Nidia Maldonado-Carmona
@thesciencegoat.bsky.social
🦠 Having fun with light!
Curr. Postdoc at Università degli Studi di Firenze 🇮🇹
Prev. Postdoc at Laboratoire Jean Perrin | PhD at Université de Limoges and Universidade de Coimbra
Curr. Postdoc at Università degli Studi di Firenze 🇮🇹
Prev. Postdoc at Laboratoire Jean Perrin | PhD at Université de Limoges and Universidade de Coimbra
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Last week we had the opportunity to hear the Webinar organized by the ESCMID Study Group for Biofilms, with Helena Bujdáková as chair! 🦠
We discuss on the newest advances in "Innovative strategies for biofilm eradication and new possibilities in tackling biofilm associated infections" 💊
We discuss on the newest advances in "Innovative strategies for biofilm eradication and new possibilities in tackling biofilm associated infections" 💊
December 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Last week we had the opportunity to hear the Webinar organized by the ESCMID Study Group for Biofilms, with Helena Bujdáková as chair! 🦠
We discuss on the newest advances in "Innovative strategies for biofilm eradication and new possibilities in tackling biofilm associated infections" 💊
We discuss on the newest advances in "Innovative strategies for biofilm eradication and new possibilities in tackling biofilm associated infections" 💊
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“In Memoriam”: Excellence in Science and Human Quality
The tribute to Miguel Ángel Miranda, past president of our society & fantastic scientist, human being & mentor to so many researchers was held at UPV on Friday, Dec 5
Miguel is deeply missed and will always be in our hearts and minds 🖤
The tribute to Miguel Ángel Miranda, past president of our society & fantastic scientist, human being & mentor to so many researchers was held at UPV on Friday, Dec 5
Miguel is deeply missed and will always be in our hearts and minds 🖤
December 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
“In Memoriam”: Excellence in Science and Human Quality
The tribute to Miguel Ángel Miranda, past president of our society & fantastic scientist, human being & mentor to so many researchers was held at UPV on Friday, Dec 5
Miguel is deeply missed and will always be in our hearts and minds 🖤
The tribute to Miguel Ángel Miranda, past president of our society & fantastic scientist, human being & mentor to so many researchers was held at UPV on Friday, Dec 5
Miguel is deeply missed and will always be in our hearts and minds 🖤
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A reminder for tomorrow's Webinar!
Don't miss this chance to learn more about light-driven strategies against biofilm development!
Don't miss this chance to learn more about light-driven strategies against biofilm development!
🔬 Don't Miss the Next Biofilm Corner Webinar! 🦠
Join the ESCMID Study Group for Biofilms (ESGB) for a fascinating webinar on "Innovative strategies for biofilm eradication and new possibilities in tackling biofilm associated infections".
📅 When? Wednesday, 10th December ⏰ Time: 14:00 - 15:00 CET
Join the ESCMID Study Group for Biofilms (ESGB) for a fascinating webinar on "Innovative strategies for biofilm eradication and new possibilities in tackling biofilm associated infections".
📅 When? Wednesday, 10th December ⏰ Time: 14:00 - 15:00 CET
December 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A reminder for tomorrow's Webinar!
Don't miss this chance to learn more about light-driven strategies against biofilm development!
Don't miss this chance to learn more about light-driven strategies against biofilm development!
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📢 New Award for #ECRs in #Biochemistry!
Apply for our Meeting Award to get:
✅ 500 € grant for the #Biochemistry2026 conference
✅ 1 year of free division membership
Apply now: en.gdch.de/network-s...
Share with a #ECR who needs to see this! 👇
#Chemistry #ChemBio #AcademicTwitter #PhD
Apply for our Meeting Award to get:
✅ 500 € grant for the #Biochemistry2026 conference
✅ 1 year of free division membership
Apply now: en.gdch.de/network-s...
Share with a #ECR who needs to see this! 👇
#Chemistry #ChemBio #AcademicTwitter #PhD
December 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
📢 New Award for #ECRs in #Biochemistry!
Apply for our Meeting Award to get:
✅ 500 € grant for the #Biochemistry2026 conference
✅ 1 year of free division membership
Apply now: en.gdch.de/network-s...
Share with a #ECR who needs to see this! 👇
#Chemistry #ChemBio #AcademicTwitter #PhD
Apply for our Meeting Award to get:
✅ 500 € grant for the #Biochemistry2026 conference
✅ 1 year of free division membership
Apply now: en.gdch.de/network-s...
