The Dutch Magazine for Physics (NTvN) published an article about the research of Freek Pols. He is developing and testing a learning track in order to increase the limited learning yield of practicals.

Yabin Wang is a master student from 3me faculty. He will join the LINX project in the coming academic year for his master thesis project. His topic will be studying the influence of the partial coherence effects on ptychography reconstruction. These effects involve source extension, mechanical instability, and the presence of multiple harmonics (wavelengths).

Jialing Zou is a master student from 3me faculty. She will join the LINX project in the coming academic year for her master thesis project. Her topic will be extending the ptychography in reflection geometry from 2D to 3D using multi-slice approach and RCWA method

As of May 2021, Iman Esmaeil Zadeh has been appointed as assistant professor in Optics research group. Dr. Esmaeil Zadeh has authored more than 25 peer-reviewed journal papers and has more than ten years of experience on the design, nano-fabrication, and characterization of photonic devices, superconducting detectors and the integration of semiconducting devices in photonic structures.

Last week Paul Urbach participated in the German-Dutch Chamber of Commerce (DNHK) meeting with the Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. They spoke to 18 German and Dutch companies, knowledge institutions and umbrella organizations about German-Dutch economic relations.

Huangcheng Shangguan came from China and graduated from Shenzhen University with a Master’s degree in 2021, majoring in Optics Engineering. He joined ImPhys to pursue his PhD degree under the supervision of Jeroen Kalkman and Paul Urbach. He will be doing research on 3D and high-speed imaging of Integrated Circuits.

Published today in Nature Communications a study about finding heterogeneity in SMLM data. Particle fusion for single molecule localization microscopy improves signal-to-noise ratio and overcomes underlabeling, but ignores structural heterogeneity or conformational variability. This study presents a-priori knowledge-free unsupervised classification of structurally different particles employing the Bhattacharya cost function as dissimilarity metric.

Academic programmes often produce specialists, each highly skilled in their own discipline but not necessarily well-prepared for a career in multidisciplinary companies. At Applied Sciences in Delft and Business Administration at the Rotterdam School of Management, however, they have been teaching their students for over a decade how to collaborate with people who think differently.

This week a study appeared in Nature Methods on the impact of noise on Structured Illumination Microscopy image reconstructions, and how this knowledge helps to make these reconstructions less sensitive to artefacts as well as to eliminate arbitrary user set parameters. The work was done by Carlas Smith, Kees Hagen, Jacob Hoogenboom, and Sjoerd Stallinga together with PhD-students and collaborators in Erasmus Medical Center and Oxford.

Together with colleagues from other institutions, Elizabeth Carroll has won a grant of up to 750,000 euros in the ZonMw Open Competition. The team will investigate stress in insulin-producing cells.