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Giulia Lavarda @giulialavarda.bsky.social · 10d

Excited to have been selected for the @icmabcsic.bsky.social’s Materials Science #FutureLeaders program!🎇

Looking forward to four days of training, networking, and exchanging ideas in #MaterialsScience 🌍

Grateful to ICMAB-CSIC for this amazing opportunity

#ICMAB #ShapingTheFuture

icmabCSIC @icmabcsic.bsky.social · Aug 22

🔥 Last call!

Young researchers, are you ready to lead the future of #MaterialsScience?

🌍 4 days in Barcelona
🤝 Training, networking & career boost
✨ Share your vision at @icmabcsic.bsky.social

📅 Apply by Sept 4 → icmab.es/shaping-the-...

#FutureLeaders #ICMAB #YoungResearchers

ICMAB - Shaping the Future of Materials Science- Are you willing to lead it?

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Giulia Lavarda @giulialavarda.bsky.social · 22d

Impressions from this week MPIP-JGU-TUe Mini Symposium at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research🧪📸

Inspiring atmosphere and great exchanges with colleagues from Eindhoven and Mainz!

@mpip-mainz.mpg.de @weilgroup.bsky.social
#SupramolecularChemistry #ScienceExchange #TUe #JGU #MPIP

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 22d

Open Call for Expressions of Interest: become a Max Planck Director & redefine what’s possible in science! We offer scientific independence, long-term stable funding & exceptional infrastructure. Lead your own department & open new frontiers of research. Apply by 31 Oct 2025 → www.mpg.de/directors

Directors

The Max Planck Society offers Directors a unique platform for groundbreaking research and leadership in diverse scientific fields.

www.mpg.de

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Giulia Lavarda @giulialavarda.bsky.social · 22d

📸Group pic!

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Giulia Lavarda @giulialavarda.bsky.social · 22d

@polbesenius.bsky.social @shikhadhiman.bsky.social

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Giulia Lavarda @giulialavarda.bsky.social · 22d

Great talks and discussions at yesterday’s MPIP-JGU-TUe Mini Symposium hosted by @weilgroup.bsky.social at @mpip-mainz.mpg.de with colleagues from @tue.nl and @unimainz.bsky.social

It was a pleasure to bring our communities together for a day of science and exchange!

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Tanja Weil @weilgroup.bsky.social · 24d

We are very excited for today's Mini Symposium together with our guests from TU Eindhoven and JGU Mainz!
www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/events/43038...

Looking forward to interesting talks and many nice interactions!
Many thanks to @giulialavarda.bsky.social for organizing this event!

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Sep 5

17 ERC Starting Grants for Max Planck scientists! This puts the Max Planck Society at the top of the European ranking. mpg.de/25324951/erc... Congratulations to all grantees 🎉👏 #ERCStG @erc.europa.eu

17 ERC Starting Grants for Max Planck

In 2025, the Max Planck Society received 17 Starting Grants from the ERC. This puts the MPG at the top of the European ranking.

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Phil Gale @profphilgale.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our review on the applications of supramolecular chemistry just out in @chemsocrev.rsc.org Written with my Chemistry academic family 😁 Thanks to all involved pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Advances in applied supramolecular technologies 2021–2025

Supramolecular chemistry is a rapidly evolving field that has focused on building a foundation of fundamental understanding in controlling molecular self-assembly, through the use of non-covalent inte...

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Giulia Lavarda @giulialavarda.bsky.social · Sep 4

Same here, unfortunately✋

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Sep 1

The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...

Group photo of postdocs conducting research at a Max Planck Institute

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Giulia Lavarda @giulialavarda.bsky.social · Aug 28

Cheers to Kaithlyn on completing her BSc thesis defense with flying colors! 🥳

We are so proud of your achievements and the dedication you have shown. Looking forward to see where your resilience and passion will bring you ✨

#BSc #proudsupervisor #supramolecular #chemistry

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Tanja Weil @weilgroup.bsky.social · Aug 27

Today, Dr. Yingke Wu, group leader of our Nanodiamond group, gave a wonderful lecture on Carbon Materials as part of the MPIP Lecture Series "Advanced Soft Matter Science."

Many thanks to Yingke for sharing his knowledge on these fascinating materials!
@mpip-mainz.mpg.de
@yingkewu.bsky.social

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Giulia Lavarda @giulialavarda.bsky.social · Aug 18

This month we were happy to welcome Marko Beslać, coming all the way from ‪@tue.nl‬ to @mpip-mainz.mpg.de for a short stay to dive into the advanced spectroscopic characterization of supramolecular systems 🧬🔬

Great to see young minds exploring big ideas!

