Light up the Molecules to Tackle Challenges in Life Science

Date: Wednesday 29 March 4pm – 5pm (hybrid delivery)

International Guest Presenters:

Timea Frosch – Timea graduated in Pharmaceutical Science and is a researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology in Jena, Germany. She is focusing on interdisciplinary research in the field of Biophotonics, especially using Raman Spectroscopy for life science applications, including drug monitoring.

Prof. Dr. Torsten Frosch – Torsten is University Professor and holds a chair for Biophotonics−Biomedical Engineering at the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany and is head of the Fiber Spectroscopic Sensing Group at the Abbe Centre of Photonics and the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology in Jena, Germany

He received the Bunsen-Kirchhoff award (German Chemical Society) among others. His current research activities cover instrument developments and interdisciplinary applications in the fields of Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy, Chemical Imaging, Fiber Sensing, Gas Analysis, Environmental monitoring, and Biomedical Engineering.

Reflection: This seminar covered some of Torsten and Timea's recent work in the field of Biophotonics / Biospectroscopy. Torsten and Timea briefly presented developments of novel chemically selective spectroscopic techniques based on Raman scattering. This included chemical hyperspectral imaging, high throughput difference Raman spectroscopy, fibre optical sensors as well as gas and volatile sensing, alongside their applications in biomedical and pharmaceutical science as well as climate-relevant environmental and energy science.

An excellent dialogue followed the seminar. Participant Distinguished Professor Arnan Mitchell shared some thoughts on his experience having attended:

The work being done by Torsten and Timea is very complementary to my own research. I work in photonic chips and their applications – one possible application is point of care sensing with light. Torsten and Timea work more specifically in point-of-care sensing with light but using slightly different techniques. They are also perhaps a bit more focussed on the clinical application of these techniques rather than the science and technology of the platform itself – making it even more interesting and complementary. 
 
I particularly liked that the presentation was pitched at a general audience without getting too technical – this created a lot of opportunities to engage for people outside the discipline.  

Welcome and introduction by: Professor Ewan Blanch, Assistant Associate Dean Applied Chemistry & Environmental Science

Acknowledgements:

OpenInnoTrain Project, is a global network of researchers and industry practitioners across Europe and Australia for promoting the translation of research between university-industry through cooperation and Open Innovation in the sectors of: FinTech, Industry 4.0, CleanTech, FoodTech. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 823971.

RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia – Global Business Innovation Enabling Impact Platform (Director, Professor Anne-Laure Mention).

Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology

Schedule

Day 01 / March 29

  • 6:00 pm
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