Thomas Hermans

Chemical kinetics course - YouTube Chemical kinetics course Class 1: Historical introduction Class 2: 0-2nd order, equilibrium (analytical) Class 3: Reactions in series/parallel, Michaelis-Men...

Want to learn chemical kinetics? Watch my online course (master level): youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMOBJket5g1zsNs-a8hlJ7ImVcWE180KR&si=FhqmABYzb2MDS-p3

📢 Do you have a health research project — or know someone who does?

The 2026 Health Research Call is now open to support innovative ideas in Spain and Portugal.

ℹ️ Learn more in the info session: tinyurl.com/3yawdt4y

Periodic cooking of eggs - Communications Engineering Emilia Di Lorenzo and colleagues propose an approach to address the energy transport problem of cooking the albumen and yolk of a boiled egg at their optimal temperatures without separation. By alternating immersion in boiling water and water at 30∘C, the researchers achieve a fully set albumen similar to a soft boiled egg but with a creamy yolk similar to that of an egg cooked sous vide. The approach potentially offers nutritional benefit compared to other cooking approaches.

Craving the perfect egg on #worldeggday? Check out this paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

We're hiring a Technician to do CAD, 3D printing, fluidics, and more: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
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Yay MOFs! #nobel

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The Systems Chemistry Laboratory @imdeananociencia.bsky.social is hiring!

#AcademicJob position for a mechanical/biomedical engineering working on blood pumping for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxigenation.

Apply here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/374571

YouTube video by Thomas Hermans Liquid tubes

Starting date ~December 2025, 3 year contract. Work is in (mostly in) English & Spanish.

See a short introductory movie here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnm4...

Repost = ❤️

The candidate is expected to further develop the pumps and work with clinicians at the Gregorio Marañon hospital (Madrid). They are pioneers in pediatric ECMO, and we have a swine model to validate our pumps.

This is a very "out-of-the-box" project, so a highly dynamic person is needed.

Postdoctoral Position - Caixa Health We are seeking highly motivated and talented candidates for a 3 years-Postdoctoral Researcher position in the development of liquid-walled[1] pumps for ECMO (ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) thera...

We're hiring! I need a mechanical/biomedical engineer to work on blood pumping for ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation): euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/374571

It is using our 'magnetostaltic' pumps, first shown in our 2020 Nature paper: rdcu.be/b3ZuF (see Fig. 4). We have since scaled to 1 L/min.

Remember this? In the 1990s, a popular view of nanotechnology claimed that molecular gears like this, made of diamondoid carbon, were going to be the components of molecular-scale assemblers and nanobots. But that vision hasn't come to pass. My article in Aeon explores why.
aeon.co/essays/no-su...

Our August issue is live! 🎉
nature.com/nmeth/volume...

On the cover, a cost-effective and scalable DNA sequencing approach by roll-to-roll fluidics.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Roll-to-roll fluidics enhances reagent efficiency and reduces turnaround time in next-generation DNA sequencing, while maintaining high precision and sensitivity.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@imdeananociencia.bsky.social

The overall outcome is much faster and cheaper DNA sequencing, hopefully enabling real-time patient NGS even in smaller hospitals. Huge shout-out to first author Yanzhe Qin for coordinating this effort, and happy I could make a contribution to understanding the fluid dynamics in this system!

and 3) DNA sequencing quality and precision remains good!

Surprisingly, this turns out to have many amazing advantages: 1) you don't need to worry about pressure drop (which is negligible), and therefore it can be easily scaled to large chip areas, 2) the mass transport is very fast (< 2 s) and efficient (5–85 better than traditional flow cells)

The 1st textbook introduction to fluid flows uses Plane Couette Flow, with "moving walls"... unfortunately, this "hypothetical" case is hardly used in practice, because how to move walls to control fluid flow in a practical way? Well, this has now been solved in the current work.

Fast, cost-effective and flexible DNA sequencing by roll-to-roll fluidics - Nature Methods This work introduces roll-to-roll fluidics, a method that enhances reagent efficiency and reduces turnaround time, enabling rapid and economical next-generation sequencing.

Introducing "roll-to-roll fluidics" to greatly accelerate the speed of DNA sequencing, now published in Nature Methods: lnkd.in/dYSb_Mex, and soon commercially available via @MGI. Short (fluidics focussed thread):
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Soft magnetic hysteresis in a dysprosium amide–alkene complex up to 100 kelvin - Nature A dysprosium amide–alkene complex shows soft magnetic hysteresis loops up to 100 kelvin, arising from the high charge density of the amide ligands and the structural role of the pendant alkene.

Delighted to announce the publication of our work in @nature.com, in collaboration with @nfchilton.bsky.social's group, on a dysprosium compound with magnetic memory at 100 Kelvin. Congrats to all authors inc. @gemmagransbury.bsky.social, @jeffjefftyjeff.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

See you there!

🚀🔍 Europe's future hinges on science, says ERC President Maria Leptin.

Discover how we can cut through challenges & invest in research.

How do you think Europe should move forward? 🌐🔬

👉 bit.ly/4l5emfZ

#FrontierResearch #Competitiveness #Innovation #Science4Policy @marialep.bsky.social

it's a parallel gravity pipette of course :-)

Fathers Who Care Amplifying the voices of men who are challenging norms and redefining fatherhood Featuring: Andrew Myles, Fredril Schaufberger, David Smith and Andrew Weightman Normalising caregiving and shaping inclusive workplaces 19 June 2025, 10:30 ET / 15:30 BST / 16:30 CET

I am taking part in the #FathersWhoCare campaign, organised by @mothersinsci.bsky.social. This will amplify the voices of men who are redefining fatherhood in the STEM workplace.
There is a free webinar about caregiving and inclusive workplaces - sign up here: www.mothersinscience.com/scimomchats

CelliXio - Low shear bioprocess expert CelliXiO is a Deeptech company, expert in exploring and reducing the effects of Shear stress in the fields of Biopharmaceuticals.

Worried by shear stress on your cells or delicate biologicals? Check out our new company www.cellixio.com --> detailed quantification of shear damage in tubing, pumps, valves, etc. via the CellXplore platform --AND-- methods to reduce shear using liquid-walled fluidics (CellXShear). #deeptech

“Science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party.”

EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent.

In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.

6 year anniversary of our company Qfluidics.com! Very proud to see the team grow and their innovations in flow chemistry to enable solids handling! And many thanks to all supporters, investors, and the Alsacian innovation ecosystem. On to the next anniversary! 🎉🎉🚀🚀🚀

@hiroseg-kyoto.bsky.social thanks for hosting me today at ICR (Uji campus, University of Kyoto)! Chirality ftw 🙌🏻 😃!

If your around, you’re welcome to join (Uji campus of Kyoto)