Dear Gerd and the BBM9 Team, Thank you for submitting a request to Optica in support of the 9th International BioBrillouin Conference. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide financial support to this event. We had a very active year, and our funds have been claimed for 2025. We hope you are able to find additional sources of support and have a very successful meeting. Regards, Samantha From: Gerd Leuchs <gerdleuchs@googlemail.com> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2025 7:10 AM To: Meeting Grants <MeetingGrants@optica.org> Subject: Fwd: Optica Meeting Grant – BioBrillouin Conference Dear Samantha, Below is an application from another group here at Erlangen. I think I had offered them to forward the application to the right department within Optica. With a bit of delay, I am doing this right now. The group leader Jochen Guck, one of the directors at our Max Planck Institute is working in optics related biophysics with several highly innovative projects. I would be happy if Optica could sponsor his meeting in some form. Thank you for dealing with this application! Best wishes, Gerd Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht: Von: Stephanie Möllmert <stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de<mailto:stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de>> Betreff: Optica Meeting Grant – BioBrillouin Conference Datum: 14. August 2025 um 21:12:38 MESZ An: <gerdleuchs@googlemail.com<mailto:gerdleuchs@googlemail.com>> Kopie: "Guck, Jochen" <jochen.guck@mpl.mpg.de<mailto:jochen.guck@mpl.mpg.de>>, "MELI, guck-office" <guck-office@mpl.mpg.de<mailto:guck-office@mpl.mpg.de>> Dear Prof. Leuchs, we hereby submit the cover letter and meeting information document for the 9th International BioBrillouin Conference, for consideration under the Optica Meeting Grant program. The conference will take place from 25–27 November 2025 at the Harnack-Haus in Berlin and will bring together a broad international community of researchers working on Brillouin Light Scattering in biological and biomedical applications. We hope this meeting aligns with Optica’s mission to support scientific exchange and the development of early-career researchers. We greatly appreciate the opportunity to apply for this support and thank you very much for your time and consideration. Best regards, Stephanie Möllmert 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@mpl.mpg.de<mailto:stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de> Homepage: www.gucklab.com<http://www.gucklab.com/>