Inside living cells, ribosomes produce roughly five hundred brand-new protein chains every second, and each one must fold into the right 3D shape - or risk disease. New research shows …
The conference Metamaterials2025 brought together 400 researchers from around the world to share their results and vision. Metamaterials was held at Felix Meritis in Amsterdam from September 2 – 6.
Cells on the inner surface of the intestine are replaced every few days. But, how does this work? It was always assumed that cells leave the intestinal surface because excess …
Fotios Avgidis - Criticality and Diversity in a Bacterial Sensory Network – June 6th Fotios Avgidis successfully defended his thesis ‘Criticality and diversity in a bacterial sensory network’ at Vrije …
Jeroen van Zon appointed professor at Leiden University
As of 1 September, Jeroen van Zon has been appointed professor at Leiden University. The title of his chair is Quantitative Developmental Biology. Jeroen will continue heading the research group …
Light controls sound in a nanoscale ‘quantum Hall’ metamaterial
AMOLF group leader Ewold Verhagen and his fellow researchers have taken a major step in creating new forms of materials that make sound waves behave in extraordinary ways. In their …
Future Optical Broadband Systems program funds research in optical sensing technologies
As co-applicant, AMOLF group leader Ewold Verhagen receives funding from the NWO program Future Optical Broadband Systems to break the existing technological and economic barriers in the application of optical …
The Board of NWO-I has appointed Prof. Dr. Bruno Ehrler as the new director of AMOLF, the national institute for research on functional complex matter. Effective 1 January 2026, Ehrler …
AMOLF group leader Bas Overvelde and his collaborators working on the Holland Hybrid Heart project have developed a new concept for a total artificial heart with several significant advantages. This …
Off Road grant awarded to study how immune cells know when to stop
We’re excited to announce that Megan Farrell has been awarded the Off Road grant by ZonMW to carry out innovative immunology research in the lab of Kristina Ganzinger. Megan will …
