Leiden Institute of Physics
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Foundational and curiosity-driven physics research and education
🎓 Leiden’s High-Tech Innovation master’s specialisation is a brand-new track, designed for students aiming to pursue a research-driven career in industry. HTI bridges the gap between cutting-edge science and market-ready solutions. edu.nl/3eaet @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 12:51 PM
🎓 Leiden’s High-Tech Innovation master’s specialisation is a brand-new track, designed for students aiming to pursue a research-driven career in industry. HTI bridges the gap between cutting-edge science and market-ready solutions. edu.nl/3eaet @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
🌟 Young Talent Award 2025 was awarded out to Leiden physics student Jelle Oonk. He won the prize for the best #bachelor's thesis for his research on #neutrinos. Well done, Jelle!
January 13, 2026 at 9:58 AM
🌟 Young Talent Award 2025 was awarded out to Leiden physics student Jelle Oonk. He won the prize for the best #bachelor's thesis for his research on #neutrinos. Well done, Jelle!
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Floppy lattices are exciting model systems, however, so far, we have been making them by optical tweezers. Our newest work by @yogeshshelke.bsky.social and with @danpearce.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com uses self-assembly through tuning of the kinetic pathways: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Self-assembly pathways towards floppy colloidal square lattices - Nature Communications
Rearrangements govern many properties of materials and molecules, but it has been largely unexplored how to create flexible structures from the bottom up. Here, the authors use colloidal particle...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Floppy lattices are exciting model systems, however, so far, we have been making them by optical tweezers. Our newest work by @yogeshshelke.bsky.social and with @danpearce.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com uses self-assembly through tuning of the kinetic pathways: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Componeren als een natuurkundige: ‘Muziek ervaren gaat veel verder dan taal’. Lees dit artikel op Mare online over het concert op 10 december in de Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden. edu.nl/em4bd
@unileiden.bsky.social #piano #quantum #music
@unileiden.bsky.social #piano #quantum #music
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Componeren als een natuurkundige: ‘Muziek ervaren gaat veel verder dan taal’. Lees dit artikel op Mare online over het concert op 10 december in de Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden. edu.nl/em4bd
@unileiden.bsky.social #piano #quantum #music
@unileiden.bsky.social #piano #quantum #music
Microscopy reinvented: peeking into living worlds by
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social. Tuesday Talk at our @leidenscience.bsky.social at 16.00 on December 9 2025. edu.nl/6uqnk @unileiden.bsky.social
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social. Tuesday Talk at our @leidenscience.bsky.social at 16.00 on December 9 2025. edu.nl/6uqnk @unileiden.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Microscopy reinvented: peeking into living worlds by
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social. Tuesday Talk at our @leidenscience.bsky.social at 16.00 on December 9 2025. edu.nl/6uqnk @unileiden.bsky.social
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social. Tuesday Talk at our @leidenscience.bsky.social at 16.00 on December 9 2025. edu.nl/6uqnk @unileiden.bsky.social
Componeren als een natuurkundige: ‘Muziek ervaren gaat veel verder dan taal’. Prachtig artikel over het concert van Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin, vandaag in de Mare! edu.nl/vg9dt @sensevdmolen.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Componeren als een natuurkundige: ‘Muziek ervaren gaat veel verder dan taal’. Prachtig artikel over het concert van Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin, vandaag in de Mare! edu.nl/vg9dt @sensevdmolen.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
🎉 NWO en Groeifonds-financiering voor onderzoek naar slimme chips die op licht reageren. De onderzoeksgroep van Michiel de Dood van de @unileiden.bsky.social ontwikkelt slimme chips die ze met licht kunnen instellen. Lees meer: edu.nl/c9jyv. @leidenscience.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🎉 NWO en Groeifonds-financiering voor onderzoek naar slimme chips die op licht reageren. De onderzoeksgroep van Michiel de Dood van de @unileiden.bsky.social ontwikkelt slimme chips die ze met licht kunnen instellen. Lees meer: edu.nl/c9jyv. @leidenscience.bsky.social
NWO Perspectief Funding awarded to project PURECOOL to develop the freezers of the future, with prof. Tjerk Oosterkamp of Leiden University. Read more: edu.nl/tcrrw @leidenscience.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
NWO Perspectief Funding awarded to project PURECOOL to develop the freezers of the future, with prof. Tjerk Oosterkamp of Leiden University. Read more: edu.nl/tcrrw @leidenscience.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
