DREAM EU

There is still time to join the special Plant Imaging Expert Group hybrid meeting today Wed 29 April at 13:30 CEST. It will host RE-IMAGINE-CROPS EIC Pathfinder Project and AgroServ! 🌾 🔬 https://lnkd.in/dQU4bhDG This special edition of the Euro-BioImaging webinar series will cover how advanced imaging technologies are changing precision agriculture. It will explore cutting-edge research, innovative applications, and new educational approaches. We are happy to see other EIC - European Innovation Council projects continuing to pursue the potential that better imaging can bring to precision agriculture! 🙌 🇪🇺

Our project partner, Sony CSL (Paris), will be hosting Faisal Sani Bala next Wednesday 29 April for their weekly seminars! He will explore sinusoidally modulated fluorescence imaging (SMFI) for non-invasive detection of phosphorus stress in plants. Unlike conventional fluorescence methods, SMFI captures time-resolved responses under controlled modulation, reducing dependence on dark adaptation. Faisal specialises in imaging systems, embedded electronics, and data-driven signal analysis. His work focuses on developing non-invasive sensing technologies for biological systems, combining hardware design with signal processing and machine learning. Join at 2 PM CET https://lnkd.in/dFpaqW2t

What if plants could tell us exactly what they need? After four years of research, our #EUfunded project has developed new instruments and protocols that read the photosynthetic state of plants in real time, turning their responses to light into a measurable fingerprint of their needs. Our goal is to help growers in controlled environments like greenhouses use light, water, and nutrients more efficiently, reducing waste and environmental impact. Watch our wrap up video to find out how our team is bringing precision science to sustainable agriculture. 🌱 Learn more our project at https://dream-eic.eu/ This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe EIC - European Innovation Council’s Pathfinder programme under grant agreement No 101046451

Our latests press release is out! In it, we cover the recent work of our Paris-based partners on how “Single-cell imaging and machine learning reveal hidden coordination in algae’s response to light stress”. The team included researchers from Ecole normale supérieure in collaboration with Sony CSL (Paris) and the Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology (IBPC) Paris, France. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/d6QBeDj5

In case you missed it, last year our project coordinator, Ludovic Jullien, presented research on photochemical activation by our project partners at a seminar in Collège de France. Watch the video (in French) to get an overview of what our consortium has been working on. 🎬 https://lnkd.in/dN-qYaFf

DREAM partner Ian Coghill (Département de Chimie, Ecole normale supérieure, Paris) and colleagues have published a preprint on the use of spatiotemporal light modulation to enhance fluorescence imaging. 🔬 “We anticipate that this work will serve as a foundation for future spatiotemporal methodologies in which light functions both as a probe and perturbation tool.” These methods, along with a fully documented custom microscope, should be easy to adopt by other labs. Build documentation, software, and data are publicly available at Optica Open. 🔓 https://lnkd.in/dzZmn8m8 Authors are Fivos Pham, Mrinal Mandal, Alienor Lahlou, Yuriy Shpinov, Isabelle Aujard, Marie-Aude Plamont, Jacques Fattaccioli, Thomas le saux, and Ludovic Jullien. #EUeic #OpenHardware #Microscopy

Last summer, we had the pleasure of having OpenFlexure present their open-source microscopy system at our summer school. It was heartening to see other efforts to open up imaging to more people. Our EIC - European Innovation Council project has also developed an open-hardware and affordable macroscope. 🔬🔓 It can be used in plant science, fluorescent proteins, and optoelectronic devices. Instructions for building it and open-source software are available at https://lnkd.in/dhm3avUK The open access article is available at https://lnkd.in/d9pf2gxw https://lnkd.in/drPAR3Q

FRUIT LOGISTICA is officially underway! 🇩🇪👍 The team is on the ground in Berlin and ready to talk all things AI and greenhouse innovation! 📍 Find us at: Hall 3.1 | Stand C-36 For tomorrow: Don’t miss our CEO, Rien Kamman, on stage tomorrow at the Farming Forward Stage. He will be discussing how unifying greenhouse data leads to true profitability, transforming fragmented processes into streamlined, data-driven operations. 📅 Thursday, Feb 5 🕙 10:50 – 11:05 AM 📍 Farming Forward Stage (Hall 3.1) Come say hi, catch a live demo, and snap a selfie with us! See you there. #FruitLogistica2026 #SourceAg #AgTech #Berlin #GreenhouseInnovation

A recent publication from our #HorizonEU partners about an open-source and accessible macroscope was featured on Wiley Analytical Science’s news page! Thank you INsociety for writing the press release and Inara de Aguiar for picking it up! https://lnkd.in/dtBqq-tP

New DREAM publication! Our partners developed a new, open-hardware, affordable, and accessible macroscope. 🔬🔓 It can be used in plant science, fluorescent proteins, and optoelectronic devices. Detailed build instructions and open-source software are available for easy replication, requiring minimal experience with optics or electronics. Congratulations Ian Coghill, Aliénor Lahlou, Andrea Lodetti, Shizue Matsubara, Thomas Le Saux, and Ludovic Jullien! 🙌 The open access article was published on Optica’s Optics Express and is available at https://lnkd.in/d9pf2gxw This was an European collaboration between Sony CSL (Paris), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Université de Limoges, and the Département de Chimie Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Sorbonne Université. 🇪🇺