Share with a #ECR who needs to see this! 👇
#Chemistry #ChemBio #AcademicTwitter #PhD
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🔬 Don't Miss the Next Biofilm Corner Webinar! 🦠
Join the ESCMID Study Group for Biofilms (ESGB) for a fascinating webinar on "Innovative strategies for biofilm eradication and new possibilities in tackling biofilm associated infections".
📅 When? Wednesday, 10th December ⏰ Time: 14:00 - 15:00 CET
Join the ESCMID Study Group for Biofilms (ESGB) for a fascinating webinar on "Innovative strategies for biofilm eradication and new possibilities in tackling biofilm associated infections".
📅 When? Wednesday, 10th December ⏰ Time: 14:00 - 15:00 CET
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🔬 Don't Miss the Next Biofilm Corner Webinar! 🦠
Join the ESCMID Study Group for Biofilms (ESGB) for a fascinating webinar on "Innovative strategies for biofilm eradication and new possibilities in tackling biofilm associated infections".
📅 When? Wednesday, 10th December ⏰ Time: 14:00 - 15:00 CET
Join the ESCMID Study Group for Biofilms (ESGB) for a fascinating webinar on "Innovative strategies for biofilm eradication and new possibilities in tackling biofilm associated infections".
📅 When? Wednesday, 10th December ⏰ Time: 14:00 - 15:00 CET
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It’s official! Registration for the 2nd ESP Junior Meeting is open 🎉#ESPJuniorMeeting
📅 March 26–27, 2026 – online
🎯Young photobiologists – Master’s, PhD students and postdocs!
👉 Register & submit your abstract: ESPJunior registration
More info on our website or email: juniorespmeeting@gmail.com
📅 March 26–27, 2026 – online
🎯Young photobiologists – Master’s, PhD students and postdocs!
👉 Register & submit your abstract: ESPJunior registration
More info on our website or email: juniorespmeeting@gmail.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It’s official! Registration for the 2nd ESP Junior Meeting is open 🎉#ESPJuniorMeeting
📅 March 26–27, 2026 – online
🎯Young photobiologists – Master’s, PhD students and postdocs!
👉 Register & submit your abstract: ESPJunior registration
More info on our website or email: juniorespmeeting@gmail.com
📅 March 26–27, 2026 – online
🎯Young photobiologists – Master’s, PhD students and postdocs!
👉 Register & submit your abstract: ESPJunior registration
More info on our website or email: juniorespmeeting@gmail.com
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Link to the registration
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Link to the registration
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Scientific Conference Miguel Ángel Miranda “In Memoriam”: Excellence in Science and Human Quality
On Friday, Dec 5, a tribute to Miguel Ángel Miranda, former ESP president, will be hold at @upv.es
📅 12/05/2025 (10:00)
📍 Auditorium – Nexus Building
Register forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
On Friday, Dec 5, a tribute to Miguel Ángel Miranda, former ESP president, will be hold at @upv.es
📅 12/05/2025 (10:00)
📍 Auditorium – Nexus Building
Register forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
Microsoft Forms
forms.cloud.microsoft
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Scientific Conference Miguel Ángel Miranda “In Memoriam”: Excellence in Science and Human Quality
On Friday, Dec 5, a tribute to Miguel Ángel Miranda, former ESP president, will be hold at @upv.es
📅 12/05/2025 (10:00)
📍 Auditorium – Nexus Building
Register forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
On Friday, Dec 5, a tribute to Miguel Ángel Miranda, former ESP president, will be hold at @upv.es
📅 12/05/2025 (10:00)
📍 Auditorium – Nexus Building
Register forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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How “intelligent” is a slime mold? When it solves mazes, it might not be thinking:it’s obeying physics. Our new paper with
@jordiplam.bsky.social shows how it follows a least action principle,letting physics do the job arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08531
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social
@jordiplam.bsky.social shows how it follows a least action principle,letting physics do the job arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08531
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM
How “intelligent” is a slime mold? When it solves mazes, it might not be thinking:it’s obeying physics. Our new paper with
@jordiplam.bsky.social shows how it follows a least action principle,letting physics do the job arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08531
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social
@jordiplam.bsky.social shows how it follows a least action principle,letting physics do the job arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08531
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social
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#Communiqué 🗞️ L’instrument SPIP vient d’être installé au sommet du Pic du Midi de Bigorre 🔭, à 2 877 mètres d’altitude, plaçant la plateforme d'observation au cœur de la recherche internationale sur les exoplanètes et la formation des nouveaux mondes.
