Tumors are complex biological systems to understand, mimic/ reproduce in a lab, predict and cure. They involve many biological processes (i.e.
signal cascades, gene, regulation, metabolic alterations, neovascularization, ECM remodeling, adhesion and biomechanical forces, invasion) that span in different spatial and temporal scales, while being highly heterogeneous and adaptive. This talk will highlight the current advantages and challenges of employing computational models in the study of cancer, ways of improving our current understanding or even better guide a patient-tailored therapeutic intervention.
Host : Anna Mitraki 4095
Time:
11:00 - 14:00
Description:
Title : Nonlinear dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates by means of analytic and numerical means
Affiliation: School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete and
Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore
Title: Quantum simulators with light: Merging quantum optics to condensed matter for quantum technologies
Abstract :
Classical computers require enormous computing power and memory to simulate even the most modest quantum systems. That makes it difficult
to model, for example, why certain materials are insulators and others are conductors or even superconductors. R. Feynman had grasped this
since the 1980s and suggested to use instead another more controllable and perhaps artificial quantum system as a "quantum computer" or
specifically in this case a "quantum simulator".
Working examples of quantum simulators today include extremely cold atoms trapped with lasers and magnetic fields and ions in electromagnetic traps. Photons and polaritons in light-matter systems have also recently emerged as a promising avenue especially for simulating out of equilibrium many-body phenomena in a natural
driven-dissipative setting.
I will briefly review in non-specialist terms the main results in this area including the early ideas on realizing Mott insulators, Fractional Hall states and Luttinger liquids with photons [1,2,3]. After that I
will present in more detail a recent experiment realizing the Hoeftstaedter butterfly and the many-body localization (MBL) transition using interacting photons in the latest superconducting quantum chip of
Google [4]. A simple method to study the energy-levels-and their statistics - of many-body quantum systems as they udergo the ergodic to
the MBL transition, was proposed and implemented. The formation of a mobility edge of an energy band was observed and its shrinkage with disorder toward the center of the bands was measured.
Beyond the applications in understanding fundamental physics, the potential impact of quantum simulators in different areas of quantum and nano technology, material science as well as machine learning and big data processing will be touched upon.
References
1. D.G. Angelakis and C. Noh “Many-body physics and quantum simulations
with light” Report of Progress in Physics, 80 016401 (2016)
2. "Quantum Simulations with Photons and Polaritons: Merging Quantum
Optics with Condensed Matter Physics" by D.G. Angelakis (ed), Quantum
Science and Technology Series, Springer, 2017, ISBN 978-3-319-52023-0.
3. P. Roushan, C. Neill, J. Tangpanitanon, V.M. Bastidas,…, H. Neven, D.
G. Angelakis, J. Martinis, “Spectral signatures of many-body
localization with interacting photons” Science, 358, I6367, 2017
Host: Ioannis Remediakis 4250
Time:
12:00 - 13:00
Location:
Main Amphitheater “G. Lianis”, FORTH’s bldg
Description:
IMBB SEMINAR
George HOLZ
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Title: "High-Throughput FRET Assays for Real-Time Detection of cAMP Enable GPCR Drug Discovery Research"
Tuesday, April 24th 2018 @ 12:00
Main Amphitheater “G. Lianis”, FORTH’s bldg
Host: I. Siden - Kiamos
Time:
11:30 - 13:30
Location:
Αίθουσα "Στ. Ορφανουδάκης" του ΙΤΕ
Description:
Το ΙΜΒΒ προτίθεται να κάνει χρήση εξοπλισμού της εταιρείας Biodynamics SA και συγκεκριμένα του Magnetic Induction Cycler, MIC (qPCR νέας τεχνολογίας) για το οποίο θα γίνει επίδειξη, την
Τετάρτη 25 Απριλίου στην Αίθουσα "Στ. Ορφανουδάκης" του ΙΤΕ στις 11.30-13.00.
Dr. Laura Benzonana, Business Development Manager, Biodynamics S.A.
Albert Wijngaard, Application Specialist, Biodynamics S.A.
Περίληψη:
Η Βιοδυναμική ΑΕ και η Bio Molecular Systems σας προσκαλούν να γνωρίσετε το MIC.
To Magnetic Induction Cycler MIC του εφευρέτη John Corbett (Rotor Gene and Corbett Biosciences), ενσωματώνει τη πατενταρισμένη τεχνολογία μαγνητικής επαγωγής για την θέρμανση τον δειγμάτων και καθοδηγούμενης αεροψύξης μέσω ανεμιστήρα για την πτώση της θερμοκρασίας.
Η προηγμένη Magnetic Induction τεχνολογία προσφέρει ταχύτερη διεξαγωγή αναλύσεων (35 κύκλους σε λιγότερο από 25 λεπτά).
Ο περιστρεφόμενος ρότορας από αλουμίνιο της Mic αποδίδει αξεπέραστη ομοιομορφία θερμοκρασίας.
