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OrganoidNL 2023: A successful showcase of organoid research in the Netherlands
On March 31st, 2023, the first OrganoidNL Symposium was organized at the AMOLF institute in Amsterdam. This one-day event brought together researchers from across the Netherlands with an interest in…
AMOLF wins NNV Diversity Award 2022
At the annual NWO Physics conference in Veldhoven, AMOLF has been awarded with the NNV Diversity Award. The NNV Diversity prize is awarded every two years by the Netherlands Physical…
With honor PhD defense Jesse Slim
Left: Jesse Slim / Right: Ewold Verhagen (promotor) PhD student Jesse Slim received the qualification with honor (cum laude) for his PhD defense at Eindhoven University…
SolarNL: major consortium proposes large scale production of solar panels in the Netherlands
SolarNL is a national research, innovation and industrial investment program to bring back and stimulate photovoltaics manufacturing to the Netherlands/Europe. It has been submitted as a proposal for the National…
PhD student Fotios Avgidis wins award
Fotios Avgidis (middle) with the award At the BLAST XVII conference 2023, AMOLF PhD student Fotios Avgidis has won the Howard C. Berg award for outstanding…
ERC Consolidator grant for Ewold Verhagen
Ewold Verhagen in the Photonic Forces lab AMOLF group leader Ewold Verhagen (Photonic Forces group) received an ERC Consolidator grant from the European Research Council (ERC).…
Mathematics at the speed of light
A tailored silicon nanopattern coupled to a semitransparent gold mirror can solve a complex mathematic equation with light. Image credit: Ella Maru studio. Researchers at AMOLF,…
Kristina Ganzinger member of De Jonge Akademie
Credits: Lukas Helmbrecht The KNAW has selected ten new members for ‘De Jonge Akademie’, one of which is AMOLF group leader Kristina Ganzinger (Physics of Cellular…