Arben Merkoçi
@arbenmerkoci.bsky.social
ICREA Professor
Director of Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group
ICN2, Barcelona, Spain
https://icn2.cat/en/nanobioelectronics-and-biosensors-group/arben-merkoci
Director of NANOBALKAN
Regional Center of Nanotechnology
www.nanoalb.al
Director of Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group
ICN2, Barcelona, Spain
https://icn2.cat/en/nanobioelectronics-and-biosensors-group/arben-merkoci
Director of NANOBALKAN
Regional Center of Nanotechnology
www.nanoalb.al
🇦🇱 Krenar që mora pjesë sot në Berlin në takimin hapës të Komitetit të Politikave Shkencore (SC) të #ALLEA -s, si anëtar i propozuar nga #AkademiaShkencave.
🇬🇧 Proud to join today’s ALLEA Science Policy SC kickoff in Berlin, nominated by the #AlbanianAcademySciences
🇬🇧 Proud to join today’s ALLEA Science Policy SC kickoff in Berlin, nominated by the #AlbanianAcademySciences
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
🇦🇱 Krenar që mora pjesë sot në Berlin në takimin hapës të Komitetit të Politikave Shkencore (SC) të #ALLEA -s, si anëtar i propozuar nga #AkademiaShkencave.
🇬🇧 Proud to join today’s ALLEA Science Policy SC kickoff in Berlin, nominated by the #AlbanianAcademySciences
🇬🇧 Proud to join today’s ALLEA Science Policy SC kickoff in Berlin, nominated by the #AlbanianAcademySciences
At the beginning of this month, I had the honour of joining colleagues from around the world at the 200th anniversary of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, celebrated in partnership with UNESCO. Proud to represent the Academy of Sciences of Albania. 🔬✨
Read more at: mta.hu/english/mta-...
Read more at: mta.hu/english/mta-...
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
At the beginning of this month, I had the honour of joining colleagues from around the world at the 200th anniversary of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, celebrated in partnership with UNESCO. Proud to represent the Academy of Sciences of Albania. 🔬✨
Read more at: mta.hu/english/mta-...
Read more at: mta.hu/english/mta-...
Today I had the pleasure of giving a seminar at #KeioUniversity on our #nanobiosensor research @ICN2nano !
Great to exchange ideas with researchers & students from Keio and other Tokyo universities.
Halfway through my stay in Japan—more to come! 🇯🇵🔬
#Nanotech #ResearchStay #Science
Great to exchange ideas with researchers & students from Keio and other Tokyo universities.
Halfway through my stay in Japan—more to come! 🇯🇵🔬
#Nanotech #ResearchStay #Science
June 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Today I had the pleasure of giving a seminar at #KeioUniversity on our #nanobiosensor research @ICN2nano !
Great to exchange ideas with researchers & students from Keio and other Tokyo universities.
Halfway through my stay in Japan—more to come! 🇯🇵🔬
#Nanotech #ResearchStay #Science
Great to exchange ideas with researchers & students from Keio and other Tokyo universities.
Halfway through my stay in Japan—more to come! 🇯🇵🔬
#Nanotech #ResearchStay #Science
🔵 Molt content d’haver estat elegit membre de l’IEC. Gràcies a l’IEC, ICREA, ICN2 i tots els col·laboradors que m’han acompanyat en aquest camí.
🔵 Honored to join IEC — grateful to all who supported me: ICREA, ICN2 & global collaborators.
More: icn2.cat/en/news/5478...
🔵 Honored to join IEC — grateful to all who supported me: ICREA, ICN2 & global collaborators.
More: icn2.cat/en/news/5478...
June 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🔵 Molt content d’haver estat elegit membre de l’IEC. Gràcies a l’IEC, ICREA, ICN2 i tots els col·laboradors que m’han acompanyat en aquest camí.
🔵 Honored to join IEC — grateful to all who supported me: ICREA, ICN2 & global collaborators.
More: icn2.cat/en/news/5478...
🔵 Honored to join IEC — grateful to all who supported me: ICREA, ICN2 & global collaborators.
More: icn2.cat/en/news/5478...
Great start to the day at Keio University with a surprise from Dr. Otake — prints of our centers' logos (@icn2nano & @KeioGlobal )! A productive brainstorming on future nanotech & biosensor collaborations. Thanks Atsushi, for the thoughtful gift & great talks! 🇯🇵🇪🇸 #Nanotech #ICN2
June 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Great discussions today in Prishtina 🇽🇰 with Univ. of Prishtina & Kosova Academy of Sciences (Technical Section) on the future of science & education. Projects like #NANOBALKAN, #SUSNANO #NANOKOS show the power of regional & EU collaboration. Thanks Prof. Dr. Fetah Podvorica!
