to (i) identify clinical research and application needs that can or can potentially be tackled by MAOI technologies, and thereby initiate collaborations and/or inspire directed research by MAOI members. These should serve as springboards to identify and guide progress (through research and ultimately translation) in active and relevant areas of clinical and medical applications. (ii) Develop and strengthen the MOAI community, in particular to also include/involve the benefactors (clinicians) of developed technologies. They will ideally be hosted by different or alternating groups each time (to alleviate organization/planning burden, increase their activity within Node, and maybe improve attendance from geographically different locations). Most certainly there will need to be some repeat hosts. They will be advertised broadly within MUW, not only within the node and MIP, but also to different clusters and platforms via respective representatives and outlets. Each meeting will have 1 or in some cases 2 presentations. 1 presentation will be by someone from the clinic (or directly involved in clinical research), describing their work with an emphasis on MAOI-relevant requirements/desires/limitations/etc. The second (optional) talk will be by someone from the node summarizing a particular technology or presenting a particular technological/application breakthrough in their area of expertise/lab. The website needs to be updated and all links need to be made functional. Most notably the mission statement needs updating. As do decriptions of technologies and expertise in links. Some appealing pictures would be good. A Sign-up page for receiving notifications (which is linked to by a QR code that can be presented at any meetings) needs to also be created. Mailing list needs to be updated and include all potentially interested persons. It should have a feature to unsubscribe at the end of each mail post. The cakes and savory snacks were most excellent, and we should all be mandated to perform the traditional Maori “Haka” dance (https://youtube.com/shorts/nL3FpMfMV6M?feature=shared) prior to public presentations as a display of unity and to instill adequate fear among our foes. To do lists: Everybody: Pictures: Upload pics to owncloud you think: (i) Might be nice as back drops or fly throughs on main MAOI website. These should ideally include something that might be recognizable to a clinician (complicated laser setups are all good but we should not have exclusively this). They should above all be visually appealing, and may also be collages, cartoons, schematics, etc. Maybe think glossy Science journal cover. (ii) Pictures that are relevant and showcase and/or explain your particular technologies. These will be used in section of website listing expertise and technologies. In each case share with me (this email address) via owncloud and email me (or upload text for) captions of each image. Please provide pictures (especially former) with highest reasonable resolution (ideally 300dpi). Format should be anything we can open in Adobe Illustrator. Due date: By end of February. Brief description of technologies you are working on: this should include (i) Brief text description (1 paragraph is fine, but not more than 3). This basically is what it does and what it can be / has been used for. (ii) 2-3 key references, ideally also including a current and accessible review article that is readable for someone not in your field (doesn’t have to be by you). (iii) A link to your research/lab homepage or any other project homepages of relevance. (iv) Pictures relevant to the above (optional, see above) (v) A picture (face shot) of you or your lab that we can show in the section for your technology (optional). The last one is one point I forgot to discuss yesterday and see if all are fine with, but I think adds a very nice personal and relatable touch. In composing/preparing above (as Wolfgang Weninger also mentioned yesterday) it is good to keep this as general and timeless as possible so we do not need to update all the time – the most current details of what you are working on and technologies can do etc. you can always update on your linked lab/project pages. Please upload the above onto owncloud and share with this email address, rather than sending per email. Due date: By end of February. Add people to MAOI mailing list: if you know anyone at MUW who you think should be part of MAOI mailing list we would like to include them (they can always sign off). The easiest thing would be to create an online spreadsheet of people on list and ask you to add people. But in the interest of ever increasing privacy regulation, that I am not up to date on, we will not do this, and I would ask you to simply email me e-mail addresses of people I can add. Within the next weeks I will try (with Ute and IT help) to create an online form where you can direct people to sign up (and create a QR code that links to this that you can share with people). But until then, please just send me email address(es) with subject “add to MAOI mail list”. Due date: open ended… Mission Statement: We discussed re-writing this. Reading it again I think it is not all too far off.. but I would propose something like the following (below). Please reply with suggested changes. The node consists of scientists developing novel microscopy and advanced optical imaging techniques, facilities offering these, and clinicians implementing these. The goal is to facilitate the translation of novel, cutting-edge and state-of-the-art techniques towards routine clinical as well as fundamental medical research implementations. This is achieved by providing a framework for regular discourse, exchange of ideas and knowhow, and establishing research and translational collaborations, among those associated with the node. Information on the technologies, and scientific/clinical interests of the affiliates can be found here: Techniques (link) Affiliated laboratories (link) N.B. there would be links between the Affiliated laboratories and Techniques on the respective pages as relevant. Due Date: Please provide any feedback also before end of February, when I hope we will be able to do first revamp of webpage. With the goal to have online shortly after. Other information: I will try to get two mailing lists set up. One for internal MAOI members and one for everyone we would like to invite to our monthly meetings. The former can be used for advertising open positions, grant collaborations, and the latter mainly just for advertising events (like monthly meetings) that also people not from MUW can attend. End of February I will also start working on the whole website update (and before then push to try get access to backend directly). I will also send points A-C of to-do list to all node members asking for their contributions in next days – if you have any points on these please let me know before end of weekend (21/1). @Richard: We need money for food and coffee in future meetings. Can you coax steering committee to make sure this is available. Don’t know about financial aspects, but maybe a 50-100 EUR or so budget for monthly meeting could be doable? (we can hopefully expect participation to increase also with broader publicity and clear presentation themes). Maybe could fight for in next steering meeting 😊 Thanks again and all the best, Kareem

