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9th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025
by Palombo, Francesca Oct. 31, 2025

Oct. 31, 2025

Dear John, Hope you’re doing well. We are organising the 9th BioBrillouin Conference in Berlin, which will take place at the conference venue of the Max Planck Society (Harnack House<https://www.harnackhaus-berlin.mpg.de/en>) on the 25-27 November 2025, and are seeking sponsorship from companies and learned societies. Attached you find our sponsorship packages - let me, Kareem or anyone else on the organization committee know if you have any further questions. Looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Francesca On behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee: Jochen Guck (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light & Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Germany) Kareem Elsayad (Medical University of Vienna, Austria) Robert Prevedel (European Molecular Biology Laboratory - EMBL, Germany) Francesca Palombo (Exeter University, United Kingdom) Stephanie Möllmert (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany) Michael Monaghan (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) Thorsten Hamann (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) PS. The event was originally planned to take place in Boston, USA, yet due to the current political climate has been moved to Europe on relatively short notice. The expected number of attendees from academia are between 50-100 and span all continents (except Antarctica). Prof. Francesca Palombo Professor of Biomedical Spectroscopy Director of Global Engagement Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Exeter www.exeter.ac.uk Physics Building, Stocker Road, EX4 4QL, Exeter, UK Website: https://physics-astronomy.exeter.ac.uk/people/fpalombo<https://physics-astronomy.exeter.ac.uk/people/profile/index.php?web_id=fp246> Phone: +44 (0)1392 726612 Email: f.palombo(a)exeter.ac.uk X account: @profpalombo<https://x.com/profpalombo>

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8th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025
by Robert Prevedel Oct. 31, 2025

Oct. 31, 2025

Dear Lauren, thanks again for working with Carlo in my team on a possible demo of Brillouin laser! Today I I am writing regarding the possibility of Skylark sponsoring the 9th International BioBrillouin Conference <https://www.biobrillouin.org/events/9th-international-biobrillouin-conferen…>, which will take place in Berlin, at the conference venue of the Max Planck Society (Harnack House <https://www.harnackhaus-berlin.mpg.de/en>) on the 25-27 November 2025. This event serves as a venue where experts and leading scientists from around the world working on Brillouin Light Scattering Spectroscopy for biological and biomedical applications meet once a year to share their latest advances, findings and innovations in the field. In additions to 2 full days of keynote, invited and contributed talks it will feature poster session and various social activities. We would like to invite you to support this emerging field by partnering with us as a sponsor. The organizing committee has put together three sponsorship packages listed in the attached PDF. If any of these would be of interest, please let me know as soon as possible. I would be happy to answer any further questions regarding details about these packages or the conference in general. All the best, Robert On behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee: Jochen Guck (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light & Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Germany) Kareem Elsayad (Medical University of Vienna, Austria) Robert Prevedel (European Molecular Biology Laboratory - EMBL, Germany) Francesca Palombo (Exeter University, United Kingdom) Stephanie Möllmert (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany) Michael Monaghan (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) Thorsten Hamann (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) PS. The event was originally planned to take place in Boston, USA, yet due to the current political climate has been moved to Europe on relatively short notice. The expected number of attendees from academia are between 50-100 and span all continents (except Antarctica). -- Dr. Robert Prevedel Group Leader and Senior Scientist Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit European Molecular Biology Laboratory Meyerhofstr. 1 69117 Heidelberg, Germany Phone: +49 6221 387-8722 Email: robert.prevedel(a)embl.de http://www.prevedel.embl.de > On 03.07.2025, at 17:59, Carlo Bevilacqua <carlo.bevilacqua(a)embl.de> wrote: > > Hi Lauren, > thanks for your help and understanding! > > I'll then wait to hearing back from you once you have updates about the next testing slot. > > Best regards, > Carlo > > > > On Thu, Jul 3, 2025 at 14:29, Lauren Percy <lauren.percy(a)skylarklasers.com> wrote: > Hi Carlo, > > It's good to hear from you. Welcome back from vacation! > > Despite our efforts, it sounds like the best next steps here would be arranging a demo for you to test directly. Our current units are all scheduled for delivery to customers, so we will have to review when the next testing slot could take place. > > Leave this with me and I'll get back to you next week to see what's available. > > Thank you, > Lauren

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Re: [EXTERN] 8th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025
by Kareem Elsayad Sept. 29, 2025

