Valentina Emiliani
Neuroscience
The European Neuroscience Institute
Greece
Biography
The investigation of signal transmission in brain requires to reproduce/observe physiological events that occur on a wide range of spatiotemporal scales, from e.g. the localized brief (μs) transient associated with a single (sub micron) synaptic event to the complex arithmetic that dendrites use in integrating (μs-ms) multiple localized synaptic inputs (several micrometers apart). Light microscopy is a fundamental tool in neuroscience offering a sensitive and non-invasive approach to probe and mimic such brain complexity. The aim of the Wavefront-engineering microscopy team is to develop a specific class of optical techniques based on spatiotemporal engineering of optical wave-fronts obtained by phase modulation solely. This approach has the advantage of minimizing power losses, permitting a quick adaptability of the excitation pattern to the experimental context and allowing a true 3D sculpting of the excitation volumes.
Research Interest
Neuroscience
Publications
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E. Di Fabrizio, D. Cojoc V. Emiliani, M. Coppey-Moisan, S. Cabrini, E. Ferrari, V. Garbin, and M. Altissimo, "Microscopy of biological sample through advanced diffractive optics from visible to x-ray wavelength regime", Microscopy research and technique 65, 252-262 (2005)
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V. Emiliani, D. Cojoc, E. Ferrari, V. Garbin, C. Durieux, M. Coppey-Moisan, and E. Di Fabrizio " Wave front engineering for living cells microscopy ", Optics Express 13, 1395-1405 (2005)
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C. Goletti, V. Emiliani, S. Schintke, A.M. Frisch, N. Esser and B.O. Fimland Detection of surface states anisotropies at GaAs(001) (2x4) decapped surface Physica status solids (b) 242, 2664-2670 (2005)
