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Peering inside the biological nano-universe: Barbora Špačková on unveiling individual molecules moving in real time

09 Aug 2024 Laura Hiscott

Barbora Špačková, who is setting up a new single-molecule optics lab in Prague, talks to Laura Hiscott about moving from theoretical to experimental physics, developing a technique for seeing the invisible, and the joy of refining her technology for real-world applications

Barbora Špačková
Embracing the challenge Having recently received funding to set up the Dioscuri Centre for Single-Molecule Optics at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Barbora Špačková is now looking forward becoming a team leader for the first time. (Courtesy: Aykut Argun)
On 10 April 2019, physicist Barbora Špačková was peering through an optical microscope in her la

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Laura Hiscott is a freelance science journalist
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