Sept. 29, 2025

Dear Luca, Hope summer is going well. I just quickly wanted to check if there are any updates on whether you will be going for one of the sponsorship packages, as we plan to open website for submissions in next few days? All the best, Kareem From: Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad(a)meduniwien.ac.at> Date: Wednesday, 16. July 2025 at 23:49 To: Luca Clario <clario(a)crestoptics.com> Cc: Robert Prevedel <prevedel(a)embl.de>, "<SOC25(a)biobrillouin.org>" <SOC25(a)biobrillouin.org>, Sonia Montanari <montanari(a)crestoptics.com>, Francesco Bacchi <bacchi(a)crestoptics.com> Subject: Re: [Soc25] [EXTERN] 8th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025 Dear Luca, Ofcourse! See attached. Yes Platinum, Gold and Silver all come with desk & chairs (viz. Booth) – see PDF. Platinum & Gold come with large one, Silver with standard size. All the best, Kareem From: Luca Clario <clario(a)crestoptics.com> Date: Wednesday, 16. July 2025 at 17:12 To: Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad(a)meduniwien.ac.at> Cc: Robert Prevedel <prevedel(a)embl.de>, "<SOC25(a)biobrillouin.org>" <SOC25(a)biobrillouin.org>, Sonia Montanari <montanari(a)crestoptics.com>, Francesco Bacchi <bacchi(a)crestoptics.com> Subject: Re: [Soc25] [EXTERN] 8th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025 Dear Kareem, Can we receive the sponsorship package offer? Is there a possibility for a booth? Thank you Luca Clario Marketing Director Mobile+39 331 757 4301Websitewww.crestoptics.comAddressVia di Torre Rossa 66, 00165 Rome, Italy CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY NOTICE: The information in this email is confidential and protected by civil and criminal law. Unauthorized storing thereof is unlawful. Please, notify the sender of any misdelivered email and therefore destroy it. Il giorno lun 30 giu 2025 alle ore 18:57 Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad(a)meduniwien.ac.at> ha scritto: Hi Luca, Indeed, I will be there tomorrow and after tomorrow. That would be great, I should arrive late morning (assuming no delays), and will try to drop by then! All the best, Kareem From: Luca Clario <clario(a)crestoptics.com> Date: Monday, 30. June 2025 at 17:37 To: Robert Prevedel <prevedel(a)embl.de> Cc: Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad(a)meduniwien.ac.at>, "<SOC25(a)biobrillouin.org>" <SOC25(a)biobrillouin.org>, Sonia Montanari <montanari(a)crestoptics.com>, Francesco Bacchi <bacchi(a)crestoptics.com> Subject: Re: [Soc25] [EXTERN] 8th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025 Hi all, We are at Ebsa in Rome sponsoring the event, @Kareem Elsayad if you have time we can talk tomorrow morning about this? Booth N16 Robert are you also attending the event? Thanks Luca Clario Marketing Director Mobile+39 331 757 4301Websitewww.crestoptics.comAddressVia di Torre Rossa 66, 00165 Rome, Italy Error! Filename not specified. CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY NOTICE: The information in this email is confidential and protected by civil and criminal law. Unauthorized storing thereof is unlawful. Please, notify the sender of any misdelivered email and therefore destroy it. Il lun 30 giu 2025, 16:05 Francesco Bacchi <bacchi(a)crestoptics.com> ha scritto: Dear Robert, thanks for the sponsorship program, we will consider the options internally and let you know soon. Best, Francesco Francesco BacchiBusiness Development Manager EMEA Phone +39 334 702 4685Website www.crestoptics.comAddress Via di Torre Rossa 66, 00165 Rome, Italy CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY NOTICE: The information in this email is confidential and protected by civil and criminal law. Unauthorized storing thereof is unlawful. Please, notify the sender of any misdelivered email and therefore destroy it. Da: Robert Prevedel <prevedel(a)embl.de> Inviato: lunedì 30 giugno 2025 10:35 A: Francesco Bacchi <bacchi(a)crestoptics.com> Cc: Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad(a)meduniwien.ac.at>; <SOC25(a)biobrillouin.org> <SOC25(a)BioBrillouin.org>; Sonia Montanari <montanari(a)crestoptics.com>; Luca Clario <clario(a)crestoptics.com> Oggetto: Re: [Soc25] [EXTERN] 8th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025 Dear Francesco, hope you’re doing well. Great to hear you’re interested in supporting our 9th BioBrillouin Conference in Berlin, which will take place at the conference venue of the Max Planck Society (Harnack House) on the 25-27 November 2025. Attached you find our sponsorship packages - let me, Kareem or anyone else on the organization committee know if you have any further questions. Looking forward to hearing from you. Best wishes, Robert On behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee: Jochen Guck (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light & Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Germany) Kareem Elsayad (Medical University of Vienna, Austria) Robert Prevedel (European Molecular Biology Laboratory - EMBL, Germany) Francesca Palombo (Exeter University, United Kingdom) Stephanie Möllmert (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany) Michael Monaghan (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) Thorsten Hamann (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) PS. The event was originally planned to take place in Boston, USA, yet due to the current political climate has been moved to Europe on relatively short notice. The expected number of attendees from academia are between 50-100 and span all continents (except Antarctica). -- Dr. Robert Prevedel Group Leader Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit European Molecular Biology Laboratory Meyerhofstr. 1 69117 Heidelberg, Germany Phone: +49 6221 387-8722 Email: robert.prevedel(a)embl.de http://www.prevedel.embl.de