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meeting
by Kareem Elsayad Jan. 15, 2025

Jan. 15, 2025

Hi All! I would like to have a quick meeting of the whole lab to discuss some general things for the upcoming year and get everyone on the same page and informed on all matters. Would Fri at 10:30am work for all? (I will provide coffee/tea and pastries 😊). All the best, Kareem

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Farewell
by #GOH KAIXUAN# Jan. 14, 2025

Jan. 14, 2025

Hi all, Just wanted to thank all of you for the last 6-7 months, for the opportunity, the guidance and the laughs. 😁 It has been an enriching few months in lovely Vienna (not so much when it became cold). If you find yourself in Singapore, please don't hesitate to reach me via email (or if the email has been deactivated after my graduation, you can reach me by text / whatsaap +65 90828333). Stay healthy and safe! Kaixuan

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FW: Teamphoto
by Kareem Elsayad Jan. 14, 2025

Jan. 14, 2025

So they’re doing photo’s for website (see below). If you are ok being on it (no problem if not) please stop by Johannes. These are actually not really team photos per se, but individual photos that are then somehow collated into something that looks like a team photo. So if you are ok with appearing visually on website just stop by Johannes (3rd floor on corridor opposite us) whenever convenient. If not no problem. Am also trying to revamp our muw lab website and sent some requests on this. Hope you are ok with me mentioning your names here (if not let me know). I feel we should have more of a web presence, not because I care what outside world thinks but in that it can help with grants (when I review a grant first thing I instinctively do when assessing feasibility is google the person(s)). So want to include more pretty pics but also ideally brief description of what individuals work on (just a few sentences) – will talk/writre to you individually on this.. All the best, Kareem From: Johannes GÜNTHER <johannes.guenther(a)meduniwien.ac.at> Date: Monday, 13. January 2025 at 17:26 To: <kareem.elsayad(a)meduniwien.ac.at> Subject: Teamphoto Hallo Kareem, Wolfgang fragt ob Deine Mitarbeiter auf's Teamphoto kommen wollen. Wenn ja, können sie einfach bei mir vorbeikommen - Du weißt schon wie das geht... Wir können ja noch reden. LG Johannes -- Medizinische Universität Wien Zentrum für Anatomie & Zellbiologie Abteilung für Anatomie Währingerstrasse 13 / 3.Stock 1090 Wien Tel.: + 43 - 1 - 40 160 - 37 576

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