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
- General Meeting CreteOn May 27 and 28, 2026, LBMI at FORTH-IESL on Crete welcomed the CoDaFlight consortium for our 2026 General Meeting. With the project entering its final months, partners came together to review the progress achieved across both technology development and application-focused activities. The discussions highlighted the consortium’s contribution to advancing fluorescence lifetime imaging technologies and …
- CoDaFlight at EMIM 2026At EMIM 2026 in Ljubljana, CoDaFlight member Catarina S. Lobo presented how Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLI) enables real-time, multiplexed tumor delineation by separating spectrally overlapping tracers based on lifetime.These in vivo results show how FLI improves specificity relative to intensity-based imaging and highlight its potential for real-time, fluorescence-guided differentiation of tissue structures and their relevance to surgical guidance.
- CoDaFlight at SPIE BiOS San FranciscoJanuary traditionally means SPIE BiOS in San Francisco, and this year CoDaFlight was strongly represented. With Sophie Hernot, Catarina S. Lobo, Thomas Van den Dries, and Hans Ingelberts on site, the team contributed with two invited talks and two posters, highlighting advances in fluorescence-lifetime imaging for surgical guidance.Momentum in the field was clear with the first-ever dedicated …
- Data Analysis Workshop BrusselsMeeting in person to work on the CoDaFlight project always makes a difference. In late 2025, we came together for the WP3 Data Analysis workshop, where focused discussions helped advance our understanding of the image analysis workflow and guide the further development of the software’s functionality. Beyond the technical progress, these in-person exchanges once again …
- European Researchers’ Night HeraklionThe European Researchers’ Night in Heraklion was crowned with success, bringing science closer to society. At the event, CoDaFlight was presented through an interactive demo by LBMI at FORTH-IESL. In the “Underwater world” activity, only the toy fish carrying a fluorescent marker became visible under a special lamp, while the others remained hidden. This simple …
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