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Ilaria Testa is a Professor in Applied Physics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, affiliated with SciLifeLab and the Division of Biophysics. Her research focuses on interface physics, chemistry, and neuroscience, investigating the complex principles underlying protein-protein interaction dynamics in cells and tissues. She is particularly fascinated by the transient nature of fundamental biological processes, such as synaptic transmission, which is enabled by molecules that move rapidly within intricate synaptic environments. Testa's studies are supported by the development of new technologies and a team that builds advanced microscopes capable of recording images of diverse proteins on a nanoscale dynamically. Her work includes light patterning and sample-adaptive acquisition imaging schemes based on photo-switching probes that enhance biological imaging beyond static snapshots to dynamic movies. She demonstrates event-triggered microscopy to capture elusive cellular events at high resolution and utilizes the STARSS approach to measure the rotational dynamics of cellular complexes, thereby detecting molecular assemblies.
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