IMPRS Physics from Light to Life
@imprs-pll.bsky.social
International Max Planck Research School Physics from Light to Life (IMPRS-PLL) at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Max Planck Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen.
Former IMPRS Physics of Light and IMPRS Physics and Medicine.
Former IMPRS Physics of Light and IMPRS Physics and Medicine.
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📣 IMPRSinternships
For Bachelor students in the fields of Physics, Engineering, Biology and Medicine.
Application deadline: November 15
More information you can find at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
@mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social @fau.de
For Bachelor students in the fields of Physics, Engineering, Biology and Medicine.
Application deadline: November 15
More information you can find at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
@mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social @fau.de
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Der Nobelpreis für Physik ging an Forscher, die den Grundstein für supraleitende Quantenprozessoren legten. An der FAU und dem @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social wird ebenso zu Themen wie Quantencomputer und Quantensensoren geforscht.
Unsere Forschenden erklären mehr: go.fau.de/1cbae
Unsere Forschenden erklären mehr: go.fau.de/1cbae
Physik-Nobelpreis: Spitzenforschung zur Quantentechnologie auch in Erlangen
Im Jahr der Quantenforschung werden drei Wissenschaftler aus dieser Disziplin ganz besonders geehrt: Sie erhalten den Nobelpreis für Physik. Die Forscher schufen eine Grundlage für die Entwicklung der...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Der Nobelpreis für Physik ging an Forscher, die den Grundstein für supraleitende Quantenprozessoren legten. An der FAU und dem @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social wird ebenso zu Themen wie Quantencomputer und Quantensensoren geforscht.
Unsere Forschenden erklären mehr: go.fau.de/1cbae
Unsere Forschenden erklären mehr: go.fau.de/1cbae
Our PI, Jochen Guck, has sadly passed away. We'd like to express our heartfelt gratitude to him. With his passing, we've lost a supportive and inspiring mentor whose expertise, experience, and genuine humanity will be greatly missed. Thank you Jochen for the lasting impact you’ve had on all of us.
With deep sadness, we share that Prof. Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light passed away on October 3. His visionary work bridged physics and medicine. We have lost a brilliant scientist and dear friend.
mpl.mpg.de/news/article...
@fau.de
📸 Stephan Spangenberg
mpl.mpg.de/news/article...
@fau.de
📸 Stephan Spangenberg
October 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Our PI, Jochen Guck, has sadly passed away. We'd like to express our heartfelt gratitude to him. With his passing, we've lost a supportive and inspiring mentor whose expertise, experience, and genuine humanity will be greatly missed. Thank you Jochen for the lasting impact you’ve had on all of us.
📢 IMPRS OOF lecture today, on October 7.
1.
Dr. Felix Reichel will talk about "Probing physical properties of cells to generate biologically relevant models: Deformability Cytometry".
2.
Prof. Dr. Florian Marquardt will talk about the "Basics of Machine Learning".
@mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social
1.
Dr. Felix Reichel will talk about "Probing physical properties of cells to generate biologically relevant models: Deformability Cytometry".
2.
Prof. Dr. Florian Marquardt will talk about the "Basics of Machine Learning".
@mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
📢 IMPRS OOF lecture today, on October 7.
1.
Dr. Felix Reichel will talk about "Probing physical properties of cells to generate biologically relevant models: Deformability Cytometry".
2.
Prof. Dr. Florian Marquardt will talk about the "Basics of Machine Learning".
@mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social
1.
Dr. Felix Reichel will talk about "Probing physical properties of cells to generate biologically relevant models: Deformability Cytometry".
2.
Prof. Dr. Florian Marquardt will talk about the "Basics of Machine Learning".
@mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social
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Scientific discovery relies on a cycle of observations, analysis, and coming up with new hypotheses. Can a computer mimic that cycle and explore an unknown system in this way?
We introduce #sciexplorer, which for the first time employs agentic behaviour in […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
We introduce #sciexplorer, which for the first time employs agentic behaviour in […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
October 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Scientific discovery relies on a cycle of observations, analysis, and coming up with new hypotheses. Can a computer mimic that cycle and explore an unknown system in this way?
We introduce #sciexplorer, which for the first time employs agentic behaviour in […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
We introduce #sciexplorer, which for the first time employs agentic behaviour in […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
📣 IMPRSinternships
For Bachelor students in the fields of Physics, Engineering, Biology and Medicine.
Application deadline: November 15
More information you can find at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
@mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social @fau.de
For Bachelor students in the fields of Physics, Engineering, Biology and Medicine.
Application deadline: November 15
More information you can find at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
@mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social @fau.de
October 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
📣 IMPRSinternships
For Bachelor students in the fields of Physics, Engineering, Biology and Medicine.
Application deadline: November 15
More information you can find at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
@mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social @fau.de
For Bachelor students in the fields of Physics, Engineering, Biology and Medicine.
