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ᯓ➤ data used to develop a mathematical tool which allows to obtain 3D models of any protein-membrane system

Read our webarticle to understand why the model developed by Cedric Gommes is highly adaptable and widely applicable to various membrane-protein complexes.

╰┈➤ˎˊ˗ structural aspects of the membranes obtained via small-angle scattering instrument D22 at the ILL as well as on KWS-X at FRM II

╰┈➤ˎˊ˗ Insights into membrane dynamics were provided by the ILL's neutron spin-echo spectrometer IN15

“𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯” says Andreas Stadler from FZJ, principal investigator of the project.

An article just published in the 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 reports the successful results obtained via a close collaboration between theoreticians and experimentalists from Forschungszentrum Jülich, the University of Liège and the ILL.

♾️ High-quality neutron and X-ray data acquired using red blood cells allowed researchers to establish a 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥 theoretical description of cell membranes 🌐

www.ill.eu/news-and-eve...

🔋Neutron imaging of Li-S batteries provides real-time insights into electrolyte distribution, allowing to optimise design. Experiments on NeXT show the distribution of electrolyte solution during cycles 🟢wetted 🔴unwetted💥More www.ill.eu/news-and-events/news/scientific-news/how-batteries-breathe

👩‍🎓Interested in exploring the complex multi-scale dynamics of glass-forming systems under confinement⁉️Open PhD position at ILL+U. Silesia in the framework of the Scientific Member agreement between Poland and ILL. Deadline 26 September. Info on this and other opportunities: www.ill.eu/careers/all-...

Most people would agree gluten-free spaghetti is still a little disappointing. The good news? Researchers are working to improve it! Using neutrons + xrays, they looked into the structure at the nanometre scale. Read more: www.ill.eu/news-and-eve...

8 additional 'novice users' will come to the ILL in the current reactor cycle to join an experiment with experienced users.

If you are also interested, you may apply via the online form (beamtime.eu/programmes-s...)

He admitted that these “big instruments” once felt intimidating from the outside, but the twinning experience gave him the chance to demystify the processes and provided him with the tools to start designing neutron experiments himself.

In 2023, he was awarded a prestigious @erc_research Starting Grant to advance his work on hydrophobic eutectic solvents for green recycling technologies.

Through the NEPHEWS Twinning Programme, Nicolas had the opportunity to explore the capabilities of ILL’s small-angle diffractometer D22.

YouTube video by Institut Laue Langevin Nicolas Schaeffer : advancing sustainability-focused research

ERC laureate 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 brings our portrait series of NEPHEWS novice users to a close.

His research focuses on developing innovative solvents for hydrometallurgy, with applications in resource recovery and sustainability.

youtu.be/owStSs9Mxic

The NEPHEWS project is scheduled to run until December 2026, so there is still a possibility to apply to the NEPHEWS programme, filling up the short registration form online : beamtime.eu/programmes-s...

YouTube video by Institut Laue Langevin Vlada Pashynska : pushing the frontiers of biophysics

Discover her full video portrait on: youtu.be/3khbCbdIrqA

Dr. Vlada Pashynska, PhD, MBA is a senior researcher in Kharkiv, where she specializes in molecular biophysics.

With the war in Ukraine making it increasingly difficult to carry out experiments at home, Vlada applied to the NEPHEWS Twinning Programme to continue pursuing her scientific purpose.

Selected PhD students will be based in #Grenoble on an ILL PhD contract for 3 years.

📩 Applications details and 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 on www.ill.eu/fileadmin/us...

While proposals from all scientific areas are welcome, we particularly encourage projects in 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 and 𝙎𝙤𝙛𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧.

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞
📅 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦: 30 September 2025 (midnight CET)
📅 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 15 October 2025

This initiative aims to:
🔹 Strengthen the Swiss neutron community across regions, disciplines, and techniques
🔹 Support researchers in preparing and conducting neutron scattering experiments (principally at the ILL)
🔹 Foster collaboration between ILL scientists and Swiss-based researchers

📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐬 – 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 & 𝐈𝐋𝐋 (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓–𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟑) 🇨🇭

As part of the Scientific Member agreement between Switzerland and the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), funding is available
👉 for a 3-year PhD project to start as soon as possible.
👉 for two additional 3-year PhD projects in 2026.

📸 in cover: Stéphanie Jimenez - technician on D17 - pictured inside the instrument's detector tank.

👀 Read the original publication in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (co-authored with Edwin C Johnson, Hayden Robertson, Erica Wanless, Grant B. Webber) as well as our webstory : www.ill.eu/news-and-eve...

“(...) our findings (...) also highlight the unmatched strength of the next generation of ILL’s reflectometers for high-resolution studies of molecular kinetics in an aqueous environment”, he explains

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 ! 🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱 Molecular motions can be tracked with unprecedented precision 🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱

Ben Humphreys led a study investigating the solution response of polymer PNIPAM chains attached to a silicon surface as a function of temperature and glucose concentration 📈 📉

📅 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
📩 Send your CV, motivation letter, and 2 references to: javier.campo@csic.es
🖥️ And register to the CSIC Job Bank here : www.bolsatrabajo.csic.es/bolsa_trabaj...

#NeutronScience #InstrumentScientist #ILL #XtremeD #MaterialsScience #HighPress

👩‍🔬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞
📚 PhD in Physics, Chemistry, Geology, or Materials Science
🧪 Experience in neutron scattering, crystallography, magnetism, or high-pressure techniques
🛠️ Bonus: background in scientific instrumentation design
📍 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 (with contract via CSIC in Zaragoza, Spain)

This unique instrument enables experiments under 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 : high magnetic fields and high pressures; and it's part of a 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 (𝐂𝐑𝐆) led by CSIC.

🔬 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐗𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐃 𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐋𝐋 🧲
Join the cutting edge of neutron science! Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA-CSIC) is recruiting an 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 to join the team operating 𝑿𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝑫, a next-generation thermal neutron diffractometer at the ILL.

📷 In addition to ICNS 2025, which took place last week, several other important events happened earlier this summer:

🌞 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

🌞 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

🌞 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Let's look back at one of the great classics of ILL life : the annual PhD clips session! 🍿

Congratulations to the 3 prizes winners + all participants who managed to present their PhD subject in 4 minutes!

There are currently 13 open PhD positions at the ILL!
www.ill.eu/careers/all-...

Just about to start in The Loop, Lund - day 4 of ICNS 2025!

💫 Don't miss 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 keynote talk on the BDCS group at ILL

🏅 𝐉𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐳-𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐥, widely recognized as the “father of FullProf”will be awarded the 2025 Walter Hälg Prize.