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The goal of LUCES is the creation of a multidisciplinary network, comprised of researchers from academia, technological centers and industry, working towards the development of luminescent sensors to be used to help resolve environmental security problems.
📢The 2026 call for ITC and DC grants, along with the Young Researchers and Innovators (YRI) Conference Grants, within the COST Action LUCES is now open! For more details and supporting documentation, please visit: lucescostaction.com/conference-g...
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 AM
📢The 2026 call for ITC and DC grants, along with the Young Researchers and Innovators (YRI) Conference Grants, within the COST Action LUCES is now open! For more details and supporting documentation, please visit: lucescostaction.com/conference-g...
📢📢The 2026 call for STSM grants within the COST Action LUCES is now open! For more details and supporting documentation, please visit: lucescostaction.com/stsm-grants
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
📢📢The 2026 call for STSM grants within the COST Action LUCES is now open! For more details and supporting documentation, please visit: lucescostaction.com/stsm-grants
Excellent presentations by Ahmad Omira and Rabia Zahid from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology at today's COST Action LUCES Zoom meeting. They shared amazing research on a fitting application for luminescence assay data (A. Omira) and synthetic nanozymes (R. Zahid). @costprogramme.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Excellent presentations by Ahmad Omira and Rabia Zahid from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology at today's COST Action LUCES Zoom meeting. They shared amazing research on a fitting application for luminescence assay data (A. Omira) and synthetic nanozymes (R. Zahid). @costprogramme.bsky.social
📢We are pleased to announce that the next Global Action Meeting of our LUCES COST Action will take place at The Golden Age Hotel in Athens, Greece, on 20–21. April 2026. Please save the date and stay tuned for further details!
October 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
📢We are pleased to announce that the next Global Action Meeting of our LUCES COST Action will take place at The Golden Age Hotel in Athens, Greece, on 20–21. April 2026. Please save the date and stay tuned for further details!
A big thank you to Antonella Dalla Cort for promoting our project at the renowned NanoInnovation 2025 conference in Rome. This event is a key meeting point for the nanotechnology community, and we're proud to contribute to the dialogue shaping the future of #KETs. @costprogramme.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
A big thank you to Antonella Dalla Cort for promoting our project at the renowned NanoInnovation 2025 conference in Rome. This event is a key meeting point for the nanotechnology community, and we're proud to contribute to the dialogue shaping the future of #KETs. @costprogramme.bsky.social
The LUCESCOSTAction core group just wrapped up a fantastic meeting in Bologna. We've made great progress planning our upcoming summer school and future GAM. We are so grateful to our host, Brais Vazquez, for his wonderful hospitality and brilliant organization @costprogramme.bsky.social 👏
September 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The LUCESCOSTAction core group just wrapped up a fantastic meeting in Bologna. We've made great progress planning our upcoming summer school and future GAM. We are so grateful to our host, Brais Vazquez, for his wonderful hospitality and brilliant organization @costprogramme.bsky.social 👏
LucesCostAction Zoom Meetings: 🎤 Excited for the talk by Maria Amparo (BAM – Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung):
3D-printed SAF biosensor for immuno-detection 🧬🖨️ A cutting-edge merge of additive manufacturing & bioanalytics!
@costprogramme.bsky.social
3D-printed SAF biosensor for immuno-detection 🧬🖨️ A cutting-edge merge of additive manufacturing & bioanalytics!
@costprogramme.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
LucesCostAction Zoom Meetings: 🎤 Excited for the talk by Maria Amparo (BAM – Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung):
3D-printed SAF biosensor for immuno-detection 🧬🖨️ A cutting-edge merge of additive manufacturing & bioanalytics!
@costprogramme.bsky.social
3D-printed SAF biosensor for immuno-detection 🧬🖨️ A cutting-edge merge of additive manufacturing & bioanalytics!
@costprogramme.bsky.social
Zoom Meetings: Congratulations to Victor Lepeintre (ULB) for an excellent talk on Gold Nanorods Shielded by Calixarenes: New Horizons in Photothermal Engineering! A brilliant showcase of innovation at the interface of supramolecular chemistry and nanotechnology. @costprogramme.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Zoom Meetings: Congratulations to Victor Lepeintre (ULB) for an excellent talk on Gold Nanorods Shielded by Calixarenes: New Horizons in Photothermal Engineering! A brilliant showcase of innovation at the interface of supramolecular chemistry and nanotechnology. @costprogramme.bsky.social
🚨 LUCES Small Workshop Call is OPEN!
