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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Can light help solve health problems? 💡 At #NitDeLaRecerca, PHOTOTHERAPORT shared two micro-talks: Galyna Malieieva (IBEC) on photopharmacology, and Cristina López (IIBB-CSIC) on "50 million reasons to research epilepsy" 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8yzR0dQ4Rc

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🏆 Congrats to Alessio Perazzoli, Best Poster Award at the Drug Discovery Conference 2026 (Riga)! His #PHOTOTHERAPORT poster: flexible, biocompatible implants made of polymer composites that turn near-infrared light into red emission for photobiomodulation in deep tissues 💡🔬 #Photopharmacology

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

From toxin to light-controlled tool: researchers in the #PHOTOTHERAPORT project have engineered “Azoveratridine”, a photoswitchable derivative of the neurotoxin veratridine that can be reversibly activated with light in neurons and cardiac tissue. ➡️ A new step forward for photopharmacology.

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

🧵 Today we celebrate the #InternationalDayOfLight and the incredible potential of light to transform healthcare. At the #PHOTOTHERAPORT Project, we’re developing innovative therapies that combine light-emitting implants and light-controlled drugs

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 15/05/2026

🔬🍻 Science with light at Pint of Science Luisa Camerin, researcher at #IBEC, will talk about photopharmaceutical. A promising technology for pain, epilepsy & vision disorders. 📍 Cafeteria Casal Sant Adrià | 🕖 7:00 PM 👉 Info & tickets: lnkd.in/eS3t-CSy

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

At the Estonian Embassy in Riga for “Start-up Growth Playbook” (Funding, Investments & Cross-Border Networks), Rossella Castagna presented #PHOTOTHERAPORT, highlighting #CrossBorderCollaboration & #ShareOfExpertise in EIC Pathfinder. Thanks to Marija Plotniece & the Embassy.

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

🔬✨ #PHOTOTHERAPORT at the Science Festival! Galyna Maleeva (IBEC) will present a microtalk: 💡 “What are photoactivated drugs and how can light help solve health problems?” 📅 18 April · 18:55h 📍 Neurona Stage, Plaça Comercial (Barcelona)

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 15/04/2026

🗣 Microxerrada – Slam de Ciència La investigadora Galyna Maleeva participarà amb: “Què són els fotofàrmacs i com la llum pot ajudar a resoldre problemes de salut”, com a part del projecte #PHOTOTHERAPORT 📅 18/04, 18:55h 📍 Escenari Neurona, Plaça Comercial

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🧪 As part of #ShadowDay, LIOS welcomed 48 curious students from 13 Latvian cities! They explored real career paths by shadowing professionals. In biotech, 2 students dove into research & protein structures via #PHOTOTHERAPORT

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🎉 Orgull de formar part d’ICREA! Celebrem 25 anys de talent, llibertat científica i impacte global. Gràcies a totes les persones que ho heu fet possible. #SomICREA 🔬🌍

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

✨ For World Epilepsy Day, imagine turning seizures off with light... EU project #PHOTOTHERAPORT combines tiny implants + photoswitchable drugs to modulate overactive neurons in real time, opening a new frontier in epilepsy therapy💡💜 #EpilepsyAwarenessDay #NeuroInnovation

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Yesterday, the #Phototheraport team had the opportunity to participate in #NitRecerCat25 at the workshop “What are photodrugs & how light can help health” led by Bia Moreno & Nayeli Pérez 🌟💡

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

💡 Imagine tiny “light bulbs” inside your body that activate medicine only where needed! Join #PhotoTheraport at #NitRecerCat25 for the workshop: What are photodrugs & how light can help health 📍 Casa Golferichs | 🕕 18:00 - 23/09 | Registration required

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 19/09/2025

1️⃣ Taller 23/09 ✨ Descobreix com la llum pot ajudar a la salut! Taller interactiu per a tota la família amb nanomaterials fotosensibles, neurones reals i sons del cervell. 📍 Casa Golferichs | 🕕 18:00 | Cal inscripció 🔗 lanitdelarecerca.cat/taller-que-s...

