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KSL at Medifest 30th January – 1st February 2020

6/2/2020

 
Early this year, Knight Scientific participated in the Medifest, a two-day exhibition with lectures and interactive activities.
On the first day, school classes have exclusive visits to the exhibition and the 961 students between the age of 14 and 18 had the possibility to talk to medical and healthcare professionals about career opportunities.
On day two, the exhibition opened its doors to the general public and attracted over 850 people. We had interesting discussions with many people on LUMIBLAST, as well as PDT in general.
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Congratulations to the researcher of the year – Theodossis A. Theodossiou

23/12/2019

 
Theodossis A. Theodossiou (OUS) was awarded the prize researcher-of-the-year 2019 from the leadership at the Institute of Cancer Research for his outstanding scientific contribution in 2019.

We at Lumiblast are proud to have him on our team!

With his innovativeness and passion for his work, Theo is not only a valuable member of the Lumiblast consortium, he is also the project coordinator of FRINGE, a FET Open project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020, the Helse Sør Øst funded project PROTONICS, and won the Radar Innovation Prize this year together with his colleague at OUS and Coordinator of Lumiblast, Kristian Berg.
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Theodossis A. Theodossiou with Institute head Kjetil Taskén during the ceremony
Photo: https://www.ous-research.no/home/institute/Homepage%20news/20399


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OUS at the Cutting Edge Festival

4/11/2019

 
Oslo Science Park, Inven2, the University of Oslo and Conventor, develop and host one of Norway’s largest science and technology events – the Cutting Edge festival.
 
At the Cutting Edge Festival the latest breakthroughs in science, the most promising innovations, and the most exciting startup companies to come out of the Norwegian research communities are presented.
It is a vibrant festival where Norway’s brightest students, researchers, entrepreneurs and investors, meet  and interact with people from industry, government and media and where a young innovator with a fresh prototype, can find a financial partner or discuss new ideas with a prime minister.

Dr. Theodossis A. Theodossiou has given a lecture at the Cutting Edge Festival on 24th October 2019 (see picture below)

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Lumiblast wins Innovation Radar Prize 2019 for Innovative Science

13/10/2019

 
CONGRATULATIONS! - After the Oslo University Hospital, represented by Prof Kristian Berg and Dr Theodossis Theodossiou, has reached the top three in the category “Innovative Science 2019” after the public vote in September, they have been declared category winner after pitching the Lumiblast project in front of the jury of entrepreneurs and investors in Brussels. 

Read more on the OUS website and watch the 3-minute pitch of Dr Theodossis Theodossiou online (starting at 1:14:27).
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Top left: Dr Theodossis Theodossiou & Prof Kristian Berg; bottom left: the OUS team
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KSL exhibits at New Scientist Live 2019

13/10/2019

 
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In September, Knight Scientific exhibited at the 2019 New Scientist Live exhibition at the London  ExCel centre as part of the company's commitment to public understanding of science.

The theme of KSL's exhibition stand was Harnessing the glow of a marine mollusc for science, medicine and knowledge and LUMIBLAST has been presented to the many interesed visitors.

Here are a view impressions from the exhibition.
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Innovation Radar Prize 2019 Nominee

2/9/2019

 
The Lumiblast project has been nominated for the Innovation Radar Prize 2019, a European Commission initiative to identify high potential innovations and innovators in EU-funded research and innovation projects. The public has been invited to vote from among 36 innovators to identify the twelve finalists.
With 479 votes the Lumiblast project has reached third rank in its category “Innovative Science” and is among the twelve finalists that will pitch their market plans to the jury in Brussels. We are thankful for your votes and very excited to get the chance to win in our category and competing against all twelve finalists to even become the ‘Grand Prix’ winner of all four categories.
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High School visitors to the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

15/4/2019

 
On April 10, 2019, the research group of Professor Vougioukalakis opened again their doors and hosted 40 High School students and 2 high school professors at the Department of Chemistry of UoA.

The students had the chance to get a tour at the research laboratories and listen to presentations on ongoing research projects, including LUMIBLAST, as well as discussing funding schemes from EU and Horizon 2020 and its importance in promoting European research.
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Consortium Meeting in Spain

5/7/2018

 
The Lumiblast consortium met on July 3rd 2018 in Valencia, Spain at the wonderful premises of one of our partners, the Univeristat Politècnica de València, to discuss the progress of the project and its future. We have been delighted that not only all partners have joined the meeting but that also two of our external scientific advisors, Herwig Kosstron and Peter Ogilby, have followed our invitation.

The partners have presented their work, progress and results and we enjoyed the intense discussions, striving for new aims together and of course the Spanish cuisine.
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The Lumiblast consortium at the 2nd Annual Meeting in 2018.
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Open School Day at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

4/5/2018

 
Prof Dr Georgios C. Vougioukalakis and his team of young researchers opened their doors at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens to students to introduce them to their research, the LUMIBLAST project and Horizon 2020.

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Norwegian Prime Minister visits OUS to learn about the LUMIBLAST project

3/5/2018

 
As LUMIBLAST is the first Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) project coordinated by a Norwegian partner, it’s pioneering research has raised Norway’s attention. Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Research and Higher Education Minister Iselin Nybø have visited Prof Kristian Berg and Dr Theo Theodossiou at the Radium Hospital in Oslo to learn more about the Lumiblast project.

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