#ScienceForDevelopment
#ScienceForDevelopment
June 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Great discussions today in Prishtina 🇽🇰 with Univ. of Prishtina & Kosova Academy of Sciences (Technical Section) on the future of science & education. Projects like #NANOBALKAN, #SUSNANO #NANOKOS show the power of regional & EU collaboration. Thanks Prof. Dr. Fetah Podvorica!
#ScienceForDevelopment
#ScienceForDevelopment
At #EUIndTech2025 in Kraków 🇵🇱—excited to speak on sustainable nanomaterial-based sensors & bridging EU–Western Balkans via #SUSNANO & #NANOBALKAN.
A stronger, united, collaborative EU in science! 🇪🇺
🔗 indtech2025.eu/en/konferenc...
#ICN2 #HorizonEU
A stronger, united, collaborative EU in science! 🇪🇺
🔗 indtech2025.eu/en/konferenc...
#ICN2 #HorizonEU
June 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
At #EUIndTech2025 in Kraków 🇵🇱—excited to speak on sustainable nanomaterial-based sensors & bridging EU–Western Balkans via #SUSNANO & #NANOBALKAN.
A stronger, united, collaborative EU in science! 🇪🇺
🔗 indtech2025.eu/en/konferenc...
#ICN2 #HorizonEU
A stronger, united, collaborative EU in science! 🇪🇺
🔗 indtech2025.eu/en/konferenc...
#ICN2 #HorizonEU
Great to meet with the Biosensors and Bioelectronics Editorial Board today in Lisbon during the 35th World Congress on Biosensors!
Proud to support this leading journal driving innovation in biosensors & bioelectronics.
Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/bios...
#Biosensors2025
Proud to support this leading journal driving innovation in biosensors & bioelectronics.
Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/bios...
#Biosensors2025
May 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Great to meet with the Biosensors and Bioelectronics Editorial Board today in Lisbon during the 35th World Congress on Biosensors!
Proud to support this leading journal driving innovation in biosensors & bioelectronics.
Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/bios...
#Biosensors2025
Proud to support this leading journal driving innovation in biosensors & bioelectronics.
Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/bios...
#Biosensors2025
Here in Lisbon for #Biosensors2025, the 35th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors—the most important global event in the field!
Since 1990 in Singapore, it has traveled the world.
Excited to welcome 1200+ participants starting tomorrow!
#Biosensors2025 #Lisbon #Portugal #ElsevierEvents
Since 1990 in Singapore, it has traveled the world.
Excited to welcome 1200+ participants starting tomorrow!
#Biosensors2025 #Lisbon #Portugal #ElsevierEvents
May 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Here in Lisbon for #Biosensors2025, the 35th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors—the most important global event in the field!
Since 1990 in Singapore, it has traveled the world.
Excited to welcome 1200+ participants starting tomorrow!
#Biosensors2025 #Lisbon #Portugal #ElsevierEvents
Since 1990 in Singapore, it has traveled the world.
Excited to welcome 1200+ participants starting tomorrow!
#Biosensors2025 #Lisbon #Portugal #ElsevierEvents
Excited to speak at next week’s Workshop: Technology-Oriented Research Infrastructures – Opportunities for the Western Balkans in Podgorica, Montenegro 🇲🇪! I’ll present NANOBALKAN & how tech RIs can boost innovation in the WB.
🔗 bit.ly/4jCrnfV
#NANOBALKAN #Innovation
🔗 bit.ly/4jCrnfV
#NANOBALKAN #Innovation
May 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Excited to speak at next week’s Workshop: Technology-Oriented Research Infrastructures – Opportunities for the Western Balkans in Podgorica, Montenegro 🇲🇪! I’ll present NANOBALKAN & how tech RIs can boost innovation in the WB.
🔗 bit.ly/4jCrnfV
#NANOBALKAN #Innovation
🔗 bit.ly/4jCrnfV
#NANOBALKAN #Innovation
Honored to give a plenary at #ElecNano2025 in Angers, France!
Presented our group’s work on nanomaterial-enhanced biosensors for sustainable diagnostics.
Thanks to SCF & the organizing committee!
More: elecnano.univ-paris-diderot.fr
#Nanoscience #Electrochemistry
#ICN2
Presented our group’s work on nanomaterial-enhanced biosensors for sustainable diagnostics.
