Registration and abstract submission is open for eurobic18.eu. Hopefully we see all of you (bio)inorganic chemists in Groningen - the coolest place to be in Europe this summer (and probably also a bit wet but fantastic speakers!).

#TFW your collaborator is front page of @nrc.nl @profmoniektromp.bsky.social about (future of) batteries in 🇳🇱, custom made for their purpose www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Nieuwe typen batterijen, mooie initiatieven! #battery #ijzer Via #nrc @nrc.nl @profmoniektromp.bsky.social www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Opening European Polymer Congress 2025 in Groningen with over 1250 participants! @zernike-institute.bsky.social @rug.nl #katjaloos

Yesterday we celebrated the official opening of the Feringa Building 🎉 Thank you to everyone that joined us for the celebration and all those that made it happen! 💪 A small recap of the day 👇 www.rug.nl/news/2025/06...

Great news! Wouter Roos, Syuzanna Harutyunyan and Inga Kamp (FSE/@sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social) each receive an @erc.europa.eu Advanced grant of up to €2.5 million. Congratulations! 👏 Read more about the research the grants were awarded for 👇 www.rug.nl/news/2025/06...

A great day on Tuesday, finally celebrating our new Feringabuilding! A place to educate the new generation, of endless creativity, contributing to a sustainable, healthy future for all! @rug.nl @zernike-institute.bsky.social

Great Open House of our new Feringabuilding last week, showing many, many people around our new labs and "work-home"!

Tip! Visit the @unigroningen.bsky.social museum to check out the Brain Storm exhibition!

Who knows? I might actually change careers as some point😅 facultyofimpact.nl/news/intervi...

Coming back to Groningen after two days of policy discussions and a general assembly with our Initiative for Science in Europe member organisations, as a proud and energised (but also tired) president😊 These are difficult and uncertain times for many, including scientists.

Rachel Los schreef een anti-dankwoord in haar promotie. Over iedereen die haar heeft tegengewerkt. Via NRC:

Women’s rights do not advance on their own. They are won through persistence and can easily be lost without vigilance.

We are happy to announce our 2024-2025 Advancing Women in Biology (AWiB) Fund laureates: Marleen Aarts (@uva.nl) and Nynke Wemer (@unigroningen.bsky.social). Read more about the AWiB fund and how Marleen and Nynke are going to use their grants on our website: www.lnvh.nl/advancing-wo...

New from @profphilgale.bsky.social, @profmoniektromp.bsky.social and colleagues: 'Anion transport in biologically relevant lipid mixtures' #OpenAccess 🔓

UG Makers: Moniek Tromp built a tabletop version of a synchrotron to observe atoms on the inside! ⚛️ It allows Tromp to do most of the measurements within her own lab, instead of large scale facilities with limited availability 👇 www.rug.nl/news/2025/03... @sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social

Amerikaanse wetenschappers mogen niet meer deelnemen aan IPPC-panel:

For our @Beethoven program (to train a new generation of students at MBO, HBO and universities for the semiconductor industry), we just opened an interesting, new position, for candidates who work already at one of the knowledge institutions in the North. universiteitvanhetnoorden.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Proud of Sarah and all others involved in this nice paper!😊

Obituary: James Fraser Stoddart (1942-2024) chemist and nanotechnology pioneer who built molecular machines https://go.nature.com/40MvkI9

Good start of the new year with this beautiful work on high-rate anodes for Li-ion batteries by Maarten Jager in a nice collaboration with @utwente.bsky.social within the #BatteryNL consortium! pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...