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Falko Schmidt

@falkoschmidt.bsky.social
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Senior Researcher in Nanophotonics, Active Matter and optofluidics ◆ Entrepreneur in Biotech ◆ OPTICA Ambassador ◆ Lab Sustainability

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Falko Schmidt @falkoschmidt.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Above 30 °C, C3 plants become heat-stressed: photosynthesis drops while respiration rises—so they make less sugar but use more. To compensate, they break down proteins (proteolysis), which produces ammonium that can accumulate and become harmful. A problem for plant and human user. #climatecrisis
Temperature dependence of photosynthesis and respiration in an idealized C3 species. Source: Journal of Experimental Botany, 2021 Feb 23; 72(8):2822–2844. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erab090.
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Falko Schmidt @falkoschmidt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Excited to give a whole seminar series on the hot topic of “Emergent Life-Like Dynamics in Synthetic Active Matter” Many interesting ideas out there that I will discuss with the students. If you know of articles that I should include, comment. @unileipzig.bsky.social #activematter 🧪⚛️
Poster on the seminar given at Leipzig university depicting droplets including particle that become active under light illumination know as emergent behavior.
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Falko Schmidt @falkoschmidt.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Very happy to have seen so many people from the general public having a look at our #photonic and #activematter experiments @ #longnightofscience @unileipzig.bsky.social We made slimy monsters 👾, cats 🐈 appear&disappear, 🌈 and propel mini rafts in water driven by soap 🧼 #scienceoutreach 🧪💡
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Falko Schmidt @falkoschmidt.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
My last days @ETH came to an end. Very grateful for the opportunity to drive new research frontiers at @quidantsnsl.bsky.social Big thanks to @rquidant.bsky.social for the opportunity and the @snf-fns.ch for support me with a fellowship. On to new projects @unileipzig.bsky.social
CLA Building of ETH in a rainy day
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Falko Schmidt @falkoschmidt.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Very happy to see that our lab has reached the Gold 🥇 certification of #LEAF 🍃 for our efforts to become a more sustainable lab environment. @quidantsnsl.bsky.social #greenlabs #sustainability
ETHs certificate for reaching the gold level of the LEAF program for sustainability in labs
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Falko Schmidt @falkoschmidt.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Happy to see my first book chapter being printed! #activecolloids There is something simply valuable when you actually hold it in your hand. #postdoclife
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Falko Schmidt @falkoschmidt.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
European I guess is still mentioning both.
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Falko Schmidt @falkoschmidt.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Who is going to attend #BiophotonicsCongress this year in San Diego? Hope to see you there! 👋 For all members of the technical group on Optical Trapping and Manipulation, stay tuned as we are planning some exciting events for you. @opticaltrapping.bsky.social @optica.bsky.social
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Falko Schmidt @falkoschmidt.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Physicist working on the intersection between photonics/microfluidics/soft matter physics. Would appreciate the add!
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Falko Schmidt @falkoschmidt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Great conference on #Nanophotonics and #Quantum coming up early next year.
Quantum nanophotonics conference in Spain from March 23-29, 2025
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Falko Schmidt @falkoschmidt.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
The student-led conference in optics and photonics #DokDok is coming again this summer from 26th August 2024 to 30th August 2024 in Suhl, Thuringia. The abstract submission is open now. Abstract submission deadline: June 16th, 2024 asp.uni-jena.de/dokdok #optics #photonics #studentconference
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Falko Schmidt @falkoschmidt.bsky.social · 17/03/2024
Very proud to have this finally hanging in the lab! One more rang to go! 🥇#TowardsNetZero #greenlabs
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Falko Schmidt @falkoschmidt.bsky.social · 16/03/2024
Great review article on the use and tunability of Casimir-Lifshitz forces for studying nanoscale forces. #NEMS #MEMS 🧪 idus.us.es/bitstream/ha...
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Falko Schmidt @falkoschmidt.bsky.social · 29/02/2024
Happy to share with you my latest preprint based on the work I did @UniJena with Falk Eilenberger. We looked at drop-casting as a viable method to produce single photon emitters from #hBN where quality & yield strongly depends on the solvent and supplier. arxiv.org/abs/2402.18199
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Falko Schmidt @falkoschmidt.bsky.social · 08/02/2024
What a really fun way!
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