Thanks to SCF & the organizing committee!
More: elecnano.univ-paris-diderot.fr
#Nanoscience #Electrochemistry
#ICN2
May 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Honored to give a plenary at #ElecNano2025 in Angers, France!
Presented our group’s work on nanomaterial-enhanced biosensors for sustainable diagnostics.
Thanks to SCF & the organizing committee!
More: elecnano.univ-paris-diderot.fr
#Nanoscience #Electrochemistry
#ICN2
Presented our group’s work on nanomaterial-enhanced biosensors for sustainable diagnostics.
Thanks to SCF & the organizing committee!
More: elecnano.univ-paris-diderot.fr
#Nanoscience #Electrochemistry
#ICN2
Excited to join Dr. Alan O'Riordan as external evaluator for Dr. Alida Russo’s #PhDdefense @TyndallInstitut! A brilliant thesis on #SERS_based_LF #antibioticdetection in #milk. Congrats, Dr. Russo! More ICN2–Tyndall collabs to come! 🎓🧪🥛
#SERS #WomenInSTEM #NanoTech #MilkSafety #ICN2 #Tyndall #UCC
#SERS #WomenInSTEM #NanoTech #MilkSafety #ICN2 #Tyndall #UCC
April 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Excited to join Dr. Alan O'Riordan as external evaluator for Dr. Alida Russo’s #PhDdefense @TyndallInstitut! A brilliant thesis on #SERS_based_LF #antibioticdetection in #milk. Congrats, Dr. Russo! More ICN2–Tyndall collabs to come! 🎓🧪🥛
#SERS #WomenInSTEM #NanoTech #MilkSafety #ICN2 #Tyndall #UCC
#SERS #WomenInSTEM #NanoTech #MilkSafety #ICN2 #Tyndall #UCC
Great day at @TyndallInstitut sharing our work on sustainable nanobiosensors (optical & electrical) developed in Barcelona for democratizing #diagnostics.
@merkoci_group @icn2nano
Thanks to Dr. Daniela Iacopino & team for the warm welcome and inspiring discussions!
#Nanotech
@merkoci_group @icn2nano
Thanks to Dr. Daniela Iacopino & team for the warm welcome and inspiring discussions!
#Nanotech
April 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Great day at @TyndallInstitut sharing our work on sustainable nanobiosensors (optical & electrical) developed in Barcelona for democratizing #diagnostics.
@merkoci_group @icn2nano
Thanks to Dr. Daniela Iacopino & team for the warm welcome and inspiring discussions!
#Nanotech
@merkoci_group @icn2nano
Thanks to Dr. Daniela Iacopino & team for the warm welcome and inspiring discussions!
#Nanotech
nanoBalkan2025 lands in Tirana, Albania – Sept 29–Oct 3!
Join top minds in #Nanoscience & #Nanotech for keynotes, workshops & collabs across AI, 2D materials, nanomedicine & more.
Speak, connect, innovate!
Info: nanobalkanconf.com/2025
#nanoBalkan2025
Join top minds in #Nanoscience & #Nanotech for keynotes, workshops & collabs across AI, 2D materials, nanomedicine & more.
Speak, connect, innovate!
Info: nanobalkanconf.com/2025
#nanoBalkan2025
April 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
nanoBalkan2025 lands in Tirana, Albania – Sept 29–Oct 3!
Join top minds in #Nanoscience & #Nanotech for keynotes, workshops & collabs across AI, 2D materials, nanomedicine & more.
Speak, connect, innovate!
Info: nanobalkanconf.com/2025
#nanoBalkan2025
Join top minds in #Nanoscience & #Nanotech for keynotes, workshops & collabs across AI, 2D materials, nanomedicine & more.
Speak, connect, innovate!
Info: nanobalkanconf.com/2025
#nanoBalkan2025
Honored to speak at the INL Workshop on Advanced Materials for Health, organized w/ the EU Commission. I shared ICN2’s work on graphene nanobiosensors & challenges in clinical translation Thanks to Clivia, Lorena & the team for a high-caliber event!
#Nanotech #Health #Innovation
#Nanotech #Health #Innovation
April 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Honored to speak at the INL Workshop on Advanced Materials for Health, organized w/ the EU Commission. I shared ICN2’s work on graphene nanobiosensors & challenges in clinical translation Thanks to Clivia, Lorena & the team for a high-caliber event!
