Join the public lecture 'CRISPR: Rewriting DNA' on October 8. Dr. Daniël Warmerdam will illustrate how researchers are developing therapies that aim to correct the underlying genetic cause of disease, rather than simply treating symptoms. bit.ly/4cforEr @warmerdamdaniel.bsky.social

Lorentz Lecture - CRISPR: Rewriting DNA - Rijksmuseum Boerhaave

CRISPR: Rewriting DNA to Treat Rare Genetic Diseases – From Scientific Breakthrough to Patient Care

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Researchers with limited availability can now benefit from a more flexible workshop format! In cases when setting aside 3 to 5 days for a workshop is challenging, it is possible to submit proposals for 1- or 2-day workshops within the regular peer-reviewed program. bit.ly/4yVKtGd

The planned 50-m AtLAST telescope promises a revolution in sub-mm surveys – yet demands novel instruments and operational models. This interdisciplinary workshop aims to define key science goals for AtLAST and chart a roadmap for future instruments. bit.ly/4pSoTy9 @claudiacicone.bsky.social

It all started with a Lorentz Center workshop..

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Mathematicians must urgently recognize AI’s impacts on their field — and act swiftly to mitigate threats, says Jim Portegies go.nature.com/4vWS2d4

This week we welcome second- and third-year Bachelor students for the summer school of the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION). The 7-day programme includes a series of seminars by renowned physicists, visits to research laboratories, and several social activities. bit.ly/44VklgS

This workshop aims to build new collaborations to define future observations needed to reconcile dusty AGN populations (JWST, ALMA, ELT, SKA), and to establish how future generations of theoretical models should address dust physics and its link to AGN feedback. bit.ly/4vOA640 @eilatg.bsky.social

📕 New open access article out now! The result of a participatory workshop at @lorentzcenter.bsky.social on care for trans ans non-binary ageing people. "Optimizing care for older transgender and non-binary adults: a co-created agenda for future research" ⏩️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Optimizing care for older transgender and non-binary adults: a co-created agenda for future research

Despite a growing population of older transgender and non-binary (TNB) adults, evidence-based guidance for their care remains limited. There is a pressing need for a comprehensive research agenda d...

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This workshop aims to advance the understanding of QPV implementations, security proofs and potential loopholes, and to explore connections to a variety of fields including relativistic quantum information and spacetime. bit.ly/3T0Ovwq @paolagrosso.bsky.social

This workshop aims to advance both the theoretical and computational foundations of quiver representations motivated by topological data analysis (TDA). bit.ly/4eNPXe7 @rmodule.bsky.social

This workshop brings together leading and emerging STS scholars who research knowledge practices and technical innovation in marine, oceanic, and freshwater sciences. bit.ly/4aDJ2lc @joseacanada.bsky.social @elisj.bsky.social

This week is 'iSAPS-week': International Software Architecture PhD School! iSAPS provides young researchers and practicing architects from the industry the opportunity to learn from the leaders in the field. bit.ly/4birBXB @danielfeitosa.bsky.social @plago.bsky.social

Researchers from different subfields of mathematical phylogenetics, including combinatorics, statistics, algebra, algorithms, and machine learning, alongside biologists and stemmatologists, come together this week to reinforce ties and establish new connections. bit.ly/4eU7kc9

This workshop reorients the dialogue about former ethnographic museums away from anthropology, archaeology and art history, to emphasise the value of fabulation and literary critique on rewriting the representational narratives in museums that are most evident in the curatorial. bit.ly/4y1edRE

Software developers, computational modelers, and experimental plant biologists come together this week to build collaborative frameworks that connect qualitative and quantitative approaches in plant biology. bit.ly/4fYWiV9

How can advanced tools from survival analysis help infectious disease modeling, and how can biological knowledge and combining different sources of information from infectious disease modeling inform survival analysis practices? bit.ly/3Q1eItR @kylieainslie.bsky.social @don-keyshot.bsky.social

