Delighted & honoured The Ambassador of Italy to Ireland H.E. Nicola Faganello & The Director of The Italian Cultural Institute of Dublin Marco Gioacchini visited my NanoBioPhysics Lab & discussed some IE-ITA initiatives UCD Physics UCD Conway Institute UCD Science UCD Global University College Dublin

WE ARE HIRING Are you looking for a fully funded PhD position (4 years) in biophysics? Fancy poking lipid membranes & live cells to probe their mechanics? Join my NanoBioPhysics Lab UCD Physics UCD Conway Institute Email me your CV - antoniobenedetto.eu DEADLINE Friday 14th March

Thanks Prof Harekrushna Sahoo NIT Rourkela 🇮🇳 for visiting our NanoBioPhysics Lab, the fruitful discussions, and your seminar on “Ionic liquids: Applications in protein kinetics, dynamics and aggregation” UCD Physics UCD Conway Institute UCD Science UCD Research UCD Global

Hurry up - we are hiring! PhD position (4-year fully-funded) in our NanoBioPhysics Lab UCD Physics UCD Conway Institute One more week to apply - New deadline Friday 21st March 2025 More info antoniobenedetto.eu/Join/

It was back in 1822 that this groundbreaking transformation was discovered!

Countdown -3 days to our half-day event on “The new super-resolution high-speed ZEISS Microscopy confocal & our cutting-edge Nanosurf bioAFM with Cytosurge AG FluidFM”. UCD Physics UCD Conway Institute UCD Science UCD Research

Spotted by Marina Rubini while I was chatting with Prof Morten Meldal, 2022 Chemistry Nobel Laureate, after his inspiring talk including #AFM and 3D-AFM imaging of amyloid fibrils. UCD Physics UCD Conway Institute UCD Chemistry UCD SBBS UCD Science University College Dublin

Well done Jason with your BSc Physics Final Year Thesis Project on “The mechanical response of phospholipid membranes to ionic liquids by means of atomic force microscopy & spectroscopy” UCD Physics UCD Conway Institute UCD Science

Soon in the best cinemas & scientific journals - Filming mode on in our NanoBioPhysics Lab while measuring the effect of ionic liquid on cancer cell mechanics & amyloid fibrils morphology on our Nanosurf Bio-Atomic Force Microscope UCD Physics UCD Conway Institute UCD Science

A real pleasure to welcome back Dr Visakh Pillai, one of my former PhD students and now postdoc at @TUeindhoven. Engaging discussion & seminar on ‘From Ionic Liquids Biophysics to Nanoscale Self-Assembly’ - Great to see how far he has come UCD Physics UCD Conway Institute UCD Science

Visiting Prof Mara Freire’s Lab & giving a seminar at CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials Universidade Aveiro on “Modulating Cell Mechanics & Amyloid Fibrils via Ionic Liquid – A Combined Atomic Force Microscopy, Neutron Scattering, Molecular Dynamics & Cell Biology Study” UCD Physics UCD Conway Institute UCD Science

Welcoming in our NanoBioPhysics Lab our 3 summer research students: Sophia (Biology, UMontana), Sean (UCD Physics) & Zeqiu (UCD Physics). They will look at the effects of ionic drugs on amyloids & cells using our Bio-Atomic Force Microscope. UCD Physics UCD Conway Institute UCD Science

Giving an Invited Talk on “Modulating Cell Mechanics via Ionic Liquid by AFM & Neutron Scattering” at ConForce25 - Indian National Conference on Force Spectroscopy & Microscopy (Casuarina resort, Kurunji, Pune, India) by IISER Pune. UCD Physics UCD Conway Institute UCD Science University College Dublin

Visiting Prof Shiva Patil’s Lab & giving a seminar at IISER Pune Physics Department on “Modulating Cell Mechanics & Amyloid Fibrils via Ionic Liquid using Atomic Force Microscopy, Neutron Scattering, Molecular Dynamics & Cell Biology Study” UCD Physics UCD Conway Institute UCD Science

Happy & honoured to chair the exciting session “Biophysics of ionic liquids: a versatile toolkit for molecular to cellular control & biomedical innovation” at the European Biophysical Congress #EBSA2025 with talks spanning lipid membranes permeability & cancer cells mechanics.

Our NanoBioPhysics Lab expedition at the European Biophysical Congress #EBSA2025 with Holly Linford giving a talk, Jiajia Wei (EBSA BURSARY 2025 awardee) and Alyona Yedelkina presenting posters on cell membrane mechanics control via ionic liquids UCD Physics UCD Conway Institute UCD Science pic.x.com/Du1UlhaeTl

Our NanoBioPhysics Lab expedition at the European Biophysical Congress #EBSA2025 with Holly giving a talk, Jia (EBSA BURSARY awardee) and Alyona presenting posters, and me chairing the session on “Ionic liquids Biophysics” UCD Physics UCD Conway Institute UCD Science

Happy to chair BIONS 2025 International Workshop on Biophysics of Ionic Liquids, & thanks to speakers & attendees for the exciting discussions spanning ionic liquids on lipid membrane elasticity, cancer cells & bacteria toxicity & mechanics, amyloids, and transdermal delivery.