#Nanotech #Health #Innovation
#Nanotech #Health #Innovation
Honored to chair Ting Zhou’s #PhDthesisDefense on:
“Nanosensors quantifying the role of labile zinc on metastasis.”
Brilliant work at the intersection of nanotech & cancer biology, supervised by Prof. Pilar Rivera Gil (UPF).
Congrats, Dr. Zhou!
#Nanotech #CancerResearch #WomenInSTEM #PRBB #UPF
“Nanosensors quantifying the role of labile zinc on metastasis.”
Brilliant work at the intersection of nanotech & cancer biology, supervised by Prof. Pilar Rivera Gil (UPF).
Congrats, Dr. Zhou!
#Nanotech #CancerResearch #WomenInSTEM #PRBB #UPF
April 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Honored to chair Ting Zhou’s #PhDthesisDefense on:
“Nanosensors quantifying the role of labile zinc on metastasis.”
Brilliant work at the intersection of nanotech & cancer biology, supervised by Prof. Pilar Rivera Gil (UPF).
Congrats, Dr. Zhou!
#Nanotech #CancerResearch #WomenInSTEM #PRBB #UPF
“Nanosensors quantifying the role of labile zinc on metastasis.”
Brilliant work at the intersection of nanotech & cancer biology, supervised by Prof. Pilar Rivera Gil (UPF).
Congrats, Dr. Zhou!
#Nanotech #CancerResearch #WomenInSTEM #PRBB #UPF
The SUSNANO Spring School, organized by CATRIN🇨🇿, UT🇦🇱 & ICN2🇪🇦, was a great opportunity for young researchers to train in nanobiosensors! Exciting ideas on development & fabrication were shared, benefiting the whole community. Thanks, CATRIN 🇨🇿 , for the great organization!
#SUSNANO #Nanobiosensors
#SUSNANO #Nanobiosensors
March 28, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The SUSNANO Spring School, organized by CATRIN🇨🇿, UT🇦🇱 & ICN2🇪🇦, was a great opportunity for young researchers to train in nanobiosensors! Exciting ideas on development & fabrication were shared, benefiting the whole community. Thanks, CATRIN 🇨🇿 , for the great organization!
#SUSNANO #Nanobiosensors
#SUSNANO #Nanobiosensors
📢 ICN2 at the 4th EU Project Meeting of 2D-BioPAD in Olomouc!
Great discussions with our European partners, shaping the next steps for our point-of-care diagnostic platform. Advancing 2D materials for early neurodegeneration detection! Stay tuned!
#2DBioPAD #ICN2 #Biosensors #Innovation
Great discussions with our European partners, shaping the next steps for our point-of-care diagnostic platform. Advancing 2D materials for early neurodegeneration detection! Stay tuned!
#2DBioPAD #ICN2 #Biosensors #Innovation
March 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
📢 ICN2 at the 4th EU Project Meeting of 2D-BioPAD in Olomouc!
Great discussions with our European partners, shaping the next steps for our point-of-care diagnostic platform. Advancing 2D materials for early neurodegeneration detection! Stay tuned!
#2DBioPAD #ICN2 #Biosensors #Innovation
Great discussions with our European partners, shaping the next steps for our point-of-care diagnostic platform. Advancing 2D materials for early neurodegeneration detection! Stay tuned!
#2DBioPAD #ICN2 #Biosensors #Innovation
Great time at SUSNANO Nanobiosensors School, organized by CATRINE at Palacký University with Univ. of Tirana & ICN2! Enriching talks & amazing colleagues—especially my Albanian friends from UNIVERSITETI I TIRANËS & NANOBALKAN! 🇦🇱 Thanks, CATRINE, for the great organization! 🇪🇺 #SUSNANO #Science
March 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Our group is proudly international, often with 10+ nationalities! This year is special as we welcome three brilliant 🇦🇱 scientists:
Anisa Degjoni (Postdoc, Rome)
Lueda Kulla (PhD, Tirana)
Ana Ameda (PhD, Tirana)
Excited for new ideas & collaborations! 🌍🔬 #ScienceWithoutBorders #STEMExcellence
Anisa Degjoni (Postdoc, Rome)
Lueda Kulla (PhD, Tirana)
Ana Ameda (PhD, Tirana)
Excited for new ideas & collaborations! 🌍🔬 #ScienceWithoutBorders #STEMExcellence
March 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Our group is proudly international, often with 10+ nationalities! This year is special as we welcome three brilliant 🇦🇱 scientists:
Anisa Degjoni (Postdoc, Rome)
Lueda Kulla (PhD, Tirana)
Ana Ameda (PhD, Tirana)
Excited for new ideas & collaborations! 🌍🔬 #ScienceWithoutBorders #STEMExcellence
Anisa Degjoni (Postdoc, Rome)
Lueda Kulla (PhD, Tirana)
Ana Ameda (PhD, Tirana)
Excited for new ideas & collaborations! 🌍🔬 #ScienceWithoutBorders #STEMExcellence
🔬 Honored to visit the Cambridge Graphene Center for a QAMSS SRI Advanced Technology Lecture! 🎓
#nanobiosensors #sustainability. Huge thanks to Prof. A.Ferrari and his team for showcasing their amazing work. Exciting collaboration ideas ahead!
