Project
The project CoDaFlight (Colouring the Dark in Fluorescence light) is the development of a next-generation imaging platform capable of revealing in real-time new and more accurate information related to a patient’s body and its diseases through an innovative time-domain fluorescence imaging (tdFLI) technology. The project started on October 1, 2022 and will run for a period of 4 years.
The project has received in 2022 funding from the HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN program under number ID 101047263 and is the under management of the EISMEA office of the European Innovation Office.

The Consortium responsible for executing the project is:
- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Germany; Prof. Frauke Alves, Dr. Christian Dullin, Dr. Andrea Markus, Dr. Stefan Lesemann and Dr. Catarina S. Lobo
- FORTH, Greece; Dr. Giannis Zacharakis, Dr. Mylonakis Mikis, Dr. Zacharopoulos Athanasios, Charampos Astrinakis and Manousaridou Eythymia
- Université of Bourgogne, France; Prof. Franck Denat, Prof. Anthony Romieu, Prof. Christine Goze
- Universitetet i Bergen, Norway; Prof. Emmet McCormack, Dr. Katrin Kleinmanns and Dr. Vibeke Fosse
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium; Prof. Maarten Kuijk (Project Coordinator) Dr. Hans Ingelberts, Prof. Sophie Hernot, Dr. Thomas Van den Dries, Dr. Thomas Lapauw, Jonathan Vrijsen and Wannes Nevens
News
- Science Night GottingenOn Saturday, June 21, 2025, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen hosted its 6th Nacht des Wissens (“Night of Science”), welcoming around 25,000 visitors to explore the city’s research landscape, including the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light,The University of Göttingen, and the University Medical Centre. Our team, Prof. Dr. Frauke Alves, Dr. Catarina Lobo, Dr. Andrea …
- General Meeting Bergen🤝Great energy, fresh ideas, and inspiring collaboration at last week’s CoDaFlight partner meeting in Bergen!We brought new concepts to the table, shared progress, and aligned on our next steps to advance the capabilities of time-domain fluorescence lifetime imaging (tdFLI). A big thank you to our amazing partners for the engagement and ideas: Université de Bourgogne, …
- Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging session at EMIM2025This week, the CoDaFlight project hosted a Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging session at the 20th European Molecular Imaging Meeting in Bilbao, Spain. The session highlighted the latest developments within the project and explored its broad range of applications.We extend our sincere thanks to Max Nobis (KU Leuven), Anand Kumar (Harvard Medical School – Mike Toth Research …
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- Project Session Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging at EMIM2025On the 11th of March 2025 we will organize a special session ”Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging” at EMIM2025 in Bilbao, Spain. The session aims to bring together international experts interested in Fluorescence and Lifetime Imaging. We are proud to have been able to engage speakers from the project, as well as some European and US-based leaders from the field.We are looking forward …
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- Interview Frauke AlvesProf. Dr. Frauke Alves is the head of the interdisciplinary “Translational Molecular Imaging” group, a research group located at the Universitätsmedizin Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences. As a physician in Internal Medicine, oncology, she focuses with her group on the development, optimization and preclinical evaluation of novel, e.g., nanoparticulate theranostics, by means of …
Contact
Rik van Heijningen, Business Development Manager
Rik.Van.Heijningen@vub.be