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Re: [EXTERN] Re: SOC25 meeting today if you are available (in ~15min)
by Kareem Elsayad Aug. 31, 2025

Aug. 31, 2025

Hi Thorsten, No worries, Great! will put them on website. I cc SOC so that Stephanie can also put on official poster. One question: are these invited or keynote? Talk soon, Kareem From: thorsten hamann <thorsten.hamann(a)ntnu.no> Date: Friday, 29. August 2025 at 13:50 To: Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad(a)meduniwien.ac.at> Subject: [EXTERN] Re: [Soc25] SOC25 meeting today if you are available (in ~15min) sorry, double booked. Thomas Dehoux and Charlotte Kirchhelle have agreed to give a talk about Brillouin and plant mechanics.... Thorsten On 29/08/2025 13:48, Kareem Elsayad via Soc25 wrote: Dear All, Apologies have been a bit unavailable lately and missing last weeks meeting. If you are available today in ~15min. I will be online and discuss updates (are a couple from my side), and might be good to touch base before semester gets in swing. Below is link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5191046969?pwd=alpzaldoZEd3N2ZEQ0hYZU1RR1dOdz09 Meeting ID: 519 104 6969 Passcode: jY3zH8 All the best, Kareem _______________________________________________ Soc25 mailing list -- soc25(a)biobrillouin.org To unsubscribe send an email to soc25-leave(a)biobrillouin.org -- Thorsten Hamann Professor Department of Biology Norwegian University of Science and Technology 5 Hogskoleringen N-7491 Trondheim Norway Tel: +47 735 96096 mail: thorsten.hamann(a)ntnu.no https://hamannlab.org

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Re: [EXTERN] Re: SOC25 meeting today if you are available (in ~15min)
by Kareem Elsayad Aug. 29, 2025

Aug. 29, 2025

PS. Can you also ask them both for tentative titles of talk—would be cool to have on website From: thorsten hamann <thorsten.hamann(a)ntnu.no> Date: Friday, 29. August 2025 at 13:50 To: Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad(a)meduniwien.ac.at> Subject: [EXTERN] Re: [Soc25] SOC25 meeting today if you are available (in ~15min) sorry, double booked. Thomas Dehoux and Charlotte Kirchhelle have agreed to give a talk about Brillouin and plant mechanics.... Thorsten On 29/08/2025 13:48, Kareem Elsayad via Soc25 wrote: Dear All, Apologies have been a bit unavailable lately and missing last weeks meeting. If you are available today in ~15min. I will be online and discuss updates (are a couple from my side), and might be good to touch base before semester gets in swing. Below is link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5191046969?pwd=alpzaldoZEd3N2ZEQ0hYZU1RR1dOdz09 Meeting ID: 519 104 6969 Passcode: jY3zH8 All the best, Kareem _______________________________________________ Soc25 mailing list -- soc25(a)biobrillouin.org To unsubscribe send an email to soc25-leave(a)biobrillouin.org -- Thorsten Hamann Professor Department of Biology Norwegian University of Science and Technology 5 Hogskoleringen N-7491 Trondheim Norway Tel: +47 735 96096 mail: thorsten.hamann(a)ntnu.no https://hamannlab.org

