🎙️Welcome to the first episode of our podcast series!
Part one: The ideas behind Track the Twin; A discussion with Professor Zeger Hens.
https://t.co/XKLgvDmW3h
During the first 2 years, more than 35 grants I wrote got rejected in a row!
Why? Reviewers mentioned that 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲-𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 — 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 — 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞!
Things changed drastically when our research proved it was possible!
We demonstrated the first 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 and 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲-𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 brain implants creating unprecedented 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧-𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬.
We went on to receive the #NIH 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫’𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 with the highest and rarely achieved impact score. The NIH official review statement called our technology “𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞” & with “𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐫𝐚”
This technology has garnered many prestigious awards since then.
Through the hardest moments, my father’s teachings gave me indomitable strength:
“𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭”
And I modified this a little 😊
“𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝”
A click from one of those many days I stayed in the lab whole night and enjoyed the sunrise from my MIT office.
🎥 MIT Video: https://t.co/w0b7Hb13us
🧠 MIT News Release: https://t.co/qyXMq8lKoU
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🚨 New paper alert!
Lidiia Dubenska, a TTT member working at @ETH_en has co-authored a new paper revealing how dynamic disorder in hybrid perovskite QDs suppresses expected size-dependent electronic confinement! 🥳
#msca#phd#trackthetwin
https://t.co/aqk8zc3NKL
solid-state NMR captures much more information about our materials, then we can fully see and comprehend. an everlasting learning curve.
https://t.co/jCcflOQX3L
Davide Pratolongo did Erasmus PhD secondment with us last year. His work at with us led to this awesome article.
New collaboration with @FedericoLocardi group.
#RSCNano Check his work in @nanoscale_rsc
https://t.co/CBZEfsU0t3
Happy birthday to Marie Skłodowska Curie, who was born on this day in 1867.
Marie Curie was the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize twice, and is still the only individual to receive the prize in two different science categories.
Find out more: https://t.co/C00oKYwxxL
“Diversity is not just an add-on – it’s what allows us to build new things.”
💫 Discover Milena Arciniegas’ inspiring success story of defying stereotypes and advancing #nanomaterials science at #IIT in the latest #ERCMagazine.
👉 https://t.co/EQhw7UTpXL
@IITalk
🗣️Mercouri Kanatzidis (@MercouriK) presents at #EMLEM25 advances in halide perovskites & perovskitoids for LEDs, showcasing materials with high luminescence efficiency, enhanced stability, and easy fabrication paving the way for next-gen optoelectronics
🔗https://t.co/6Qy7xrz55n
👉Cutting-edge talks at #EMLEM25:
🗣️Hilmi Demir presents quasi-2D nanoplatelets with record LED efficiency, low lasing thresholds, and meta-device integration
🗣️Sergio Brovelli unveils ultrafast perovskite nanocrystal scintillators for advanced radiation detection and imaging
You don't wanna work somehwere where you do not feel supported and validated, where you feel forced by a need to maintain your position in the organization, where you don't have time and space to truly rest.
No one wants to trade in hours of their life to "earn" necessities.
Happy to see our recent work on (not so) double #perovskites#nanocrystals, in the form of Cu doped Cs3Sb2Cl9 nanocrystals, in the Most Read section of @ACSMatLett 🙏
If you're curious about our opinion on Cs2CuSbCl6, have a look at
https://t.co/NyXWptCYp3 🤓
If you know anyone who is interested in doing a PhD at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, please share this opportunity with them!
I will co-supervise the student at UNL, and they will have the opportunity to travel there.🌽🌽
https://t.co/HyHtoPq5so