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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA @iitalk.bsky.social · 4d

Angelo Forli returns from the US to launch the Neural Networks for Natural Intelligence unit research at #IIT, supported by a @ArmeniseHarvard Career Development Grant.
His research explores #memory, #regeneration and natural #intelligence.

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Thanks to the Career Development Award, neuroscientist Angelo Forli opens his research lab at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genoa - Talk iit

Armenise-Harvard Foundation award 1 million dollars to study the adaptive abilities of the brain The human brain is able to adapt to different situations, ensuring flexible and effective behavior. The...

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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA @iitalk.bsky.social · 4d

Velia Siciliano, PI of Synthetic and Systems Biology for Biomedicine, commented on the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance”.

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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA @iitalk.bsky.social · 6d

Alessio Del Bue, Principal Investigator of PAVIS research unit in #IIT, has been appointed Honorary Professor in the Department of Computer Science at @durham.ac.uk, in recognition of his pioneering contributions to computer vision, artificial intelligence, and their real-world applications.

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VicidominiLab @vicidominilab.bsky.social · 6d

Andrea Bucci and Laurent Le will run two workshops on building a custom #PhotonResolvedMicroscopy system and generating great #ImageScanningMicroscopy images.
Thanks @iitalk.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @genoainstruments.bsky.social and #PNRR RNA&GeneTheraphy for support. See you at #Mifobio2025

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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA @iitalk.bsky.social · 6d

Job Opportunities in IIT!

S4HRI @s4hri.bsky.social · 7d

📢 We’re #hiring 2 postdocs to join our research on mental workload in human-robot collaboration!

The positions are part of the Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction unit at the @iitalk.bsky.social in Genoa, coordinated by @awykowska.bsky.social

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2 postdoc positions on the topic of cognitive neuroscience methods for studying mental workload in human-robot collaboration

Commitment & contract: Collaborator, temporal contract, up to 16 months Location: IIT CHT – Via Enrico Melen 83, Genova Step into a world of endless possibilities, together let’s leave something...

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GdR ImaBio @gdrimabio.bsky.social · 8d

#Mifobio2025
Focus on the module 2 :
👉 the challenges of spatial and temporal quantification

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Giuseppe VICIDOMINI @vicidominilab.bsky.social @iitalk.bsky.social

Lecture - “Photon-Resolved Microscopy : Image-Scanning Microscopy with SPAD Array Detector and Beyond”

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VicidominiLab @vicidominilab.bsky.social · 12d

We were glad to host Jacopo Abramo from the Eggeling lab for a short fellowship. Amazing to have you on board! A volcano of ideas, and hopefully now in love with #SPADarray (certainly with focaccia 😄). If you’d like a similar experience in our lab @iitalk.bsky.social, get in touch!

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VicidominiLab @vicidominilab.bsky.social · 12d

We’re really happy to read your view on ISM-FLUX—no better person could comment on this technology! Great to see we share the same vision on the key role of #SPADarray detectors for #MINFLUX -like approaches.
@iitalk.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu
#BrightEyes_ERC #SM-SPAD

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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA @iitalk.bsky.social · 12d

On Sept 29, #IIT inaugurated the new site of its Centre for Cultural Heritage Technology - #CCHT at H-FARM. The center develops #AI, #robotics, and #materials science solutions to study, protect and preserve global #CulturalHeritage.

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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA @iitalk.bsky.social · 21d

Twenty years after the first Graphene Week the event is coming to Italy: #GrapheneWeek2025, an international meeting at the forefront of research, innovation, and technology.
This year’s #GW2025 Co-chair is #CamillaColetti.
Among the speakers, Fabrizio Tubertini.
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VicidominiLab @vicidominilab.bsky.social · 23d

It’s time to say goodbye to @zuninoale.bsky.social and wish him all the best for the future. An incredible journey full of science comes to a close. Congratulations! We’ll miss you.
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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA @iitalk.bsky.social · 21d

In prima pagina de @larepubblica.bsky.social oggi l'intervista al Direttore #GiorgioMetta.

#healthcare #earthcare #saluteumana #robotica #AI

Per leggere l'intervista completa ↙️
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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA @iitalk.bsky.social · 24d

Twenty years after the first Graphene Week the event is finally coming to Italy. #GrapheneWeek2025.
This year’s #GW2025 Co-chair is Camilla Coletti.
Among the speakers there will be Fabrizio Tubertini.

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Graphene Week 2025 | Graphene Flagship

Graphene Week 2025: Graphene conference. 2D materials event. Vicenza, Italy 22-26 September 2025. Supported by the European Commission, Graphene Week stands at the forefront of cutting-edge research, ...