Application deadline: November 15
More information you can find at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
@mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social @fau.de
📣Job alert!
PhD Position in Theoretical and Computational Membrane Biophysics with Prof. Dr. Rainer Böckmann (FAU). @biomemphys.bsky.social
More information about the Böckmann Lab: www.biomemphys.nat.fau.de
Application via mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
PhD Position in Theoretical and Computational Membrane Biophysics with Prof. Dr. Rainer Böckmann (FAU). @biomemphys.bsky.social
More information about the Böckmann Lab: www.biomemphys.nat.fau.de
Application via mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
September 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📣Job alert!
PhD Position in Theoretical and Computational Membrane Biophysics with Prof. Dr. Rainer Böckmann (FAU). @biomemphys.bsky.social
More information about the Böckmann Lab: www.biomemphys.nat.fau.de
Application via mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
PhD Position in Theoretical and Computational Membrane Biophysics with Prof. Dr. Rainer Böckmann (FAU). @biomemphys.bsky.social
More information about the Böckmann Lab: www.biomemphys.nat.fau.de
Application via mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
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Lectures on Physics and Medicine
Prof. Frauke Gräter, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, will give her fascinating talk on September 18 at 3 pm CET.
👉 Zoom access:
eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/6249564969...
Meeting-ID: 624 9564 9691
Identification code: 582716
Prof. Frauke Gräter, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, will give her fascinating talk on September 18 at 3 pm CET.
👉 Zoom access:
eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/6249564969...
Meeting-ID: 624 9564 9691
Identification code: 582716
September 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Lectures on Physics and Medicine
Prof. Frauke Gräter, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, will give her fascinating talk on September 18 at 3 pm CET.
👉 Zoom access:
eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/6249564969...
Meeting-ID: 624 9564 9691
Identification code: 582716
Prof. Frauke Gräter, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, will give her fascinating talk on September 18 at 3 pm CET.
👉 Zoom access:
eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/6249564969...
Meeting-ID: 624 9564 9691
Identification code: 582716
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Very happy to share our new study from CAM team @ijmonod.bsky.social and @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social (MPZPM) on the unanticipated “hidden fluidity” in jammed epithelia. Congrats to Yuan Shen and great collaboration with Walter Kob.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The complex microscopic dynamics of cells in high-density epithelial tissues
Epithelial tissues line the surfaces of vital organs and are often densely packed in a disordered, mechanically arrested state, referred to as jammed or glassy state. While collective migration at low...
www.biorxiv.org
September 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Very happy to share our new study from CAM team @ijmonod.bsky.social and @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social (MPZPM) on the unanticipated “hidden fluidity” in jammed epithelia. Congrats to Yuan Shen and great collaboration with Walter Kob.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We're hiring! Join our team at @fau.de ! We are seeking an enthusiastic candidate for a PhD position in our lab specializing in cutting-edge theoretical and computational membrane biophysics.
Please send your CV, and a statement of research interests via email.
www.biomemphys.nat.fau.de/jobs/
Please send your CV, and a statement of research interests via email.
www.biomemphys.nat.fau.de/jobs/
September 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
We're hiring! Join our team at @fau.de ! We are seeking an enthusiastic candidate for a PhD position in our lab specializing in cutting-edge theoretical and computational membrane biophysics.
Please send your CV, and a statement of research interests via email.
www.biomemphys.nat.fau.de/jobs/
Please send your CV, and a statement of research interests via email.
www.biomemphys.nat.fau.de/jobs/
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Excited to see this one out in JACS! We analyzed how molecular interactions lead to self-organization of glycolipids down to microseconds and nanometer spatiotemporal scales. Amazing collaboration with the Sandoghdar lab, @biomemphys.bsky.social, and Thisbe Lindhorst!
pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Bottom-up Investigation of Spatiotemporal Glycocalyx Dynamics with Interferometric Scattering Microscopy
Over recent decades, the glycocalyx, an extracellular organelle composed of a multitude of glycolipids, glycoproteins, proteoglycans, and glycoRNA, has gained considerable interest in cellular biology...
pubs.acs.org
August 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Excited to see this one out in JACS! We analyzed how molecular interactions lead to self-organization of glycolipids down to microseconds and nanometer spatiotemporal scales. Amazing collaboration with the Sandoghdar lab, @biomemphys.bsky.social, and Thisbe Lindhorst!
pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Prof. Vahid Sandoghdar shares in a recent interview what makes the two Symposia unique and introduces the concept of ›near-field cell biology‹.
🧬 ›Symposium on Virus Entry and Egress‹
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/21/
🧬 ›Symposium on Near-Field Cell Biology‹
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/23/
🧬 ›Symposium on Virus Entry and Egress‹
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/21/
🧬 ›Symposium on Near-Field Cell Biology‹
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/23/
August 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Prof. Vahid Sandoghdar shares in a recent interview what makes the two Symposia unique and introduces the concept of ›near-field cell biology‹.
