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News and announcements relevant to the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials have been grouped into four categories:

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  • Colloquia
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  • Other events of interest to staff or students

Below you see the news of at least the past 365 days. Newsitems older than that are displayed in our News Archive.

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Jan Anton Koster new Director of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering22 October 2024
Wouter Roos and colleagues are awarded a M€7 COFUND programme04 October 2024
In Memoriam Wim Nieuwpoort (1931-2024)09 September 2024
ERC Starting Grant for Gosia Wlodarczyk-Biegun05 September 2024
NWO M-2 grant for energy-efficient computer hardware30 July 2024
DHDRN symposium 202411 July 2024
First Partner Meeting of EU project TINKER28 June 2024
Vlieland 2024 recap - "Bert de Boer Poster Prize" for Luc Assink14 June 2024
NWO M-2 grant for Loredana Protesescu16 May 2024
Nine MSCA Doctoral Network grants for FSE researchers - including professors Loi and Noheda23 April 2024
Van Leeuwenhoek Award for antibiotics research23 April 2024
The dance of DNAJB6b at atomistic resolution22 April 2024
Gravitation grant on plant mechanical properties for better crops25 March 2024
Gravitation grant for electrochemical processes large-scale energy transition25 March 2024
NWO M-1 grant for Wouter Roos20 March 2024
Seven new members for the Young Academy Groningen - including Dina Maniar08 March 2024
NWO funding for improved image sensors06 March 2024
Marleen Kamperman joins Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities23 February 2024
Molecular motor induced disassembly of polymers visualised for the first time23 February 2024
Project for Greener Steel launched14 February 2024
Darting around with a tiny brain12 February 2024
UG contributes to circular Dutch solar panels09 February 2024
Remco Havenith receives an NWO M2 grant10 January 2024
Erika Covi joins our team as assistant professor Cognitive Devices09 January 2024
Advent calendar - December 24th - Zernike Institute Papers of the Year 202324 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 23rd - Ilaria Squillante23 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 22nd - Evgenii Barts22 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 21st - Gianni Pacella21 December 2023
DFG grant for Elisabetta Chicca20 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 20th - Tim Faber20 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 19th - Vesna Erić19 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 18th - Hans de Vries18 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 17th - Karma Tenzin17 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 16th - Luan Moreira Grilo16 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 15th - Henriët van Mil15 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 14th - Karin Woudstra14 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 13th - Jan Peter Birkner13 December 2023
Prof. Katja Loos secures more than EUR 6 million funding for creating sustainable plastic13 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 12th - Job van Rijn12 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 11th - Matteo Pitaro11 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 10th - Ursula Schmidt10 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 9th - Ewout van der Veer09 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 8th - Abinaya Arunachalam08 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 7th - Suhas Mutalik07 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 6th - Alessia Lasorsa06 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 5th - Ceri Richards05 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 4th - Sundar Krishnaswamy04 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 3rd - Melina Vavali03 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 2nd - Vasista Adupa02 December 2023
Advent calendar - December 1st - Linda Balkema01 December 2023
Sourav Maity receives NWO XS grant for research on membrane-active antibiotics28 November 2023
Materials scientist finds clue to treat deadly hereditary illness23 November 2023
Talieh Ghiasi wins Minerva Prize 202310 November 2023
ERC Synergy Grant for Elisabetta Chicca - SWIMS project: Transforming IoT Sensory Systems for a Sustainable Future26 October 2023
Moniek Tromp appointed Captain of Science of the Top Sector Chemistry13 October 2023
These paintings show the future of optoelectronics10 October 2023
Funding from Erasmus+ Program for learning and teaching project03 October 2023
Optical Tweezers show the dynamics of histone-DNA interactions22 September 2023
A self-powered sensor made from plants at the University Campus12 September 2023
Roberto Lo Conte joins our team as assistant professor Quantum Materials23 August 2023
Veni grant for Samer Kurdi09 August 2023
NWO XS grant for Onck24 July 2023
New target for antibiotics promises treatment for resistant superbugs11 July 2023
Open Competition Science-M grant for Andrea Giuntoli10 July 2023
PAR Foundation grant for Dr. Adela Melcrova05 July 2023
