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Presentation by Falko Schmidt on "Tunable critical Casimir forces counteract Casimir–Lifshitz attraction" at the CMD29, Manchester, UK
Falko Schmidt is presenting his work on Critical Casimir Forces in NEMS at the Condensed Matter Division CMD29 in Manchester, UK.
CMD29 is a large international conference covering all aspects of condensed matter physics. Its 29th iteration of t...
Post · August 16, 2022
Presentation by Falko Schmidt on "Self-organisation of colloidal systems in the presence of fluctuations" at Erice, IT
Falko Schmidt is presenting the latest research findings on self-organized colloidal system using critical phenomena and light at the Artifical and living matter workshop in Erice Italy.
The workshop takes places between the 26th of June and 1st ...
Post · August 16, 2022
Presentation by Falko Schmidt on "A monolithic nanophotonic system based on single-photon emitters" at the Complex Nanophotonics Science Camp
Falko Schmidt is presenting first results on his work on integrated photonics at the Complex Nanophotonics Science Camp in London, UK.
The Science Camp takes places between the 2nd till 5th of August at the Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Par...
Post · August 16, 2022
The Effect of Positive Emotions on Cognitive Performance
Traditionally, psychologists who study emotion have primarily focused on understanding negative emotions and their effects on mental and physical health. For example, researchers studied emotions such as sadness, anger, stress and anxiety particul...
Post · August 15, 2022
Supplement Review #2: Cerebrolysin
Background - Neurons are scattered throughout the body and are responsible for sensing and responding to the environment. The nervous system is actually broken down into a peripheral nervous system and a central nervous system. The peripheral nerv...
Post · August 15, 2022
Farewell dinner for VPU postdoctoral fellows at the Old Compton Brasserie
As the UK emerged out of the COVID lockdown it was time to bid farewell to a first class team of postdoctoral fellows that dedicated so much hard work to the fight against COVID and influenza. However this is more "Au Revoir" than "Adieu" as they ...
Post · August 14, 2022
Belated Doctoral graduation for Martin Mayora Neto at Rochester Cathedral
Due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, many graduation ceremonies were deferred including that of Martin Mayora Neto. Martin undertook his PhD on Ebola pseudotyping supervised by Simon Scott, Nigel Temperton and Edward Wright. Martin is now a PDRA in the...
Post · August 14, 2022
Options XI Belfast presentations
Abstracts accepted for presentation at the Options XI meeting 26-29th September 2022 in Belfast:
Abstract Title: “An ABCD Influenza virus pseudotype library: generating a globally accessible resource for immunogenicity studies of universal vaccin...
Post · August 14, 2022