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Ultrafast confocal microscope for imaging molecular biosensors of cell signaling

We cordially invite you to a lecture by Josef Lazar, Ph.D., of Charles University, on a new ultrafast confocal microscope that uses linear dichroism to observe cell signalling processes in living cells. The lecture will take place on 15 October 2026 at 2:00 p.m. in the lecture hall of the ISI CAS. continue
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Brno welcomes Japan’s electron microscopy community

The annual meeting of the Japanese SEM Physics Group officially started today at the Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences (ISI CAS). The meeting, taking place in Brno for the first time, was opened by Prof. Josef Lazar, Director of ISI CAS, followed by a welcome from H. E. Mr Kansuke Nagaoka, Ambassador of Japan to the Czech Republic. continue
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When Light Cools a Nanoparticle in One Direction

The prestigious scientific journal Optica has published the results of the Levitational Photonics research team at the Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences, demonstrating a new way to control the motion of a levitated nanoparticle using light. continue
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ESLAV–ECLAM Summer School 2026 Held at IPHYS

From 20–23 July 2026, the Institute of Physiology CAS in Prague hosted the international ESLAV–ECLAM Summer School on Anaesthesia, Analgesia, and Euthanasia in Laboratory Animals. continue
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Two Contributions by Ondřej Ambrož Named Finalists in the Prestigious Microscopy Today Micrograph Awards 2026

Ondřej Ambrož, a scientist from the Microscopy for Materials Science research group, Department of Electron Microscopy at ISI CAS, has succeeded with not one but two contributions in the international Microscopy Today Micrograph Awards 2026 competition. continue
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Lecture Control of optical traps using the helicity and angular momentum of optical beams

We invite you to a lecture by Prof. Gabriel Molina-Terriza from the Material Physics Center (Donostia–San Sebastián, Spain), who will present his current research on optical traps and light manipulation. He will focus on the use of vortex beams and their properties for trapping particles. The event will take place on May 5, 2026, in the ISI CAS lecture hall, as part of the OP JAK – Top-Level Research project. continue

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