Join on 11/11 our public lecture 'Why study islands? An introduction to the insular world', at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave. Speaker is José María Fernández-Palacios, professor of the University of La Laguna. He will talk about how species adapt or go extinct as island environments change. bit.ly/47rAgpd

iSAPS provides young researchers in the software architecture field and practicing architects from the industry the opportunity to learn from the leaders in the field. bit.ly/3WBIsNp @danielfeitosa.bsky.social @plago.bsky.social

This workshop aims to establish a cross-disciplinary dialogue between experts in several disciplines to address the urgent challenge of reducing the energy footprint of computational science. bit.ly/4nuk77l @riakymch.bsky.social @malyzajko.bsky.social @gconstantinides.bsky.social

In this video, scientists at different career stages explain three exciting breakthroughs in superconductivity research. On top of that, this video gives an unique insight into what physicists actually do during a Lorentz Center workshop. youtu.be/2qieThb_fow?...

Using the lead isotope community and neighbouring fields as nucleus, this workshop initiates the development of a toolbox for the archaeological sciences written as R package. bit.ly/4nah57V @benmarwick.bsky.social

Heading home after a week at the Lorentz Center in Leiden for a wonderful workshop about designing kinetics. The @lorentzcenter.bsky.social and other places for collaborative research such as @cecamevents.bsky.social and @esivienna.bsky.social do an incredible job for the community. Thank you! 🙏

Theoretical, computational, and experimental scientists from several diverse communities, interested in designing kinetics approaches, come together this at the Lorentz Center. @bettinagkeller.bsky.social @cecamevents.bsky.social bit.ly/4okRoTi

How can science free itself from colonial legacies embedded in its practices? This is the central question driving a new project by Professor Catarina Dutilh Novaes, who joins NIAS in the first semester of 26–27 as the Distinguished NIAS-Lorentz Fellow. @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social bit.ly/4mXW0O7

The goal of this workshop is to define and implement a roadmap for a detailed intercomparison project between multiple leading computational frameworks of magma ocean evolution. bit.ly/3IZbJyn @timlichtenberg.bsky.social @lavainspace.bsky.social @astroyami.bsky.social @meteodenny.bsky.social

This workshop takes a step forward in unveiling the connection between galactic central regions, where small stellar and gaseous structures coexist with massive black holes (MBHs), and the evolution of galaxies at a global scale. @katjafah.bsky.social bit.ly/3VNIMbA

Ben jij proactief, stressbestendig en heb je een probleemoplossende instelling? Vind je het leuk te werken op dé plek waar wetenschap samenkomt? Solliciteer dan naar de functie van workshopcoördinator bij het Lorentz Center! bit.ly/48G8oPa

Ben jij een enthousiaste, ervaren, verbindende leidinggevende en deel jij onze passie voor het samenbrengen van wetenschappers uit verschillende disciplines? Het Lorentz Center is op zoek naar een nieuwe Operationeel Manager. Meer informatie vind je hier: bit.ly/3VVT9u5 Solliciteren tot 8 oktober.

Join on 11 November our public lecture 'Why study islands? An introduction to the insular world', at Museum Boerhaave. Speaker is José María Fernández-Palacios, professor of the University of La Laguna. He will talk about how species adapt or go extinct as island environments change. bit.ly/4nGACgY

This workshop aims to develop methodologies for combined data analysis and build a roadmap for advancing the field of cosmology while also utilizing GW insights to tackle key challenges in stellar and extragalactic astrophysics. bit.ly/4nLOWoE @samayanissanke.bsky.social

Experts with theoretical traditions, researchers experienced in approaches to theory construction, educators and policymakers work on the first steps toward creating a mature subfield of theoretical psychology. bit.ly/4nLOWoE @annemscheel.bsky.social @bringmannlaura.bsky.social @jmbh.bsky.social

