The tools for exceeding the classical limits and accessing new information are the same: quantum coherence and correlations. Coherent quantum systems enable interferometric measurements at the nanoscale, while quantum correlations permit exquisite control over multiple interactions by changing the probabilities.
Up to this point, we have imposed a sort of hierarchy looking at organisms, tissue, cells, and molecules, and we have probed subsystems within this hierarchy…but again and again, we are surprised when these subsystems couple in important, unforeseen ways. Correlative probes using quantum light and electrons provide a new paradigm where these observations of coupling and correlation are natural and easily observed because biology is not constrained by the particular hierarchy that we must impose to break the system down into chemical or biological subunits.
Biology and quantum science are convergent fields. NSF QuBBE will dramatically accelerate this convergence by driving use-inspired development of quantum sensing modalities and novel correlative imaging approaches. Fundamental basics science in both biology and quantum will work in tandem to create transferrable technology platforms for novel biological measurements. NSF QuBBE will further develop the next generation of scientists and workers familiar with this technology, inspire young students to pursue STEM education, and foster an understanding of quantum science in the next generation.
Peter Maurer is presenting a talk on the NSF QuBBE QLCI at PQE 2022 in Snowbird, Utah.
Welcome to Toptica Photonics! Toptica is joining QuBBE as a new Industrial Affilliate, and we look forward to partnering with them on workforce development, quantum photonics, and biosensing.
Our inaugural NSF QuBBE seminar speaker, Adam Cohen, presented his work on mapping and controlling neural systems.
KickOff Meeting! Our first kickoff meeting with all PIs surveys the array of science across the QLCI and created new connecitons for collaboration and convergence. We had hoped to be in person for this, but COVID forced us to go virtual.
Congratulations to Nikita Onizhuk in Giulia Galli's group on receiving one of Google's PhD Fellowships in Quantum Computing. Nikita's work focuses on how properties of novel spin defects in materials can be used as quantum substrates.
The NSF QuBBE QLCI has officially launched! Here is the NSF announcement. and here is an article from UChicago News on NSF QuBBE