Last weekend to get applications in to our 5 postdoc positions currently open. Interested in microscopy, image analysis, imaging at depth, Raman spectroscopy, speckle metrology, optical trapping or levitodynamics? There's a position that will interest you! Apply by Monday!

And finally... I'm in an "and finally" story on BBC News (World) radio tonight! Shame they cut out my boss's name but proud to share Holly Fleming Mingzhou Chen Optical Manipulation Group, St Andrews's work on #Raman #whisky probing in sealed bottles (At 20:40) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w1… 💡🍾 dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ay01…

At the end of a busy month, I have realised that I failed to tweet that Optical Manipulation Group, St Andrews and I have a piece in The Conversation covering recent work on whisky detection through the bottle - theconversation.com/a-new-laser-te…

First paper of 2021 published today in Physical Review A! The work outlines the importance of both electric and magnetic dipole moments in the optical binding of high refractive index nanoparticles. Congratulations XY Duan Graham D Bruce! doi.org/10.1103/PhysRe…

Looking for an opportunity to continue your research career in the development of new microscopy methods? We have a Research Fellow vacancy! Funding available for up to 2 years, closing date 12/2/21. see vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/33… for full details. Please share widely!

Looking for a #PhD project in #optics or #biophotonics? We have four exciting new projects in the Optical Manipulation Group at @PhysAstroStAnd! See st-andrews.ac.uk/physics-astron… for details and how to apply! #PhDposition #PhDOpportunities

A #valentine to my old atomic physics colleagues: Attraction is red🔴 Repulsion is blue🔵 With appropriate detuning Your atoms do anything for you

Hey #AcademicTwitter, looking to create some new traditions for students completing their PhDs in our labs. What are the crazy traditions you use to celebrate PhD completion? To start: here's me being thrown in a pond, which was more enjoyable than you'd expect #phdchat #PhDone

We are hiring! Do you have experience in developing spectroscopic probes or systems for imaging in turbid media? We'd love to hear from you. Check out vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/19… for details. @PhysAstroStAnd SUPA

Scotland reached the World Cup Play-Offs last night: could you be the star we need to fire us to success? If you are ready to tackle turbidity, dribble through scattering, and strike through speckle, then we have an opportunity to join our team! Details at vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/19…

"The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people..." Can you SHIELD against optical scattering? Wield the mighty hammer of Raman spectroscopy? Then assemble with us, as we develop new imaging and sensing tools! vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/19… (Dr Strange need not apply!)

The GBBO final is tonight: we're looking for a potential star baker to add to our lineup. Are you looking for an chance to tackle Technical challenges to improve the Signature of samples inside turbid media? You may be the missing ingredient from our team! vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/19…

Taking a moment to smile today - on the 5⃣0⃣th citation to one of my first last-author papers. We realised high-fidelity phase & amplitude control using a single SLM doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.… It was a great team effort where Cold Atoms StAndrews gave us freedom to explore our interests.

Congratulations to Yoshi Arita, Graham D Bruce and colleagues from University of Arizona and #ISIBrno on the publication of their work showing sympathetic cooling of levitated microspheres in #OPG_Optica! doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA…

Lovely to listen to this conversation between two former students of whom we are very proud. Very grateful to have had the opportunity to work with both Dr Tiffany Harte and Steven Thomson at an early point in their careers!

“The King has asked me to become Prime Minister because this nonsense has gone on long enough.”

Our paper on prime number quantum potentials has been published on PNAS Nexus, towards exploring the connections between quantum physics and number theory. Thanks Dr Tiffany Harte and Graham D Bruce for developing the techniques at the basis of this work. doi.org/10.1093/pnasne…

Featured poster: Holographic optical traps are a versatile tool for quantum sensing and quantum computation with neutral atoms. We present two proposals based on holographic potentials: the generation of persistent current superposition and the factorization of integers.

Quantum state engineering with dynamic optical potentials: from sensing applications to factorization of integers Presented by Renzo Testa, @PhysAstroStAnd University of St Andrews Poster number C096