Het Lorentz Center zoekt per direct een: Wetenschappelijk Coördinator. Ben jij gepromoveerd, nieuwsgierig naar grensverleggend onderzoek en heb je passie voor verbinding? Dan is dit jouw kans om een sleutelrol te spelen in het bruisende hart van de internationale wetenschap. bit.ly/46sTA3J

Mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers, historians, philosophers, social scientists, and policymakers come together to discuss how rapid developments in technology will change the practice of mathematical research. bit.ly/3I1YLj4

This workshop aims to tackle the critical challenges of documenting paradata in 3D heritage visualisations. By developing actionable standards and tools, this workshop seeks to ensure transparency, reliability, and reusability in 3D scholarship. bit.ly/46jG7Lt @ihuvila.bsky.social

Scientists eager to build a community interested in the control of complex nonequilibrium phenomena, come together this week at the Lorentz Center to establish some fruitful connections between recent theoretical and experimental progress. bit.ly/4ge4Fu2

Our paper "Large Physics Models: Towards a collaborative approach with Large Language Models and Foundation Models" has just been accepted for publication in THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C. It is a result of a workshop shorturl.at/6UbIW at @lorentzcenter.bsky.social, and is co-authored with:

The workshop aims to unravel the mechanisms behind the nitrogen- and oxygen-bearing iCOMs dichotomy, integrating observations, modeling, and computational studies. bit.ly/4m31c2R @mathilde-bvr.bsky.social

This workshop aims to establish an international alliance of proven, effective psychosocial multicomponent intervention programs for neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia. bit.ly/4fCmx1a

The Lorentz Center and the @esciencecenter.bsky.social invite researchers to join the eScience Center - Lorentz Competition 2025. This year the focus is on: Advancing AI Techniques for Scientific Research and Scholarship More information: bit.ly/4fCmx1a

This workshop aims to create a new research agenda in theoretical biology, drawing on the biosemiotic and Extended Evolutionary Synthesis paradigms supplementing the Modern Synthesis. bit.ly/4mRGFyZ

Halfway there – Let’s finish (y)our common rooms! In June, we launched a crowdfunding campaign to upgrade the common rooms. Already over half of our target amount is donated! We are deeply grateful for every contribution, large or small. More information and how to make a donation: bit.ly/3JdthGR

This week, researchers from across the aviation sector and stakeholders, come together to develop a whitepaper on 'Mitigating Contrail Impact' in reducing the environmental impact of aviation. bit.ly/4owdzGK

Checkout our latest article on "The intricacies of computational electrochemistry"! It summarizes a lot of discussions from a @lorentzcenter.bsky.social workshop we organized last year. We hope this article offers valuable insights for both newcomers and experts in this exciting field!

This workshop aims to accelerate progress in unraveling the nature of the Gaia phase spiral and its implications for galactic dynamics by fostering the in-depth exploration and collaboration essential to tackling this grand challenge. bit.ly/4m7KDDK @msemczuk.bsky.social

Researchers from AI, machine learning, logic, mathematics and law come together to discuss about the conceptual foundation of causality and responsibility and how they should be formalized with the support of mathematical/computational tools. bit.ly/4o9hfOv @ruuta.bsky.social

It’s a wrap. 5 days of Global Open Research Commons #GORC @lorentzcenter.bsky.social #Leiden @researchdataall.bsky.social @rdaeurope.bsky.social Good discussions, expert people, interesting use cases. Check out the inspiring work of this group ➡️ www.rd-alliance.org/groups/gorc-...

