On June 10–11, the International Conference on the Science of Electrical Engineering (ICSEE), a biennial conference organized by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Israel Section, was held in Jerusalem, bringing together researchers and engineers from academia and industry.
During the conference, Prof. Amos Danielli, chair of the Bioengineering Session, delivered an invited lecture titled "Rapid and Highly Sensitive Detection of Pathogens in Biological Fluids."
In the same session, our Ph.D. student, Shmuel Burg, presented his work on the development of the Optical Modulation Biosensing platform (OMBi), highlighting its progression from concept to commercialization. He also introduced a novel technology recently developed in our laboratory, the Chopped Optical Biosensing (COB), as part of our ongoing efforts toward point-of-care (POC) diagnostic applications.
Congratulations to our Ph.D. student, Shmuel Burg, for the publication of his paper at "Talanta". This is his 5th paper, which has been published in the framework of his Ph.D studies, and the 3rd time as the first author.
We would also like to extend special thanks to our M.Sc. alumni, Yossi Teubul and Reut Askenazy; our lab managers, Dr. Linoy Golani-Zaidie and Dr. Meir Cohen; and our Ph.D. student, Sophie Terenteva, for their valuable contributions and support.
The paper, entitled 'Chopped optical biosensing enables temporal background subtraction for high-sensitivity fluorescence immunoassays', can be found in the Publications section, and at DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2026.129666
The 11th conference of the Federation of the Israeli Societies of Experimental Biology (FISEB/ILANIT) was held from February 23 to 26 in Eilat. The triennial conference brings together researchers from across Israel to present and discuss recent advances in the life sciences.
Members of the Optical Imaging and Biosensing Laboratory, led by Prof. Amos Danielli, presented three posters highlighting the laboratory’s ongoing research. The work was presented by Dr. Linoy Golani-Zaidie (Lab Manager), Sophie Terenteva (Ph.D. student), and Tom Rotman (M.Sc. student).
In addition, Prof. Amos Danielli, the laboratory’s principal investigator, served as co-chair of the Chemical and Biological Sensing session at the conference.
Prof. Danielli specializes in Electro-optics and Bio-photonics. After completing his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in the field of optical communication at Tel Aviv University, he worked in industry for eight years and then return to the Academy. During his studies for P.hD, he developed a new technology to rapidly detect fluorescent-labeled probes at very low concentrations in homogenous solutions and continued developing it during his post-doctoral studies in Washington University, St. Louis.
In 2014, he has returned to Israel and joined the faculty of Engineering at Bar Ilan University.
During his stay in the US, he founded a company that commercializes this technology, and established connections with key figures in the fields of medical laboratory and diagnostics, and especially among troponin and heart attack specialists.
We are always happy to hear from postdocs and students at all levels (BSc., MSc. and PhD.) with various backgrounds (mathematics, engineering, physics, biology) who are interested by the kind of research we are doing. send an email to Amos.danielli2@gmail.com
