Alun
@alunashton.bsky.social
Head of Science IT at @psich 🇨🇭. Science and puters by day but garden and if I'm lucky farm when I can. Gwreiddiau dal yng Nghymru. My views.
Fabulous walk today straight from the house. Knackered! Lost all my fitness over the autumn travelling with work and the obligatory autumn heavy cold.... Thank god it was mostly downhill after the peak where the panoramic photos were taken!
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Fabulous walk today straight from the house. Knackered! Lost all my fitness over the autumn travelling with work and the obligatory autumn heavy cold.... Thank god it was mostly downhill after the peak where the panoramic photos were taken!
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#5232, the magazine of the PSI, is out! ✨
This issue is all about the art of quantum physics.
📖 Our magazine is available online:
English: www.psi.ch/en/news/5232...
German: www.psi.ch/de/news/5232...
French: www.psi.ch/fr/news/5232...
#Quantum #ResearchAtPSI #FutureTechnologies
This issue is all about the art of quantum physics.
📖 Our magazine is available online:
English: www.psi.ch/en/news/5232...
German: www.psi.ch/de/news/5232...
French: www.psi.ch/fr/news/5232...
#Quantum #ResearchAtPSI #FutureTechnologies
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#5232, the magazine of the PSI, is out! ✨
This issue is all about the art of quantum physics.
📖 Our magazine is available online:
English: www.psi.ch/en/news/5232...
German: www.psi.ch/de/news/5232...
French: www.psi.ch/fr/news/5232...
#Quantum #ResearchAtPSI #FutureTechnologies
This issue is all about the art of quantum physics.
📖 Our magazine is available online:
English: www.psi.ch/en/news/5232...
German: www.psi.ch/de/news/5232...
French: www.psi.ch/fr/news/5232...
#Quantum #ResearchAtPSI #FutureTechnologies
Chicago, bean there now......
September 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Chicago, bean there now......
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Registration for the #CCP4SW 2026 is now open! Being held as hybrid event with in-person at EMCC, Nottingham, UK between 7-9 January 2026. This year's topic is Ligands in Focus: Decoding Ligand Binding in Modern Structural Biology. Find out more at studyweekend.ccp4.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Registration for the #CCP4SW 2026 is now open! Being held as hybrid event with in-person at EMCC, Nottingham, UK between 7-9 January 2026. This year's topic is Ligands in Focus: Decoding Ligand Binding in Modern Structural Biology. Find out more at studyweekend.ccp4.ac.uk
Think I must have missed the red bit, though always impressed how well the phone takes photos....
September 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Think I must have missed the red bit, though always impressed how well the phone takes photos....
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PSI is now computing with Merlin-7 – a virtual cluster on the Alps supercomputer at CSCS in Lugano. Flexible, energy-efficient, and ideal for AI, materials research, and more. 💻💧 #PSI #Merlin7 www.psi.ch/en/news/medi...
Merlin-7: New model for high-performance computing
An innovative computing cluster is ushering in a new era of computer-aided research at PSI.
www.psi.ch
September 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
PSI is now computing with Merlin-7 – a virtual cluster on the Alps supercomputer at CSCS in Lugano. Flexible, energy-efficient, and ideal for AI, materials research, and more. 💻💧 #PSI #Merlin7 www.psi.ch/en/news/medi...
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This is a really exciting role working with me around some really exciting technologies and scientific data. Please feel free to get in touch if you would like more info.
📢We're hiring a Research Software Engineer!
Join the Franklin to support our research in native mass spectrometry and to help build 3D protein atlases of the mouse brain.
Bring your skills, grow your scientific independence, and contribute to ground-breaking biomedical research. zurl.co/EBTOP
Join the Franklin to support our research in native mass spectrometry and to help build 3D protein atlases of the mouse brain.
Bring your skills, grow your scientific independence, and contribute to ground-breaking biomedical research. zurl.co/EBTOP
August 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
This is a really exciting role working with me around some really exciting technologies and scientific data. Please feel free to get in touch if you would like more info.
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An international team of scientists observed dynamic topological Hall effect in the material Fe₃Ga₄ at room temperature. This makes it practical for potential everyday applications such as more efficient electronic devices. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
An international team of scientists observed dynamic topological Hall effect in the material Fe₃Ga₄ at room temperature. This makes it practical for potential everyday applications such as more efficient electronic devices. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New results from the MEG II experiment were presented today at the @psich.bsky.social! The search for the decay of a positive muon into a positron and a photon continues… Read more: www.psi.ch/en/cnm/news/...
