@astrocent.bsky.social
Particle Astrophysics Science and Technology Centre (International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science, supported by the ERDF under SG OP, Priority Axis 4, Measure 4.3).
@polskaakademianauk.bsky.social
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Title slide with a starry night-sky background and the Milky Way. A glowing outline of Poland is drawn in purple across the left side. Text reads โASTROCENT: NEW BEGINNINGSโ and โInternational Institute for Particle Astrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences,โ with the tagline โThe first of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe.โ The ASTROCENT logo appears in the bottom-right corner.
By decision of the Polish Academy of Sciences, weโre now the International Institute for Particle Astrophysics PAS - the first in Poland & Central/Eastern Europe! Backed by โฌ30M EU+national funding, weโll probe #darkmatter, #neutrinos & #gravitationalwaves.
New webpage live ๐ lnkd.in/dukx4gst
โจ On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we would like to invite you to join the โAstrocent Take Over: Meet the Women Exploring the Dark Matterโs Riddlesโ this Friday at 1 PM CET! See LinkedIn event: lnkd.in/d_eDGg8a
#WomenInScience #STEM #Astrocent #DarkMatter #ScienceForAll
On 22 January 2026, Dr. Rita Antonietti was awarded by ARAP (Associazione Romana per le Astroparticelle) for its valuable contribution to dark matter research.
๐Congratulations to Rita on this achievement and wellโdeserved recognition.
#WomeninScience #ARAP #AstrocentTeam
You can now tune in to Jedynka - Program 1 Polskiego Radia, where our group leader, Prof. Marcin Kuลบniak, appeared as a guest on the programme โEureka. Ludzie Naukiโ.
#MAB #TeamingForExcellence #WIDERA #FNP #FunduszeUE #FunduszeEuropejskie
Audio: www.polskieradio.pl/jedynka/podc...
On Monday, we were happy to host Matthias De Moor, General Representative of Flanders, and Tijs Verstraete, Policy Officer, from the Delegation of Flanders in Poland and the Baltic States.
Read more about the visit: tinyurl.com/yc3w4579
#EinsteinTelescope #Belgian-Polishpartnership #Flanders
the support of Polish MNiSW programme for Astrocent
Astrocent is proud to receive support from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education as a part of the "International Projects Co-financed" programme for the PROBES project, advancing global collaboration in particle and gravitationalโwave physics. Find out more: astrocent.camk.edu.pl
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Great news from our scientist Dr. Sebastian Trojanowski to kick off the year! His teamโs work opens a new path toward detecting relic neutrinos - a key prediction of the Hot Big Bang theory. You can read the publication online: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Last day of the year, one more reason to celebrate โจ
Astrocent Plus (NCAC PAS) has received funding from @ministerstwonauki.bsky.social! ๐
PLN 29.75M to support frontier particle astrophysics & technologies for global challenges.
Read more: astrocent.camk.edu.pl?p=8708
#HorizonEurope #TfE
We received an EU grant (International Research Agendas #MAB, #FENG) for โASTROCENT โ Particle Astrophysics Technology Centreโ! ๐ช๐บ๐ฌ Weโll develop next-gen detectors & sensors for science + real-world use: medical imaging, renewables, and monitoring. ๐๐ #FunduszeUE
Read more: url-shortener.me/5NB8
โจ Astrocentโs Christmas Party brought us together for an afternoon of festive spirit, delicious treats, and warm conversations. Thank you to everyone who joined, shared traditions, and helped make it special. ๐
#teamAstrocent
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๐ข Save the date: 21โ22 Apr 2026 | CERN, Geneva โ ET Vacuum & Cryogenic Industrial Workshop. Two days of technical exchange on UHV beam pipes, large components & ET-LF cryogenics. Companies welcome + flash talks.
Register: indico.cern.ch/event/160448...
#ET_tech
On December 3rd, we joined the APC @cnrs.fr in welcoming a distinguished delegation of @ministerstwonauki.bsky.social and French Embassy in Poland. This meeting consolidates seven years of Polish-French cooperation!
#TeamingforExcellence
Speaker presenting on stage at the ET Annual Meeting, standing at a lectern beside a projected slide on the Einstein Telescope communication landscape.
Visitors gathered in the ET Roadshow exhibition, listening to a guide in front of informational panels about the Einstein Telescope.
Two women smiling next to a life-size Einstein cardboard figure at the ET Roadshow exhibition in Hasselt.
Close-up of a Walter Isaacson Einstein biography book on a table, next to an ET-themed game box titled โEinsteinโs Echo.
Astrocent supports the Einstein Telescope not only through science, but also by helping Europe tell its story. In Opatija we shared ET-PP communication progress and citizen-engagement plans; in Hasselt we learned from the #ETRoadshow.
More: shorturl.at/hRaBc
@einsteintelescope.bsky.social
Dear Astroparticle Physics Enthusiasts, weโre excited to invite you to the next talk in our Astroparticle Frontiers seminar series!
