nl /typo3conf/ext/www_tue_nl/Resources/Public/Images/logo01.gif 18 16 TYPO3 10 /en/news-and-events/news-overview/25-03-2026-biosensors-at-the-molecular-scale-measuring-what-is-almost-impossible-to-measure /en/news-and-events/news-overview/25-03-2026-biosensors-at-the-molecular-scale-measuring-what-is-almost-impossible-to-measure Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:30:00 +0100 PhD candidate Chris Vu defended his thesis at the Department of Biomedical Engineering on March 24, 2026. As part of the Molecular Biosensing research group, he investigated what happens when biosensors become so sensitive that they can detect individual molecules separately. His work showed how random processes at the molecular scale impose unavoidable limits on measurements, how smart design choices can bring sensors closer to those limits, and how weak molecular binders can be just as effective as strong ones for detecting low concentrations. ]]> /en/news-and-events/news-overview/19-01-2026-seeing-the-invisible-measuring-crowded-molecular-coatings /en/news-and-events/news-overview/19-01-2026-seeing-the-invisible-measuring-crowded-molecular-coatings Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100 Helen Tan defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Biomedical Engineering on January 19. ]]> /en/news-and-events/news-overview/31-10-2025-understanding-and-preventing-signal-drift-in-continuous-biosensors /en/news-and-events/news-overview/31-10-2025-understanding-and-preventing-signal-drift-in-continuous-biosensors Fri, 31 Oct 2025 07:28:00 +0100 On October 30, Sebastian Cajigas successfully defended his PhD dissertation at the Department of Biomedical Engineering. His research focused on understanding and preventing long-term signal changes in Biosensing by Particle Motion (BPM) sensors — a promising technology for continuous biomolecular monitoring. ]]> /en/news-and-events/news-overview/10-04-2025-going-for-gold-how-gold-nanoparticles-can-revolutionise-biosensing /en/news-and-events/news-overview/10-04-2025-going-for-gold-how-gold-nanoparticles-can-revolutionise-biosensing Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:54:00 +0200 Vincenzo Lamberti defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Applied Physics and Science Education on April 1. ]]> /en/news-and-events/news-overview/28-02-2025-nwo-vici-grants-awarded-to-daniel-lakens-and-peter-zijlstra /en/news-and-events/news-overview/28-02-2025-nwo-vici-grants-awarded-to-daniel-lakens-and-peter-zijlstra Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:27:00 +0100 Two ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø scientists have received a prestigious Vici grant from the NWO. One for research on meaningful ways to interpret effects in psychology (Lakens) and another for the development of an optical platform for tracking weak protein interactions (Zijlstra). ]]> /en/news-and-events/news-overview/29-08-2024-max-schelling-publishes-study-on-cooling-dependent-crystallization-in-microgels-in-soft-matter /en/news-and-events/news-overview/29-08-2024-max-schelling-publishes-study-on-cooling-dependent-crystallization-in-microgels-in-soft-matter Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:00:00 +0200 Max Schelling, PhD student in the group of Janne-Mieke Meijer (Soft Matter and Biological Physics) published a manuscript that made it to the inside cover of the Journal Soft Matter. In the study Schelling investigated the cooling rate dependent crystallization near a wall in dense microgel systems. ]]>