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MINING


Multifunctional nano-bio INterfaces wIth deep braiN reGions

Capturing the dynamics of brain activity in its multifaceted components is a key challenge for neural interfaces, deciphering the complex electrical and chemical signaling exchanged by the different constituents of the brain tissue.

MINING aspires at generating a novel class of multifunctional neural endoscopes, able to trigger and detect electrical and molecular signaling with cellular resolution in vivo in a brain volume. The result will be the unprecedented ability to correlate multiple types of signals in the same volume, with spatial and temporal resolution at depth. The limitation of current state of the art will be surmounted by exploiting light-matter interactions in hybrid metal-dielectric metasurfaces and their synergistic integration with organic electrochemical transistors.

MINING - ERC Project

06 October 2025
The coordinator, @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social and collaborators, paved the way for a new vision about nanomaterials-integrated neural probes for the next generation of neural interfaces for diagnoses and brain researches. Check our last paper: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

MINING - ERC Project

12 September 2025
MINING - @erc.europa.eu project coordinator @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social met with the EIC - European Innovation Council President in Lecce today. The "Bridges of Innovation" meeting highlights the importance of scientific research in building Europe. We are actively participating in this process.

MINING - ERC Project

17 July 2025
This work establishes a versatile nanofabrication approach for functional photonic architectures on fragile substrates, with direct applications in quantum photonics, nano-optics, and on-fiber plasmonic sensing. #Neurophotonics #Optogenetics @erc.europa.eu @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social

MINING - ERC Project

17 July 2025
A new paper from our project results. Congratulations to Antonio Balena about this novel method for the deterministic fabrication of metallic nanostructures with controlled geometry and composition on suspended, single-mode tapered optical nanofibers advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

MINING - ERC Project

02 July 2025
Topics range from neuroscience to photonics, and artificial intelligence applied to brain cancer research.

MINING - ERC Project

02 July 2025
MINING project is funding one PhD position at Università del Salento in the PhD school in "Engineering of Materials, Structures and Nanotechnologies" at Università del Salento and at @cbnunile.bsky.social in Lecce. For further information, contact the PI, @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social .

MINING - ERC Project

11 May 2025
@ferruccio-phc.bsky.social, the PI of @ercmining.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu project, was among the chairs of this great conference. A bunch of researchers working in MINING participated in this great conference. #Neurophotonics #Optogenetics

MINING - ERC Project

23 April 2025
An interesting paper about a novel optical approach to monitor amyloid plaques at depth in an Alzheimer's mouse model. It features ERC MINING acknowledgment. @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social #Neurophotonics

MINING - ERC Project

23 April 2025
You will find all job posts and news here 👇, in the @ercmining.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu project LinkedIn page. Stay tuned. #Neurophotonics #Optogenetics @cbnunile.bsky.social @iitalk.bsky.social @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social

MINING - ERC Project

22 April 2025
The @ercmining.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu coordinator, Dr. Ferruccio Pisanello @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social , from @cbnunile.bsky.social @iitalk.bsky.social , will be in San Diego for a Keynote speech in the "Optica Biophotonics Congress" 👇. We are glad to meet you there #Neurophotonics #Optogenetics

European Research Council (ERC)

16 April 2025
Welcome to BlueSky!

MINING - ERC Project

16 April 2025
We are based at @cbnunile.bsky.social center of @iitalk.bsky.social under the coordination of Dr. Ferruccio Pisanello @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social and we are a larger collaboration. Keep in touch to follow our advances in #Neurophotonics.

MINING - ERC Project

16 April 2025
We are thrilled to share the start of MINING #Neurophotonics project. MINING is a @erc.europa.eu funded project aspiring to generate a novel class of multifunctional neural endoscopes able to trigger and detect electrical and molecular signaling with cellular resolution in vivo in a brain volume.
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