Soft Materials Laboratory at @EPFL_en. Group of Prof. Esther Amstad (@AmstadEsther). We love #microfluidics, #hydrogels, and #biominerals
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20 Nov 2024
Yesterday, we celebrated the 10 years anniversary of the Soft Materials Laboratory🫧 A huge thank you to Prof. Esther Amstad, Mercedes Quintas, and everyone who has shaped this amazing journey! 🥳 Here’s to many more years of innovation and collaboration!
ALT esterday, we celebrated the 10 years anniversary of the Soft Materials Laboratory (SMaL) 🫧 A huge thank you to Prof. Esther Amstad, Mercedes Quintas, and everyone who has shaped this amazing journey! 🥳 Here’s to many more years of innovation and collaboration!
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23 Apr 2025
🎉 Registration is OPEN for #ISBFWarsaw2025!
Join us in Warsaw 🇵🇱 for cutting-edge science, networking & innovation in biofabrication.
🔗 Register now: biofabrication2025.org/regis…
💥 Whether you are a seasoned expert or an emerging scientist, this is the place to be! @ISBioFab
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23 Apr 2025
🔬 Save the date! Join us in #Paris 🇫🇷 for the 2025 #SoPhy Days, Sept 8–10 🧪Explore the science of hard materials born soft! Topics from #softmatter to biominerals; Sept 9: Workshop on #biomineralization career seminar🔗 sophy2025.scienceconf.org (coming soon) cc @CNRSphysique
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22 Apr 2025
𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 #𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 on the 𝐏𝐇𝐃 & 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐃𝐎𝐂 level!
If you are interested in #spectroscopy & #materials science for spin-/optoelectronics, please consider joining our team. Details on the positions and how to apply:
feldmannlab.com/open-positio…
Please share!😊 @EPFL_en
ALT Feldmann Lab at EPFL is hiring at PhD & Postdoc level in Spectroscopy and Nanomaterials
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13 Apr 2025
📢 EML Editorial Policy Update:
(1/2) Regular research papers must be ≤4000 words and have ≤6 figures. Submissions exceeding these limits will be automatically "rejected without review".
#EML #EditorialPolicy #AcademicPublishing
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25 Feb 2025
🚨 Job Alert 🚨 Like and retweet!
The @EPFL_Imaging Center is looking for an Executive Director!
With Laurène Donati’s appointment as head of @EPFL's impact strategy, this exciting role is now open!
🔗 Apply now: lnkd.in/g8DpCMFF
💡 Join a dynamic team and help further drive EPFL’s leadership in imaging!
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Yesterday was the EDMX Research Day 2025! This event, which gathered over 150 participants, is a unique opportunity for PhD students in the EDMX doctoral program to share their research with peers and alumni by presenting poster, pitch talks and oral presentations.
📸A. Campailla
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15 Jan 2025
New year, new 2025 training programs! Registration for the spring semester is now open. Don't wait to register online and secure your place!
Info and registration: go.epfl.ch/library-training-…
#formation #apprendre #epfl #epfllibrary #rolexlearningcenter #scientificresearch
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17 Dec 2024
Best of luck for your next adventure in Japan Dr. Pradal 🇯🇵🥳
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Pauline Pradal from the Soft Materials Laboratory (@SMaL_EPFL) of @Materials_EPFL for successfully defending her PhD thesis “Extrusion-based 3D printing of stiff materials for advanced photonic applications" under Prof. Esther Amstad's supervision.
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9 Dec 2024
Go check out our latest research on recyclable 3D printable hydrogels!! ♻️ Microgels are electrostatically crosslinked with a polyelectrolyte and can be reinforced with ions to form durable, self-healing underwater structures, ideal as damper or actuator!🌊pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Arti…
ALT Go check out our latest research on recyclable 3D printable hydrogels!! ♻️ Microgels are electrostatically crosslinked with a polyelectrolyte and can be reinforced with ions to form durable, self-healing underwater structures, ideal as damper or actuator!🌊
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6 Dec 2024
If you're near the @EPFL_en campus, be sure to stop by the @Materials_EPFL building, where a new #art installation gives a rare look at #engineering #materials outside the lab...and brings a new meaning to the phrase 'field of study'! @kakulya actu.epfl.ch/news/materials-…
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6 Dec 2024
Accessible à toutes et tous, Infoscience est particulièrement utile pour les doctorant·es @EPFL 👩🎓🧑🎓, comme en témoigne Esther Amstad dans le quatrième portrait de la série "Infoscience: 20 years of Open Access" 🎬
youtube.com/watch?v=9nv9dgx7…
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3 Dec 2024
To expand our team, we are looking for a full-time Chemical Laboratory Technician (m/f/d) or similar background to start as soon as possible. Part-time employment is possible. Sharing appreciated.
Job advert in German and English:
lse.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w00b…
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3 Dec 2024
And a new paper from SMaL is out! 🥳 We’ve developed a new DIW ink to 3D print rigid microparticles (stiffness up to 50 MPa) by adding a soft hydrogel shells. From intricate 3D printed trophy cups to flexible photonic films, the possibilities are endless! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
ALT And a new paper from SMaL is out! 🥳 We’ve developed a new ink for DIW by producing rigid microparticles (stiffness up to 50 MPa!) with soft hydrogel shells. From intricate 3D-printed trophy cups to flexible photonic films, the possibilities are endless!
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2 Dec 2024
📣@EPFL is celebrating an important milestone this year: the 20th anniversary of Infoscience, its institutional repository. Since 2004, the platform has transformed research dissemination, impacting EPFL as well as the national & international landscapes.
youtu.be/FGaECuK5Ej0?feature…
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1 Dec 2024
Once again, @NCCRbioinspired is happy to announce the annual open call for applications to its ever-popular Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program. Applications are open between December 1, 2024, and January 20, 2025. Get all the details here: bit.ly/URI_2025
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🌍 🌿 How can we strike a balance between the expansion of renewable energies and the preservation of biodiversity in Switzerland? This is the subject of a report written by experts from several Swiss institutions, including EPFL.
Information: infoscience.epfl.ch/entities…
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Today we welcomed 48 students from Lausanne high school at @Materials_EPFL. Fabien Sorin introduced the SMX section and they had the chance to do some experiments in the IMX labs. Sustainable plastics, superconductivity and tribology... the subjects were varied and exciting!
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Yesterday was "Oser tous les métiers" day. We had the pleasure of hosting 15 young girls and boys, they had the chance to experiment in our labs and play the role of Materials scientists! Then Stella Laperrousaz presented her research in front of a hundred children.
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14 Nov 2024
SMaL hosted one of the scientific workshop during the JOM 2024 at EPFL, introducing children to the fascinating world of soft materials🫧. We loved their curiosity and motivation during this exploration together ✨We hope to see you soon back at the campus of EPFL as students!
14 Nov 2024
Aujourd’hui c’est la journée « Oser tous les métiers » dans le @EtatdeVaud canton de Vaud. C’est un plaisir d’accueillir 237 enfants intéressés, des collaborateurs et collaboratrices @EPFL avec 16 ateliers scientifiques et deux conférences.
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