Simplistic form yet rather sophisticated philosophy - hydrodynamic coupling in non-equilibrium synthetic matter. Check our cilia-like actuators @AdvSciNews doi.org/10.1002/adma.2… Thanks for the enormous support from Hang, @APriimagi, Hao Zeng, and STORM-BOTS ITN

Quite possibly the creepiest thing we've ever seen. This video shows a cilia-like, self-oscillating actuator made from a light-fueled liquid crystal elastomer for use in small-scale robotics. Learn more about it here: ow.ly/q9R250MhZRo

📢We are launching a NEW CALL for applications for early-stage #researchers ➡️Position ESR-1 at TU Eindhoven Don't miss this new opportunity to join the STORM-BOTS team! Check apply.storm-bots.eu/guide-for-appl… 🗓️ Deadline February 19th Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Horizon 2020

Would you like to explore eco-friendly halide perovskites for green energy application? Then Welcome to join LAEM group! Lund University NanoLund Postdoctoral position in synthesis of lead-free halide perovskite materials for green energy applications lu.varbi.com/what:job/jobID…

📢📢Don’t miss it! 7 days left to apply a post doc position in my ERC-funded group. tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_A&… A fundamental project to make new model systems for light communication in responsive materials. #micro_robot #artificial_cilia #artificial_cilia European Research Council (ERC)

About 50 years ago, Edward Purcell imagined a toroidal swimmer under low Reynolds number conditions. Today, a brilliant PhD student, ZixuanDeng , has created it in our lab. See our paper, nature.com/articles/s4156…, Nature Materials , European Research Council (ERC)

More great results in STORM-BOTS, this time from our partner @TampereUni! 🎉 Congratulations to Zixuan Deng (ESR-11) and his supervisors @APriimagi and Hao Zeng for their recent publication! Check it out here: doi.org/10.1038/s41563…. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions European Research Executive Agency #openaccess

RT appreciated: My lab is recruiting several Ph.D.s and Postdocs excited to build synthetic cells that undergo Darwinian evolution. The backgrounds that we need for include biochemistry, synthetic biology, and systems chemistry. Details: boekhovenlab.com/openings/

Zero-elastic-energy modes drive the self-sustained locomotion of a liquid crystal elastomer torus across various environments. Hao Zeng nature.com/articles/s4156…