Zernike Institute involved in successful applications in the third round of the National Growth Fund04 July 2023
Best UG Engineering Thesis 2022 for Chongnan Ye03 July 2023
The Young Academy Groningen welcomes seven new members among which Antonija Grubisic-Cabo27 June 2023
Laura Boetje wins Rudy Rabbinge Award for the best poster at the annual meeting of the Carbohydrate Competence Center01 June 2023
Scientists find first evidence for new superconducting state in Ising superconductor24 May 2023
Open Competition Science-M grant for Jagoda Slawinska16 May 2023
Royal Decoration for Katja Loos26 April 2023
Prof. Shirin Faraji became the chair of the KNCV-CTC devision25 April 2023
Outstanding performance of organic solar cell using tin oxide24 April 2023
Poster awards for Mónica Espinoza Cangahuala & David Picconi at KNCV CTC Spring Symposium 202319 April 2023
Professor Loi receives Hestia funding18 April 2023
Gosia Wlodarczyk-Biegun joins our team as assistant professor Biomaterials and Bioengineering18 April 2023
Modelling superfast processes in organic solar cell material15 March 2023
Complex oxides could power the computers of the future07 March 2023
Vici grant for Marleen Kamperman23 February 2023
The secrets of polydopamine coatings revealed16 February 2023
Impact Award for Spin Memristor work of Tamalika Banerjee and her team10 February 2023
Moniek Tromp in NPO1 radio program Vroeg! on women in academia10 February 2023
Gilardoni wins the Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa thesis prize 202220 January 2023
In search of the coveted safer, better, longer-lasting battery: BatteryNL kicks off16 January 2023
Advent calendar - December 24th - Zernike Institute Papers of the Year 202224 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 24th - Sebastian Stäter24 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 23rd - Anja Onstwedder23 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 22nd - Jasper van der Velde22 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 21st - Maurice Dekker21 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 20th - Raffaella Parlato20 December 2022
Professor Caspar van der Wal receives grant within National Growth Fund program Quantum Technology20 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 19th - Winfried de Haas19 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 18th - Jaap Aikema18 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 17th - Kristin Becker17 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 16th - Siebe van der Veer16 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 15th - Xuwen Yang15 December 2022
Wearable electronics from starch to prevent e-waste15 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 14th - Gabor Ersek14 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 13th - Klaas Bijlsma13 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 12th - Eleni Thomou12 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 11th - Dominic Gerlach11 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 10th - Jeannette de Boer10 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 9th - Peter Dijkstra09 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 8th - Nicoletta Risi08 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 7th - Chris van Ewijk07 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 6th - David Picconi06 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 5th- Anouk Goossens05 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 4th- Hoang Long Nguyen04 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 3rd - Jennifer Hong03 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 2nd- Jacob Baas02 December 2022
Advent calendar - December 1st - Eelco Tekelenburg01 December 2022
Katja Loos wins NWO Team Science Award with HyBRit research group28 November 2022
ERC Starting Grant awarded to Marcos Guimaraes22 November 2022
NWO XS grant for Andrea Giuntoli18 November 2022
Wouter Roos partner in EIC Pathfinder project07 November 2022
Light-driven molecular motors light up04 November 2022
Maria Antonietta Loi and Jan Anton Koster partners in Horizon Europe consortia03 November 2022
Maria Antonietta Loi elected member of the European Academy of Sciences01 November 2022
Quantum dots form ordered material31 October 2022
Recyclable plastics for a sustainable future17 October 2022
Moniek Tromp new scientific director of the Zernike Institute14 October 2022
Caspar van der Wal hands over directorship14 October 2022
Start-up Bioprex Medical makes medical implants safer12 October 2022
Jennifer Hong wins poster prize at NWO CHAINS23 September 2022
Giant magnon spin wave conductance in ultrathin insulators surprises researchers22 September 2022
1st Zernike Institute PhD colloquium symposium16 September 2022
A fresh look at metals reveals a ‘strange’ similarity06 September 2022
Wouter Roos and Rifka Vlijm partner in consortium receiving an NWO XL grant18 August 2022
Bauer, Guimaraes, and van Wees partner in consortium receiving an NWO XL grant27 July 2022
Rubicon grant for Carmem Maia Gilardoni25 July 2022
NWO XS grant for Wouter Roos25 July 2022
Magnetoelectric crankshaft - highlight publication from Mostovoy & collaborators14 July 2022
Open Competition Science-M grant for Rifka Vlijm06 July 2022
George Palasantzas receives funding from NWO Open Technology Programme05 July 2022
University of Groningen joins ARCNL partnership23 June 2022