🎶🎹 Ontdek de #Quantum #Muziek van Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin op 10 December in de Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden. Een avond vol kunst en wetenschap: een lezing, een gedicht en een pianoconcert. Er zijn nog tickets — mis deze kans niet om erbij te zijn! tinyurl.com/2zr6hju6
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social
Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin - Pianoconcert Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin - Leidse Schouwburg - Stadsgehoorzaal
Een avond vol kunst & wetenschap - een pianoconcert door pianist, componist en schrijver Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🎶🎹 Ontdek de #Quantum #Muziek van Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin op 10 December in de Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden. Een avond vol kunst en wetenschap: een lezing, een gedicht en een pianoconcert. Er zijn nog tickets — mis deze kans niet om erbij te zijn! tinyurl.com/2zr6hju6
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social
Listening to the deep sea: NWO Roadmap funding for the highly successful #KM3NeT telescope! Leiden physicist Dorothea Samtleben: ‘This funding will enable us to finish our detector and address long-standing, crucial, and unresolved questions in particle physics'. @leidenscience.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Listening to the deep sea: NWO Roadmap funding for the highly successful #KM3NeT telescope! Leiden physicist Dorothea Samtleben: ‘This funding will enable us to finish our detector and address long-standing, crucial, and unresolved questions in particle physics'. @leidenscience.bsky.social
Quantum theatershow voor 1600 Amsterdamse basisschoolkinderen, mede ontwikkeld door Michiel Thijssen van #Quantum Delta Leiden. Hét educatieproject van Editie 14 #Amsterdam Lights Festival.
November 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Quantum theatershow voor 1600 Amsterdamse basisschoolkinderen, mede ontwikkeld door Michiel Thijssen van #Quantum Delta Leiden. Hét educatieproject van Editie 14 #Amsterdam Lights Festival.
🎉 NWO Vidi grant for Bas Hensen and Evert van Nieuwenburg! These two physicists will continue their research on🧲Levitated magnets with a twist and a spin: towards macroscopic quantum superpositions and 🎮Formal games for solving hard quantum control problems. @leidenscience.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🎉 NWO Vidi grant for Bas Hensen and Evert van Nieuwenburg! These two physicists will continue their research on🧲Levitated magnets with a twist and a spin: towards macroscopic quantum superpositions and 🎮Formal games for solving hard quantum control problems. @leidenscience.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher vacancy
Are you interested in research at the intersection of ML and quantum sciences? How about working with Anna Dawid at LIACS and the LeidenPhysics.bsky.social. Apply by November 17th! edu.nl/4uyhe @leidenscience.bsky.social
Are you interested in research at the intersection of ML and quantum sciences? How about working with Anna Dawid at LIACS and the LeidenPhysics.bsky.social. Apply by November 17th! edu.nl/4uyhe @leidenscience.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Postdoctoral researcher vacancy
Are you interested in research at the intersection of ML and quantum sciences? How about working with Anna Dawid at LIACS and the LeidenPhysics.bsky.social. Apply by November 17th! edu.nl/4uyhe @leidenscience.bsky.social
Are you interested in research at the intersection of ML and quantum sciences? How about working with Anna Dawid at LIACS and the LeidenPhysics.bsky.social. Apply by November 17th! edu.nl/4uyhe @leidenscience.bsky.social
🎹Pianist Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin brings music and science together in Leiden during this concert at the Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden on December 10, 2025! Learn more about the concert: edu.nl/gc7hk, get your tickets: edu.nl/tutnx
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🎹Pianist Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin brings music and science together in Leiden during this concert at the Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden on December 10, 2025! Learn more about the concert: edu.nl/gc7hk, get your tickets: edu.nl/tutnx
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
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Ik had twee virtuele personages nodig in mijn relativiteitstheorie college: de beroemde waarnemers die ten opzichte van elkaar bewegen. Heb mijn keuzevrijheid gebruikt om onze student-assistenten Rosa en Tim van @leidenphysics.bsky.social een rol in het verhaal te geven. #MinorDeMysterieuzeRealiteit
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ik had twee virtuele personages nodig in mijn relativiteitstheorie college: de beroemde waarnemers die ten opzichte van elkaar bewegen. Heb mijn keuzevrijheid gebruikt om onze student-assistenten Rosa en Tim van @leidenphysics.bsky.social een rol in het verhaal te geven. #MinorDeMysterieuzeRealiteit
Now online in journal American Physical Society: 'Unoccupied bands in the molybdenum dichalcogenides MoS2, MoSe2, and MoTe2' by J. Jobst, E.E. Krasovskii, R. Ribeiro, T. A. de Jong, C.R. Dean, R.M. Tromp and @sensevdmolen.bsky.social
DOI: doi.org/10.1103/8hvv...
