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27-31/8: 20^th Congress of the ESP - Lyon (France).

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Many thanks to José M G Pereira for this one and the other photos of the Congress.
ESP gratefully acknowledges the institutions and companies which supported and sponsored ESP2023.

2023 Young Investigator Awardees

The European Society for Photobiology is pleased to announce the 2023 ESP Young Investigator Award winners Dr. Nadja A. Simeth-Crespi (The University of Göttingen + MBExC - Cluster of Excellence Multiscale Bioimaging) and Dr. Roger Bresolí Obach (IQS Barcelona) for their research of exceptionally high quality in the field of Photobiology.
The awards were presented at the 20^th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology, Lyon (France), August 27-31. 2023. Congratulations!

1^st ESP Best Ph.D. Thesis Award

The 1^st ESP Best PhD Thesis Prize is out! Congratulations to the 2023 ESP²hD Awardees Miriam Izzo (in the area Plant Photobiology) and Carla Arnau del Valle (area of #Photodynamic therapy).

New ESP Editor-in-Chief of PPS

Kristjan Plätzer

Rex Tyrrell

We are excited to introduce Dr. Kristjan Plätzer as the new ESP Editor-in-Chief of Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences" (PPS)! Kristjan is the head of the Lab of Photodynamic Inactivation, conducting research and development of novel antimicrobial therapies at the Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg = Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg. Congratulations, Kristjan!

At the same time, join us also to sincerely thank Prof. Rex Tyrrell for his service, leadership and the exceptional work done as the Editor-in-Chief of PPS. Rex is still active as a member of the ESP EC and the Scientific Organizing Committee of the 20th ESP Congress in Lyon, France, 27-31 August!

August

6^th ESP Photobiology School (Brixen/Bressanone, Italy, 22-27 August 2022)

Drone video from Sergio Adan Bermudez

Letter from the President

Dear ESP members and colleagues,

On behalf of the ESP Executive Committee and the Congress Organizing Committee, I am delighted to invite you all to attend the 20^th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology, which will take place in Lyon from August 27 to August 31, 2023. Our ESP congress is always a great opportunity to share knowledge, promote our recent advances in the different fields of Photobiology, exchange new ideas and developing or strengthening collaborations. We are looking forward to renewing bonds with old friends and getting to know younger researchers that always participate to the ESP congresses with excitement and high-quality contributions. 

The 20th Congress of the ESP will showcase the scientific activities of our thriving society through invited lectures, oral presentations, poster sessions and contributions from industrial partners.
We warmly extend the invitation to attend the congress to our sponsors. 

em>Finally, I would like to highlight that the ESP School will take place again in Brixen/Bressanone after its cancellation two years ago due to the Pandemic. The School will run from the 22^nd to the 27^th of August 2022. It will be fantastic to get together again at the foot of the Tirol mountains and cast the seeds for a new generation of Photobiologists.

Amparo Faustino
ESP President

Season's Greetings from ESP

Dear members of the European Society for Photobiology, dear colleagues and friends!

With this remarkable year coming to an end, I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of you for the contributions you made to photobiology and to the thriving of our Society, even in times unsecure. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused unheard-of disruptions to all aspects of our private and professional lives and it has brought to light all human strengths and weaknesses.
In such tricky times, it is only with selfless commitment, solidarity, and reason that success, stability, and development can be maintained. It was these ingredients that enabled our Society’s last year’s main success, the transfer of our Journal Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences to our new publisher Springer-Nature. It will be these ingredients that will make our forthcoming congress in Salzburg 2021, like our congresses in the past, a unique occasion for scientific and social reunion. I would like to extend a special thank you to everyone involved in these collaborative efforts.

On behalf of the ESP leadership team I wish all of you and your families happy and healthy holidays and a successful New Year.

Franz Trautinger, President, European Society for Photobiology

Letter from the President

St. Poelten, Austria, February 2020

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Photobiology is a crucial discipline to deal with some of the most challenging problems of the 21st Century. It encompasses biological, chemical, physical, and medical sciences to investigate effects of sunlight and artificial sources of non-ionising radiation (ultraviolet, visible and infra-red) on living organisms. As such, photobiology has a vast societal impact in environmental safety, climate change, agricultural developments, and human disease. The mission of the European Society for Photobiology (ESP) is to provide a platform for scientific exchange, for a modern and relevant approach to research, for collaboration of academia and industry, and for education and training of multi-disciplinary scientists from these diverse backgrounds. (read more...)