April 24, 2025 at 6:05 AM
New results from the MEG II experiment were presented today at the @psich.bsky.social! The search for the decay of a positive muon into a positron and a photon continues… Read more: www.psi.ch/en/cnm/news/...
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📣 We're hiring a Senior Scientist in Electron Ptychography!
Join our team to lead innovative research in electron ptychography and push the boundaries of high-resolution imaging.
For further details and to apply: zurl.co/c0hzE
Join our team to lead innovative research in electron ptychography and push the boundaries of high-resolution imaging.
For further details and to apply: zurl.co/c0hzE
April 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
📣 We're hiring a Senior Scientist in Electron Ptychography!
Join our team to lead innovative research in electron ptychography and push the boundaries of high-resolution imaging.
For further details and to apply: zurl.co/c0hzE
Join our team to lead innovative research in electron ptychography and push the boundaries of high-resolution imaging.
For further details and to apply: zurl.co/c0hzE
A massive congratulations, as well, to all the Controls and Science IT (CaSIT) groups who have been working behind the screens, I mean scenes, to get this all going! 🎉
🚨 First light for science at SLS 2.0! On April 10th, two of the first beamlines — Debye and PXIII — opened their shutters and received their first X-ray light for science. The light is back. Let the discoveries begin. ✨ #ExcitedAboutSLS #FirstLight #SynchrotronScience #MoreBrilliantLightForScience
April 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A massive congratulations, as well, to all the Controls and Science IT (CaSIT) groups who have been working behind the screens, I mean scenes, to get this all going! 🎉
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The @rosfrankinst.bsky.social is currently looking for a 50% secondment in AI to work with me and everyone at the Franklin. Please pass on the info to others who might be interested, and please do get in touch if you would like any more information.
www.rfi.ac.uk/latest/call-...
www.rfi.ac.uk/latest/call-...
Call for Strategic Partnerships - RFI
The Rosalind Franklin Institute are seeking to make a new 5-year joint appointment in each of two key strategic areas for the Franklin, Structural Biology and Artificial Intelligence, collaborating wi...
www.rfi.ac.uk
April 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The @rosfrankinst.bsky.social is currently looking for a 50% secondment in AI to work with me and everyone at the Franklin. Please pass on the info to others who might be interested, and please do get in touch if you would like any more information.
www.rfi.ac.uk/latest/call-...
www.rfi.ac.uk/latest/call-...
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Thom Mason, Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory was at PSI to discuss how they are responding to evolving national priorities and the rapidly changing geopolitical landscape.
March 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Thom Mason, Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory was at PSI to discuss how they are responding to evolving national priorities and the rapidly changing geopolitical landscape.
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🎉 The PSI spin-off Araris Biotech AG has been acquired by Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., for $1.14 billion – a great achievement, making it the first PSI spin-off to reach the exclusive 🦄"UNICORN" level! #Unicorn #ResearchAtPSI #TechnologyTransfer #FromResearchToMarket #PSISpinoff
A superlative milestone
PSI spin-off Araris Biotech AG achieves valuation at unicorn-level!
www.psi.ch
March 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🎉 The PSI spin-off Araris Biotech AG has been acquired by Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., for $1.14 billion – a great achievement, making it the first PSI spin-off to reach the exclusive 🦄"UNICORN" level! #Unicorn #ResearchAtPSI #TechnologyTransfer #FromResearchToMarket #PSISpinoff
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Using operando neutron imaging and diffraction, researchers at PSI could follow how lithium moves inside ultra-thick graphite electrodes in real time. #LithiumIonBatteries #BatteryResearch #NeutronImaging
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
March 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Using operando neutron imaging and diffraction, researchers at PSI could follow how lithium moves inside ultra-thick graphite electrodes in real time. #LithiumIonBatteries #BatteryResearch #NeutronImaging
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Join the PSI & Park Innovaare Career Fair on March 20, 2025! 🔬
📅 When? March 20, 2025 | 10:00 – 16:00
📍 Where? PSI | Park Innovaare
🏢 Companies: ABB, AXPO, Bain, Hilti, Cross-ING, Dectris, PSI Founder Fellowship
📅 When? March 20, 2025 | 10:00 – 16:00
📍 Where? PSI | Park Innovaare
🏢 Companies: ABB, AXPO, Bain, Hilti, Cross-ING, Dectris, PSI Founder Fellowship
March 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Join the PSI & Park Innovaare Career Fair on March 20, 2025! 🔬
📅 When? March 20, 2025 | 10:00 – 16:00
📍 Where? PSI | Park Innovaare
🏢 Companies: ABB, AXPO, Bain, Hilti, Cross-ING, Dectris, PSI Founder Fellowship
📅 When? March 20, 2025 | 10:00 – 16:00
📍 Where? PSI | Park Innovaare
🏢 Companies: ABB, AXPO, Bain, Hilti, Cross-ING, Dectris, PSI Founder Fellowship
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From a quarter of a lap to a million – it takes a whole team to perfectly bring electrons back to the storage ring at the Swiss Light Source SLS. www.psi.ch/en/news/psi-...