DOI: doi.org/10.1103/8hvv...
September 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Now online in journal American Physical Society: 'Unoccupied bands in the molybdenum dichalcogenides MoS2, MoSe2, and MoTe2' by J. Jobst, E.E. Krasovskii, R. Ribeiro, T. A. de Jong, C.R. Dean, R.M. Tromp and @sensevdmolen.bsky.social
DOI: doi.org/10.1103/8hvv...
DOI: doi.org/10.1103/8hvv...
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🔗 Paper link below if you’d like the details.
doi.org/10.1039/d4sm...
🙌 Thanks to @danielajkraft.bsky.social for brilliant work and guidance, and to @leidenphysics.bsky.social for funding the project. Interested in membrane mechanics or how we perform experiments? Feel free to contact me.
doi.org/10.1039/d4sm...
🙌 Thanks to @danielajkraft.bsky.social for brilliant work and guidance, and to @leidenphysics.bsky.social for funding the project. Interested in membrane mechanics or how we perform experiments? Feel free to contact me.
Repulsions and attractions between membrane-deforming spheres, Janus-particles, and opposite tube-like deformations in giant unilamellar vesicles
Lipid membrane deformations have been predicted to lead to indirect forces between the objects that induce these deformations. Recent experimental measurements have found an attractive interaction bet...
doi.org
July 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🔗 Paper link below if you’d like the details.
doi.org/10.1039/d4sm...
🙌 Thanks to @danielajkraft.bsky.social for brilliant work and guidance, and to @leidenphysics.bsky.social for funding the project. Interested in membrane mechanics or how we perform experiments? Feel free to contact me.
doi.org/10.1039/d4sm...
🙌 Thanks to @danielajkraft.bsky.social for brilliant work and guidance, and to @leidenphysics.bsky.social for funding the project. Interested in membrane mechanics or how we perform experiments? Feel free to contact me.
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Muurformule merchandise @sensevdmolen.bsky.social 🤩
De #GIREP conferentie over natuurkunde onderwijs wordt dit jaar (deze week) georganiseerd door @leidenphysics.bsky.social. De organisatie vond muurformulemokken een goed idee. Wij ook 😀
GIREP programma:
indico.cern.ch/event/1175859/
De #GIREP conferentie over natuurkunde onderwijs wordt dit jaar (deze week) georganiseerd door @leidenphysics.bsky.social. De organisatie vond muurformulemokken een goed idee. Wij ook 😀
GIREP programma:
indico.cern.ch/event/1175859/
July 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Muurformule merchandise @sensevdmolen.bsky.social 🤩
De #GIREP conferentie over natuurkunde onderwijs wordt dit jaar (deze week) georganiseerd door @leidenphysics.bsky.social. De organisatie vond muurformulemokken een goed idee. Wij ook 😀
GIREP programma:
indico.cern.ch/event/1175859/
De #GIREP conferentie over natuurkunde onderwijs wordt dit jaar (deze week) georganiseerd door @leidenphysics.bsky.social. De organisatie vond muurformulemokken een goed idee. Wij ook 😀
GIREP programma:
indico.cern.ch/event/1175859/
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The last paper from my PhD is now online! 🥳
👉 pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/arti...
We have designed a new device based on the elastic micropillar array assay to measure the detachment forces between spread cells.
@leidenphysics.bsky.social
👉 pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/arti...