Date & Time: Thursday, November 27, 2025, at 2 PM (CET)
Location: ul. Rektorska 4, room 5.05, Warsaw
Zoom link: princeton.zoom.us/j/97132651029
dark side 20k fall collaboration meeting
Astrocent joined the DarkSide-20k Fall Collaboration Meeting at GSSI (LโAquila, Italy, 17โ21 Nov 2025). Our team contributed to reports on vPDU production and QA/QC and to the Review Office. #DarkSide20k #darkmatter #TeamingForExcellence #NCN
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dr azam zabihi congratulation post
๐ Congratulations to Dr. Azam Zabihi for receiving the prestigious MINIATURAโ9 grant from the National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki)!
We are delighted to see her dedication recognised, and we look forward to supporting her work and celebrating the achievements that will follow.
๐ GWECS Job Fair 2025!
Weโre collecting job offers for the upcoming online fair connecting early-career GW scientists with employers.
Submit your openings: shorturl.at/4siMH
More details soon!
ET job opportunities: lnkd.in/d9S2-sRj
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research position at Astrocent!
More information: lnkd.in/dEc8dNME
A presenter explains a slide about dark matter in galaxies to an audience during the public lecture.
A speaker presents information about Astrocent during the Dark Matter Day public lecture, with a slide projected behind her.
Audience members listen attentively during the Dark Matter Day 2025 event at Astrocent.
A young woman listens with interest during the Dark Matter Day 2025 event at Astrocent.
What an evening! On the 4 Nov, we celebrated #DarkMatterDay 2025 with a captivating lecture by Dr. Sebastian Trojanowski. Huge thanks to everyone involved in organising this inspiring event!
Read more: astrocent.camk.edu.pl?p=8538
A man with short dark hair, wearing a light jacket over a dark shirt, is standing indoors and looking to the side while speaking.
Congrats to our former postdoc Dr Kimura (supervised by Prof. Masayuki Wada) for receiving the 20th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan for his #DarkSide-50 #darkmatter study โ conducted at Astrocent โ and for his new role as Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo! ๐
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seminar post
Join us for the next Astroparticle Frontiers seminar with Dr. Yue-Lin Sming Tsai!
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Thursday, November 6, 2025
๐ 2 PM (CET)
๐ Rektorska 4, room 5.05, Warsaw
๐ Zoom: princeton.zoom.us/j/97132651029
๐Today is the International Dark Matter Day โ a global celebration of the hunt for the unseen! Astrocent will mark the occasion next week with a popular science lecture in Polish by Dr. Sebastian Trojanowski (Astrocent, CAMK PAN). Link to the event: tinyurl.com/4jjd8wye
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Researcher presenting at the LIDINE 2025 conference in Hong Kong. The slide on screen discusses โDark Matter detection challenges,โ and the audience is seated with laptops and notebooks in a conference room setting.
โSpeaker giving a presentation at the Sheraton Hotel in Hong Kong during the LIDINE 2025 conference. The slide on screen is titled โWhat is PET and Why?โ and explains Positron Emission Tomography as a non-invasive imaging technique for visualising biochemical function in tissues.
We took part in #LIDINE2025 in China ๐จ๐ณ, contributing 3 presentations โ 2 talks and a poster โ on noble-element detector technologies.
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Congratulations to Diego Rodas Rodrรญguez, who received a poster award for the innovative work on cryogenic detector applications!
Proud moment!๐ก
@ncn.gov.pl
Teaming Club Prof. Leszek Roszkowski
Astrocentโs Leszek Roszkowski and Marta Borowiec joined the 4th Teaming Club Conference in Portugal ๐ต๐น โ connecting with Centres of Excellence across Europe to share ideas and build lasting collaborations. ๐
#TeamingForExcellence
Sebastian Trojanowski
Miroslav Macko
Pedro Silva
Rita Antonietti
New energy, new ideas, new discoveries ahead! โก๏ธ Four amazing researchers are joining the Astrocent team - welcome Rita, Miroslav, Pedro, and Sebastian! ๐
Check out full bios of our new team members at: astrocent.camk.edu.pl
#team #Astrocent #CAMKPAN
photos from the Illustrated Communication Festival in Gdansk, Poland
photos from the Illustrated Communication Festival in Gdansk, Poland
Our Comms Officer, Magda Jakubiak, spent the day at the Illustrated Communication Festival surrounded by fresh ideas on how to use visual communication. Weโre proud to see our teammates keeping their curiosity alive!
#TeamingforExcellence #EU #HorizonEurope #communication
the-6th-drd1-collaboration-meeting-2025
Uff, what a week we have had at the 6th DRD1 Collaboration Meeting (6โ10.10), full of engagement! From daily presentation sessions to a schedule rich with social activities. Thank you, CERN, for entrusting us to deliver an enjoyable experience for our guests.
Find out more: astrocent.camk.edu.pl
DRD1 Collaboration Meeting in Warsaw, 2025
On Monday, we are starting a special gathering as the 6th DRD1 Collaboration Meeting lands in Warsaw - its first edition outside CERN! This global event brings together leading researchers in gas radiation detector development. The countdown is on!
#DRD1Meeting #ParticleAstrophysics
