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The graduation season is just around the corner, when St Johns’ Church and other venues chosen for the official diploma-awarding ceremonies will be filled with the joyful bustle of graduates. As we approach this celebration, please be reminded that you are welcome to wear a VU cap during the ceremony.

Dr Mindaugas Šarpis, a researcher at the Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University (VU), and leader of the LHCb Vilnius group, has been awarded a prestigious ERA Fellowship grant under Horizon Europe funding programme for his postdoctoral research. The funding, amounting to almost 200,000 Eur will strengthen Lithuania’s competences in particle physics and lay the foundations for further research at VU.

Arqus is glad to launch a joint call for Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP) and a call for Arqus Twinning 2.0 projects. These two calls are aimed at academic staff to reinforce the collaboration between the members of the Alliance and to propose short-term mobility opportunities for students and staff.

Lithuania stands out globally for its rapidly developing light technology industry, with lasers playing a key role in this important ecosystem. The laser infrastructure at Vilnius University’s (VU) Faculty of Physics is equally renowned for its international outlook and open science practices. Long-standing collaboration between the academic community and industry here drives innovative solutions.

Hong-Ou-Mandel effect (HOM), also known as two-photon interference, is a key tool in quantum optics laboratories, and has powerful applications for metrology and sensing even in the classical regime. We recently demonstrated that HOM interferometry can be used to for fluorescence lifetime imaging – a key tool in biomedical research that can detect changes in cell microenvironment such as temperature, pH, viscosity and protein-protein interactions. 

For her contributions to astrophysical science and the development of astrospectroscopy, initiation of exoplanet research in Lithuania, dissemination of knowledge on the understanding of the Universe, and for promoting the name of Lithuania in the world, she was awarded with the Ignotas Domeika Medal and became an honorary member of the Lithuanian Ignotas Domeika Society.

Researchers at the Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnology of Vilnius University (VU) Faculty of Physics, including Dr Irina Buchovec and PhD student Gabrielė Vasiliauskaitė in collaboration with Master student Nojus Radzevičius from the Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, are exploring how light-based technologies can help combat harmful microorganisms.

Scientists in Lithuania have developed a breakthrough method that dramatically speeds up atomic force microscopy (AFM) and expands its scanning range to the millimetre scale. Developed by researchers at Vilnius University (VU) and the Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, this innovation, featured in the journal “Measurement”, marks a significant advancement in nanoscale imaging, with potential applications across materials science, biotechnology, and semiconductor research.

We kindly invite you to register and participate in International Conference "Extended Hanseatic meeting on Exciton Dynamics and Spectroscopy 2025"


Date: 29 September - 3 October

Registration and abstract submission deadline is 1 July

Conference will take place at the National Center for Physical and Technology Sciences (NFTMC), Vilnius.
 
More information and registration:https://www.eeds25.lt.