Latest edition of FOM expres published
The latest edition of FOM expres was published this week. In this October edition you can read a concise overview of the news and background information concerning FOM, FOM institutes and the university workgroups.
This edition includes news about the joint investment of FOM and Radboud University Nijmegen in the magnet research. Both parties have also signed an agreement about the relocation of the free electron lasers FELIX and FELICE from FOM Rijnhuizen to Nijmegen. FOM expres also contains an interview with Spinoza Prize winner Prof. Erik Verlinde, a review of scientific research in Germany versus that in the Netherlands, Prof. Roberta Croce on photosynthesis, Dr. Wim Vassen about his Science publication and his Nikhef colleague Eric Hennis who tells us about the Virgo detector. In the English pages you can read about the duration of a PhD appointment at FOM and the opportunity for FOM staff to participate in the NIPED PreventieKompas. Finally, FOM expres devotes attention to Prof. Pieter Kruit, winner of the FOM Valorisation Prize 2011 and Dr. Silke Diedenhofen, winner of the FOM Valorisation Chapter Prize 2011.
At www.fom.nl/fomexpres you can download the October edition yourself. If you would rather receive a copy of FOM expres by post then please send an email to info@fom.nl.