[19-09-2022]
With the aid of physics and a minuscule magnet, researchers have discovered a new structure of telomeric DNA. Telomeres are sometimes seen as the key to living longer, That protect genes from damage but get a bit shorter each time a cell divides. If they become too short, the cell dies. The new discovery will help us understand ageing and disease.
Physics is not the first scientific discipline that springs to mind at the mention of DNA. But John van Noort from the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) is one of the scientists who found the new DNA structure. A biophysicist, he uses methods from physics for biological experiments. This also caught the attention of biologists from Nanyan Technological University in Singapore. They asked him to help study the DNA structure of telomeres. They have published the results in Nature.
2nd webinar series on “Photothermal Microscopy and Spectroscopy
PhD defence - Hans Bartling: "Quantum control of interacting nuclear and electron spins in diamond"
PhD defence - Anthony Birnie: "Genome-in-a-box: Building a Chromosome from the Bottom Up"
Theoretical physics: Seminar Theoretical High Energy Physics
PhD course: Microscopy - online version (to be taken anytime)
Casimir Summer School was a success!
31-08-2023
PhD position in Delft, Ryoichi Ishihara group: Photonic Circuits for Quantum Computer
Delft
13-02-2023
PhD positions in Leiden, Bhattacharyya lab: quantum transport in van der Waals heterostructures
Leiden
17-08-2022
Delft
02-08-2022
PhD position in Leiden, Allan lab: Electron pair microscopy
Leiden
01-08-2022