2019 Young Investigator Awardees

The European Society for Photobiology is pleased to announce the 2019 ESP Young Investigator Award winners Dr. Pilar Acedo (University College London) and Dr. Matteo Grattieri (University of Utah) for their research of exceptionally high quality in the field of Photobiology. The awards were presented at the World Congress on Light and Life, 25-30th August 2019, Barcelona, Spain, where the awardees gave a plenary talk.

Call for Bids for Arnold Rikli Award 2019

Deadline for bids January 31st 2020:

The 20th Arnold Rikli Prize is awarded for published work on optical radiation beneficial to man.

September

Call for Papers in Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences:
New and innovative applications of Photodynamic Inactivation of microoorganisms.

Submissions: Sept. 2018-Feb 2019.
Editors of this Special Issue: Cristiano Viappiani and Kristjan Plaetzer.
If you have new or novel methods for this, please contact the special issue editors.

August

Summer 2018, Issue 8 of the ESP newsletter .

June

5th ESP Photobiology School (Brixen/Bressanone, Italy, 10-16 June 2018).

January

Kick-off meeting of the Organising Committee of the IUPB-ESP World Congress on Light and Life.

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• July
• March
• February
• January

Call for bids for 2017 Arnold Rikli Award.

4 - 8: 17th Congress of the ESP.

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Many thanks to José M G Pereira for this one and the other photos of the Congress.
ESP gratefully acknowledges the institutions and companies which supported and sponsored ESP2017.

Summer 2017 Issue of the ESP Newsletter EYEonESP.

• Call for fellowships to attend the 2017 ESP Congress.

• Registration is open for the 2017 ESP Congress.

Call for nomination of candidates for the 2017 ESP Young Investigator Award.

• Winter 2016-2017 Issue of the ESP Newsletter EYEonESP.

• The ESP executive committee is extremely sad to announce that Ethel Moustacchi passed away on December 13th 2016 after a very short illness.

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• August - September
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The ESP President Rex M. Tyrrell welcomes ESP members and fellow photobiologists for the Society term 2015-2017. Please read the President's letter.

31/8 - 4/10: 16th Congress of the ESP.

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ESP gratefully acknowledges the institutions and companies which supported and sponsored ESP2015.

Finalization of the ESP 2015 Congress programme.

• Selection of awardees of fellowships to attend the 2015 ESP Congress and of the 2015 Young Investigator Award.

• Spring 2015 Issue of the ESP Newsletter EYEonESP.

Call for nomination of candidates for the ESP Executive Committee 2015-2017.

• Call for fellowships to attend the 2015 ESP Congress and for the 2015 Young Investigator Award.

• Meeting of the ESP Executive Committee and of the 2015 ESP Congress Organizing Committee.

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• March-April
• February

We are very deeply saddened to announce the passing of Giulio Jori, Founder of the European Society of Photobiology. He passed on 23 December 2014.
We and the world of photobiology have lost a great scientist, leader and friend.
The Executive Committee of the ESP.

• Winter Issue of the ESP Newsletter EYEonESP.

• 15th: Closing date for bids for the ESP 2017 Congress Venue.

Launch of ESP2015 website with preliminary information about the congress.

The call for proposals of ESP2017 venue is open.

Special Issue of the ESP Newsletter about the 2014 ESP School.

Launch of the ESP Newsletter EYEonESP.

3^rd ESP Photobiology School.

Evaluation of the applications for the ESP Photobiology School and the Travel Fellowships.

Call for application to attend the 3rd ESP Photobiology School - Call for Travel Fellowships to attend Photobiology Conferences in 2014 - Call for the ESP Supplement to the PhD Degree.

• Meeting of the ESP Executive Committee to evaluate the proposals of the ESP Education Committee and the other work groups.

• Kick-off meeting of the Organising Committee of the 2015 ESP Congress to discuss about Scientific Advisory Board's suggestions and congress content.

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• September