We’re funding 1–2 small meetings to foster collaboration among WG members. A great chance to exchange ideas & plan future projects!
📅 Deadline: July 13, 2025
🗓 Meeting window: Aug 1 – Oct 15
🔗 lucescostaction.com/workshops-3
@costprogramme.bsky.social
We’re funding 1–2 small meetings to foster collaboration among WG members. A great chance to exchange ideas & plan future projects!
📅 Deadline: July 13, 2025
🗓 Meeting window: Aug 1 – Oct 15
🔗 lucescostaction.com/workshops-3
@costprogramme.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 6:49 AM
🚨 LUCES Small Workshop Call is OPEN!
We’re funding 1–2 small meetings to foster collaboration among WG members. A great chance to exchange ideas & plan future projects!
📅 Deadline: July 13, 2025
🗓 Meeting window: Aug 1 – Oct 15
🔗 lucescostaction.com/workshops-3
@costprogramme.bsky.social
We’re funding 1–2 small meetings to foster collaboration among WG members. A great chance to exchange ideas & plan future projects!
📅 Deadline: July 13, 2025
🗓 Meeting window: Aug 1 – Oct 15
🔗 lucescostaction.com/workshops-3
@costprogramme.bsky.social
👏 Fantastic talk by José Manuel Marín-Beloqui (Univ Málaga) on Counterintuitive Fluorescence Blue-Shift in Symmetry Breaking Dicationic Bis(indolinium) with Two-Photon! Really intriguing photophysics insights. Thanks for sharing! #Fluorescence #Photophysics
#ScienceTalks
#ScienceTalks
June 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
👏 Fantastic talk by José Manuel Marín-Beloqui (Univ Málaga) on Counterintuitive Fluorescence Blue-Shift in Symmetry Breaking Dicationic Bis(indolinium) with Two-Photon! Really intriguing photophysics insights. Thanks for sharing! #Fluorescence #Photophysics
#ScienceTalks
#ScienceTalks
👏 Great Zoom talk by Sara Garrido Rodríguez (ICMAB-CSIC) on Fluorescent Quatsome Nanovesicles for Advanced Bioimaging Applications! Fascinating insights into cutting-edge bioimaging nanotech. Thanks for sharing your work! #Nanotech #Bioimaging #ICMAB
June 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
👏 Great Zoom talk by Sara Garrido Rodríguez (ICMAB-CSIC) on Fluorescent Quatsome Nanovesicles for Advanced Bioimaging Applications! Fascinating insights into cutting-edge bioimaging nanotech. Thanks for sharing your work! #Nanotech #Bioimaging #ICMAB
📣An international conference entitled “Aqueous Systems: The Frontier and Beyond” is organized in Kalamata, Greece, during June 16 – 21, 2025.
A Conference at the Cutting Edge of Molecular Science – Kalamata, Greece, June 15 – 21, 2025. Check it out!👇
voices.uchicago.edu/aqueous-sys/
A Conference at the Cutting Edge of Molecular Science – Kalamata, Greece, June 15 – 21, 2025. Check it out!👇
voices.uchicago.edu/aqueous-sys/
May 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📣An international conference entitled “Aqueous Systems: The Frontier and Beyond” is organized in Kalamata, Greece, during June 16 – 21, 2025.
A Conference at the Cutting Edge of Molecular Science – Kalamata, Greece, June 15 – 21, 2025. Check it out!👇
voices.uchicago.edu/aqueous-sys/
A Conference at the Cutting Edge of Molecular Science – Kalamata, Greece, June 15 – 21, 2025. Check it out!👇
voices.uchicago.edu/aqueous-sys/
👏 Fantastic #LucestCost Zoom Meeting talk by M. Colaço (NOVA School of Sci. and Tech.) on light-switchable cucurbituril host–guest systems in water! Elegant supramolecular design with photoresponsive binding, enzyme-like catalysis, and nanocontrol of guest exchange. @costprogramme.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
👏 Fantastic #LucestCost Zoom Meeting talk by M. Colaço (NOVA School of Sci. and Tech.) on light-switchable cucurbituril host–guest systems in water! Elegant supramolecular design with photoresponsive binding, enzyme-like catalysis, and nanocontrol of guest exchange. @costprogramme.bsky.social
👏 Big thanks to Giovanni Schievano (ICMAB-CSIC) for a fascinating #LucestCost Zoom Meetings talk on luminescent radical-based organic nanoparticles for nanothermometry! 💡 A great showcase of innovation at the intersection of #luminescence and #nanotechnology.