SLS 2.0: How to start up a particle accelerator
The electrons are back: after its upgrade, the Swiss Light Source SLS is starting up again, step by step.
www.psi.ch
February 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
From a quarter of a lap to a million – it takes a whole team to perfectly bring electrons back to the storage ring at the Swiss Light Source SLS. www.psi.ch/en/news/psi-...
Even sofa rugby is not good for ones health.... 🏴
February 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Even sofa rugby is not good for ones health.... 🏴
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As part of the #EURAD-DONUT project, an interdisciplinary team led by PSI published a study on #machineLearning to enhance simulations for #nuclearWaste with a focus on geochemical calculations, the major computational bottleneck in reactive transport simulations. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
February 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
As part of the #EURAD-DONUT project, an interdisciplinary team led by PSI published a study on #machineLearning to enhance simulations for #nuclearWaste with a focus on geochemical calculations, the major computational bottleneck in reactive transport simulations. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We hope to have some student openings this year in our department so please submit to the PSI Center for Scientific Computing, Theory and Data www.psi.ch/en/hr/job-op...
February 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We hope to have some student openings this year in our department so please submit to the PSI Center for Scientific Computing, Theory and Data www.psi.ch/en/hr/job-op...
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PSI physicists have teamed up with Google to build a new type of digital-analogue #quantum #simulator that can be used to study physical phenomena with unprecedented precision and flexibility.
Unique quantum simulator opens door to new research
PSI physicists have teamed up with Google to build a new type of digital-analogue quantum simulator.
www.psi.ch
February 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
PSI physicists have teamed up with Google to build a new type of digital-analogue #quantum #simulator that can be used to study physical phenomena with unprecedented precision and flexibility.
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Finishing your Bachelor's or enrolled in a Master's? Unlock your future in science! 🚀
Apply for the PSI Summer Student Programme by Feb 28, 2025! 🔬✨
➡️ www.psi.ch/en/summerstu...
#STEM #Research #Internship
Apply for the PSI Summer Student Programme by Feb 28, 2025! 🔬✨
➡️ www.psi.ch/en/summerstu...
#STEM #Research #Internship
February 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Finishing your Bachelor's or enrolled in a Master's? Unlock your future in science! 🚀
Apply for the PSI Summer Student Programme by Feb 28, 2025! 🔬✨
➡️ www.psi.ch/en/summerstu...
#STEM #Research #Internship
Apply for the PSI Summer Student Programme by Feb 28, 2025! 🔬✨
➡️ www.psi.ch/en/summerstu...
#STEM #Research #Internship
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23 January 2025 - a day to remember: The electrons are back at the #SwissLightSource #SLS! 💫
With this, SLS is well on track to resume operation in summer 2025. Congratulations to the entire #SLS 2.0 team on this major milestone! 👏
#UpgradingSLS #LightSourceScience #MoreBrilliantLightForResearch
With this, SLS is well on track to resume operation in summer 2025. Congratulations to the entire #SLS 2.0 team on this major milestone! 👏
#UpgradingSLS #LightSourceScience #MoreBrilliantLightForResearch
January 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
23 January 2025 - a day to remember: The electrons are back at the #SwissLightSource #SLS! 💫
With this, SLS is well on track to resume operation in summer 2025. Congratulations to the entire #SLS 2.0 team on this major milestone! 👏
#UpgradingSLS #LightSourceScience #MoreBrilliantLightForResearch
With this, SLS is well on track to resume operation in summer 2025. Congratulations to the entire #SLS 2.0 team on this major milestone! 👏
#UpgradingSLS #LightSourceScience #MoreBrilliantLightForResearch