Centre of Light for Life

🌟 Thrilled to have been part of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS) launch. Even more excited to be part of this Centre, working alongside experts in optical physics, geophysics, astrophysics and communications advancing the field of photonics! 🌟   It was a privilege to be on the panel discussion talking about my work in developing breath analysis technology for detecting biomarkers that may indicate the presence of disease before symptoms present. Along with applying new microscopic techniques to extract maximum information from samples without damaging them to progress fields like IVF to improve IVF success rates. Huge thanks to panel chair Rachael Vorwerk and fellow panellists Prof. Meghan S. Miller (COMBS Chief Investigator, The Australian National University) and Michaël R. (Chief Security Officer and Co-Founder, terra15) for the fascinating discussion of the science we do in COMBs, and what the future might look like in 2050 with COMBs technology.   Congrats to Prof Arnan Mitchell and the COMBs operation team on the launch! I’m looking forward to seeing the Centre transform industries such as telecommunications to environmental monitoring to health care.   Here’s to the future of microcomb technology! 🥂   #ARC_COMBs #Photonics #Innovation #OpticalMicrocombs #ProudMoment   RMIT University, University of Adelaide, Centre of Light for Life, Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Last week, our team had the pleasure of participating in the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) Photonics Pizza Night! 🍕✨ It was a fantastic opportunity to connect with undergraduate students passionate about science and discuss potential pathways for Honours and Masters projects 🤩 The event had an excellent turn out and the energy in the room was electric ⚡️ Several students also attended our lab tour after the event to get a first-hand look at the exciting research being done in our group 🔬 It was inspiring to see so many young minds eager to explore a future in research 🧑🔬👩🔬👨🔬 Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide | University of Adelaide

We've had the pleasure of having Freja Høier from Peter Andersen's group at DTU - Technical University of Denmark join us the Centre over the last 3 months to conduct work related to spatial offset optical coherence tomography 🔬 During her stay, she set up the OCT system with Ralf Mouthaan as her mentor and used the system to visualise biological samples provided by Kylie Dunning's team and ART Lab Solutions 🧫 It was a joy having her visit the group and we will miss having her around! 😊 University of Adelaide | Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) | Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

📰 Check out the press release for our paper in Scientific Reports (Nature) comparing light sheet and confocal microscopy! 📰 💡 Lighting the way with accurate and safe 3D embryo imaging: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gEzWbT8H Full paper here: https://lnkd.in/gw3KS-b4 Authors: Darren Chow, Erik Schartner, Stella Corsetti, Avinash Upadhya, Joséphine Marie Morizet, Frank Gunn-Moore FRSB FRSE, Kylie Dunning, Kishan Dholakia. University of Adelaide | Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) | Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide | Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide

We had the pleasure of having Haoran Ren and Chi Li from Monash University visit the Centre yesterday 😃 The team showcased our various projects from fundamental physics ⚛️: speckle metrology, levitated optomechanics; to applied physics 🧫: light sheet fluorescence microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, compressive sensing, and digital holographic microscopy🔬 It was great to discuss each others' exciting research and the potential for future collaboration. We look forward to seeing them again at ANZCOP and visiting their lab at Monash one day! 😁 Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) | Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology | University of Adelaide

Have a look at our new article on using sidelobe suppressed Bessel beams for light sheet microscopy: Chetna Taneja, Jerin Geogy George, Stella Corsetti, Philip Wijesinghe, Graham D. Bruce, Maarten F. Zwart, Shanti Bhattacharya, and Kishan Dholakia, "Sidelobe suppressed Bessel beams for one-photon light-sheet microscopy," Biomed. Opt. Express 15, 6183-6197 (2024) https://lnkd.in/gxjJNRZg The image below, adapted from the paper, shows the difference for imaging GCaMP labelled cell nuclei of the zebrafish eye using (a) the Bessel beam (BB) vs (b) the sidelobe suppressed Bessel beam (SSBB). Congratulations to all the team on this really great result! Centre of Light for Life | ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS)| University of Adelaide | University of St Andrews|

Read the latest News & Views Article by IPAS Members from the Centre of Light for Life, Prof Kishan Dholakia and Dr Chris Perrella. "A material change for ultra-high precision force sensing" is published in Nature Light: Science & Applications, this piece explores the cutting-edge developments in the field of optical tweezers and their impact on sensing in both physical and biological sciences. These advancements open new prospects for ultra-high precision force sensing in the physical and biological sciences, paving the way for innovative applications and deeper insights into nanoscale phenomena. Read the full article here: https: https://lnkd.in/gjaVtqMs ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS) | University of Adelaide | Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology | Nature Portfolio

🌟 Exciting New Publication 🌟   We are thrilled to share that our latest News & Views article “A material change for ultra-high precision force sensing” has been published in Nature Light: Science & Applications! 💡   In this piece, authors Chris Perrella and Kishan Dholakia explore cutting-edge developments in the field of optical tweezers and its impact on sensing in both the physical and biological sciences 🔬 This article highlights groundbreaking research in which lanthanide-doped nanoparticles have been trapped, enabling detection of forces as small as 110 aN. These advancements open new prospects for ultra-high precision force sensing in the physical and biological sciences, paving the way for innovative applications and deeper insights into nanoscale phenomena ⚛️   Check it out for more insights! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gDgc6R6K   #Research #Innovation #Nanotechnology #ForceSensing #Science #OpticalTweezers #BiologicalSciences #Physics   Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) | ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS) | Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology | University of Adelaide | Nature Portfolio

Last Friday, Kishan Dholakia and Darren Chow presented at the Health and Biomedical Innovation: Imaging in Reproductive Health Workshop 🤩 together with researchers from both the University of Adelaide and University of South Australia. 🌟 Kishan presented on "Quantum enabled imaging for the Biosciences", discussing how quantum solutions can overcome classical imaging problems, e.g. by removing noise from microscope images, ultimately improving imaging diagnostics 🔬 🌟 Darren presented work from his recent paper from Nature Portfolio Scientific Reports on the advantages of light sheet microscopy compared to confocal imaging. One example is evident in the 3rd picture showing how light sheet imaging (on the right) provides a spherical 3D picture of the embryo with minimal photobleaching 📸 ➡️ Check out the paper here: https://lnkd.in/gVignBA7. We also enjoyed lectures from guest speakers: Chris Macgowan, Dr Jodie Avery, BA BAppSc (Med Rad) MPH PhD, Mitchell Lock, Yuan Zhang, and Jesse Tu. Thank you to Janna Morrison and Mitchell Lock from the University of South Australia for organising the workshop! It was exciting to see research being done at both Universities, and gives us a glimpse into the future of the new Adelaide University ✨ Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide | Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide | Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS)

It was a pleasure to host Dr Reza Nosrati from Monash University earlier this week 😁 Kishan Dholakia gave a tour showcasing the many imaging modalities and life science applications at the Centre - from using Raman Spectroscopy to measure through the bottle 🍾 to Light Sheet Microscopy for Bio-imaging 🔬 The visit also included other research groups within the University: ⭐️ Kylie Dunning - Reproductive Success team ⭐️ Steven Wiederman - Visual Physiology and Neurobotics Laboratory ⭐️ Nicole McPherson - Male Reproductive Life Course Group ⭐️ David Sharkey - Reproductive Immunology Mark Hutchinson also gave him an overview of the work being done at the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) 🌟 The many conversations lit the spark for igniting new research ideas and potential future collaborations 🤝 His visit was organised by the School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide. Special thanks Rebecca Robker for organising the visit! University of Adelaide | Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide | Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS)