News / Site history

7.10.2007 I've accepted an assistant professor position in the Deptartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCSB, starting in November 2007.

6.7.2007 First distribution of SPLRADON.

20.10.2006 Our paper covering techniques on how to image and analyze the development of the beating embryonic zebrafish heart is now available on the Developmental Dynamics website. Again, make sure you don't miss the movies!

8.5.2006 This week's edition of Science features our article on the embryonic vertebrate heart tube's suction mechanism. Make sure you don't miss the movies (subscription required).
Here are a few articles covering the story:
  "Little Sucker," a short ScienceNOW article on the Science website (no subscription required).
  "Aerospace Engineers and Biologists Solve Long-Standing Heart Development Mystery," Caltech press release, May 4, 2006.
  "How the Heart Gets Started," New York Times, May 9, 2006.
  "Insight Into Heart's Development," Washington Post, Monday, May 22, 2006, p. A06.
  "The Heart is a Suction Pumper," Engineering and Science, Vol LXIX, No. 2, 2006, pp. 2-3.   "Fast Confocal Technique Explores Heart's Pumping Mechanism In Vivo," Photonics Showcase, July 2006, pp. 13-14.

23.4.2006 Got a new home address.

2.2.2006 Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, CA

General Sherman in Sequoia National Park, CA.

10.10.2005 Checked links. Updated pictures and papers. First draft of an ImarisXT-Matlab reminder.

02.07.2005 INSERM Workshop in La Londe-les-Maures, France.

06.06.2005 Frontiers in Bio-Imaging meeting, Basel, Switzerland.

23.05.2005 Back to blue background.
Mandos break surfspot.

06.05.2005 Added preprint on 4D cardiac imaging using a fast microscope.

17.01.2005 BiOS preprint is available.
Dolphins on our way back from the Channel Islands, off Ventura.

+ Grey whale movie... :-), Big Sur.

30.10.2004 Yet another panoramic photo: Los Angeles from atop Mount Lee, in the Hollywood Hills.

31.08.2004 Slides of my presentation at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the SSBE in Zurich are available. Had a nice flight over Lake Léman...

27.07.2004 Our digital holography autofocus paper has been accepted. Check out a preprint.

15.07.2004 Fixed a bug that would prevent the homepage from being viewed correctly on some computers.

01.06.2004 Some minor changes. Below is where I work now. Click to enlarge!

01.05.2004 Just started a postdoc at the Caltech Biological Imaging Center.

Older 'news' may be found on my former web site at EPFL