Travelling from the 1st day @researchdataall.bsky.social @rdaeurope.bsky.social Making the Global Open Research Commons #GORC Truly Global workshop @lorentzcenter.bsky.social #Leiden. Good discussions, expert people, interesting use cases. Happy for 4 more days. And look at this pretty lady 💚

Researchers from different backgrounds who work broadly on Diophantine problems come together at the Lorentz Center to make new connections across their respective fields. bit.ly/467FtCq

Big thanks to all participants of "Photosynthesis & Temperature Extremes in a Changing World" at @lorentzcenter.bsky.social A week full of inspiring discussions, new collaborations, and exciting ideas. Looking forward to the next steps! ✍️ #Photosynthesis #Temperature #ClimateChange

This workshop gathers researchers from diverse fields with a shared interest in CoA to critically re-evaluate its roles through out-of-the-box thinking, to provide new insights into our understanding of CoA in biology. bit.ly/4k1Fg7b

Crowdfunding - Help us upgrading the Lorentz Center social hotspots! We just moved into our new venue at the Snellius building. It's a present from Leiden University to the research community. Now we need your help to make truly feel like your home. Can we count on your help? bit.ly/445PnSm

Yesterday, Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl and Jasper Knoester, Dean of the Faculty of Science, opened our new venues at the Snellius Building, which offer all participants of our workshops an informal and inspiring atmosphere. Check bit.ly/4jQ54CX for more impressions!

The moving boxes are unpacked, the floors are gleaming, and the workshop rooms look fresh and inviting. On Monday 16 June, the renovated Lorentz Center is reopened. Director Roeland Merks: ‘There’s a new energy running through our centre.' @lorentzcenter.bsky.social

Mooi moment: Rector Hester Bijl opent het vernieuwde @lorentzcenter.bsky.social Een unieke plek waar wetenschappers uit de hele wereld naar toe komen om in alle rust te discussiëren over hun inzichten, ideeën en plannen. @unileiden.bsky.social

This workshop aims to establish the knowledge gaps in photosynthesis and photo regulation under cold and heat stress across. bit.ly/4kCti4Q @cavycavs.bsky.social

This workshop focuses on how technology can be used to strengthen the connection between assessment data and instruction in education. bit.ly/4n3EbOE @jessicatoste.bsky.social

This workshop aims to come to a common understanding of the various models of plant cortical microtubules and develop a standardization of modelling frameworks. bit.ly/3FWk0Bw

Are you working at the intersection of the humanities/social sciences and the natural/technological sciences? Apply now for the NLTG 26/27 – a unique 5 month residency for interdisciplinary research teams at NIAS and organize a workshop at the Lorentz Center. nias-lorentz.nl/nltg-theme-g...

This workshop aims to contribute a new perspective on the impact of war on the environment through a combined social and natural scientific engagement with comparative cases from Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Ukraine. bit.ly/45CVgsy @niodamsterdam.bsky.social

Looking forward to a week full of discussions with academics and practicioners on conflict, ecology and short- and long-term consequences of warfare for the environment and all being depending on it @unileiden.bsky.social supported by @niodamsterdam.bsky.social / @lorentzcenter.bsky.social

This workshop brings together clinical and AI experts to foster collaboration and explore AI advancements in CCTA, QCA, IVUS, and OCT imaging to enhance PCI procedures. bit.ly/4dybcOJ

This workshop aims to develop a vision on how reaction barriers can be computed for dissociative chemisorption on metal surfaces with chemical accuracy for systems that are prone to electron transfer from the surface to the molecule. bit.ly/43FrLnA

This workshop aims to create science communication products (infographics, animations, fact sheets) that promote a well-rounded view of people living in adverse environments (e.g., due to neglect, abuse, poverty). bit.ly/4kry4BU @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social

This weeks' workshop gathers experts to discuss the latest JWST findings on protostellar accretion and ejection processes. bit.ly/3Hg99Th @ltychoniec.bsky.social @yaolun.bsky.social

Loneliness experts from different disciplines, practitioners, policy-makers and people with lived experiences come together this week to gain crucial knowledge and build tangible tools on when and how loneliness becomes harmful. bit.ly/4iRAatn @marliesmaes.bsky.social @aypsilanti.bsky.social

This workshop brings together astronomers with the diverse but highly complementary expertise necessary to address long-standing issues in studies of massive galaxies at high redshift. bit.ly/4lQ6RtS @davidjsetton.bsky.social