New DFG Project "Filled Polar Liquid Crystals from Umbrella-Shaped Mesogens" together with Matthias Lehmann (University Würzburg) started. We are starting new collaboration with the Dept of Material Physics at OvGU. DhD Position is opened: Link for Applications
Alexander Jarosik defended his BSc Thesis on bioconvection of swimming Algae.
Hajnalka Nádasi started her new DFG project "Dynamic Properties of Anisotropic Magnetic Fluids". It is joint project with the workgroup of Frank Ludwig (Braunschweig University).
New DFG Project "Long-distant transport in characean algae" started! It is a joint DFG-RFFI project with the workgroups of Anna Alova and Alexander Bulychev at Moscow State University (Dept. of Biophysics).
Alexander Jarosik joined the team. He is going to be working on gravitates and phototaxis of Chlamydamonas swimming algae.
Active Matter and Biophysics in Magdeburg: we have a new DFG Project: "Long-distant transport in charatial algae"!
New paper released: "Efficient ferronematic coupling with polymer-brush particles", PCCP, 10.1039/C9CP06245A, (Project: SPP 1681)
Florian von Rüling is awarded to be the best Master Student 2019
New Paper "PH-dependent cell–cell interactions in the green alga Chara" just appeared in Protoplasma.
Gusav Jäger aus Werner-von-Siemens Gymnasium is making his MINT research on Active Matter in our Lab!
Lucas Scharbrodt joined our team.
New paper "Liquid crystalline self-assembly of 2,5-diphenyl- 1,3,4-oxadiazole based bent-core molecules and the influence of carbosilane end-groups" in collaboration with Carsten Tschierske has been published! (Project: DFG ER467/8-2)
Florian has successfully defended his Master thesis on 28.11.2018
Our new paper on NTB droplets have been accepted in Langmuir!
Tina Reuter is going to defend her BS thesis about the dynamics of organoferrogels on 8.11.2018!
Events
German Liquid Crystal Conference, 17.03.2019 - 19.03.2019, Magdeburg
Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Conference in Boulder (USA), 04.8.2019 - 07.8.2019
European Liquid Crystal Conference, 30.06.2019 - 05.07.2019, Wrotclaw, Poland (http://eclc2019.pl)
German Liquid Crystal Conference, 27.03.2019 - 29.03.2019, Paderborn