New preprint from our group: MesoMem: A mesoscale membrane model based on an additive potential on arxiv.org/abs/2602.24123. Using an additive potential combining positional and orientational terms, we get a stable and robust membrane model. Great work of PhD student Pietro Sillano.
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I am recruiting a #PhDstudent in Theoretical and Computational #Biophysics to join my new group at Eindhoven University of Technology @tue.nl for September 2026:
www.tue.nl/en/working-a...
Please apply or share with interested students!
![5-panel comic. (1) [teacher with long hair next to whiteboard] TEACHER: I’m supposed to give you the tools to do good science. (2) [teacher addressing students] But what *are* those tools? Methodology is hard and there are so many ways to get incorrect results. What is the magic ingredient that makes for good science? (3) TEACHER: To figure it out, I ran a regression with all the factors people say are important: [embedded list in sub-panel, cut off at end] Outcome variable: correct scientific results. Predictors: collaboration; skepticism of others’ claims; questioning your own beliefs; trying to falsify hypotheses; checking citations; statistical rigor; blinded analysis; financial disclosure; open data (4) TEACHER: The regression says two ingredients are the most crucial: 1) genuine curiosity about the answer to a question, and 2) ammonium hydroxide. (5) STUDENT: Wait, why did *ammonia* score so high? How did it even get on the list? LONG HAIR: ...And now you’re doing good science!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigzaphhj4mfgfrxddlvdmw47335gnwzqbfqvrnff5x4oovgpf36nq)
5-panel comic. (1) [teacher with long hair next to whiteboard] TEACHER: I’m supposed to give you the tools to do good science. (2) [teacher addressing students] But what *are* those tools? Methodology is hard and there are so many ways to get incorrect results. What is the magic ingredient that makes for good science? (3) TEACHER: To figure it out, I ran a regression with all the factors people say are important: [embedded list in sub-panel, cut off at end] Outcome variable: correct scientific results. Predictors: collaboration; skepticism of others’ claims; questioning your own beliefs; trying to falsify hypotheses; checking citations; statistical rigor; blinded analysis; financial disclosure; open data (4) TEACHER: The regression says two ingredients are the most crucial: 1) genuine curiosity about the answer to a question, and 2) ammonium hydroxide. (5) STUDENT: Wait, why did *ammonia* score so high? How did it even get on the list? LONG HAIR: ...And now you’re doing good science!
Good Science
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Delighted to announce that I'm awarded an @nronl.bsky.social Comenius Leadership Fellow grant to work on co-creation of interactive open textbooks as an educational tool. Excited to explore this with and for our students in the coming years. See edu.nl/w78qp for a description of the project.
Flow and pressure fields due to a Stokeslet (point force), in free space (a) and near a wall (b and c).
New educational paper in European Journal of Physics on deriving Stokes drag using a versatile technique, Oseen tensors, which allows you to easily get the flow in a wide range of boundary conditions, such as around an obstacle or near a wall: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Tariffs xkcd.com/3073
Cover of the Open Interactive Textbook Introduction to quantum mechanics by Timon Idema, published by TU Delft OPEN.
Happy to announce the publication of my new Open Interactive Textbook, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. textbooks.open.tudelft.nl/textbooks/ca....
How do cooperating bacteria survive and thrive in an environment where cheating competitors will stop at nothing to exploit them? In collaboration with the lab of Rinke van Tatenhove-Pel, Rachel Los found out: dx.doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycaf004
Inaugural lecture of professor Benjamin Rowland at TU Delft now
Collega Stan Brouns op tv over zijn bacteriofagen: npo.nl/start/serie/...
Likewise, I had the privilege of interacting with Hans van Leeuwen on a daily basis during my PhD years at the instituut Lorentz. I fondly remember his warmth, his passion for science and his deep knowledge of statistical physics, which he generously shared with us all.
Negenennegentig natuurkundeproeven gratis. Dat biedt het nieuwste open interactieve tekstboek van de TU Delft. Het is compleet met video en educatieve tips voor studenten en docenten. “Waarom zouden we anderen niet laten profiteren van onze jaren aan werk?”, zegt TNW Education Fellow Freek Pols.
