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[Faculteit TNW / Faculty of Applied Sciences @TNWTUDelft]

🧬 Revealing DNA behaviour in record time⏱️It is now possible to measure millions of #DNA molecules within a week instead of years to decades, thanks to a new #technology now published in @ScienceMagazine 👉 https://t.co/Bn8ulB2ECo @C_Bastiaanssen #singlemolecule #sequencing

[Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) @LeidenPhysics]

🔥 Vincent Koeman and @JuliaCramer are going to Lowlands Science! 🧑‍🔬

With their pop-up expo they study the festival-goers' perception of quantum before and after a visit. Not big on festivals? You can see the expo at BplusC in Leiden until Aug 13!

#LL24 #LLScience #LLFest

[LeidenScience ENG @LeidenScienceEN]

Can we make fuel in a sustainable, circular way? 🌿 Our researchers and technicians work hand in hand to make this a reality! Felix Smits from the @LeidenPhysics worked with the Fine Mechanical Department on a very special project.🙏

Learn more now 👉 https://t.co/1x2CuAD2Ty

[LeidenScience ENG @LeidenScienceEN]

Since Covid, have you ever wondered how we can communicate effectively during a pandemic? Join this talk by Jo Røislien to find out! Røislien is a Professor of Medical Statistics and award-winning science communicator.

Register now: https://t.co/ePgtsLWPFQ

@YALeiden

[Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) @LeidenPhysics]

Curious how we can teach quantum to children and high school students? Join the @QuantumDeltaNL symposium on quantum education for the younger generation next week!

Register now: https://t.co/rbqCZIn3hY

[Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) @LeidenPhysics]

Have you started the National Quantum Course yet? 🧑‍🎓🏆

This course for everyone who wants to know more about quantum was launched in Madurodam. Watch the after movie now: https://t.co/cVglQQAlmQ

[LeidenScience ENG @LeidenScienceEN]

Get inspired during the 11th Life Science Symposium 'Altering Evolution: Taking the future in our hands'! 🧬 How do we shape evolution and what are the benefits?

🗓️May 14
📍Theater de Veste, Delft

Tickets include lunch, a goodie bag and drinks: https://t.co/wF67bCvjZa

[LeidenScience ENG @LeidenScienceEN]

Are you joining the Oort lecture next Monday to learn about the origin and evolution of galaxies? 🌌 You can attend in person at the Academy Building or follow the livestream!

Register now: https://t.co/HxMIgujp5P

[Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) @LeidenPhysics]

This year, a quantum light source will travel through 12 labs in 12 countries. Including Wolfgang Loefflers lab in Leiden!💫

Follow QuanTour to get in the mood for the International Year of Quantum 2025: https://t.co/JVlXefWKd9

@the_ScienceTalk #QuanTour #QTorch #SUPERquantum

[Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) @LeidenPhysics]

Congratulations to Carlo Beenakker, who has been elected AAAS Fellow! One of the most prestigious appointments in the academic world. 🏵

As @sensemolen says: 'You have to have a lot going for you to get on this list as a non-US researcher.'

👉https://t.co/iyArj9RZfP

[Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) @LeidenPhysics]

Do you want to understand what's so special about quantum and how it might impact the world? From online security to cancer treatment. And what's the deal with the cats? 😸

Visit the pop-up exhibition at the Leidse instrumentmakers School! From 8:00-16:00 until July 12.

[LeidenScience ENG @LeidenScienceEN]

Do we understand the origin of the Universe? 🌌 In the Oort Lecture, Professor George Efstathiou will take you on a journey about the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model. Does he expect a paradigm shift in cosmology any time soon? Join us on May 6 at 20:00.

👉 https://t.co/i6q2yxvVxP

[Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) @LeidenPhysics]

Tonight's @SGLeiden lecture in the quantum series is fully booked! 🤩 @JuliaCramer and Marij van Strien will talk about quantum, philosophy and society (in Dutch). You can still watch the live stream on: https://t.co/LwI38vgVxO

[LeidenScience ENG @LeidenScienceEN]

Are you an academic interested in science communication and public engagement around fundamental science? Then this conference is for you! In South Africa nonetheless 🇿🇦☀️ Our own @JuliaCramer is one of the organisers.

Submit your abstract now 👉 https://t.co/3uSFOaXu7R

[LeidenScience ENG @LeidenScienceEN]

Salt crystals, a nano-sized golf stick and scattering wave functions. 16 submissions, but only one can be the winner of the 2023 LION Image Award competition! 🏆📸

🎊 Find out which image is the winner now: https://t.co/z0pKNynQRq

[Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) @LeidenPhysics]

Today, @sensemolen started as our new scientific director! 🙌He cares equally about excellent research and the psychological welfare of everyone at LION. And did you know he started the wall formulas that can be found all over town?

Read what drives him: https://t.co/zBPlMGJzQa

[Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) @LeidenPhysics]

Students can still apply to our summer school until 22 March! 🚀

Don't miss out on this opportunity to meet renowned scientists, peek inside state-of-the-art labs and meet new friends over social activities.

👉Apply now: https://t.co/1PxKPkv9Ak

@LJawerth

[LeidenScience ENG @LeidenScienceEN]

Quantum scary? Not with these games! 🎲 @Evert_v_N from @LeidenPhysics founded a new start-up called QuantumPlayed so that everyone can learn about quantum.

Curious about quantum games? Read the interview and try quantum Tic Tac Toe for yourself! ⭕❌ https://t.co/0zC2ywTtbm

[LeidenScience ENG @LeidenScienceEN]

🔎Putting the laws of gravity to the test 💫 That's what @asilvest78 from @LeidenPhysics will do with a €2M ERC Consolidator grant! 👏

With the Euclid telescope, scientists can probe gravity on cosmological scales for the first time!🛰️

👉https://t.co/A3o18PGjGm

[Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) @LeidenPhysics]

It's our pleasure to congratulate @luca_giomi on his appointment to full professor at LION! 🎓 🎊

His dream is to understand, dissect and predict the behaviour of biological matter across length scales.

Read the interview with Luca now: https://t.co/fZVIHMh2Pf