We would like to invite you to November 19th meeting with dr S\u0142awomir Drobczy\u0144ski from Wroc\u0142aw University of Science and Technology on Optical Tweezers, for which this year Nobel Prize was awarded. After the short talk, we will go for a drink or two \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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Ju\u017c w poniedzia\u0142ek 19-go listopada zapraszamy na spotkanie z dr. S\u0142awomirem Drobczy\u0144skim z Politechniki Wroc\u0142awskiej na temat p\u0119sety optycznej, kt\u00f3ra zgarn\u0119\u0142a po\u0142ow\u0119 tegorocznej nagrody Nobla. Po kr\u00f3tkim spotkaniu zwyczajowo udamy si\u0119 na szklaneczk\u0119 czego\u015b mi\u0142ego \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
The theory of light pressure was introduced by James Clerk Maxwell in 1873. Fact that light might exert optical force was confirmed experimentally in 1900 by the Russian physicist Piotr Lebedev. A significant breakthrough in the study of optical forces occurred only after the appearance of lasers. A pioneer of experiments with a highly focused laser beam acting on dielectric microobjects was Arthur Ashkin. In 1986, he published his work 1 , in which he described the first successful attempt of optical trapping using a single laser beam. Optical trapping results from the small forces associated with the electric field gradient acting on the dielectric microparticles located in the focused laser beam. Laser beams with powers of hundreds of milliwatts are capable of exerting forces of piconewton orders. Optical trapping technique applicable in many fields of science. Within a few years from the publication of the work by Ashkin, many laboratories around the world have begun many interesting studies. Optical tweezers can be used to manipulate non-living and living matter. It soon turned out that the optical trapping technology allows carrying out previously unattainable tests on the microscale. The possibility of a non-invasive and sterile hold of micro-objects, e.g. cells or biomolecules, has found particular application in biology and medicine.<\/p>\n
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In 2002 I graduated from in the field of Technical Physics at the Wroc\u0142aw University of Science and Technology. After completing my Master’s studies, I began doctoral studies in Physiological Optics Group headed by Professor Henryk Kasprzak. In 2005, I completed a three-month internship at the University of Murcia in Spain, in a world-renowned research team in the field of physiological optics headed by Professor Pablo Artal. In 2006, before I defended my PhD, I went on a two-month internship in the team of Professor Jean-Pierre Munch at the University of Strasbourg. During my stay in France, I came across the technique of optical trapping for the first time. After completing my internship, in 2006, I obtained the title of Doctor of Physical Sciences and I was employed as a research and teaching assistant at the Institute of Physics of the Wroc\u0142aw University of Science and Technology. In February 2007, I went on a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Strasbourg Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials. I learned the technique of optical trapping and its use in molecular biology measurements. Since 2008 I have been employed as Assistant Professor at the Department of Optics and Photonics at the Wroc\u0142aw University of Science and Technology. My scientific interests focused on methods of holographic generation of optical traps, using video cameras and image analysis to track the trajectory and dynamics of trapped objects and the use of optical tweezers for measuring physical parameters in microscale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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