We have designed a new device based on the elastic micropillar array assay to measure the detachment forces between spread cells.
@leidenphysics.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The last paper from my PhD is now online! 🥳
👉 pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/arti...
We have designed a new device based on the elastic micropillar array assay to measure the detachment forces between spread cells.
@leidenphysics.bsky.social
👉 pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/arti...
We have designed a new device based on the elastic micropillar array assay to measure the detachment forces between spread cells.
@leidenphysics.bsky.social
🐯The #Quantum Safari — an interactive journey that reveals how quantum is already part of our everyday lives, and how much more is possible. This Saturday, we’ll be at the #NachtvanOntdekkingen at the Oude Sterrewacht in #Leiden, starting from 7 PM @leidenscience.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🐯The #Quantum Safari — an interactive journey that reveals how quantum is already part of our everyday lives, and how much more is possible. This Saturday, we’ll be at the #NachtvanOntdekkingen at the Oude Sterrewacht in #Leiden, starting from 7 PM @leidenscience.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
📢 The House of Quantum in #Leiden has officially opened! At LION, we are very proud to host this first location of the HoQ outside of Delft! This new hub brings #quantum to the health, bio- and med-tech sector at the Bio Science Park! @leidenscience.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social edu.nl/aq6fa
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September 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
📢 The House of Quantum in #Leiden has officially opened! At LION, we are very proud to host this first location of the HoQ outside of Delft! This new hub brings #quantum to the health, bio- and med-tech sector at the Bio Science Park! @leidenscience.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social edu.nl/aq6fa
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LION Science Day 2025! Our annual first event of the new academic year: welcoming our first-year master's students and new #PhD's and #Postdocs to our institute by highlighting the newest research and socializing.
@unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social @sensevdmolen.bsky.social
@unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social @sensevdmolen.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
LION Science Day 2025! Our annual first event of the new academic year: welcoming our first-year master's students and new #PhD's and #Postdocs to our institute by highlighting the newest research and socializing.
@unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social @sensevdmolen.bsky.social
@unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social @sensevdmolen.bsky.social
📢Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) is #hiring a faculty member in experimental quantum physics (tenure-track, Asst. Prof. level, higher possible). Join us in exploring the limits of #quantummechanics! Apply by Oct 5, 2025 👉 edu.nl/hyt88
September 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
📢Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) is #hiring a faculty member in experimental quantum physics (tenure-track, Asst. Prof. level, higher possible). Join us in exploring the limits of #quantummechanics! Apply by Oct 5, 2025 👉 edu.nl/hyt88
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De KNAW kent dit jaar de 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘇𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 toe aan een van de belangrijkste natuurkundigen van onze tijd: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗲, hoogleraar aan de University of Pennsylvania @upenn.edu. Alle info hier --> knaw.nl/nieuws/loren...
C#kwantumfysica #QuantumPhysics
C#kwantumfysica #QuantumPhysics
September 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
De KNAW kent dit jaar de 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘇𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 toe aan een van de belangrijkste natuurkundigen van onze tijd: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗲, hoogleraar aan de University of Pennsylvania @upenn.edu. Alle info hier --> knaw.nl/nieuws/loren...
C#kwantumfysica #QuantumPhysics
C#kwantumfysica #QuantumPhysics
Lorentz Medal is awarded to professor Charles Kane of @upenn.edu on the 11th of December 2025, Robbert Dijkgraaf
(@knaw-nl.bsky.social) will hand over this prestigious award for theoretical physics during our Symposium '100 Years of Spin'. Read more: edu.nl/aycdg
(@knaw-nl.bsky.social) will hand over this prestigious award for theoretical physics during our Symposium '100 Years of Spin'. Read more: edu.nl/aycdg
September 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Lorentz Medal is awarded to professor Charles Kane of @upenn.edu on the 11th of December 2025, Robbert Dijkgraaf
(@knaw-nl.bsky.social) will hand over this prestigious award for theoretical physics during our Symposium '100 Years of Spin'. Read more: edu.nl/aycdg
(@knaw-nl.bsky.social) will hand over this prestigious award for theoretical physics during our Symposium '100 Years of Spin'. Read more: edu.nl/aycdg