Great session on light-controlled therapeutics, chaired by Rossella Castagna, with talks by Wiktor Szymanski (Univ. Groningen), Xavier Just-Baringo (UB) and Rosalba Sortino @ibecbarcelona.eu, plus Alessio Colleoni's poster. Thanks to NIRI & @eu-openscreen.bsky.social ! #DrugDiscovery

🌟 Light is more than illumination, it can become a therapeutic tool. 

Through photobiomodulation and photopharmacology, we are exploring safer, more precise, and personalized medical solutions.

⚡ By combining both technologies, we aim to create localized anti-inflammatory and neuroinhibitory treatments that could help reduce: 
→ Chronic pain 
→ Inflammation 
→ Epileptic seizures

💊 We’re also developing photoswitchable drugs that only become active when exposed to a specific color of light. 

This allows therapies to work exactly where and when they are needed.

💡 Our PhotoTheraPorts are miniature light-emitting implants activated by invisible, non-invasive infrared light. 

Once activated, they emit visible light inside the body with high precision. 🔬 

Explained by Luisa Camerin ( @ibecbarcelona.eu  )

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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

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...

💡A new frontier in biomedicine with @phototheraport.bsky.social‬ participation: scientists have used safe, low-intensity infrared light to control heart rate in living organisms, without surgery or implants, with a light-sensitive molecule of azobenzene.
🎉Congratulations to all authors! 🎉