Research team decodes symbiotic interactions in marine algae using raman spectroscopy

Implications for biotechnology and environmental protection

02-Oct-2024 - In a recent study, researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) and the Friedrich Schiller University Jena have shown how they can non-invasively and non-destructively investigate the growth and interactions of the green alga Ulva and its bacterial community using ...

Raman Microspectroscopy for Microbiology

Methodology can provide new insights into a variety of key topics in microbiology

17-Jan-2022 - Raman microspectroscopy is a fast and non-invasive technology to determine the chemical composition of living microorganisms in near real-time. Jürgen Popp, scientific director of the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, together with an international team of expert scientists, describes the ...

Artificial intelligence for better diagnostics

Standardized methods facilitate the evaluation of Raman spectra

15-Dec-2021 - Light-based methods are increasingly used for analytical problems in the fields of health, environment, medicine and safety. Raman spectroscopy is a suitable method in this context. The measurement data collected in this process are complex and extensive molecular fingerprints. Artificial ...

Detect neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's by a simple eye scan?

Milestone on the way to early diagnostics: Researchers use spectroscopic means to decipher the biochemical composition of the retina

27-Jan-2021 - Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease through a non-invasive eye scan long before symptoms appear: a European research team involving Leibniz IPHT has come one step closer to achieving this goal. Using a laser-based method, the researchers have succeeded in discriminating between healthy and Alzheimer’s ...

Unraveling the optical parameters: New method to optimize plasmon enhanced spectroscopy

23-Mar-2020 - For exploring the nanoscale far beyond the optical resolution limit, tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) is widely recognized as an essential yet still emergent technique. Using this marker-free spectroscopic method scientists gain insights into the structural and chemical composition of ...

Eye scan makes diseases visible at an early stage

10-Sep-2019 - More and more people over 50 are suffering from age-related vision disorders. According to the World Health Organization, in four out of five cases they could be avoided if they were diagnosed at an early stage. A European team of scientists, including the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology ...

How the first step affects the (watery) result

German Scientists from Jena and Erlangen-Nürnberg show the way to a more effective creation of hydrogen

28-Jun-2010 - Energy from hydrogen - scientists from all over the world work on this solution to overcome the energy crisis. Amongst other things they try to use the sunlight as driving force for the splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen. In trying to copy the photosynthesis in the laboratory a team of ...