#ICN2
#Innovation #QAMSS #CambridgeScience
#nanobiosensors #sustainability. Huge thanks to Prof. A.Ferrari and his team for showcasing their amazing work. Exciting collaboration ideas ahead!
#ICN2
#Innovation #QAMSS #CambridgeScience
March 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
🔬 Honored to visit the Cambridge Graphene Center for a QAMSS SRI Advanced Technology Lecture! 🎓
#nanobiosensors #sustainability. Huge thanks to Prof. A.Ferrari and his team for showcasing their amazing work. Exciting collaboration ideas ahead!
#ICN2
#Innovation #QAMSS #CambridgeScience
#nanobiosensors #sustainability. Huge thanks to Prof. A.Ferrari and his team for showcasing their amazing work. Exciting collaboration ideas ahead!
#ICN2
#Innovation #QAMSS #CambridgeScience
Join us in Lisbon for #Biosensors2025. A fantastic program includes an excellent line-up of plenary speakers, two summer schools, contributed talks and posters, an exhibition and plenty of time for networking. Register now at bit.ly/BIOS2025
March 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Join us in Lisbon for #Biosensors2025. A fantastic program includes an excellent line-up of plenary speakers, two summer schools, contributed talks and posters, an exhibition and plenty of time for networking. Register now at bit.ly/BIOS2025
✨ 1st Open Days –organised by NANOBALKAN ✨
🧪🔬 PhD & Master’s students explored labs & met researchers. Secondary school students joined too—future scientists!
Thanks to #TiranaUniversity for opening labs & sharing projects. Thanks to SUSNANO for the support!
#NanoBalkan #Nanotech #ScienceForFuture
🧪🔬 PhD & Master’s students explored labs & met researchers. Secondary school students joined too—future scientists!
Thanks to #TiranaUniversity for opening labs & sharing projects. Thanks to SUSNANO for the support!
#NanoBalkan #Nanotech #ScienceForFuture
March 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
✨ 1st Open Days –organised by NANOBALKAN ✨
🧪🔬 PhD & Master’s students explored labs & met researchers. Secondary school students joined too—future scientists!
Thanks to #TiranaUniversity for opening labs & sharing projects. Thanks to SUSNANO for the support!
#NanoBalkan #Nanotech #ScienceForFuture
🧪🔬 PhD & Master’s students explored labs & met researchers. Secondary school students joined too—future scientists!
Thanks to #TiranaUniversity for opening labs & sharing projects. Thanks to SUSNANO for the support!
#NanoBalkan #Nanotech #ScienceForFuture
New article in Advanced Science!
Prussian-Blue Catalysis & NFC Synergy: A Battery-Free LIG-Based Platform for Urine Glucose Monitoring at POC
Congrats Sinan, Gabriel & Massimo!
🔹 Catalytic biosensing
🔹 NFC-powered, battery-free
🔹 Rapid, wireless
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Prussian-Blue Catalysis & NFC Synergy: A Battery-Free LIG-Based Platform for Urine Glucose Monitoring at POC
Congrats Sinan, Gabriel & Massimo!
🔹 Catalytic biosensing
🔹 NFC-powered, battery-free
🔹 Rapid, wireless
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
March 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
New article in Advanced Science!
Prussian-Blue Catalysis & NFC Synergy: A Battery-Free LIG-Based Platform for Urine Glucose Monitoring at POC
Congrats Sinan, Gabriel & Massimo!
🔹 Catalytic biosensing
🔹 NFC-powered, battery-free
🔹 Rapid, wireless
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Prussian-Blue Catalysis & NFC Synergy: A Battery-Free LIG-Based Platform for Urine Glucose Monitoring at POC
Congrats Sinan, Gabriel & Massimo!
🔹 Catalytic biosensing
🔹 NFC-powered, battery-free
🔹 Rapid, wireless
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...