• June and July doctorate celebrations

    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 …

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  • 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 …

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  • 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 …

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  • 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 …

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  • Bruno Ehrler appointed new director of AMOLF

    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 …

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  • Promising Hybrid Heart prototype

    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 …

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  • 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 …

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  • ERC Proof of Concept grant to develop measuring technique for halide perovskites

    The European Research Council (ERC) announced that AMOLF group leader Erik Garnett is one of the recipients of an ERC Proof of Concept grant. Erik and three other researchers at …

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  • Breakthrough in heart technology: prototype of first soft robotic artificial heart

    An international team of researchers with AMOLF group leader Bas Overvelde, has taken the first steps towards  developing a new type of artificial heart that combines soft robotics with advanced …

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  • Former AMOLF director Frans Saris has passed away

    On June 29th, former AMOLF director Frans Saris passed away. This sad news has touched many people, including AMOLF colleagues and alumni. Frans had a lasting impact on AMOLF. He …

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