PHOTOTHERAPORT
@phototheraport.bsky.social
#PHOTOTHERAPORT combine locally light-emitting implants and light-controlled drugs to modulate neuronal activity locally and on-demand. Funded by EU Commission.
🔗 https://phototheraport.org/
🔗 https://phototheraport.org/
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" 🎥
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8yzR0dQ4Rc
At #NitDeLaRecerca, PHOTOTHERAPORT shared two micro-talks: Galyna Malieieva (IBEC) on photopharmacology, and Cristina López (IIBB-CSIC) on "50 million reasons to research epilepsy" 🎥
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8yzR0dQ4Rc
October 5, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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" 🎥
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8yzR0dQ4Rc
At #NitDeLaRecerca, PHOTOTHERAPORT shared two micro-talks: Galyna Malieieva (IBEC) on photopharmacology, and Cristina López (IIBB-CSIC) on "50 million reasons to research epilepsy" 🎥
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8yzR0dQ4Rc
🏆 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
His #PHOTOTHERAPORT poster: flexible, biocompatible implants made of polymer composites that turn near-infrared light into red emission for photobiomodulation in deep tissues 💡🔬 #Photopharmacology
October 2, 2026 at 7:56 AM
🏆 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
His #PHOTOTHERAPORT poster: flexible, biocompatible implants made of polymer composites that turn near-infrared light into red emission for photobiomodulation in deep tissues 💡🔬 #Photopharmacology
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.
➡️ A new step forward for photopharmacology.
IBEC engineers a light-controlled version of the alkaloid neurotoxin veratridine by chemically installing an azobenzene photoswitch, enabling reversible photoactivation in neurons and cardiac tissue.
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May 27, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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.
➡️ A new step forward for photopharmacology.
🧵 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
At the #PHOTOTHERAPORT Project, we’re developing innovative therapies that combine light-emitting implants and light-controlled drugs
May 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM
🧵 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
At the #PHOTOTHERAPORT Project, we’re developing innovative therapies that combine light-emitting implants and light-controlled drugs
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🔬🍻 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: https://lnkd.in/eS3t-CSy
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: https://lnkd.in/eS3t-CSy
May 15, 2026 at 8:28 AM
🔬🍻 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: https://lnkd.in/eS3t-CSy
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: https://lnkd.in/eS3t-CSy
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.
Thanks to Marija Plotniece & the Embassy.
April 23, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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.
Thanks to Marija Plotniece & the Embassy.
🔬✨ #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)
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)
April 15, 2026 at 10:25 AM
🔬✨ #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)
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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🗣 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
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
April 15, 2026 at 10:23 AM
🗣 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
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
🧪 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
April 2, 2026 at 7:11 AM
🧪 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
🎉 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 🔬🌍
Celebrem 25 anys de talent, llibertat científica i impacte global.
Gràcies a totes les persones que ho heu fet possible.
#SomICREA 🔬🌍
🎉 Avui és un dia especial! Celebrem els #25anysICREA al CCCB.
Ens trobem més de 320 persones per celebrar un quart de segle de recerca d'excel·lència que ha transformat Catalunya i l'ha projectat al món.
Avui, més que mai, tots #SomICREA.
Ens trobem més de 320 persones per celebrar un quart de segle de recerca d'excel·lència que ha transformat Catalunya i l'ha projectat al món.
Avui, més que mai, tots #SomICREA.
February 10, 2026 at 1:07 PM
🎉 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 🔬🌍
Celebrem 25 anys de talent, llibertat científica i impacte global.
Gràcies a totes les persones que ho heu fet possible.
#SomICREA 🔬🌍
✨ 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
EU project #PHOTOTHERAPORT combines tiny implants + photoswitchable drugs to modulate overactive neurons in real time, opening a new frontier in epilepsy therapy💡💜
#EpilepsyAwarenessDay #NeuroInnovation
February 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
✨ 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
EU project #PHOTOTHERAPORT combines tiny implants + photoswitchable drugs to modulate overactive neurons in real time, opening a new frontier in epilepsy therapy💡💜
#EpilepsyAwarenessDay #NeuroInnovation
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 🌟💡
September 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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 🌟💡
💡 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
Join #PhotoTheraport at #NitRecerCat25 for the workshop: What are photodrugs & how light can help health
📍 Casa Golferichs | 🕕 18:00 - 23/09 | Registration required
September 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
💡 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
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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✨ 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
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✨ 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...
Taller – Què són els fotofàrmacs i com la llum pot ajudar a resoldre problemes de salut | La Nit de la Recerca
lanitdelarecerca.cat
September 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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...
✨ 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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🔬✨ 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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September 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🔬✨ 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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👉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
@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
July 8, 2025 at 7:04 AM
👉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
@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
💡 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
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
July 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
💡 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
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 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
#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
June 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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#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
#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
💡🧠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
May 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
💡🧠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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💡🔬 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!
📅 1 de juny
📍 Centre Cultural del Born
Un taller ple de #fotofarmacologia i ciència inspiradora!
May 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
💡🔬 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!
📅 1 de juny
📍 Centre Cultural del Born
Un taller ple de #fotofarmacologia i ciència inspiradora!
💡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
Learn more:🌐https://phototheraport.org #LightTherapy #ScienceForAll
@ibecbarcelona.eu
May 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
💡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
Learn more:🌐https://phototheraport.org #LightTherapy #ScienceForAll
@ibecbarcelona.eu
👏👏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
April 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
👏👏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
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
@ibecbarcelona.eu
April 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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
@ibecbarcelona.eu
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
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
April 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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
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
🔬💡 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
#photopharmacology #IBEC
April 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🔬💡 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
#photopharmacology #IBEC