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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A further step in the @ercmining.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu granted project's mission to develop innovative photonic interfaces for biomedical applications.

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Her work explores how multimode optical fibers can become advanced, minimally invasive tools for biomedical diagnostics, helping pave the way towards new approaches for probing and monitoring biological tissues from within the body, with reduced invasiveness and improved optical capabilities.

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Linda PISCOPO, researcher in the @ercmining.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu granted project at @cbnunile.bsky.social @iitalk.bsky.social , delivered an invited talk at META 2026 entitled “Photonics on Multimode Fibers”.

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The contribution highlighted the potential of tapered optical fibers as multifunctional platforms for multimodal neural interfacing.

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The talk, entitled “Hybrid Photonic-Electronic Tapered Optical Fibers for Multimodal Neural Interfacing,” presented key research activities developed within MINING, focusing on advanced photonic and electronic interfaces for interacting with neural systems.

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

MINING - @erc.europa.eu granted project was featured at META 2026 through an invited talk by the project coordinator, @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social Pisanello coordinator of @cbnunile.bsky.social @iitalk.bsky.social .

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Her presentation highlighted recent advances in the integration of optical fiber technologies and biosensing platforms for health-related applications, developed within the framework of the @ercmining.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu granted project .

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

At the ICTON 2026 Conference in Prague, Claudia Latte Bovio, researcher at @cbnunile.bsky.social @iitalk.bsky.social , delivered the invited talk: “Integration of PEDOT:PSS-based biosensors on the edge of tapered optical fibers.”

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Congratulations to colleagues, Huatian Hu and @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social, coordinator of the @ercmining.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu, on their paper on capturing molecular dynamics in nanoconfined channels in a microfluidics platform at high spatiotemporal resolution. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Spatiotemporal Raman probing of molecular transport in sub–2-nm plasmonic quasi-2D nanochannels

Seemingly sealed plasmonic nanogaps act as accessible channels for real-time, ultrasensitive molecular sensing.

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Congratulations to Muhammad Fayyaz for his achievements on APL Photonics, a very interesting article about a novel multifunctional plasmonics fiber probe for biomedical applications. This paper belongs to @ercmining.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu research activities. pubs.aip.org/aip/app/arti...

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Novel multifunctional plasmonic fiber probe: Enabling plasmonic heating and SERS sensing for biomedical applications

Optical fiber-based platforms are increasingly explored as compact, minimally invasive tools for integrated photonic functionalities in biomedical applications.

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

MINING - @erc.europa.eu project coordinator @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social met with the EIC - European Innovation Council President in Lecce today. The "Bridges of Innovation" meeting highlights the importance of scientific research in building Europe. We are actively participating in this process.

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

This work establishes a versatile nanofabrication approach for functional photonic architectures on fragile substrates, with direct applications in quantum photonics, nano-optics, and on-fiber plasmonic sensing. #Neurophotonics #Optogenetics @erc.europa.eu @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

A new paper from our project results. Congratulations to Antonio Balena about this novel method for the deterministic fabrication of metallic nanostructures with controlled geometry and composition on suspended, single-mode tapered optical nanofibers advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Topics range from neuroscience to photonics, and artificial intelligence applied to brain cancer research.

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

MINING project is funding one PhD position at Università del Salento in the PhD school in "Engineering of Materials, Structures and Nanotechnologies" at Università del Salento and at @cbnunile.bsky.social in Lecce. For further information, contact the PI, @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social .

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

@ferruccio-phc.bsky.social, the PI of @ercmining.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu project, was among the chairs of this great conference. A bunch of researchers working in MINING participated in this great conference. #Neurophotonics #Optogenetics

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 16/04/2025

Welcome to BlueSky!

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

We are based at @cbnunile.bsky.social center of @iitalk.bsky.social under the coordination of Dr. Ferruccio Pisanello @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social and we are a larger collaboration. Keep in touch to follow our advances in #Neurophotonics.

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MINING - ERC Project @ercmining.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

We are thrilled to share the start of MINING #Neurophotonics project. MINING is a @erc.europa.eu funded project aspiring to generate a novel class of multifunctional neural endoscopes able to trigger and detect electrical and molecular signaling with cellular resolution in vivo in a brain volume.

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