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Taller – Què són els fotofàrmacs i com la llum pot ajudar a resoldre problemes de salut | La Nit de la Recerca

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 19/09/2025

🔬✨ A la #NitRecerCat25, l' #IBEC porta la ciència a tothom amb activitats gratuïtes de la mà del @phototheraport.bsky.social i l' @spm40projecteu.bsky.social! 👇👇👇👇

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

👉Last week #PHOTOTHERAPORT team met at @IBECBarcelona for our 18-month project meeting. 2 days of intense and fruitful discussions to define next steps in our #photopharmacology strategy: light-emitting implants + photo-controlled drugs to treat #neuropathicpain & #epilepsy. 💡🧠 #EUeic #EUResearch

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

💡 Light to treat neurological diseases & pain? It's near! Luisa Camerin at @IBEC explains how the project 🔬#PHOTOTHERAPORT uses photo-switchable drugs 💊activated by light for precise treatment. Learn more: phototheraport.org #Neurology #PainManagement #LightTherapy

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

🧠 💡 #PHOTOTHERAPORT researchers from @ibecbarcelona.eu and #IIBBCSIC were at #FestaDeLaCiència! About 200 assistants explored how light-emitting implants & photo-controlled drugs can precisely transform pain & epilepsy treatment. How cool is that? #ScienceFestival #Neuroscience

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

💡🧠Tomorrow is the Spanish Epilepsy Day! We want to highlight how #PHOTOTHERAPORT #EUfunded project is pioneering #photopharmacology to develop light-controlled therapies that target #Epilepsy with precision, aiming for more effective and safer treatments #epilepsia #DíaNacionalEpilepsia #EUScience

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 20/05/2025

💡🔬 Vine a descobrir com la llum pot millorar la salut! Els projectes #HYLIGHTembryo i @phototheraport.bsky.social de l’ #IBEC t’esperen a la #FestadelaCiència! 📅 1 de juny 📍 Centre Cultural del Born Un taller ple de #fotofarmacologia i ciència inspiradora!

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

💡It’s #InternationalDayOfLight! Let’s celebrate with #PHOTOTHERAPORT, an EU project creating smart implants using light to treat pain, epilepsy & more. Precision light-based therapies are here to transform lives. Learn more:🌐https://phototheraport.org #LightTherapy #ScienceForAll @ibecbarcelona.eu

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

👏👏Congratulations to the excellent talk recently given by Prof. Valērija Groma at the @RSUinfo International Research Conference on Medical and Health Care Sciences: “Appearance and distribution of voltage-gated sodium channels in excitable and non-excitable cells of the human brain”. #eicPathfinder

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

This year, #PHOTOTHERAPORT 🔬✨ participated in #ShadowDay in Latvia. Shapla, a Ph.D. student at LIOS, shadowed Dimitrijs Punte and introduced him to the fundamentals of structural biology, crystallography, and PET degradation. A fantastic opportunity to explore new professions! 🤝 @ibecbarcelona.eu

Shapla Bhattacharya in the center, Dmitrijs Punte in the left and Daniele Gasparini in the right

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Who is behind #PHOTOTHERAPORT?🔬✨ A cutting-edge multidisciplinary team of neuroscientists, bioengineers, and chemists working to develop the next generation of light-driven therapies for the nervous system. Check next post to know them 👇 #photopharmacology 💊💡🧠 #eicPathfinder

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

🔬💡 Last week #PHOTOTHERAPORT researchers were at #EspaiCiència from the saló de l'ensenyament! 70+ students explored how the combination of light-emitting implants and photocontrolled drugs can revolutionize the treatment of pain & epilepsy #photopharmacology #IBEC

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

🎙️ #PHOTOTHERAPORT coordinator and #IBEC researcher Pau Gorostiza shared his experience as a grant recipient at an EIC Pathfinder Open workshop💡🚀 His participation provided insights on the writing process and key strategies to prepare successful proposals for the upcoming 2025 call🙌

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

What does #PHOTOTHERAPORT proposes? 💡 PhotoTheraPorts: Tiny implants that emit visible light inside the body. 💊 Photoswitchable drugs: Activated only by specific wavelengths for targeted action. This means precise neuromodulation with reduced systemic side effects.

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

📢💡 What if we could treat neuropathic pain & epilepsy with light? In #PHOTOTHERAPORT, we’re developing light-emitting implants & light-controlled drugs for precise, side-effect-free treatments! 🚀 Funded by EU | Learn more: phototheraport.org

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PHOTOTHERAPORT @phototheraport.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

🧠 For #BrainAwarenessWeek we’re excited to present the #PHOTOTHERAPORT EU project! 🇪🇺 8 leading research institutions in Europe are collaborating to develop light-controlled drugs that modulate neuronal activity locally & on-demand without systemic side effects! 💡🔬

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