Patrick van der Wel

Patrick van der Wel

@pcavanderwel.bsky.social

Solid-state NMR, Zernike Institute, university of Groningen. Posts = personal. Spectroscopy, biochemistry, structural biology, amyloid & condensates, Huntington disease, membrane biophysics, biomaterials etc

1,496 Followers 1,398 Following 397 Posts Joined Oct 2023
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#NMRchat Photoactive selectively deuterated reactive mesogens targeted for light-controlled opto-mechanical applications http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2026/TC/D6TC00050A

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Nobel chemistry laureate Frances Arnold: ‘Whole swaths of science are just going to die on the vine’ The Caltech professor on using AI to harness the power of enzymes — and what US funding cuts could mean for research

Nobel laureate Frances Arnold has had an extraordinary journey from teenage rebellion in Pittsburgh to harnessing AI to evolutionary biology to create new kinds of chemistry.

I sat down with her for a Lunch with the FT in the bistro of Stockholm's Nobel Prize Museum.

www.ft.com/content/9923...

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Lezing 1891 – Prof.dr. Elisabetta Chicca | Koninklijk Natuurkundig Genootschap

.. seminar series of the KNG (koninklijk natuurkundig genootschap). See www.kng-groningen.nl/lezing-1891-... . More cool lectures coming!

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Elisabetta Chicca - Bio-inspired circuits and systems. (Sadly AI generated image) Elisabetta Chicca - Bio-inspired circuits and systems

Yesterday evening: a fascinating lecture by my colleague Elisabetta Chicca ( @zernike-institute.bsky.social @rug.nl ) about her research “what goes on inside the insect brain”. Including cool videos of both insects and robots, plus actual demos in the room. Part of the ongoing ..

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Captain Haddock looking very frazzled, saying, “What a week, huh?”
Tintin leans into the frame and says, “Captain, it’s Wednesday.”
Snowy aka Milou is very excited about the drink he has found.

Viñeta de Tintin
El capitán Haddock, sentado a una mesa y con aspecto de estar agotado, dice: "¡Menuda semana, ¿eh?".
Tintín, a su derecha, le dice: "Capitán, es miércoles".
A la izquierda, Milú mira muy contento la bebida que está en la mesa.
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a printed object showing the layer lines. On the bottom how to replicate those lines in PDMS to make a microfluidic device the microfluidic channels

Do you know those annoying layer lines you get with FDM 3D printers? Those layers you try to avoid or hide? 
What if I tell you we can use them to make 15-micrometer-tall microfluidic channels?
chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.... 1/5 #chemsky the

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Biotech: Evotec verschärft Sparkurs – bis zu 800 Stellen betroffen Evotec kündigt bis zu vier weitere Standortschließungen an – nach bereits fünf in den letzten zwei Jahren. Das setzt der Aktie stark zu.

Evotec kündigt bis zu vier weitere Standortschließungen an – nach bereits fünf in den letzten zwei Jahren. Das setzt der Aktie stark zu.

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Evotec ending drug discovery in the UK :( good luck to all of those affected: some good people #chemsky

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A photo of a fossilized trilobite. It is brown in color and somewhat resembles a horseshoe crab.

It's Trilobite Tuesday! Proetid trilobites survived in the world's seas for almost 200 million years, beginning in the early stages of the Ordovician & lasting until the end of the Permian Period. The specimen pictured—the proetid Warburgella—comes from Malvern, England's Silurian Period exposures.

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France-Belgium-Netherlands-Luxembourg joined Magnetic Resonance Conference - Sciencesconf.org We are excited to announce the next France-Belgium-Netherlands-Luxembourg joined Magnetic Resonance Conference to be held in Lille, France, from June 2 to June 5, 2026.

Reminder: the abstract submission for the special FBNL #NMR meeting (June 2-5 2026) is still open until March 16. For more information: fbnl-mr-2026.sciencesconf.org?lang=en

A great lineup of invited speakers will be supplemented with MANY additional talks from abstracts! So submit soon! #nmrchat

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(I am told those buses contain Ajax fans who are arriving to watch the football match against FC #Groningen)

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A man in a blue "Deranged Activist" standing next to a tree outside.

Heading off to set up for the
@standupforscience.bsky.social
rally in Pittsburgh.

1:00 Allegheny Landing

Come on out Yinzers.

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Post image Ajax arriving ?

More #running in #Groningen

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Ach, sommige technologie vind ik best handig - zo hoefden mijn studenten niet hun leven te wagen om naar college te komen een paar weken geleden terwijl het onderwijs wel door kon; en vind ik digitale tentamens ook prettig. Maar het moet altijd ten dienste staan van wat jij als docent wil.

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Kōkako, a large grey songbird with blue wattles, on Tiritiri

When I headed to Aotearoa, I thought my top target passerine was the South Island saddleback. But I'd badly underestimated the North Island kōkako.

I've never heard such an extraordinary song. And they're so large and marvelous. Sadly I never got a great photo, but what a bird!

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Meer dan 100 foute Nederlandse vlindernamen gewijzigd In veel gevallen waren deze namen verouderd. Ook klopten andere kenmerken soms niet. De Limburgse fluweelpalpmot komt bijvoorbeeld niet voor in Limburg.

Meer dan 100 foute Nederlandse vlindernamen gewijzigd

nos.nl/l/2605042

@vlinderstichting.bsky.social

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Loss of interruption in the HTT CAG repeat is associated with increased somatic expansion and loss of medium spiny neurons in HD #NeuroDegeneration 🧪🧠
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.02.709181v1

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Ralph Inbar Bananasplit Fiets aan paal YouTube video by John1968K

( reminds me of an old classic from Dutch tv youtu.be/LzmDJX5yA4w?... #bananasplit )

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Was there a hidden camera? Perhaps they simply aimed to get some fun videos of people attempting to attach their bike

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Some photos of Leeuwarden.. in the sun today!

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Op de terugweg naar huis kwam ik weer een struinende roerdomp tegen. Nu eens een filmpje gemaakt.
#vandaaggemaakt

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Josef Dadok: 100 Years Since the Birth of the Brno Scientist Who Transformed Magnetic Resonance English News and Events in Brno

Brno Daily, Josef Dadok: 100 Years Since the Birth of the Brno Scientist Who Transformed Magnetic Resonance @ceitec.eu brnodaily.com/2026/03/04/s... #NMRchat #NMR 🧲

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Today in Leeuwarden for the 2026 symposium The Analytical Challenge, with a focus on water analysis. sac.kncv.nl/tac2026

At the Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein

#analyticalchemistry

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(The event takes place in the town of Lille (France), ensuring easy access from the participating countries of France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.)

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France-Belgium-Netherlands-Luxembourg joined Magnetic Resonance Conference - Sciencesconf.org We are excited to announce the next France-Belgium-Netherlands-Luxembourg joined Magnetic Resonance Conference to be held in Lille, France, from June 2 to June 5, 2026.

Reminder: the abstract submission for the special FBNL #NMR meeting (June 2-5 2026) is still open until March 16. For more information: fbnl-mr-2026.sciencesconf.org?lang=en

A great lineup of invited speakers will be supplemented with MANY additional talks from abstracts! So submit soon! #nmrchat

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ENC 2026: March 6 is Final Abstract Deadline @enc-conference.org www.enc-conference.org #NMRchat #NMR 🧲

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