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/sp...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/sp...
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#Communiqué 🗞️ L’instrument SPIP vient d’être installé au sommet du Pic du Midi de Bigorre 🔭, à 2 877 mètres d’altitude, plaçant la plateforme d'observation au cœur de la recherche internationale sur les exoplanètes et la formation des nouveaux mondes.
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/sp...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/sp...
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📣[PÉTITION ATER] Depuis les revalorisations successives des salaires des doctorant·es contractuel·les entre 2021 et 2023, jusqu'à 2 300 euros bruts mensuels (sans charge de cours), les ATER sont moins payé·es que leurs collègues ayant pourtant moins d’ancienneté
Pétition : openpetition.eu/!zpbxv
⬇️
Pétition : openpetition.eu/!zpbxv
⬇️
November 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
📣[PÉTITION ATER] Depuis les revalorisations successives des salaires des doctorant·es contractuel·les entre 2021 et 2023, jusqu'à 2 300 euros bruts mensuels (sans charge de cours), les ATER sont moins payé·es que leurs collègues ayant pourtant moins d’ancienneté
Pétition : openpetition.eu/!zpbxv
⬇️
Pétition : openpetition.eu/!zpbxv
⬇️
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Very soon we'll start working on WG applications, so don't hesitate to visit our current website (www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...) and consider joining in this effort!
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Very soon we'll start working on WG applications, so don't hesitate to visit our current website (www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...) and consider joining in this effort!
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But we cannot stop highlighting the selection of our Horizontal Groups Leaders:
- Science Communication Coordinator: Erhan Keyvan
- YRI Coordinator: @mmuskovic.bsky.social
- Grant Awarding Coordinator: Michal Pieranski
- ITC Coordinator: Veronika Huntošová
- Science Communication Coordinator: Erhan Keyvan
- YRI Coordinator: @mmuskovic.bsky.social
- Grant Awarding Coordinator: Michal Pieranski
- ITC Coordinator: Veronika Huntošová
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
But we cannot stop highlighting the selection of our Horizontal Groups Leaders:
- Science Communication Coordinator: Erhan Keyvan
- YRI Coordinator: @mmuskovic.bsky.social
- Grant Awarding Coordinator: Michal Pieranski
- ITC Coordinator: Veronika Huntošová
- Science Communication Coordinator: Erhan Keyvan
- YRI Coordinator: @mmuskovic.bsky.social
- Grant Awarding Coordinator: Michal Pieranski
- ITC Coordinator: Veronika Huntošová
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We also chose our Working Group leaders:
- WG1 Terminology: Francesca Giuntini
- WG2 Education: Santi Nonell
- WG3 Guidelines: Kristjan Plaetzer
- WG4 Illumination: Giovanni Romano
- WG5 Dissemination: Nidia Maldonado-Carmona (@thesciencegoat.bsky.social)
- WG1 Terminology: Francesca Giuntini
- WG2 Education: Santi Nonell
- WG3 Guidelines: Kristjan Plaetzer
- WG4 Illumination: Giovanni Romano
- WG5 Dissemination: Nidia Maldonado-Carmona (@thesciencegoat.bsky.social)
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We also chose our Working Group leaders:
- WG1 Terminology: Francesca Giuntini
- WG2 Education: Santi Nonell
- WG3 Guidelines: Kristjan Plaetzer
- WG4 Illumination: Giovanni Romano
- WG5 Dissemination: Nidia Maldonado-Carmona (@thesciencegoat.bsky.social)
- WG1 Terminology: Francesca Giuntini
- WG2 Education: Santi Nonell
- WG3 Guidelines: Kristjan Plaetzer
- WG4 Illumination: Giovanni Romano
- WG5 Dissemination: Nidia Maldonado-Carmona (@thesciencegoat.bsky.social)
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In our kick-off meeting and our first Management Commitee meeting, we chose our Chair (@biankas.bsky.social) and our Vice chair @amparofaustino.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In our kick-off meeting and our first Management Commitee meeting, we chose our Chair (@biankas.bsky.social) and our Vice chair @amparofaustino.bsky.social
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Our first Newsletter is here! 🤩
Read our very first Newsletter, with a Summary of our objectives and our Kick-off meeting!
drive.google.com/file/d/1Yn57...
