{"id":35469,"date":"2026-04-21T11:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/yue-xu-ziskala-2-misto-ve-spin-off-academy-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:16:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:16:25","slug":"yue-xu-took-2nd-place-in-the-spin-off-academy-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/yue-xu-took-2nd-place-in-the-spin-off-academy-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Yue Xu took 2nd place in the Spin-off Academy 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35469\" class=\"elementor elementor-35469 elementor-35456\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68d3be8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"68d3be8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d35b88c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d35b88c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From March 23 to 27, 2026, the first edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loremipsumacademy.cz\/en\/spin-off-academy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spin-off Academy<\/a> program took place at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciirc.cvut.cz\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics, and Cybernetics (CIIRC) at the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU)<\/a>. The program focused on developing scientific projects toward their practical application. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/z\/yue-xu\/\">Yue Xu<\/a> from Marek Piliarik\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/research\/nano-optics\/\">Nano Optics<\/a> research team placed second in the final evaluation with the project <em>BioCAT: Label-free super-resolution microscopy for real-time imaging &amp; biosensing<\/em>, which focuses on advanced imaging and sensing without the need for sample labeling. Sixteen projects from various scientific fields were selected for the program. The event concluded with presentations to a panel of experts as part of \u201cDemo Day.\u201d<\/p><p>Yue Xu\u2019s success demonstrates the potential of the research conducted at the Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, as well as its potential for further practical applications. Congratulations on this achievement, and we wish you every success in the project\u2019s continued development!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a8cbb5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1a8cbb5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fa06bc dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9fa06bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1774640594629.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35460\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1774640594629.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1774640594629-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1774640594629-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43756c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43756c5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89d35a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89d35a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>About Spin-off Academy<\/strong><\/p><p>The Spin-off Academy is an intensive five-day program designed for researchers who want to develop the commercial potential of their projects. During the program, participants work on market validation, formulating a value proposition, and preparing their projects for further development, with the support of mentors from the fields of business and technology transfer. The event is organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loremipsumacademy.cz\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lorem Ipsum Academy<\/a> (Technologick\u00e1 gramotnost s.r.o.).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0ce188 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0ce188\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e868a5a dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e868a5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/2ERgRHpPVvA?si=YVulpLFY2Qjbqdtx&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bf874a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7bf874a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf54ddc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf54ddc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Photo, video: Lorem Ipsum Academy<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postdoctoral fellow Yue Xu won second place in the Spin-off Academy educational program with her BioCAT project, which focuses on advanced imaging and biosensing methods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":35458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}