@costprogramme.bsky.social
@costprogramme.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
👏 Big thanks to Giovanni Schievano (ICMAB-CSIC) for a fascinating #LucestCost Zoom Meetings talk on luminescent radical-based organic nanoparticles for nanothermometry! 💡 A great showcase of innovation at the intersection of #luminescence and #nanotechnology.
@costprogramme.bsky.social
@costprogramme.bsky.social
🏆 Congratulations to the #LUCESCOSTAction Best Poster Award winners!
🎉 Lea Fritz (Loughborough University, UK): Luminescent lanthanide probes for recognition of environmentally relevant anions
🎉 Filip Grdović (Ruđer Bošković Institute, HR): Toward chiral coordination cages
Brilliant science! ✨🔬
🎉 Lea Fritz (Loughborough University, UK): Luminescent lanthanide probes for recognition of environmentally relevant anions
🎉 Filip Grdović (Ruđer Bošković Institute, HR): Toward chiral coordination cages
Brilliant science! ✨🔬
April 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🏆 Congratulations to the #LUCESCOSTAction Best Poster Award winners!
🎉 Lea Fritz (Loughborough University, UK): Luminescent lanthanide probes for recognition of environmentally relevant anions
🎉 Filip Grdović (Ruđer Bošković Institute, HR): Toward chiral coordination cages
Brilliant science! ✨🔬
🎉 Lea Fritz (Loughborough University, UK): Luminescent lanthanide probes for recognition of environmentally relevant anions
🎉 Filip Grdović (Ruđer Bošković Institute, HR): Toward chiral coordination cages
Brilliant science! ✨🔬
🔵 Final talk at #LUCESCOSTAction: Přemysl Lubal (Masaryk University, CZ) presenting “Application of Ln(III) Complexes of Tetraazamacrocyclic Ligands as Analytical Chemosensors”!
Closing the session with cutting-edge luminescent sensing strategies! ✨🔬 @costprogramme.bsky.social
Closing the session with cutting-edge luminescent sensing strategies! ✨🔬 @costprogramme.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🔵 Final talk at #LUCESCOSTAction: Přemysl Lubal (Masaryk University, CZ) presenting “Application of Ln(III) Complexes of Tetraazamacrocyclic Ligands as Analytical Chemosensors”!
Closing the session with cutting-edge luminescent sensing strategies! ✨🔬 @costprogramme.bsky.social
Closing the session with cutting-edge luminescent sensing strategies! ✨🔬 @costprogramme.bsky.social
🔬 Up next at #LUCESCOSTAction: Jadranka Blaževska Gilev (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, MK) presenting “Polymer-Based Chemical Sensors”! Exploring smart materials for advanced sensing applications! ✨🧪 @costprogramme.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🔬 Up next at #LUCESCOSTAction: Jadranka Blaževska Gilev (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, MK) presenting “Polymer-Based Chemical Sensors”! Exploring smart materials for advanced sensing applications! ✨🧪 @costprogramme.bsky.social
🧪 Continuing at #LUCESCOSTAction: Avni Berisha (University of Prishtina, KV) presenting “Interactions of Diamondoids with 2D Carbon Nanomaterials: An Ab Initio Study”! Diving into nanoscale interactions with cutting-edge theory! ✨🧠 @costprogramme.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🧪 Continuing at #LUCESCOSTAction: Avni Berisha (University of Prishtina, KV) presenting “Interactions of Diamondoids with 2D Carbon Nanomaterials: An Ab Initio Study”! Diving into nanoscale interactions with cutting-edge theory! ✨🧠 @costprogramme.bsky.social
🌍 Back to #LUCESCOSTAction talks: Cláudia Lopes (CICECO & University of Aveiro, PT) presenting “Microtubular Silicates for the Recovery of Economically Valuable Metals from Contaminated Waters”! Sustainability and innovation in action! ✨💧 @costprogramme.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🌍 Back to #LUCESCOSTAction talks: Cláudia Lopes (CICECO & University of Aveiro, PT) presenting “Microtubular Silicates for the Recovery of Economically Valuable Metals from Contaminated Waters”! Sustainability and innovation in action! ✨💧 @costprogramme.bsky.social
⚡ Flash presentations underway at #LUCESCOSTAction!
