The last lecture in the session dedicated to the 20th anniversary is given by Dimitris Vlassopoulos, who shares some personal reflections on SoftComp's role in soft matter research and it's future perspectives (on the example of ring and star polymers) #AM2024

At the end of the special session, Flavio Carsughi presents the Succes Story behind the SoftComp Network! #20years #anniversary #softmatter #softmatercomposites #SoftComp #happy20years

The last plenary lecture of the SoftComp / EUSMI Annual Meeting 2024 on the non-aqueous foams and gel emulsions based on fatty acids is given by Anne-Laure Fameau. #softmatter #oleogels #oilfoams #AM2024

Thank you all for participating in the Annual Meeting 2024 Congratulations to the winners of the young scientists session and best poster winners, and once more, Happy 20th Anniversary to SoftComp! 🎉🎉🎉 bit.ly/3WicTsK

Excited to organize this year’s Soft Matter school with Gareth McKinley, Emanuela Del Gado and L. Ramos in beautiful #Cargèse! Big thanks to Cargill, Fonterra, SoftComp, Georgetown University, @cnrs, Laboratoire de Physique, ENS de Lyon, CNRS for supporting this event! Can’t wait to meet the 90+ participants! 🎉👨‍🏫

📣 November 14, 2024, at 15:00 CET the webinar “Novel Shear and Dilatational Interfacial Rheometer for the Study of Complex Fluids Applied to Polymers and mAbs at the Air-Water Interface”, by Norman Wagner, Univ. Delaware, will take place. Join us!👇 eu-softcomp.net/webinar2024/

The International Workshop on Advances in Mechanobiology: From Mechanical Sensing to Cell and Tissue Response will take place in Napoli (Italy) from April 27 to 30, 2025 All the information can be found at the website: bit.ly/4gcEqDl Abstract submission: 20.01.2025

📣📣 December 12, 2024, 3:00 pm, Markus Antonietti, from Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces will present a webinar entitled: "Carbon nitride: An Interface driven organic semiconductor and its use in artificial photosynthesis and photoosmotic machines" Feel free to join us! eu-softcomp.net/webinar2024/

The 9th International Soft Matter Conference 2025 will take place at Crete, Greece from the 29th of September to the 3rd of October 2025 The Abstract submission will open January 15th, 2025 Save the date! 👉ismc2025.org

Happy Holiday Season from the SoftComp Consortium! 🎄🎄🎄

The Summer School on Polymeric Networks for Sustainable Development that will take place in Capri (Italy) from July 5 to 12, 2025. 📆 Registration deadline: 15.02.2025 (only 50 places available) More information👇 bit.ly/4hp2XWa

The first lecture from the SoftComp Webinar Series in 2025! 🗓️ February 20, 2025 ⏰ 15:00 CET 👉🏻 bit.ly/3CHgzNz Feel free to join!

Scientific Highlights: Electric Fields Shape Protein Crystal Formation Scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich | @[email protected] and Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf have uncovered the profound effects of electric fields on protein phase behaviour and crystallization Read more at 👉doi.org/10.1021/acs.jp… pic.x.com/3jVtR5ekqc

Scientific Highlights: Uncovering the Microscopic Origin of Fluidization The SoftComp partner CNRS 🌍 Montpellier with NYU CSMR have shed light on the microscopic origin of fluidization. Read more at👇 doi.org/10.1038/s41567…

Scientific Highlights: Phase separation and ageing of glycine-rich protein A study by researchers from Wageningen U&R and Maastricht University has shed new light on the mysterious adhesive mechanisms of ticks. Read more👇 doi.org/10.1038/s41557…

Please, remember, the abstract submission deadline for the Annual Meeting 2025 is just a few days ahead! 🗓️ 15 March 2025 #softcomp #eusmi #softmatter #AM2025 #annualmeeting2025

Exciting time at the SoftComp Eusmi Annual Meeting 2025! This time in Venice, at the Unive Ca' Foscari, with cutting edge science and inspiring discussions. #softmatter #softcomp #eusmi #annualmeeting2025

SoftComp Webinar Series 2025! 📅 Date: July 3, 2025 🕒 Time: 3:00 pm (CEST) 🗣 Lisa Manning, Syracuse University, USA "Flow and Yielding in Dense Active Sphere Packings" Link to Join: lnkd.in/d8W8zYFT We hope to see you there!

SoftComp Webinar Series 2025! 📅 Date: July 24, 2025 📷 Cecile Cottin-Bizonne, Université de Lyon, France "Wall-Climbing Active Colloids and Rheological Behavior in Active Dense Systems" Link to Join: lnkd.in/duk_-UCc We hope to see you there!