🧬 ›Symposium on Virus Entry and Egress‹
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/21/
🧬 ›Symposium on Near-Field Cell Biology‹
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/23/
🧬 ›Symposium on Virus Entry and Egress‹
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/21/
🧬 ›Symposium on Near-Field Cell Biology‹
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/23/
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We also welcome our new PI, Viola Introini!😊
Viola Introini is conducting research into the disease Malaria caused by Plasmodium parasites. The aim is to gain new insights which can be applied to future treatments for vascular diseases.
Read more about her and her research group ›Vascular Infections‹ here.
👉 mpzpm.mpg.de/news/news-de...
Read more about her and her research group ›Vascular Infections‹ here.
👉 mpzpm.mpg.de/news/news-de...
August 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We also welcome our new PI, Viola Introini!😊
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Eleni Dalaka researches how physical forces and mechanical properties of cells influence cancer, from its initiation to its invasion and metastasis.
Read more about Eleni Dalaka and her research group ›Cancer Biomechanics‹ here: 👉 mpzpm.mpg.de/news/news-de...
Read more about Eleni Dalaka and her research group ›Cancer Biomechanics‹ here: 👉 mpzpm.mpg.de/news/news-de...
August 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Eleni Dalaka researches how physical forces and mechanical properties of cells influence cancer, from its initiation to its invasion and metastasis.
Read more about Eleni Dalaka and her research group ›Cancer Biomechanics‹ here: 👉 mpzpm.mpg.de/news/news-de...
Read more about Eleni Dalaka and her research group ›Cancer Biomechanics‹ here: 👉 mpzpm.mpg.de/news/news-de...
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After some silence, we will soon be announcing exciting developments, including openings at the postdoctoral and Ph.D. levels. Stay tuned!
August 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
After some silence, we will soon be announcing exciting developments, including openings at the postdoctoral and Ph.D. levels. Stay tuned!
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Two related symposia will bring together experts at the interface of virology, cell biology, and biophysics to explore fundamental processes at the cell surface.
Symposium on Virus Entry and Egress
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/21/
Symposium on Near-Field Cell Biology
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/23/
Symposium on Virus Entry and Egress
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/21/
Symposium on Near-Field Cell Biology
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/23/
August 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Two related symposia will bring together experts at the interface of virology, cell biology, and biophysics to explore fundamental processes at the cell surface.
Symposium on Virus Entry and Egress
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/21/
Symposium on Near-Field Cell Biology
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/23/
Symposium on Virus Entry and Egress
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/21/
Symposium on Near-Field Cell Biology
👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/23/
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On 25 September 2025 at 3:30 p.m., our research group leader Prof. Christoph Marquardt will speak in the online series ›Wissenschaft LIVE!‹ on ›Quantum Cryptography‹.
👉 www.jugend-forscht.de/service/vera...
📸 MPL, Stephan Spangenberg
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📸 MPL, Stephan Spangenberg
August 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
On 25 September 2025 at 3:30 p.m., our research group leader Prof. Christoph Marquardt will speak in the online series ›Wissenschaft LIVE!‹ on ›Quantum Cryptography‹.
👉 www.jugend-forscht.de/service/vera...
📸 MPL, Stephan Spangenberg
👉 www.jugend-forscht.de/service/vera...
📸 MPL, Stephan Spangenberg
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🚀 Biologie, Physik & Mathematik – alles in einem Studium!
🎓 Integrated Life Sciences (ILS) an der FAU: Von Zellbiologie & Programmieren bis zu Big-Data-Analyse und moderner Mikroskopie.
📅 Bewerben bis 15. August auf www.campo.fau.de – sichere dir deinen Studienplatz! @fau.de
#FAU #ILS #LifeSciences
🎓 Integrated Life Sciences (ILS) an der FAU: Von Zellbiologie & Programmieren bis zu Big-Data-Analyse und moderner Mikroskopie.
📅 Bewerben bis 15. August auf www.campo.fau.de – sichere dir deinen Studienplatz! @fau.de
#FAU #ILS #LifeSciences
Mein Portal
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campo.fau.de
www.campo.fau.de
August 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🚀 Biologie, Physik & Mathematik – alles in einem Studium!
🎓 Integrated Life Sciences (ILS) an der FAU: Von Zellbiologie & Programmieren bis zu Big-Data-Analyse und moderner Mikroskopie.
📅 Bewerben bis 15. August auf www.campo.fau.de – sichere dir deinen Studienplatz! @fau.de
#FAU #ILS #LifeSciences
🎓 Integrated Life Sciences (ILS) an der FAU: Von Zellbiologie & Programmieren bis zu Big-Data-Analyse und moderner Mikroskopie.
