4 TU Delft projects have received Biotech Booster funding from the Dutch National Growth Fund (Nationaal Groeifonds). Ao Carapace Biopolymers founded by Marouschka Blahetek (CEO) and alumnus Suellen Espindola (CTO). Chemical Engineering professor @sjpic.bsky.social is the scientific advisor.

"Machine Learning in Quantum Sciences", at Cambridge University Press, co-authors quantum physicists Eliska Greplova (TU Delft | Applied Sciences, QuTech) and Rouven Koch (QuTech) #quantum #physics #quantum #chemistry, #quantum #sciences www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

Samarpita Roy: “Turning waste into value with biotechnology driven by renewable energy isn’t just green—it’s a blueprint for disrupting how we feed, fuel, and forge circular solutions for the future.” #ZeroEmission #Biotechnology #Sustainable
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Virtual reality lets students experience a black hole A perfect meeting of science and visualisation is the study of black holes. Simulating and visualising black holes helps us better understand gravity in its most extreme form. University lecturer Bijo...

Virtual reality lets students experience a black hole: University lecturer Bijoy Bera is working with SURF's visualisation team on a VR application that lets you virtually experience this physical phenomenon. www.surf.nl/en/practice-...

Scheikundig technoloog Tessel Bouwens van TU Delft was op de Klokhuis Vragendag in NEMO. Samen met wetenschappers uit allerlei vakgebieden heeft ze vragen beantwoordt. Met behulp van attributen, proefjes en demo’s hebben zij hun antwoorden geïllustreerd. www.nemosciencemuseum.nl/nl/wat-is-er...

Herre van der Zant, professor at the department of #QuantumNanoscience, was awarded an honorary doctorate for his pioneering work in #nanoelectronics and #nanomechanics from Chalmers University of Technology. He accepted the award at a ceremony in #Gothenburg on 23 May.

Cees Haringa: “Taking the point of view of cells allows us to understand what happens inside industrial #bioreactors – and to improve them.” At #TUDelft our researchers are harnessing the power of #biotechnology to reduce and reuse #CO₂ emissions. More info: edu.nl/9bw3v

Mitigating laughing gas emissions from wastewater

Mitigating Laughing Gas Emissions from Wastewater
PhD student Nina Roothans #TUDelft, who recently graduated cum laude, has identified practical strategies to reduce #nitrousoxide #emissions. Her groundbreaking work has now been published in Nature #Water. @nature.com www.tudelft.nl/en/2025/tnw/...

The factory of the future is a synthetic cell So far, synthetic cells have been cause for excitement, especially for fundamental scientists. But take note: they can become efficient and sustainable factories that make all kinds of things for us a...

The factory of the future is a synthetic cell, these cells can become efficient and sustainable factories a.o. extract a lot of #CO2 from the air. Article in #PioneeringTech #TUDelft with @marileend.bsky.social, professor #Bionanoscience at TU Delft www.tudelft.nl/en/innovatio...

Anasua Chatterjee's focuses on semiconductor-superconductor circuits for quantum technologies: Developing quantum chips to push scientific progress and train a new generation of quantum engineers. Check out the story by #UniversityFund #TUDelft
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Within the #ZeroEmission #Biotechnology research programme, Marieke’ Klijns group develops the infrastructure and tools that use these data for optimising process conditions and building automated process control systems. Meet our researchers: www.tudelft.nl/en/faculty-o...

📷Marieke de Lorijn

Bacteriophages as alternative to antibiotics: Stan Brouns aims for the first patients in the Netherlands to be treated with bacteriophages within two years and for the treatment to cure them of their infection.

#TechforImpact #Alumni #TUDelft. www.tudelft.nl/en/techforim...

Awards & Funding

Royal Decoration for professor Patricia Osseweijer. She was appointed Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Individuals who are appointed as Officers have generally rendered outstanding service of national or even international importance: www.tudelft.nl/tnw/over-fac...

#Biotechnology #genomics

A new mechanism for concentrating light on a chip  - AMOLF Concentrating light in a volume as small as the wavelength itself is a challenge that is crucial for numerous applications. Researchers from AMOLF, TU Delft, and Cornell University in the USA have dem...

AMOLF, Cornell Engineering and our faculty's researchers have demonstrated a new way to focus light on an extremely small scale by utilizing special properties of a photonic crystal. Applications: photonic chips, optical sensors and on-chip lasers. Science Advances: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Rebeca Gonzalez Cabaleiro: “Life became supersmart at thriving in limiting conditions. If we understand the bacterial tricks for survival then we can control and optimise them for large-scale applications.’’ www.tudelft.nl/en/faculty-o...
#TUDelft #biotechnology #CO2 #ZeroEmission #Sustainability

Kiem Award

Kiem Award 2025: Nina Roothans heeft deze Award ontvangen. KNVM/NVMM wetenschapscommissie stelt deze Award beschikbaar voor de beste eerste publicaties geschreven door jonge microbiologen.