Patrick van der Wel takes over national Twitter account @NL_Wetenschap! between 20-24 June17 June 2022
"Bert de Boer Poster Prize" for Chris van Ewijk14 June 2022
Moniek Tromp guest at In Science Podcast10 June 2022
Recent publication of the Faraji group selected as 2022 hot PCCP article02 June 2022
Marcos Guimaraes receives 2D Materials: 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award14 May 2022
KNAW appoints Maria Antonietta Loi as member12 May 2022
Dr. Georgian Nedelcu joins Zernike Office as Funding Officer03 May 2022
21.5 million Euro for gravity program QuMAT: Materials for the Quantum Age02 May 2022
ERC Advanced Grants for Maria Antonietta Loi and Bart van Wees26 April 2022
KHMW "For Women in Science" honorable mention for Dr. Carmem Maia Gilardoni22 April 2022
Molecular Biophysics PhD student Pedro Buzón receives Rubicon grant21 April 2022
Four FSE researchers, including Zernike Institute post-doc Adéla Melcrova, receive NWO XS grant21 April 2022
Article on "Fullerene derivatives with oligoethylebe-glycol side chains" included in Journal of Materials Chemistry C collection of 50 most popular papers 202120 April 2022
Antonija Grubišić-Čabo joins our team as assistant professor14 March 2022
Prof. Jasper Knoester Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion03 March 2022
Katja Loos elected President of the European Polymer Federation28 February 2022
High Speed AFM reveals membrane transporter dynamics04 February 2022
Dina Maniar joins our team as Assistant Professor with an education profile on Polymer-based composite materials17 January 2022
Shirin Faraji chair of the chemistry board of the Lorentz Center14 January 2022
Advent calendar - December 24th - Zernike Institute Papers of the Year 202124 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 23rd - Elisa Palacino González23 December 2021
DESY scientist Sadia Bari becomes professor at the University of Groningen22 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 22nd - Mart Salverda22 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 21st - Marten Koopmans21 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 20st - Johan Holstein20 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 19th - Federico di Sacco19 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 18th - Carolina Ibarra Barreno18 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 17th - Jianwu Sun17 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 16th - Thomas Burgers16 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 15th - Dr. Cynthia Quinteros15 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 14th - Nong Hoang14 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 13th - The basis for everything: Education13 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 12th - Kushagra Gahlot12 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 11th - Dr. Maryam Bozorg11 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 10th - Sytze de Graaf10 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 9th - Koen Houtsma09 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 8th - Dr. Peter Bramwell08 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 7th - Pushpa07 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 6th - Henry de Vries06 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 5th - Herman Duim05 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 4th - Dr. Kiana Moghaddam04 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 3rd - Dr. Lyes Khacef03 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 2nd - Dr. Adéla Melcrová02 December 2021
Advent calendar - December 1st - Foppe de Haan01 December 2021
Lyes Khacef has received the first thesis prize from the STIC doctoral school d'Université Côte d’Azur!01 December 2021
Jan Rieck Receives an APL Materials Excellence in Research Award!24 November 2021
Open Technology Programme Grant for Wouter Roos and Ben Feringa23 November 2021
Contact formation at the nanoscale: How do viral proteins reach out to start self-assembly?09 November 2021
Loredana Protesescu elected to the Early Career Board of Nano Letters25 October 2021
The secret of ultralight but stiff sandwich nanotubes25 October 2021
Annemarie Maan wins KNCV Spotlight Prize15 October 2021
Biomembrane to clear up oil spills wins KIJK People’s Choice Award06 October 2021
Marcos Guimaraes wins IOP Materials Emerging Leaders Twitter poster competition05 October 2021
New assistant professor in our team - Andrea Giuntoli28 September 2021
Prof. Noheda and Prof. Kooi received NWO Open grant31 August 2021
Tamalika Banerjee in Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde (NTvN)11 August 2021
Tamalika Banerjee Nanoscience teacher of the year 2020-202106 July 2021
How an unfolding protein can induce programmed cell death06 July 2021
Petra Rudolf elected member of Academia Europaea21 June 2021
University of Groningen scientists design superfast molecular motor17 June 2021
Top Master Nanoscience student Rebecca Rodrigues de Miranda nominated for GUF 100 award27 May 2021
New material could create ‘neurons’ and ‘synapses’ for new computers18 May 2021
Towards 2D memory technology by magnetic graphene06 May 2021
Stöhr group provides overview on transfer of 2D materials and electronic properties of graphene nanoribbons in two reviews20 April 2021