Toby Kiers
'Dare to dream. But really big. Dream really, really big,' was @tobykiers.bsky.social's message to children upon receiving the @tylerprize.bsky.social earlier this year. Congratulations, Toby! 🧪
If you haven't already, watch our short film about her work at ammodo-science.org/story/toby-kiers
Neat. Our website has been nominated for the #Awwwards for best web design! Fingers crossed.
Nomination page: www.awwwards.com/sites/ammodo
Check out our website: www.ammodo-science.org
New Doc! 🧪🎞️
Words can both constrain and liberate our thinking. Tazuko van Berkel @doctaz.bsky.social uses Ancient Greek concepts to question how our society is structured today.
Premiering on 5 March at InScience Film Festival Nijmegen. Online release TBC.
More at 👉 h1.nu/1kQcG
#philsky
Interview with Rianne Letschert
In her role as 'informateur', Rianne Letschert advised the future Dutch cabinet to search for 'wide collaboration'.
Similarly, as rector magnificus at @maastrichtu.bsky.social (2016-2022), she spearheaded team science and a broad view of academic excellence. 🧪
Read the interview at 2cm.es/1iYAE
Susanne Lens
Meet Ammodo’s new Director of Science, Susanne Lens 👋 🧪
“From my own experience, I know how valuable it is for scientists to receive support that allows them to ask the most fundamental questions about how the world works," Lens said.
Read more at shorturl.at/fHzk1
📷 Rob ter Bekke
Hard to keep your chin up after #cop30? Revisit our interview with Linda Steg who researches what could keep us motivated for climate action.
"We know that fear is counterproductive."
Read at 👉 shorturl.at/uqcTU
#climatechange #climatejustice #Psychology 🧪
Neuroscientist Jeroen Geurts has dedicated his career to finding the cause of multiple sclerosis, a brain disease affecting millions. Unsure of what exactly he is looking for, he searches in places others have neglected.
👀 Watch The Mystery of MS at shorturl.at/nIGZl
🧪 #Neuroscience ⑂
Ben Feringa: "I think scientists could do with a bit more recognition. These our our heroes."
As #NobelPrizes are being announced, time to read back this 2020 interview with Nobel laureate #BenFeringa.
👉 shorturl.at/xRlZ5
Scientists are often modest creatures, but Feringa thinks a little more celebration could create more role models and increase our collective knowledge in the long run.
To map the effects of climate change, mountain hydrologist Walter Immerzeel (@mountainhydrology.bsky.social) and his team venture to remote altitudes where other scientists do not go.
Follow one of his extreme missions in the 15-minute short film #MovingMountains 👉 shorturl.at/9nqmC
🧪 #hydrology
What is intuition? And how can gut feelings influence science? Trailblazing neuroscientist Eveline Crone (@unileiden.bsky.social) takes us on a 14-minute animated journey into the brain as she champions the scientific value of intuition.
Watch now 👉 shorturl.at/Mvf8I
🧪 #Neuroscience
Meet Yoeri van de Burgt (@yvdburgt.bsky.social). He is researching new smart materials that can make artificial intelligence more efficient by processing information directly at the place where it arises.
Read more 👉 www.ammodo-science.org/researches/y...
Ammodo Science Award Laureate 2025 🧪
#HCI
Meet Rik Peels (@rikpeels.bsky.social)
He studies how extreme beliefs emerge and develop, with a particular focus on the relationship between beliefs and behaviour in radicalisation processes.
www.ammodo-science.org/researches/r...
Ammodo Science Award Laureate 2025 🧪
Meet Nathalie Katsonis (@nathaliekatsonis.bsky.social )
She investigates how tiny molecules can convert light and chemical energy into useful movement. Coordinating their motion, she develops new, adaptable materials.
👉 www.ammodo-science.org/researches/n...
Ammodo Science Award Laureate 2025 🧪
Meet Marvin Tanenbaum. He is developing revolutionary imaging techniques that allow him to film molecular processes in living cells at the level of individual biomolecules.
www.ammodo-science.org/nl/researche...
Ammodo Science Award Laureate 2025 🧪
#bioimaging #microscopy
Meet Leila Akkari (@leilaakkari.bsky.social). She combines insights from immunology and molecular biology to study how tumour cells and immune cells influence each other.
👉 www.ammodo-science.org/researches/l...
Ammodo Science Award Laureate 2025 🧪
#immunology #molbiol
Meet Jenneke van der Wal (@jennekevanderwal.bsky.social). By investigating how speakers of different African languages structure information in their grammar, she unravels fundamental principles about how people articulate their thoughts.
👉 shorturl.at/BwEEj
Ammodo Science Award Laureate 2025 🧪
Meet Janna Cousijn (@jcousijn.bsky.social). She investigates why some people become addicted to substances while others do not.
👉 www.ammodo-science.org/researches/j...
Introducing the Ammodo Science Award laureates of 2025 🧪
Hi Dani,
We're Ammodo Science, an organisation supporting fundamental science through awards and fellowships. We also produce free-to-watch short science documentaries. Could you add us to the Science feed please?
www.ammodo-science.org
Have you met the laureates of the Ammodo Science Award 2025? We're highlighting them one by one.
Meet Freek van Ede (@freekvanede.bsky.social)
He studies how our working memory actively processes and prioritises information to anticipate future behaviour.
👉 www.ammodo-science.org/researches/f...
Congratulations to Stephanie Wehner for winning the prestigious Körber Prize 2025!
Have you seen our 2024 short film Moonshot Mission about her incredible work?
Watch it here 👉 www.ammodo-science.org/story/stepha...
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