Young researchers showcasing their cutting-edge work in just a few minutes — energy, innovation, and brilliant ideas lighting up the session! 🌟🧪
Young researchers showcasing their cutting-edge work in just a few minutes — energy, innovation, and brilliant ideas lighting up the session! 🌟🧪
April 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
⚡ Flash presentations underway at #LUCESCOSTAction!
Young researchers showcasing their cutting-edge work in just a few minutes — energy, innovation, and brilliant ideas lighting up the session! 🌟🧪
Young researchers showcasing their cutting-edge work in just a few minutes — energy, innovation, and brilliant ideas lighting up the session! 🌟🧪
📸 A great moment at #LUCESCOSTAction in Zadar!
We gathered for the official group photo during the coffee break — celebrating collaboration, science, and new connections! 🌟🤝 @costprogramme.bsky.social
We gathered for the official group photo during the coffee break — celebrating collaboration, science, and new connections! 🌟🤝 @costprogramme.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
📸 A great moment at #LUCESCOSTAction in Zadar!
We gathered for the official group photo during the coffee break — celebrating collaboration, science, and new connections! 🌟🤝 @costprogramme.bsky.social
We gathered for the official group photo during the coffee break — celebrating collaboration, science, and new connections! 🌟🤝 @costprogramme.bsky.social
🔬 Continuing at #LUCESCOSTAction: Esteban Urriolabeitia (CSIC, ES) presenting “Azlactones and Transition Metals as Versatile Luminescent Platforms”! Creative strategies for building new luminescent systems! ✨🧪 @costprogramme.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🔬 Continuing at #LUCESCOSTAction: Esteban Urriolabeitia (CSIC, ES) presenting “Azlactones and Transition Metals as Versatile Luminescent Platforms”! Creative strategies for building new luminescent systems! ✨🧪 @costprogramme.bsky.social
🔵 After the break at #LUCESCOSTAction: Marija Bakija (Ruđer Bošković Institute, HR) presenting “Helical Chirality in Tetrahedral Transition Metal Complexes of 2-Aryl-(4S)-Phenyl Oxazolines”! Exploring chirality at the molecular level! 🧬✨ @costprogramme.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🔵 After the break at #LUCESCOSTAction: Marija Bakija (Ruđer Bošković Institute, HR) presenting “Helical Chirality in Tetrahedral Transition Metal Complexes of 2-Aryl-(4S)-Phenyl Oxazolines”! Exploring chirality at the molecular level! 🧬✨ @costprogramme.bsky.social
🔬 Continuing at #LUCESCOSTAction: José Manuel Marín-Beloqui (University of Málaga, ES) presenting “Spectroscopy to Unveil the Property–Structure Relationship in Luminescent Molecules”! Linking molecular design to optical performance! ✨🔎 @liftcostaction.bsky.social @marinbeloqui.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🔬 Continuing at #LUCESCOSTAction: José Manuel Marín-Beloqui (University of Málaga, ES) presenting “Spectroscopy to Unveil the Property–Structure Relationship in Luminescent Molecules”! Linking molecular design to optical performance! ✨🔎 @liftcostaction.bsky.social @marinbeloqui.bsky.social
🧪 Up next at #LUCESCOSTAction: Ydris Yazgan (Kastamonu University, TR) presenting “High-Throughput Fluorescence Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Simulated Blood Samples”! Advancing rapid diagnostics through smart fluorescence sensing! ✨🩺 @costprogramme.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🧪 Up next at #LUCESCOSTAction: Ydris Yazgan (Kastamonu University, TR) presenting “High-Throughput Fluorescence Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Simulated Blood Samples”! Advancing rapid diagnostics through smart fluorescence sensing! ✨🩺 @costprogramme.bsky.social