Κάθε κανάλι χρησιμοποιεί ένα ανεξάρτητο LED υψηλής έντασης, φωτοανιχνευτή και σετ φίλτρων που συνδυάζονται μεταξύ τους για να παρέχουν απαράμιλλη απόδοση ανίχνευσης.
Με σταθερή οπτική διαδρομή και χωρίς κινούμενα μέρη δεν απαιτείται ποτέ οπτική ευθυγράμμιση, βαθμονόμηση ή χρήση χρωστικών αναφοράς.
Ζυγίζοντας μόλις δύο κιλά είναι το πιο φορητό qPCR στην αγορά.
Σας περιμένουμε την Τετάρτη 25 Απριλίου στην αίθουσα Ορφανουδάκης ώρα 11.30-13.00, όπου θα γίνει παρουσίαση και επίδειξη αυτής της καινοτόμας τεχνολογίας από τον Albert Wijngaard της Bio Molecular Systems.
Σε περίπτωση που επιθυμείτε περαιτέρω πληροφορίες επικοινωνείτε με την Δρ. Λώρα Μπενζονάνα για μεμονωμένες συναντήσεις-επιδείξεις.
Optical wave packets are often used as means of energy delivery on a
remote target with applications ranging from direct laser writing, to
non-linear wave mixing and harmonics generation, high power THz
generation, and filamentation. The scalability both in power and focal
dimensions is an important problem for all of these applications. For
example, higher powers ignite nonlinear propagation effects that
dynamically reshape the wave packet. Likewise, diffraction dominates
when the focal voxel dimensions become comparable to the wavelength.
On the other hand, the use of shaped optical wave packets can, in
principle, enable us to control the intensity distribution and the focus
position in the linear and the non-linear propagation regimes. An ideal
template for this tailored control is the recently introduced family of
accelerating optical wave packets, whose distribution is described by
the Airy function. These wave packets propagate in curved trajectories,
exhibit abrupt autofocus and are able to self-heal and bypass obstacles.
Furthermore, at high intensities they reshape into nonlinear intense
light-bullets with extremely well defined focal position.
This talk will focus on the open challenges and the latest advancements
in the field, which among others include the revealing of the “Janus”
nature of this family, and the surprising “phase memory” during harmonic
generation. Additionally, we will discuss on how these advancements have
enabled the use of shaped optical wave packets in a plethora of
applications in the linear and non-linear propagation regimes.
Time:
12:00 - 13:00
Location:
Main Amphitheater “G. Lianis”, FORTH’s bldg
Description:
IMBB SEMINAR
George A. GARINIS
Professor of Genetics, Dept. of Biology
University of Crete
Affiliated Group Leader at IMBB-FORTH
Title: "Circulating macrophages mediate exosome-based metabolic reprogramming upon DNA damage"
Friday, April 27th 2018 @ 12:00
Main Amphitheater “G. Lianis”, FORTH’s bldg
Time:
10:30
Description:
ΑΝΟΙΧΤΗ ΗΜΕΡΙΔΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΠΡΟΩΘΗΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΔΡΑΣΕΩΝ MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE (MSCA)
ITE, 3 ΜΑΪΟΥ 2018, 10:30π.μ.
Το Ίδρυμα Τεχνολογίας και Έρευνας σε συνεργασία με το δίκτυο ΠΡΑΞΗ οργανώνει ημερίδα για την προώθηση των δράσεων MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE που απευθύνονται σε ερευνητές σε οποιοδήποτε στάδιο της καριέρας τους, χωρίς περιορισμούς εθνικότητας και ηλικίας. Αναγκαία προϋπόθεση η μετακίνηση του ερευνητή σε μια άλλη χώρα. Η ημερίδα θα επικεντρωθεί στην πρόσκληση για υποβολή προτάσεων για Ατομικές Υποτροφίες (Call for Proposals: MSCA-IF-2018) που άνοιξε στις 12 Απριλίου.
Ημερομηνία: Πέμπτη 3 Μαΐου 2018, 10:30 πμ
Χώρος: Αμφιθέατρο Γιώργος Λιάνης, ΙΤΕ
Άνοιγμα: Νεκτάριος Ταβερναράκης, Πρόεδρος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου του ΙΤΕ
Κεντρικός ομιλητής: Stefano D’Orilia, IF Call coordinator and Research Programme Officer - Research Executive Agency (REA), Βρυξέλλες
OPEN INFORMATION DAY FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS (MSCA)
FORTH, 3 MAY 2018, 10:30am
The Foundation of Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) in collaboration with the PRAXI network organises an info-day for the promotion of the MSC actions that are open to researchers at any stage of their career with no nationality or age restrictions. Rule for mobility of the researcher to another country applies. The info-day will focus on the 2018 MSCA Individual Fellowships call (Call for Proposals: MSCA-IF-2018) on the occasion of its launch on 12 April.
Date: Thursday 3 May 2018, 10:30am
Venue: Auditorium Georgios Lianis, FORTH
Opening speech: Nektarios Tavernarakis, Chairman of Board of Directors, FORTH
Keynote Speaker: Stefano D’Orilia, IF Call coordinator and Research Programme Officer in the Research Executive Agency (REA), Brussels