#Supramolecular #Chemistry #Chirality

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Giulia Lavarda @giulialavarda.bsky.social · Aug 8

🎓 Applications open for the first Carsten Schmuck PhD Prize in Supramolecular Chemistry!

Niemeyer Group at Uni Essen / Germany @niemeyergroup.bsky.social · Aug 7

Happy to share that the recently founded Working Group „Supramolecular Chemistry“ of the German Chemical Society will Award its very first PhD Prize in memory of Carsten Schmuck. Please apply!

www.gdch.de/netzwerk-str...

Preise & Ehrungen | Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V.

www.gdch.de

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Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research @mpip-mainz.mpg.de · Jul 10

Scientists at the MPI-P and global partners have developed a new type of air filter using a liquid coating to trap even nanoscale particles – just like mucus in the nose. 🌬️
The result: better air quality, less energy use, and a big step toward smarter filtration. 🌍 www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/en/pm2025-19

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Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research @mpip-mainz.mpg.de · Jul 8

Am 8. Juli wurde der Max-Planck-Campus Mainz feierlich eröffnet. Im Fokus: die neu gegründete Liquids-Initiative. Beteiligt sind das MPI für Polymerforschung, @mpic.de und das Max Planck Graduate Center mit der @unimainz.bsky.social 🧪🌍
#MaxPlanckCampus #LiquidsInitiative #Forschung #Mainz

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Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research @mpip-mainz.mpg.de · Jul 1

Startschuss für den Max-Planck-Campus Mainz! Mit der neuen Liquids-Initiative, dem @mpic.de, dem Max-Planck Graduate Center und der engen Zusammenarbeit mit der @unimainz.bsky.social entsteht ein Forschungsstandort für interdisziplinäre Grundlagenforschung zu Flüssigkeiten & Erdsystemprozessen.

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Giulia Lavarda @giulialavarda.bsky.social · Jul 1

Honoured to be featured in the latest issue of Anales de Química by @rseq.bsky.social on the occasion of the RSEQ 2025 Postdoctoral Researcher Awards 📖🧪✨

I am truly grateful to the committee, the journal, and everyone who has supported me along the way.

analesdequimica.es/index.php/An...

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Giulia Lavarda @giulialavarda.bsky.social · Jun 18

👀 Considering a Bachelor/Master/PhD project at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research? 🔬

Check out the Student Open House at @mpip-mainz.mpg.de on June 25! 👇

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research @mpip-mainz.mpg.de · Jun 18

Curious about doing research at MPIP? 🔍 Join the Student Open House on June 25 from 3 to 6.30 p.m. at the @mpip-mainz.mpg.de. Explore our labs, talk to PhD students and group leaders, and learn more about research opportunities at the MPI-P. Find out more here: www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/events/41934...

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · May 23

Reminder! Next Monday 👇

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · May 8

#ECR attention! Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme might be a funding option for you? Come and find out in our info talk in our research career series #Prospects (in English). The link to the meeting will be published here:
➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...

Walter Benjamin Programme
Monday, 26 May 2025, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. CET

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Giulia Lavarda @giulialavarda.bsky.social · May 23

👉 marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...

👉 www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/spo...

👉 www.dfg.de/en/research-...

Postdoctoral Fellowships

The information provided on this page is a summary of the main rules and requirements for Postdoctoral Fellowships (PFs) and who can apply for them.

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Giulia Lavarda @giulialavarda.bsky.social · May 23

The #Chiral #Supramolecular #Systems group at
@mpip-mainz.mpg.de is happy to support applications for #MSCA, #Humboldt and #WalterBenjamin Postdoctoral Fellowships from excellent candidates based in Germany and abroad. Get in touch if you are interested in π-systems, self-assembly and chirality!

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Technische Universiteit Eindhoven @tue.nl · May 22

🎉 Congrats to prof. Bert Meijer on joining the prestigious American Philosophical Society, founded by Benjamin Franklin and older than the KNAW! A rare honor, with only five other Dutch members. 🔬

Read more 👉 shorturl.at/VYOMe

#BertMeijer #ScientificExcellence #APS #Chemistry #ICMS #TUe

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Tanja Weil @weilgroup.bsky.social · Apr 3

Excited to be on Bluesky now! Looking forward to connecting in this space with fellow researchers and science enthusiasts! 🧪🔬 @mpip-mainz.mpg.de

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