Read our very first Newsletter, with a Summary of our objectives and our Kick-off meeting!
drive.google.com/file/d/1Yn57...
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Our first Newsletter is here! 🤩
Read our very first Newsletter, with a Summary of our objectives and our Kick-off meeting!
drive.google.com/file/d/1Yn57...
Read our very first Newsletter, with a Summary of our objectives and our Kick-off meeting!
drive.google.com/file/d/1Yn57...
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www.photobiology.eu/memoriam-mig...
More about the life, contributions and achievements of this fantastic previous ESP president, researcher, mentor, scientist, friend of the #photobiology community
We miss him deeply 🖤
More about the life, contributions and achievements of this fantastic previous ESP president, researcher, mentor, scientist, friend of the #photobiology community
We miss him deeply 🖤
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
www.photobiology.eu/memoriam-mig...
More about the life, contributions and achievements of this fantastic previous ESP president, researcher, mentor, scientist, friend of the #photobiology community
We miss him deeply 🖤
More about the life, contributions and achievements of this fantastic previous ESP president, researcher, mentor, scientist, friend of the #photobiology community
We miss him deeply 🖤
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The perks of our job is that you can have scientific brainstorm and enjoy a sumptuous Turkish breakfast
Happy to welcome Rémy from @univparissaclay.bsky.social for a #PHC bilateral project visit
Happy to welcome Rémy from @univparissaclay.bsky.social for a #PHC bilateral project visit
October 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The perks of our job is that you can have scientific brainstorm and enjoy a sumptuous Turkish breakfast
Happy to welcome Rémy from @univparissaclay.bsky.social for a #PHC bilateral project visit
Happy to welcome Rémy from @univparissaclay.bsky.social for a #PHC bilateral project visit
Reposted by Nidia Maldonado-Carmona
Reposted by Nidia Maldonado-Carmona
Imagine if light could banish not only monsters from childhood nightmares but also the ‘Nightmare bacteria’ described in a recent Nature news article. This innovative approach is known inter alia as Photodynamic Inactivation. 1/
Excited to present the @paneucopt.bsky.social @costprogramme.bsky.social Action, in which many of our society members are involved, and whose scope matches our society's topics of interest!
New COST Action PanEuCOPT: Light as a key to combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria
New COST Action PanEuCOPT: Light as a key to combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria
October 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Imagine if light could banish not only monsters from childhood nightmares but also the ‘Nightmare bacteria’ described in a recent Nature news article. This innovative approach is known inter alia as Photodynamic Inactivation. 1/
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Follow us for more shining updates!
Great things are coming!
Special thanks to @costprogramme.bsky.social for the organisation of the event and for all our members for their active and engaging participation!
Great things are coming!
Special thanks to @costprogramme.bsky.social for the organisation of the event and for all our members for their active and engaging participation!
October 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Follow us for more shining updates!
Great things are coming!
Special thanks to @costprogramme.bsky.social for the organisation of the event and for all our members for their active and engaging participation!
Great things are coming!
Special thanks to @costprogramme.bsky.social for the organisation of the event and for all our members for their active and engaging participation!
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Today the PanEuCOPT COST Action was officially launched!
The Management Committee voted for their Working Group Leaders, and from time zero we're already working and discussing how to make our field more relevant and attractive for all our stakeholders: scientists, clinicians and patients.
The Management Committee voted for their Working Group Leaders, and from time zero we're already working and discussing how to make our field more relevant and attractive for all our stakeholders: scientists, clinicians and patients.
October 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Today the PanEuCOPT COST Action was officially launched!
The Management Committee voted for their Working Group Leaders, and from time zero we're already working and discussing how to make our field more relevant and attractive for all our stakeholders: scientists, clinicians and patients.
The Management Committee voted for their Working Group Leaders, and from time zero we're already working and discussing how to make our field more relevant and attractive for all our stakeholders: scientists, clinicians and patients.
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#NobelPrize : Marie Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell et Shimon Sakaguchi reçoivent à l'instant le #Nobel de Médecine et Physiologie pour leurs travaux sur la tolérance immunitaire 🧫
October 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
#NobelPrize : Marie Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell et Shimon Sakaguchi reçoivent à l'instant le #Nobel de Médecine et Physiologie pour leurs travaux sur la tolérance immunitaire 🧫