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iCARE Project @icareproject.eu · 25d

🔬 New #iCARE research! Freshwater planarians prove excellent bioindicators for nanoparticle toxicity assessment. While most NPs show 100% survival rates, silver NPs reveal significant toxicity effects. Great work by @iitalk.bsky.social & @inlnano.bsky.social 🧬✨

Full poster: shorturl.at/7gTCH

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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA @iitalk.bsky.social · 25d

Frasky è il nuovo prototipo robotico sviluppato da ricercatori e ricercatrici dell’unità Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation di #IIT e #SistemaBergamo per muoversi ed eseguire operazioni all’interno dei vigneti in maniera autonoma.

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Frasky: il robot per applicazioni in vigna dell'Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - Talk iit

Il progetto nasce da una ricerca dell’Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, in collaborazione con diversi partner, nell’ambito del JOiiNT LAB – laboratorio congiunto tra IIT e il Sistema Bergamo Un team di...

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Marta Abbà @martaabba.bsky.social · 28d

Researchers are developing edible batteries using seaweed, almonds, and capers as sustainable alternatives to traditional materials like lithium and cobalt for low-power devices.
New @wired.it @iitalk.bsky.social
podcast episode

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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA @iitalk.bsky.social · Sep 9

"Il secolo dell’IA – Capire l’intelligenza artificiale, decidere il futuro (Il Mulino)": il volume esplora #etica, #politica e #tecnologia, offrendo una riflessione accessibile sul ruolo che l’#AI avrà nel futuro della nostra società.

La recensione di Livia Gelosi ↙️
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“IL SECOLO DELL’IA – Capire l’intelligenza artificiale, decidere il futuro” - Talk iit

Un viaggio tra etica, politica e tecnologia per capire l’intelligenza artificiale Nel libro “Il secolo dell’IA – Capire l’intelligenza artificiale, decidere il futuro”, edito da Il Mulino, Lorenzo Bas...

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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA @iitalk.bsky.social · Sep 8

The international event took place on Friday, September 5 at #IIT.
The event was organized by #IIT in collaboration with the European FRONTIERS project @erc.europa.eu and the AERG.
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#meetIIT @marialep.bsky.social @awykowska.bsky.social

Frontier research and journalism - Talk iit

“Why fund frontier research? The role of journalism in answering a crucial question for society” “Journalists try to discover the truth, just as scientists do, and this is why it is important that the...

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Maria Leptin @marialep.bsky.social · Sep 8

Super visit to the IIT with demos of their robotics with @erc.europa.eu funded projects by Antonio Bicchi, @awykowska.bsky.social and others. Maria Fossati’s artificial ‘soft hand’ is much better than my neuro-impaired natural one! @ercgrantees.bsky.social @axc.bsky.social @giorgiometta.bsky.social

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VicidominiLab @vicidominilab.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations, @elislenders.bsky.social! Your commitment, passion, and hard work over the years have been incredible, and this grant is the best recognition of that. It will surely give you the boost to raise the bar even further! We are truly proud of you!

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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA @iitalk.bsky.social · Sep 4

🏆🆕🇪🇺 @elislenders.bsky.social, researcher of the IIT Molecular Microscopy and Spectroscopy unit @vicidominilab.bsky.social , coordinated by Giuseppe Vicidomini, has been awarded an #ERCStG by the @erc.europa.eu

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The researcher Eli Slenders awarded ERC grant to develop new microscopes to detect the speed and position of biomolecules in cells - Talk iit

Among the 30 winning projects that will be carried out in Italy, one has been awarded to Eli Slenders from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genoa Building a new microscope capable of tracking mo...

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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA @iitalk.bsky.social · Aug 27

#newout #pressrelease 🆕🧠: il #bezafibrato, noto farmaco anticolesterolo, efficace nel trattamento della #demenzafrontotemporale, una grave malattia #neurodegenerativa ad oggi priva di cure risolutive.

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IIT e Sapienza Università di Roma: un farmaco anti-colesterolo come possibile futura terapia alla demenza frontotemporale - Talk iit

Lo studio ha dimostrato l’efficacia del farmaco anticolesterolo bezafibrato nel ripristinare la funzionalità neuronale in organoidi cerebrali Un farmaco comunemente usato per ridurre il colesterolo, i...

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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA @iitalk.bsky.social · Aug 27

#SAVETHEDATE 🇪🇺🗞️"Why fund frontier research? The role of journalism in answering a crucial question for society"
🗓️September 5, 2025 🕙 10:00 a.m.
📍Auditorium, CCT@Morego
➡️ free entry upon registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA @iitalk.bsky.social · Aug 25

Last Friday Anna Maria Bernini, Italian Minister of University and Research, visited H-FARM and stopped at the IIT CCHT_Venice.
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#culturalheritage
#technology
#innovation.

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Pietro Cataldi @cataldilab.bsky.social · Aug 8

#Edible and #Recyclable Gelatin‐Based #Electronics for High‐Precision #Health and #Environmental #Monitoring

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Edible and Recyclable Gelatin‐Based Electronics for High‐Precision Health and Environmental Monitoring

An edible and recyclable composite film composed of gelatin and activated charcoal is presented for multifunctional health and environmental monitoring. The edible films exhibit tuneable mechanical a....

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