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SOC25 meeting today if you are available (in ~15min)
by Kareem Elsayad Aug. 29, 2025

Aug. 29, 2025

Dear All, Apologies have been a bit unavailable lately and missing last weeks meeting. If you are available today in ~15min. I will be online and discuss updates (are a couple from my side), and might be good to touch base before semester gets in swing. Below is link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5191046969?pwd=alpzaldoZEd3N2ZEQ0hYZU1RR1dOdz09 Meeting ID: 519 104 6969 Passcode: jY3zH8 All the best, Kareem

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platinum sponsor desk
by Laura Martínez Vidal Aug. 26, 2025

Aug. 26, 2025

Dear Organizing Committee, I hope this message finds you well. In preparation for the BioBrillouin Conference, I would like to kindly request more details regarding the exhibition desk for Platinum Sponsors. In particular, could you please share information about the desk/booth size, available space around it, and whether it is possible to display posters or other materials? Thank you very much for your support and guidance. Best regards, Laura Laura Martínez Vidal [cid:e9a7e05b-64cd-468f-9d68-78b45a8ef299] Specto Srl Via Giulio e Corrado Venini 18 | 20127 Milan, Italy E: laura(a)spectophotonics.com<http://www.spectophotonics.com/> W: www.spectophotonics.com<http://www.spectophotonics.com/> P Before printing, think about the environment The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in message only. It is strictly forbidden to share any part of this message with any third party, without a written consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake, please reply to this message and follow with its deletion, so that we can ensure such a mistake does not occur in the future.

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Re: [EXTERN] 9th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025 - Optica
by Kareem Elsayad Aug. 25, 2025

Aug. 25, 2025

Hi Stephanie, Good question. Not sure if can give exact numbers off the bat, especially for those further back. The general ballpark was around 50. I cc. SOC which contains Francesca, Thorsten and Michael, who can fill in some of the blanks better maybe for more recent ones they hosted. I paste below my estimates for each. If anyone else in SOC has better recollections than me please correct the below. I can get more precise numbers further back with a bit of work and fishing, but would be effort and require me tracking down people no longer in field and/or working for me anymore. I will try and do so, as this information can be useful in future for presentations and applications (but not sure how quick I can get during this time in August) – will write Thomas, Daniele, Celia, Michaela & Anita in this regard. Let me know if these ballpark numbers are ok for you for now and for sake of this application? (maybe ok to give a range in each one, if it is an open text form, like e.g. 30-40 or 100-110). All the best, Kareem Meeting 1: closer to 30 (think was a little over) Meeting 2: Perugia was more than twice as large since also had non-BioBrillouin combined so closer >100 I would say Meeting 3: In Porto was I believe about 50 Meeting 4: was online via Exeter. Francesca do you have number here? Meeting 5: Online via Vienna. Maximum at any one time was 110 in room (attendance was higher because free and online) Meeting 6: I believe Thomas mentioned around 50 Meeting 7: Michael correct me if I am wrong, but I think this was also around 50? Meeting 8: Thorsten, I believe you mentioned around 70? From: Stephanie Möllmert <stephanie.moellmert(a)mpl.mpg.de> Date: Wednesday, 13. August 2025 at 21:51 To: Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad(a)meduniwien.ac.at> Subject: Re: [EXTERN] [Soc25] 9th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025 - Optica Hi Kareem, would you please let me know how many attendees the BioBrillouin Conferences had in the previous years? o BioBrillouin Meeting 1 (Vienna, Austria, 2017): o BioBrillouin Meeting 2 (Perugia, Italy, 2018): o BioBrillouin Meeting 3 (Porto, Portugal, 2019): o BioBrillouin Meeting 4 (Exeter, UK, 2020): o BioBrillouin Meeting 5 (Online, 2021): o BioBrillouin Meeting 6 (Lyon, France, 2022): o BioBrillouin Meeting 7 (Dublin, Ireland, 2023): o BioBrillouin Meeting 8 (Trondheim, Norway, 2024): I am completing the questionaire/proposal from Optica (https://www.optica.org/events/meeting_opportunities/meeting_grants/) and would send it to Gerd Leuchs directly. However, the submission needs to be before the 15th of each month. Thank you! Best, Stephanie On 13.08.25 17:26, Kareem Elsayad wrote: Hi Stephanie, What about putting the other sponsors (not just Optica - assuming they support) on poster? Maybe I misunderstand, would Optica then not serve as a Silver/Gold/Platinum sponsor but something else? (if so, what would they potentially offer and want in return?) All the best, Kareem On 13.08.25, 16:57, "Stephanie Möllmert via Soc25" <soc25(a)biobrillouin.org <mailto:soc25@biobrillouin.org>> wrote: Dear all, the poster has been approved by our PR team and would be ready to go. Iâ•˙ve gone through it carefully, but Iâ•˙d appreciate it if you could give it a quick glance and let me know if you spot any typos or mistakes, or any design issues. Iâ•˙ll fix them, and we can add Optica if that works out. Thanks so much! Cheers, Stephanie -- Dr. Stephanie Möllmert Research Group Leader Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin Cell Physics Division Kussmaulallee 2 91054 Erlangen Germany Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Cell Physics Division Staudtstr. 2 91058 Erlangen Germany Phone: +49 (0) 9131 8284530 Email: stephanie.moellmert(a)mpl.mpg.de Homepage: www.gucklab.com

