Prof Síle Nic Chormaic
@sile-nicchormaic.bsky.social
Physicist from 🇮🇪 in 🇯🇵 via 🇬🇧, 🇫🇷, 🇦🇹, 🇦🇺 and 🇩🇪. Takes opportunities/chocolates when they present themselves. Opinions my own. #TeamHB6
Irish fry, Japan style
January 14, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Irish fry, Japan style
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New techniques allow for literally seeing single proteins (from largest to smallest) and their interactions in real time. Here is a perspective about where this research may be applied:
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
New techniques allow for literally seeing single proteins (from largest to smallest) and their interactions in real time. Here is a perspective about where this research may be applied:
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Making a glass Okinawa style
January 12, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Making a glass Okinawa style
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PhD studentship in the Structured Light Lab at University of Exeter (UK). Project: 'Threading quantum states of light through complex scattering media': www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... International fees covered. Deadline 31st Jan. Please share 🙏 or if this could be for you then get in touch!💡
January 11, 2026 at 12:44 AM
PhD studentship in the Structured Light Lab at University of Exeter (UK). Project: 'Threading quantum states of light through complex scattering media': www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... International fees covered. Deadline 31st Jan. Please share 🙏 or if this could be for you then get in touch!💡
Lovely afternoon tea
January 11, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Lovely afternoon tea
For more than 10 years, my research group has always been represented at #PhotonicsWest. This year we are not going. I cannot justify giving any funds to the USA right now and if I have no major commitment to travelling there that's very hard to get out of, I will not go. #values #SPIE
January 9, 2026 at 6:51 AM
For more than 10 years, my research group has always been represented at #PhotonicsWest. This year we are not going. I cannot justify giving any funds to the USA right now and if I have no major commitment to travelling there that's very hard to get out of, I will not go. #values #SPIE
I've spent the last few weeks travelling around Sri Lanka, away from my computer, away from my desk, ignoring emails while on a much-needed break. Here are some of the best moments. What a beautiful country. And coconut curries all the time helps lose weight!
January 8, 2026 at 12:14 PM
I've spent the last few weeks travelling around Sri Lanka, away from my computer, away from my desk, ignoring emails while on a much-needed break. Here are some of the best moments. What a beautiful country. And coconut curries all the time helps lose weight!
Towards a fictitious magnetic field trap for both ground and Rydberg state 87Rb atoms via the evanescent field of an optical nanofiber
doi.org/10.1088/1367...
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doi.org/10.1088/1367...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
Towards a fictitious magnetic field trap for both ground and Rydberg state 87Rb atoms via the evanescent field of an optical nanofiber - IOPscience
Towards a fictitious magnetic field trap for both ground and Rydberg state 87Rb atoms via the evanescent field of an optical nanofiber, Vylegzhanin, Alexey, Brown, Dylan J, Kornovan, Danil F, Brion, E...
doi.org
July 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Towards a fictitious magnetic field trap for both ground and Rydberg state 87Rb atoms via the evanescent field of an optical nanofiber
doi.org/10.1088/1367...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1088/1367...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
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The OIST Graduate School has opened a Special PhD Admissions Portal for students currently enrolled in, or accepted to, universities in the U.S. #PhDprogram www.oist.jp/admissions/s...
June 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The OIST Graduate School has opened a Special PhD Admissions Portal for students currently enrolled in, or accepted to, universities in the U.S. #PhDprogram www.oist.jp/admissions/s...
Birthday celebrations for Anton Zeilinger in Vienna
May 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Birthday celebrations for Anton Zeilinger in Vienna
Here I am ready to celebrate Anton Zeilinger’s 80th birthday, honorary doctorate recipient from OIST a few years ago. Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Anton!
May 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Here I am ready to celebrate Anton Zeilinger’s 80th birthday, honorary doctorate recipient from OIST a few years ago. Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Anton!
We’re recruiting! Looking to hire a postdoc/staff scientist in cold atoms - the position is experimental so you must have lab skills in cold atoms or ions. The project is trapping Rydberg atoms next to nanofibres using holographic traps. Come to beautiful Okinawa for the next step of your career!
May 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We’re recruiting! Looking to hire a postdoc/staff scientist in cold atoms - the position is experimental so you must have lab skills in cold atoms or ions. The project is trapping Rydberg atoms next to nanofibres using holographic traps. Come to beautiful Okinawa for the next step of your career!
Friendly reminder: If you are rejected for a job—whether it's a postdoc, faculty, or industry role—commenting on the interviewer's appearance in your response is wildly inappropriate. It’s unprofessional and unwelcome. Don't do it.
May 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Friendly reminder: If you are rejected for a job—whether it's a postdoc, faculty, or industry role—commenting on the interviewer's appearance in your response is wildly inappropriate. It’s unprofessional and unwelcome. Don't do it.
The world’s culchiest airport is Okinawa where farmer vegetable stalls are set up 😂
May 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The world’s culchiest airport is Okinawa where farmer vegetable stalls are set up 😂
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Kicking off our 24-hour coverage, the OIST Student Chapter brought together researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology to foster collaboration, spark new ideas, and create a platform for discussing advancements and challenges in optics.
May 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Kicking off our 24-hour coverage, the OIST Student Chapter brought together researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology to foster collaboration, spark new ideas, and create a platform for discussing advancements and challenges in optics.
Lovely Kaohsiung
February 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Lovely Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung light show
February 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Kaohsiung light show
Today’s shades of blue shopping
February 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Today’s shades of blue shopping
Okinawan blues
February 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Okinawan blues
Farewell San Francisco - it’s going to be a hard battle to get this city back to life
February 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Farewell San Francisco - it’s going to be a hard battle to get this city back to life