IRTG Days 2025

22 May 2025, 09:00 → 23 May 2025, 16:20 Europe/Bucharest

IFIN-HH / ELI-NP Training Center

Dragana Dreghici (Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP))

Nuclear photonics explores the interaction between high-energy photons and nuclear matter, focusing on photon-induced phenomena at the nuclear-physics energy scale. Driven by recent advancements in high-power laser technology, it is emerging as a dynamic, interdisciplinary field. Key areas include the generation of intense particle beams using lasers, fundamental nuclear physics research through photonuclear reactions, and the development of innovative techniques for practical applications.

We are pleased to invite you to the second IRTG Days, which will take place from 22 to 23 May 2025 at ELI-NP, Romania.

This workshop promotes the exchange and development of shared research interests, enabling early-career researchers to expand their academic networks and lay the groundwork for future collaborations. Participants can also present their work and receive valuable feedback in an informal and supportive environment.

Thursday 22 May

09:00 → 09:20 Registration & Event Introduction

Speaker: Dragana Dreghici (Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP))

09:20 → 10:00 Impact of High Proton Dose Rates on B16 Melanoma Cells: Insights into Radiobiological Response

Speaker: Andreea Ionescu (Baican) (Department of Electricity, Solid Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, Măgurele, Romania)

10:00 → 10:40 Biological effects induced by ionizing radiations in endothelial cells from blood-brain barrier

Speaker: Roberta Stoica (Department of Anatomy, Animal Physiology, and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.)

10:40 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 11:40 On the improvement of Pt-based chemotherapeutics: DNA and beyond

Speaker: Cezara Zăgrean-Tuza (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca.)

11:50 → 12:30 Photons in the Spotlight: A Case-Based Survey of the Impact of Radiation in Medicine

Speaker: Vlad Răzniceanu (Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.)

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 → 14:00 Tailoring nanostructured targets for enhanced high power laser-solid interaction

Speaker: Stefania Ionescu (ELI-NP)

14:00 → 14:30 Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence on 106Pd

Speaker: Teodora Sebe (ARNPhot, National University Of Science And Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.)

14:30 → 15:00 Coffee Break

15:00 → 16:00 Speed Networking

Friday 23 May

09:00 → 09:20 Tumor-on-chip assays for evaluation of irradiation effects on cancer cells

Speaker: Alexandra Bran (Center for Advanced Laser Technologies (CETAL), National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR), Magurele, Romania.)

09:20 → 09:40 Study and development of interferometry techniques for coherent combination of ultrashort laser pulses

Speaker: Cecilia Oanca (Center for Advanced Laser Technologies (CETAL), National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR), Magurele, Romania.)

09:40 → 10:00 Variable magnetic field generation: toward high-power laser-matter interactions

Speaker: Ana-Maria Tiuleanu (Center for Advanced Laser Technologies (CETAL), National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR), Magurele, Romania.)

10:00 → 10:20 From copper to optical fiber, a network architectural refresh for high-power laser laboratories: CETAL-PW case

Speaker: Alexandru Mihalcea (Center for Advanced Laser Technologies (CETAL), National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR), Magurele, Romania.)

10:20 → 10:40 ZnO nanowire layers for high-intensity laser-target interaction and particle acceleration

Speaker: Maria Bălan (Center for Advanced Laser Technologies (CETAL), National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR), Magurele, Romania.)

10:40 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 11:30 Investigating the Effects of Terahertz Radiation on Skin Tissue via a HaCaT/HFF-1 Co-Culture in vitro Spheroid Model

Speaker: Robin Bucur-Portase (Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.)

11:30 → 12:00 Metrology of Spatio-Temporal Couplings (STC) in Ultra-Intense Laser Pulses for Particle Acceleration

Speaker: Cristian Alexe (ARNPhot, National University Of Science And Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.)

12:00 → 12:20 Excitonic and polaritonic resonances in ZnO-based heterostructures

Speaker: Eliseia Petre (Center for Advanced Laser Technologies (CETAL), National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR), Magurele, Romania.)

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 → 15:00 ELI-NP facility visit

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 → 16:00 Closing Event