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Re: [EXTERN] 9th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025 - Poster
by Kareem Elsayad Aug. 20, 2025

Aug. 20, 2025

Dear Stephanie, Just a couple of other quick suggestions on poster. It looks really nice! __ but I might propose the following.. - It would be good to also include web address explicitly (www.biobrillouin25.com ) on poster - with hyperlink in pdf. Since if distributed electronically also, scanning a QR code from computer screen is undesirable (also fail safe if people do not have smart phone with camera handy). -The file size of pdf should be <1Mb. There are no high res images that warrant 10Mb, and while I don't mind, some people might get annoyed getting sizable file attachments. -Might be idea to mention venue? - maybe a sentence describing scope of conference, something standard along the lines of "Annual meeting of the International BioBrillouin Society for Brillouin Light Scattering micro-spectroscopy in life-science and biomedical research and applications" or the like under heading or where ever aesthetically pleasing. Am just thinking if this poster is broadly distributed in microscopy and biophysics community, they may need some more context to understand what it is about __ - The Medical University of Vienna may also provide some admin and financial support. I should know more about this end of week or start of next, but in this case a criteria for them would be that their logo is featured somewhere also on poster. Can always add later, shouldn't be bottleneck for getting out, and will keep you posted on this front. All the best, Kareem On 13.08.25, 17:26, "Kareem Elsayad" <kareem.elsayad(a)meduniwien.ac.at <mailto:kareem.elsayad@meduniwien.ac.at>> wrote: Hi Stephanie, What about putting the other sponsors (not just Optica - assuming they support) on poster? Maybe I misunderstand, would Optica then not serve as a Silver/Gold/Platinum sponsor but something else? (if so, what would they potentially offer and want in return?) All the best, Kareem On 13.08.25, 16:57, "Stephanie Möllmert via Soc25" <soc25(a)biobrillouin.org <mailto:soc25@biobrillouin.org> <mailto:soc25@biobrillouin.org <mailto:soc25@biobrillouin.org>>> wrote: Dear all, the poster has been approved by our PR team and would be ready to go. Iâ•˙ve gone through it carefully, but Iâ•˙d appreciate it if you could give it a quick glance and let me know if you spot any typos or mistakes, or any design issues. Iâ•˙ll fix them, and we can add Optica if that works out. Thanks so much! Cheers, Stephanie -- Dr. Stephanie MÃ¶llmert Research Group Leader Max-Planck-Zentrum fÃπr Physik und Medizin Cell Physics Division Kussmaulallee 2 91054 Erlangen Germany Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Cell Physics Division Staudtstr. 2 91058 Erlangen Germany Phone: +49 (0) 9131 8284530 Email: stephanie.moellmert(a)mpl.mpg.de <mailto:stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de> <mailto:stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de <mailto:stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de>> Homepage: www.gucklab.com

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SOC25 meeting today
by Kareem Elsayad Aug. 15, 2025

Aug. 15, 2025

Hi All, I am not sure there is explicit need for meeting today at 2pm. But if anyone feels there is and wants to discuss any aspects, I will be online at the same Zoom link (pasted below) at 2pm. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5191046969?pwd=alpzaldoZEd3N2ZEQ0hYZU1RR1dOdz09 Meeting ID: 519 104 6969 Passcode: jY3zH8 All the best, Kareem

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