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5 Sep 2020 · Light

Controlling light with tiny antennas

ACP scientist Isabelle Staude appointed as professor for physics and photonic nanomaterials

ACP principal scientist Prof. Isabelle Staude.

Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

31 Jul 2020 · Light

DokDok 2021 - Germany's leading conference for doctoral researchers in photonics

DoKDoK is a scientific conference for doctoral (PhD) and Master students in all areas of optics and photonics. The established...

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Image: Brian Seyfarth (University of Jena)

30 Jul 2020 · Light

Photonics software bootcamp 2021 - by students, for students

The Faculty of Physics and Astronomy and ACP are happy to support a students' initiative to organize a photonics software...

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Jena's OSA and SPIE student chapters at the UC2 Hackathon in 2019.

Image: OSA and SPIE student chapters Jena.

29 Jul 2020 · Light

NOA PhD positions available!

Currently, the SFB/CRC 1375 NOA is offering five doctoral researcher (PhD) positions, to start as soon as possible.

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Simulations of optical properties of hybrid nanostructures.

Graphic: Christin David

16 Jul 2020 · Light

ACP Annual Meeting 2020

On Jul 13, 2020 ACP's principal scientists gathered remotely via videoconference to hold their annual meeting. The ACP board of...

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Prof. Thomas Pertsch (left), in discussion with Prof. Jürgen Popp (right).

Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

22 Jun 2020 · Light

Atomic-resolution mapping of transcription factor-DNA interactions

Together with colleagues from the Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction at the Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry...

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Crystal structure of the human recombinant nucleosome (PDB ID: 2CV58), with cross-linked amino acids marked in red (close to DNA) and orange (distant to DNA).

Illustration: Nature Publishing Group.

9 Jun 2020 · Light

Andreas Tünnermann elected as new ACP executive director 2020

On 1 June 2020, Thomas Pertsch has regularly resigned his position as the executive director of the Abbe Center of Photonics...

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ACP principal scientist Prof. Andreas Tünnermann.

Image: Arlene Knipper

8 Jun 2020 · Light

Despite of Covid-19: our MSc and PhD Photonics programs do continue

The application for enrollment in the MSc Photonics course in 2020 is still open, applications are invited! Next deadline: June...

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Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

2 Jun 2020 · Light

Switchable graphene transistors

A team around ACP principal scientist Andrey Turchanin is developing graphene-based, light-sensitive nano-switches.

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From left to right: Z. Tang, A. Turchanin and A. George.

Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

15 May 2020 · Light · Life

Controlling cells with light

A research team from Jena, Munich and New York develops an active substance that controls an important component of the...

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The new drug called Optojasp only becomes active when violet light irradiates it.

Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)

28 Apr 2020 · Light

Black holes have no hair

International research team verifies the validity of the "No Hair" theorem by actual observations

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Artistic illustration of the centre of OJ 287, in which two black holes orbit each other.

Picture: NASA/JPL-Caltech

22 Apr 2020 · Light · Life · Liberty

A picture is worth 1,000 words

Dr Michael Böhme turns numbers of Covid-19 cases in Thuringia into graphics

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Dr Michael Böhme in his laboratory at the Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry.

Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)