• A magic top hat for protein folding

    Following a single protein inside the cavity of a GroEL chaperone for the first time, researchers at AMOLF led by professor Sander Tans discovered how protein folding can be accelerated.

    Read more

  • Signal discovered that connects cell size with cell growth

    The mechanisms connecting growth with cell size have been mysterious – up till now: in a recent publication in Current Biology, researchers from AMOLF and TU Delft  have uncovered that …

    Read more

  • Soft Robots at Teknowlogy 2022

    The Soft Robotic Matter research group led by Bas Overvelde will be present at Teknowlogy 2022: the Dutch festival where technology, science, innovation and valorization meet. At the event, visitors …

    Read more

  • A Better Understanding of Symmetry Breaking

    In an international collaboration, AMOLF researchers have theoretically described and experimentally observed spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) in two laser-driven coupled optical cavities. SSB is a universal phenomenon that occurs in …

    Read more

  • New puppeteering: streamlined control of material deformation

    In a new publication in Nature Communications, a team of physicists from Amsterdam, Leiden and Georgia (USA) show how to ‘puppeteer’ lab-designed metamaterials. By only touching these materials from the …

    Read more

  • Nieuw marionettenspel: het gestroomlijnd sturen van materiaalvervorming

    In een nieuwe publicatie in Nature Communications laat een team van natuurkundigen uit Amsterdam, Leiden en Georgia (VS) zien hoe in het laboratorium ontworpen metamaterialen als marionetten kunnen worden aangestuurd.

    Read more

  • ERC Starting Grant for Marc Serra-Garcia

    AMOLF tenure-track group leader Marc Serra-Garcia (Hypersmart Matter) has received a Starting Grant of 1.68 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC). With the project INFOPASS he will investigate …

    Read more

  • C. elegans does not accidentally switch off its ability to detect salt

    AMOLF researchers, collaborating with researchers from the Erasmus MC, have discovered a genetic mechanism that ensures that a nerve cell retains its identity once it has differentiated. This concerns a …

    Read more

  • C. elegans schakelt zijn neus voor zout niet per ongeluk uit

    AMOLF-onderzoekers ontdekten in samenwerking met onderzoekers van het Erasmus MC een genetisch mechanisme dat ervoor zorgt dat een eenmaal gedifferentieerde zenuwcel zijn identiteit behoudt. Het gaat om een neuron dat …

    Read more

  • Crystals beneath a sunbed

    Light-controlled spontaneous growth of nanostructures PhD student Marloes Bistervels from the Self-Organizing Matter research group at AMOLF has managed to use light to very precisely control the formation of nanocomposites …

    Read more