Meritxell Vilaseca

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🚀 Fellows, BE-LIGHT Workshop 1 is coming to Paris! 🇫🇷✨
📍 Institut de la Vision (SU) | 📅 Oct 1–3, 2025
3 days of science, skills & networking: retinal imaging, holographic circuits, EMG-based HCI, AI & more. Plus lab visits, outreach & SB meeting!
#BELIGHT #Workshop #Photonics

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🍷🏰 After diving into immersive tech at the CAVE and mastering machine learning tools, the BE-LIGHT fellows wrapped up their training with an elegant dinner at Villa Eva and a visit to the stunning Malbork Castle. 🌟🤝 #BELIGHT #Gdansk #photonics

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✨🤖 The BE-LIGHT fellows just completed an intensive Hands-on Training at @GdanskTech ! They explored Deep Learning, Transformers, XAI, and MLOps, with sessions led by Prof. Dr. Jacek Rumiński, his PhD students, and Prof. Magda Mazur-Milecka. 🧠🚀 #BELIGHT #Photonics #AITraining

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The 2nd #BELIGHT school took place in Gdańsk 🇵🇱! Fellows attended advanced courses in optics, AI, neuroscience & more, and presented impressive progress on their research projects. A week full of science, skills & connection! 💡🤖🔬 #photonics #AIresearch

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Check out our stories for the best moments from the BE-LIGHT school in Gdańsk! From deep learning & explainable AI to super-resolution microscopy & city tours — it was an inspiring week! 🧠🏰
🔗 https://t.co/Hxd16OaIi2
#MarieCurie #HorizonEurope

[cristina masoller @cristinamasoll1]

Attending the 2nd school of EU project Be-Light (coordinated by @xellvilaseca) at the university Politechnika Gdanska, Poland. Happy to hear an excellent presentation and to see that our name cards have wildflower seed paper (no plastic). @belightproject
https://t.co/JCtzmeT8TZ

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🌟 BE-LIGHT at #ARVO2025! 🌟
We're proud to share that our team members Dr. Clara Mestre Ferrer and Dr. Ireneusz Grulkowski presented their latest research at the ARVO Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City this May.
👇 More about their work in the thread! 🧵

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🔐✨ Optics meets mystery!
BE-LIGHT proudly joined the organization of PhotoniCat’s custom-made Escape Room, where players had to save a collapsing photonics lab using real optical principles.
👇 A thread with some of the light-based challenges! 🧵

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From decoding Morse code LEDs 🔦 to uncovering invisible ink with UV light, using polarizers 🕶️, laser reflections 🔁 and analyzing light spectra 🌈 — science never felt so thrilling.
Huge shoutout to the PhotoniCAT team! 🙌
#BELIGHT #Photonics #EscapeRoom #SciOutreach

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Dr. Mestre introduced a new way to assess kids’ vision using continuous eye tracking 👁️
Dr. Grulkowski shared high-res, in vivo imaging of the vitreous — across its entire depth! 🔬
Pushing the boundaries of vision science — that’s the BE-LIGHT way.
#VisionResearch #EyeHealth

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🔍 Why it matters?
New tools for automated visual function evaluation = earlier, more accurate diagnoses.
📊 Lorenzo combines eye-tracking + ML to spot patterns in ocular movement.
💡 Check the team's previous work: Mestre et al., 2018 (PLoS ONE, 13(11))
#EyeTracking #ML

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🌟 Discover the cutting-edge work at @la_UPC within #BE_LIGHT! 🌟
PhD student Lorenzo Fratini & supervisor Clara Mestre are developing new methods to detect visual impairments using eye-tracking + AI 🤖👁
In collaboration with @imogrupomiranza
#OpticalEngineering #VisionResearch

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💡 Deep Learning topics with Prof. Dr. Jacek Ruminski
🔬 Super-resolution microscopy, optogenetics & more
📢 PitchFest at Baltic Science Festival
Fellows will boost their skills, network, & research impact! 🚀👩‍🔬👨‍🔬#Training #Researchers

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🚀 The Second BE-LIGHT School & First Hands-on Training are coming! 🎓🔬

📍 Gdańsk, Poland
📅 May 15-23, 2025
🏛 Hosted by Gdańsk University of Technology (PG)

Get ready for an enriching training experience in Deep Learning, microscopy, photonics, & more! 🧠💡#AI #DeepLearning

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✨🔬 A Huge Success: Women in Science Round Table! 🔬✨

We participated in an inspiring round table at the @optometria_upc, organized by #PhotoniCAT.

We discussed career inspiration, gender dynamics in research, work-life balance, and the future of women in science. 💡💜

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At @sorbonne_univ, Prof. Matthew Chalk & PhD candidate Stefania Zoi are modeling the retina to understand ganglion cell responses👁️.
Learn more about their project "Optical decomposition of the retinal circuit" at: 🔗 https://t.co/LnTuQ96Ghn
#EyeDiseases #VisionResearch #AI

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💡 How does the retina encode sensory information?
They investigate inhibitory amacrine cells to understand ganglion cell responses. Using experiments & models, they predict how healthy retinas extract visual info—similar to deep learning networks! 🧠👁️
#RetinalResearch

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✨ PhotoniCAT and BE-LIGHT at the @la_UPC Student Fair! ✨
On 20/11, we shared our passion for optics and the BE-LIGHT project 💡
🔹 The role of light in daily life
🔹 Optical device applications
🔹 Careers in optical engineering
Thanks to everyone who stopped by! 🌈
#PhotoniCAT

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🌟 Prof. Jacek Ruminski & PhD candidate Muhammad Usman from @GdanskTech analyze light reflection changes caused by blood pulsatility using #AI. Their work on pulse rate, blood flow, & vascularization mapping could revolutionize cardiovascular diagnostics!💡🫀#HealthTech

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🛠️ They are developing a multimodal imaging system with #ML algorithms to detect anomalies in facial skin vascularization. Imagine multimedia glasses detecting vital signs in real time! Learn more about BE-LIGHT’s Work Package 2 here: https://t.co/PoqqaPSSOl 🚀 #MedicalAI