Toekenner: Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Microbiologie

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Marvin Tanenbaum Marvin Tanenbaum is developing revolutionary imaging techniques that allow him to film molecular processes in living cells at the level of individual biomolecules.This provides fundamentally new insig...

Congratulations Marvin Tanenbaum! Pioneering research has been honoured with the Ammodo Science Award 2025! Marvin is group leader at the Hubrecht Institute, Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research and Oncode Institute, and Professor at our faculty.
www.ammodo-science.org/researches/m...

How the sun can shine for green energy from the sea Sophie Broekers ontdekte hoe windparken op zee hun stroom veel kosten-effectiever aan land kunnen brengen via hun enorm dure kabels. Tijdens haar afstudeerproject simuleerde ze een drijvend zonnepark ...

How the sun can shine for green energy from the sea: Sophie Broekers: floating solar farms amongst windturbines “In this project, the theory from my physics studies gained real significance.” The full student Story:
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Tumor te lijf met radioactieve bolletjes | NWO

Tumor te lijf met radioactieve bolletjes: #NWO artikel over samenwerking onderzoekers UMCU, Radboud UMC en TU Delft met #Terumo. Levertumoren was de eerste focus voor lokale behandeling met radioactieve bolletjes. Toepassing hersen- en alvleeskliertumoren wordt onderzocht.
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Biochemical Society announces 2026 award recipients Following another record year of nominations, the work and contribution of seventeen eminent bioscientists, outstanding educators and exceptional early career researchers has been acknowledged in the ...

Congratulations to @ceesdekker.bsky.social #TUDelft, winner of the 2026 Biochemical Society Award for a Significant Breakthrough or Achievement! www.biochemistry.org/about-us/new...
#nanopores for #proteinsequencing; #chromosome structure; #building living #syntheticcell from lifeless #molecules.

Miriam Blaauboer (TU Delft) verkozen tot ‘Docent van het Jaar 2025’ - ISO Vanmiddag is Miriam Blaauboer (TU Delft) uitgeroepen tot Docent van het Jaar 2025. Om deze titel werd gestreden tijdens de Docent van het Jaar Verkiezing, die vandaag plaatsvond in Theater de KOM in N...

Dr. Miriam Blaauboer named Teacher of the Year by Het Interstedelijk Studenten Overleg (ISO). The jury: "The lecturer has an enthusiastic approach, which benefits her students. We have full confidence that she can bring students along in the new developments in education" iso.nl/2025/04/miri...

Rise and shine: removing bubbles for more viable hydrogen electrolysis

Oxygen bubbles forming at the positive electrode and hydrogen bubbles at the negative electrode – the #electrolysis of green #hydrogen in a nutshell. Jorrit Bleeker studied a new gas bubble removal method, using a pressure swing.
#sustainability #industry #CO2
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@marescalab.bsky.social

Revealing capillaries and cells in living organs with ultrasound

A team of #TUDelft, the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and #Caltech managed to image specifically labelled cells in 3D with ultrasound. For the first time, they imaged living cells inside whole organs across volumes the size of a sugar cube. www.tudelft.nl/en/2025/tnw/...

@drmrohde.bsky.social and Ruben Dewes in front of FRESH-UP

Facility FRESH-UP (Fission product REmoval from Salts at High temperatures – Ultrafine Particles) to study the removal of solid #fission products from molten salt reactors (#MSR) contains highly corrosive molten chloride salts at temperatures up to 700 degrees Celsius. www.tudelft.nl/en/2025/tnw/...

Hoopvolle initiatieven voor de energietransitie: Het recyclen van CO₂ Toen in 2019 Frans Timmermans de Green Deal presenteerde, keken we vol hoop naar de energietransitie. Inmiddels heeft het klimaatbeleid niet langer meer de wind in de rug. Trump is uit het klimaatakko...

Promovendus Christel Koopman was te gast bij De nacht, KRO-NCRV, NPO Radio 1! Green Deal, klimaatwet en klimaatbeleid worden besproken. Welke hoopvolle initiatieven zijn er dan nog wel? Christel vertelt over haar onderzoek naar recycling van #CO₂ aan de TU Delft. www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/d...

Harnessing the power of #biotechnology to reduce and reuse #CO₂ emissions. As part of the Zero Emission Biotechnology research programme #TUDelft, a group led by Rinke van Tatenhove-Pel will first focus on using defined co-cultures for converting #ethanol into protein rich #biomass. 👉 edu.nl/9bw3v