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Academic Pride
www.academicpride.fr.nf Very interesting : this skinny forearm bears strong ressemblance to mine...
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Photonics Spectra highlights the observation of nanojets
See the paper by Lynn Savage in the July issue on the recent work of “Patrick Ferrand and colleagues at the Fresnel Institute” : http://www.photonics.com/content/spectra/2008/July/microscopy/92560.aspx
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France / CNRS ranking
Back to the source… Taken from ISI Web of Knowledge , here are the latest ranking for France and CNRS in physics. If we just compare the total number of papers published, the froggies are not performing too bad, contrarily to what our government seems...
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Mosaic Group Picture
Fluorescence image of a live cell under ultrashort laser light focused by a latex microsphere
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Science festival demonstrations
Back from last week’s science festival in downtown Marseille, where we had a quite nice success in presenting optics. The photos can be seen at : http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn245/jwkl67/FdS2008/?albumview=slideshow
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Press : Getting good results at a bargain basement price
Biophotonics International speaks about our research ! See the full article at : http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=35739
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Happy winter break with Les Wampas !!!
Tribute to Les Wampas : www.wampas.com
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Sauvons le CNRS
http://www.sauvonslarecherche.fr/
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L'université s'arrête
Lire l'appel ici
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Just block it : Yes we can !
As decided by a large majority of university staff and students, the campus on St Jerome will be blocked one day per week, starting Monday Feb 09. This shall last as long as the government does not give any answer to our claims concerning status, CNRS...
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11 weeks after…
Still nothing concrete. That’s not really surprising, the thing that amazes me is that the movement is still alive. See the excellent work of Sylvestre Huet on his blog : http://sciences.blogs.liberation.fr/
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12th Carl Zeiss sponsored workshop on FCS
We are pleased to organize the next Carl Zeiss sponsored workshop on fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and related methods. The workshop will take place at Cargese (Corsica, France) from October 12th – 16th 2009. Check the workshop website for more...
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MOSAIC webpage updated
Check out our new MOSAIC group webpage, numerous new materials have been added & updated. >>> www.fresnel.fr/mosaic
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Photonic nanojets highlighted
The CNRS Institute of Information and Engineering Sciences and Technologies (INST2I) has highlighted our recent work on photonic nanojets and their use for single molecule detection. Read more (sorry French only) at : http://www.cnrs.fr/inst2i/recher...
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Advertisement on blog
[Edit] So just posting again was enough to remove these nasty ads floating around on my blog. Sorry for that inconvenience, and also for not posting during a while. I was quite busy with some kind of scientific Euromillion for young researchers
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Summer School on Plasmonics 2009
The summer school on plasmonics (SSOP 2009) was held during September 13th-17th on Porquerolles Island. Thanks to all 123 participants for having made this school a very stimulating scientific event. The lectures given there are now posted on the SSOP...
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12th Carl Zeiss workshop on FCS
The workshop on FCS and related methods was held during October 12th-16th at Cargese (Corsica). Thanks to all 68 attendees for making it an active workshop. Pictures and final abstract book are available through the website www.fresnel.fr/FCS
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Over 10,000 visits !
During its three-years existence, this blog has received over 10,000 visits, more than 26,000 pages have been viewed. I'm not sure that anybody got an answer to his/her questions; at least, people reading this blog will get some idea about what I spend...
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JMC12 : nanophotonics nano-symposium
During the next national conference on condensed matter, I will be co-organizer of a "mini-colloque" devoted to nano-optics. See the conference webpage, and the mini-colloque n°8.
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CNRS INSIS Highlights 2010
Our endoscope system to detect and analyse single molecule fluorescence has recently been highlighted by the CNRS Institute for Engineering and Systems Sciences. See the article here. (French only, sorry). Another description (in English) can be found...
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This month in Micscape
My recent Micscape article focuses on the Wild Heerbrugg M20 microscope's binocular head and its effects on imaging. In my opinion, the M20 is simply the best stand for amateur microscopy, balancing optical quality, cost, and size.
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Next conference : Gordon's GRC Plasmonics
Meet me at this conference : Plasmonics / The Science And Engineering Of Nanoscale Optics, June 13-18, 2010 Colby College, Waterville, ME.
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JMC12 : nanophotonics nano-symposium
The programme for the "minicolloque" #8 on the photonic properties of nano-objects is available. Check the conference website or see the images below.
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Still in the lab ? Enjoy the Nano Girls clip !
This is going to be THE summer hit ! You may share/leave a comment via the link on ACS nanotation. I also found this video illustration for this fantastic pick up line: "You look like a Sigma-Aldrich girl".
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Introducing Thibault Wenger--Lehnert
I'm very glad to announce the birth of my son Thibault on August 24th 2010. He's already a charming person.
