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Jacobus and Maxim present at NWO Physics


Maxim Brodmerkel and Jacobus Dijkman gave talks during one of NWO Physics parallel sessions on Statistical Physics & Soft condensed matter, Maxim presented about AI4Food: Machine Learning-driven coarse-grain simulations of complex food protein mixtures, while Jacobus shared his work on Learning Neural Free-Energy Functionals with Pair-Correlation Matching. Congratulations to both!

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Massimiliano’s paper on the cover of JCP


Massimiliano Paesani’s first paper with Dr Ioana Ilie has been published in the Journal of Chemical Physics, featured on the cover of the issue, and selected for Scilight. Their research introduces MetaParticle — an adaptable, tunable model for nanoparticles. By exploring different sizes and topologies, they demonstrated a highly flexible system that opens up exciting […]

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NWO XL funding for Jocelyne Vreede to develop light-controlled molecular machines


Dr Jocelyne Vreede has just been awarded funding from the Dutch Research Council NWO to take the next steps in developing light-controlled molecular machines. The team, including Nobel Laureate Prof. Ben Feringa, aims to demonstrate the first light-controlled artificial muscles and conveyor belts. Led by Dr Iddo Heller at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the team has […]

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ChemAI poster prize for Eline


Eline Kempkes, PhD in the group of Alberto Pérez de Alba Ortíz, won the 3rd-place poster prize during the ChemAI conference. She presented her work on: “Predicting ion-responsive mechanical properties of biopolymers: A Bayesian Approach”. Congrats, Eline!

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