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17-03-23 Christine Linne received EPL poster prize
Christine Linne, master student from the group 'dynamics of fluid and biological interfaces' of Oliver Bäumchen, was awarded the EPL (Europhysics Letters) poster prize of the 'biological physics' division with a prize money of 250 Euros. Her poster "Light-activated flagella dynamics of Chlamydomonas in contact with a surface" has been selected by the jury during the spring meeting of the German Physical Society in Dresden. Image (c) DPG more
17-03-03 Max Planck - University of Twente Center for Complex Fluid Dynamics opened

17-03-03 Max Planck - University of Twente Center for Complex Fluid Dynamics opened

Today the Max Planck - University of Twente Center for Complex Fluid Dynamics was inaugurated in Twente, The Netherlands. With this the joint research projects between our institute, the University of Twente and the Max Planck Institute for polymer research in Mainz started. Stephan Herminghaus presented the projects in our department in his work in the opening ceremony. Image (c) University of Twente
17-02-07 Our publication decorates the cover of the Soft Matter journal

17-02-07 Our publication decorates the cover of the Soft Matter journal

The inner cover of the recent issue of the Journals 'Soft Matter' is decorated with images from our research. The related publication "Phase separation in driven granular gases: exploring the elusive character of nonequilibrium steady states" written by Stephan Herminghaus and Marco G. Mazza is published in Soft Matter 13 (2017) 898-910.
16-12-23 Max Planck Partner Group granted

16-12-23 Max Planck Partner Group granted

Our former member Shashi Thutupalli, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, has been granted financial support through a Max Planck Partner Group, to be established for three plus an optional two more years. This will strengthen the cooperation with our department.
16-12-21 Publication on Vesicles-on-a-chip has been highlighted
Our publication "Vesicles-on-a-chip: A universal microfluidic platform for the assembly of liposomes and polymersomes(Eur. Phys. J. E 39, 59 (2016)has been highlighted by "Europhysics News". [Screenshot of the EDP Highlights page] [Journal URL] more
16-12-09 Winners of the 'Researching Youth' competition visited our department
Today 13 students, the winners of the competetition 'researching youth', visited our institute. Beside insight into the wind tunnel, they learned in our group about the influece of moisture on granular matter. Also the newspaper 'Göttinger Tageblatt' reported (in German). more
16-09-30 Retirement of Prof. Theo Geisel

16-09-30 Retirement of Prof. Theo Geisel

Today Prof. Theo Geisel, director of the department non-lineal dynamics (NLD), retired. After a review to his scientific career by Prof. Eberhard Bodenschatz, Prof. Fred Wolf gave an entertaining scientific talk. With joint music played by Theo Geisel with some of his colleagues from the institute's band the event ended in the afternoon.
16-09-27 ExploRe project meeting in Bad Boekelo, NL
The second project meeting of the project ExploRe funded by BP plc within this year happened in Bad Boekelo, NL. Again scientists from the project partners met to exchange recent project results. Due to the central location between New York and Tokyo (see image from the hotel lobby) the meeting was easily accessible for all participants. more
16-09-20 team building of the MPIDS in Nörten-Hardenberg

16-09-20 team building of the MPIDS in Nörten-Hardenberg

All employees of the institute travelled to Nörten-Hardenberg on today to strengthen the team spirit. In the rooms of the Burghotel we learned to play the instruments Repinique, Surdo, Caixa, Agogo, Tamborim and Chocalho with instructions from teachers of the 'Escola de Samba'. At the end we recorded a common composition. The program ended with excursions to the castle and to the distillery. 
16-08-10 Oliver Bäumchen receives Total Chair - ESPCI Paris Tech

16-08-10 Oliver Bäumchen receives Total Chair - ESPCI Paris Tech

Our group leader Dr. Oliver Bäumchen has been awarded a "Total - ESPCI Paris Tech Chair", which is funded by the industry partner Total. In October 2016, he will work as a visiting faculty at the ESPCI in Paris. We congratulate him cordially.
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