We're excited! The ISAAC Mobile Lab is heading to the USA this Easter, collecting data from Peruvian and Chinese paintings as part of the AHRC funded From Lima to Canton & Beyond research project. NTU Research Arts and Humanities Research Council Cillian Ryan PVCI bit.ly/3Gaz3ob

New fully funded PhD studentship linked to the ISAAC Lab now open for applications! "Art, soft matter and SANS: Combining Optical Coherence Tomography and Scattering Methods for Art Conservation Applications" bit.ly/3Me8bHW

ISAAC Mobile Lab Arts and Humanities Research Council 'Lima to Canton' #HeritageResearch trip 🇺🇸 Stop 1: IU Lilly Library, University of Indiana Mission: Raman, FORS and microscopy analysis of Chinese export paintings of Peruvian subjects Read more: bit.ly/3Gaz3ob NTU Research Cillian Ryan PVCI

Our #molab summer visit to La Sala delle Asse in Milan, analysing original Leonardo da Vinci wall paintings, will be presented today at #Technart2023 by our The Royal Society Exchange Project collaborators CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Read our 2022 Summer Road Trip diary: bit.ly/3NWQ8qA

Congratulations to our PhD student Amelia for a successful oral presentation *and* poster presentation at #Technart2023 this week. What a 🌟 NTU Research; CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche ; #phdlife; #academictwitter; #HeritageScience

📢A new Library of Congress blog post discusses the curatorial and preservation perspective of our recent #molab visit as part of the International Arts and Humanities Research Council and National Endowment for the Humanities funded Lima to Canton #heritageresearch project. Read more 👇 blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2… NTU Research Cillian Ryan PVCI

We're in Munich for the #O3A conference Optics for Art, Architecture, and Archaeology! Well done to PhD students Jake and Amelia for their fantastic presentations 👏

It's been a busy summer! ISAAC #molab has visited nasjonalmuseet in Oslo to investigate acrylic varnish removal on paintings & analysed enamels British Museum. We're now in Greece partnering with ΕΙΕ / NHRF to conduct non-invasive imaging & analysis on several archaeological sites😍

Check out our latest publication "Simultaneous measurement of refractive index and dispersion using optical coherence tomography for restoration of transparent works of art" published online in The European Physical Journal Plus: rdcu.be/dmING

The ISAAC Lab is Synchrotron SOLEIL in Paris this week, conducting x-ray experiments on the PUMA beamline to define safe parameters for instrumental analysis of murals, easel paintings and other cultural heritage materials. bit.ly/3IMqAIL NTU Research Cillian Ryan PVCI

It's #WorldHeritageDay 🏰 By developing innovative ways to reveal, record and restore cultural heritage sites, artefacts and artworks, our researchers are changing how we see our past and preserving it for the future. Find out more 👉 buff.ly/3IIcyrO #ResearchReimagined

Want to know how standoff LIBS, spectral imaging and Raman spectroscopy can be used remotely in combination to tackle wall painting conservation questions from the ground at distances of 10 m? Read our new paper to find out! 👉bit.ly/3YTNjdF ACS Analytical Chemistry Journals; NTU Research