News
Papers, talks, projects and press coverage.
2026
Fun
Released: sesameseeds, a LaTeX package for people who read papers over a simit
Every page gets a reproducible scatter of sesame seeds and simit crumbs. Like coffee stains, but for Istanbul.
Talk
Upcoming talk at SPIE Photonics West 2027
Fatih Toy will present our latest polarization holography work in the Quantitative Phase Imaging XIII conference.
Lab
Mohammad Hussein accepted for a research internship at KAUST
After completing his MSc, Mohammad has been accepted for a research internship at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
Conference
Maha Sahloul’s poster at Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2026
We presented Maha Sahloul’s poster at FiO LS 2026, Optica’s annual meeting, in Rochester, New York.
Project
TÜBİTAK–NARD bilateral project on polarization holography concluded
Our project with colleagues in Moldova on polarization-sensitive holographic microscopy has come to an end.
Feature
Our AR microscopy paper is on the cover of Optics Continuum
Maha Sahloul’s paper on all-optical target highlighting was selected for the cover of Optics Continuum, Volume 5, Issue 8.
Lab
Mohammad Hussein defends his MSc thesis
Mohammad M. T. R. Hussein defended his MSc thesis on polarization-sensitive digital holographic microscopy with structured illumination.
Paper
All-optical target highlighting for AR microscopy out in Optics Continuum
Maha Sahloul’s paper, with Kaan Akşit of UCL, highlights selected objects in a microscope’s live view using precomputed phase masks on a spatial light modulator.
Paper
Label-free holotomography of brain myelin accepted in Scientific Reports
With the Kerman lab, we show that holotomography can image myelin in brain tissue without staining.
Paper
Dual-shot polarization DHM published in Biomedical Optics Express
Mohammad Hussein’s paper shows how to recover the full-field Jones matrix of a sample from just two holograms.
2025
Visit
Research visit to the Institute of Applied Physics in Chișinău
Fatih Toy spent a week in the partner lab in Moldova within our TÜBİTAK–NARD bilateral project.
Award
Mohammad Hussein wins third place in the FOTONİK 2025 poster award
Mohammad’s poster on phase bias equalization for polarization DHM won third place in the best poster competition at FOTONİK 2025.
Conference
Two posters at FOTONİK 2025
Mohammad Hussein and Maha Sahloul presented their work at FOTONİK 2025, the national optics and photonics workshop at Koç University.
Visit
Veronica Cazac from IAP Moldova visits the lab
Our partner from the Institute of Applied Physics in Chișinău spent a week working with us in Istanbul.
Project
TÜSEB support for an undergraduate project on a low-cost pathology slide scanner
Emirhan Pehlevan and Yunus Emre Özel won TÜSEB support for their project to develop a low-cost, easily accessible scanner for pathology tissue sections.
Meeting
PhoBioS COST Action meeting in Linares, Spain
We presented a poster at the management committee meeting of COST Action CA21159 PhoBioS at the University of Jaén.
Visit
Working visit to the Institute of Applied Physics in Chișinău
Fatih Toy spent a week at our partner institute in Moldova within the TÜBİTAK–NARD bilateral project.
2024
Visit
Elena Achimova and Vladimir Abaskin visit Medipol
Our partners from the Institute of Applied Physics in Chișinău spent two weeks with us in Istanbul.
Meeting
TÜBA GEBİP annual evaluation meeting in Erzurum
Fatih Toy attended the Turkish Academy of Sciences’ annual GEBİP evaluation meeting at Atatürk University.
2023
Meeting
TÜBA GEBİP annual evaluation meeting in Mersin
Fatih Toy attended the Turkish Academy of Sciences’ annual GEBİP evaluation meeting at Mersin University.
Award
Tuba Oğuz wins a poster award at FOTONİK 2023
Tuba Oğuz’s poster on holotomographic imaging of myelinated axons won a prize in the best poster competition at FOTONİK 2023.
Meeting
PhoBioS COST Action meeting in Gdańsk
Fatih Toy attended the management committee meeting of COST Action CA21159 PhoBioS in Gdańsk, Poland.
2022
Meeting
TÜBA GEBİP annual evaluation meeting
Fatih Toy attended the Turkish Academy of Sciences’ annual GEBİP evaluation meeting.
2019
Press
The World of 3D Cells Is Now Open for EPFL Students to Explore (English Content) ↗
Since spring 2019, EPFL’s students have had a gateway to a new world. That was when EPFL’s Discovery Learning Labs (DLL) acquired a 3D Cell Explorer, made by EPFL spin-off Nanolive, for educational purposes. This …
2018
Video
Webteknodan Hocamız M. Fatih Toy ile Holografik Mikroskoplar (Turkish Content) ↗
Tıpta yeni bir dönem başlatan holo-tomografik mikroskobun mucidi ve uzayda biyolojik görüntüleme için Avrupa Uzay Ajansı’nın kullandığı systemin kurucusu.
Press
Yenilikçi Mikroskoplar Kanseri Erken Evrede Teşhis Edecek (Turkish Content) ↗
İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi ‘Yenilikçi Mikroskop Teknolojileri Merkezi’nde geliştirilecek süper-çözünürlüklü ve 3 boyutlu mikroskoplar, erken evre kanserlerin teşhisine destek vermeyi amaçlıyor.
2017
Press
Dr. Toy, “Türkiye’nin 10 Başarılı Genç İnsanı” arasında gösterildi (Turkish Content) ↗
Dünyanın en eski ve en yaygın sivil toplum kuruluşlarından biri olan JCI - Junior Chamber International (Uluslararası Genç Liderler ve Girişimciler Derneği), Medipol’den Yrd. Doç. Dr. Fatih Toy’u Fen ve Teknik Gelişme …
Press
”Türkiye’de Bilim mi Var?” Diyenleri Şaşırtacak 10 Mühendislik Harikası ve Mühendisleri (Turkish Content) ↗
Uzaydaki yerçekimsiz ortam kas erimesine neden olmaktadır. Yer çekimsiz ortamda kas hücrelerini anlık görüntüleyen sistemler ile ilk defa kas erimesinin nedenleri Avrupa Uzay Ajansı tarafından araştırılıyor. Ve bizi …
2013
Press
Peering into Living Cells (English Content) ↗
Two young EPFL scientists have developed a device that can create 3D images of living cells and track their reaction to various stimuli without the use of contrast dyes or fluorophores.