📅 Bewerben bis 15. August auf www.campo.fau.de – sichere dir deinen Studienplatz! @fau.de
#FAU #ILS #LifeSciences
We also welcome our new PI, Viola Introini!😊
Viola Introini is conducting research into the disease Malaria caused by Plasmodium parasites. The aim is to gain new insights which can be applied to future treatments for vascular diseases.
Read more about her and her research group ›Vascular Infections‹ here.
👉 mpzpm.mpg.de/news/news-de...
Read more about her and her research group ›Vascular Infections‹ here.
👉 mpzpm.mpg.de/news/news-de...
August 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We also welcome our new PI, Viola Introini!😊
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🤔 Have you heard about polaritons? Do you know what they are? Vahid Sandoghdar @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social explains it to us. @cienciasuam.bsky.social @uam.es youtube.com/shorts/uh_OS...
What is a polariton? #science #physics
YouTube video by IFIMAC – Condensed Matter Physics Center
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August 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
🤔 Have you heard about polaritons? Do you know what they are? Vahid Sandoghdar @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social explains it to us. @cienciasuam.bsky.social @uam.es youtube.com/shorts/uh_OS...
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Natural killer cells are key to the immune system, eliminating diseased cells. Their activity must be tightly controlled, possibly through glycan-protein interactions. Researchers use advanced optics to study how glycosylation regulates immune cells.
👉 mpl.mpg.de/research-at-...
📸 Nazlican Yürekli
👉 mpl.mpg.de/research-at-...
📸 Nazlican Yürekli
June 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Natural killer cells are key to the immune system, eliminating diseased cells. Their activity must be tightly controlled, possibly through glycan-protein interactions. Researchers use advanced optics to study how glycosylation regulates immune cells.
👉 mpl.mpg.de/research-at-...
📸 Nazlican Yürekli
👉 mpl.mpg.de/research-at-...
📸 Nazlican Yürekli
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Get to know our International Max Planck Research School Physics from Light to Life in Erlangen!
On May 13 our "FAU meets IMPRS" event takes place at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin.
More information at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
On May 13 our "FAU meets IMPRS" event takes place at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin.
More information at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
May 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Get to know our International Max Planck Research School Physics from Light to Life in Erlangen!
On May 13 our "FAU meets IMPRS" event takes place at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin.
More information at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
On May 13 our "FAU meets IMPRS" event takes place at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin.
More information at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
Get to know our International Max Planck Research School Physics from Light to Life in Erlangen!
On May 13 our "FAU meets IMPRS" event takes place at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin.
More information at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
On May 13 our "FAU meets IMPRS" event takes place at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin.
More information at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
May 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Get to know our International Max Planck Research School Physics from Light to Life in Erlangen!
On May 13 our "FAU meets IMPRS" event takes place at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin.
More information at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
On May 13 our "FAU meets IMPRS" event takes place at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin.
More information at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
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GLYCAN ATLASSING: NANOSCALE ANALYSIS OF GLYCOCALYX ARCHITECTURE ENABLES FUNCTIONAL TRACING OF CELL STATE 🍭🔬🧬
Don’t judge a book by its cover - judge a cell by its cover! We can now trace how cell state is encoded in glycocalyx state. #glycotime #microscopy
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Don’t judge a book by its cover - judge a cell by its cover! We can now trace how cell state is encoded in glycocalyx state. #glycotime #microscopy
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
GLYCAN ATLASSING: NANOSCALE ANALYSIS OF GLYCOCALYX ARCHITECTURE ENABLES FUNCTIONAL TRACING OF CELL STATE 🍭🔬🧬
Don’t judge a book by its cover - judge a cell by its cover! We can now trace how cell state is encoded in glycocalyx state. #glycotime #microscopy
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Don’t judge a book by its cover - judge a cell by its cover! We can now trace how cell state is encoded in glycocalyx state. #glycotime #microscopy
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Yesterday, our third 'FAU meets IMPRS' event was held at MPL. The open day, targeted at BSc and MSc students, provided an opportunity to learn more about our IMPRS.
Thanks to all helpers who made this event a success. We were thrilled to welcome so many FAU students!
Thanks to all helpers who made this event a success. We were thrilled to welcome so many FAU students!
April 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Yesterday, our third 'FAU meets IMPRS' event was held at MPL. The open day, targeted at BSc and MSc students, provided an opportunity to learn more about our IMPRS.
Thanks to all helpers who made this event a success. We were thrilled to welcome so many FAU students!
Thanks to all helpers who made this event a success. We were thrilled to welcome so many FAU students!
See you today at @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social
Get to know our International Max Planck Research School Physics from Light to Life in Erlangen!
On April 29th our "FAU meets IMPRS" event takes place at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social.
More information at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
On April 29th our "FAU meets IMPRS" event takes place at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social.
More information at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
April 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
See you today at @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social