This workshop brings together key researchers to discuss and share their expertise about introducing far-red photosynthesis into crops to boost yields. bit.ly/4epXRsA

This WE Heraeus-Lorentz workshop evaluates how far Van der Waals heterostructures have advanced our understanding of correlated phases and where the field should focus next. bit.ly/4fxcH2K

This workshop provides the participants an international forum to exchange on frontier research at the growing and exciting research intersection between bio- and fluid physics and health, with particular focus on viral respiratory transmission through the air, at various scales. bit.ly/4efT5yY

This workshop aims to encourage perception-influence design practices for aerospace technologies (e.g. aircraft, drones, wind turbines). It aims to develop best practices, guidelines for manufacturers and policymakers, and innovative tools for evaluating noise impact. bit.ly/3REI9Cm

Experts and young researchers in mathematical finance, machine learning, and sustainable economics, come together to explore how advances in stochastic modeling, numerical methods, and data-driven approaches can support the global transition towards sustainable finance. bit.ly/4nRSTcH

This workshop aims to identify and catalogue the various sources of spectroscopic radio observations, the different formats of the datasets, existing software tools used by the community, as well as develop new software to fill gaps in current capabilities. bit.ly/4dzpTBu @hayesla.bsky.social

Congratulations to the winners of the NIAS-Lorentz Theme Group Call 2026/2027: 'Abstraction, Broad Generalisation, and Composition: The ABCs of Analogy' by Lucia Donatelli, Martha Lewis and Claire Stevenson. bit.ly/3RfIP0D @claires012345.bsky.social @marthaflinders.bsky.social

Abstraction, Broad Generalization, and Composition: The ABCs of Analogy | NIAS

How does analogical reasoning — the ability to use relational abstractions to learn about and generalise to novel situations — emerge in humans, and can it be replicated in machines? These are the cen...

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Exoplanetary scientists, (astro)biologists and planetary scientists and teams developing and building the next generation telescopes come together this week at the Lorentz Center. bit.ly/3QAzwIq @exoclouds.bsky.social @astrorickman.bsky.social @timlichtenberg.bsky.social

We would like to draw your attention to this video of the workshop “Roadmap to the Exploration of Venus Habitability.” It perfectly illustrates what a workshop at the Lorentz Center is like. In addition, the topic itself is more than worth watching. youtu.be/xhCdanBLASc?...

Roadmap to the Exploration of Venus Habitability and its relevance to ESA's Envision mission science

YouTube video by ESA Space Science Hub

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Congratulations to Maximilian Ries, Sebastian Pfaller and Andrea Giuntoli for winning the 2027 CECAM-Lorentz Call with their proposal "Fracture of Amorphous Materials Across the Scales". @cecamevents.bsky.social bit.ly/3QjelKG

Researchers, practitioners, and autism community stakeholders discuss facilitators and barriers to support wellbeing, strengths, and identity development in autistic people. @jiedilei.bsky.social @ilianamagiati.bsky.social @jeroendewinter.bsky.social @juliettegudkne1.bsky.social bit.ly/3OkId8P

This week we welcome the winner of the Huibregtsen Prize 2024: Sarian Kosten. In addition to the Huibregtsen Prize, the winner is offered a workshop at the Lorentz Center. bit.ly/4cDzxUu

This workshop aims to connect and explore the various knowledge gaps hindering achievement of true person-centeredness in healthcare, to identify research avenues to address these knowledge gaps, and work towards a grant proposal to perform such research. bit.ly/4cvWb0X

The aim of this workshop is to bring together leading experts of the field to review the current state of knowledge on Intra-Cluster Light (ICL), the faint halo of stars between galaxies in galaxy groups and clusters. @mireiamontes.bsky.social bit.ly/3Q4BCzV

This week's workshop aims to broaden the research focus of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) to comprehensively include bio-energetics or brain energy dynamics, particularly emphasizing energy expenditure. bit.ly/4s2JC1S @naelnadifkasri-lab.bsky.social