Hamed Abbasi, researcher at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, develops photonics-based technologies for oncological surgery, with a focus on fluorescence-guided approaches that provide surgeons with real-time tumor visualization.

Through the France-BioImaging Access Fund, he visited the PRIMACEN cell imaging platform in Normandy to perform near-infrared fluorescence lifetime imaging. Despite the technical challenges of working in this spectral range, the collaboration enabled him to generate robust proof-of-principle data.

These results were key to securing a Health~Holland grant to develop an advanced intraoperative fluorescence lifetime system, in partnership with industry. Hamed emphasizes both the cutting-edge infrastructure and the warm, supportive expertise of the PRIMACEN team, which made the collaboration scientifically decisive and personally enriching.

Hamed Abbasi, researcher