Words from the Director Trevor Forsyth
As we head into the Easter period LINXS is preparing for a very active period of scientific discussion, conferences, workshops and young researchers’ events. LINXS is also preparing for its Science Day on the 22nd April. The day will be of general scientific relevance but will include a focus on reporting from the New Materials Theme which completed at the end of 2023. We encourage everyone to come to the Science Day to learn of the Theme’s achievements and also to participate in discussions relating to the wider LINXS activity.
On our website, we have gathered a range of interviews, articles and news to highlight forthcoming events and to publicise the activities of the current Themes. As of the start of 2024, we have major changes in the composition of the LINXS Board. The Board is now chaired by Professor Stacey Ristinmaa Sörensen, and also includes new faculty representation in the form of Jonas Larsson (Medical Faculty), Anna Fureby (Engineering Faculty), and Felix Roosen-Runge (Science Faculty). The new Board has recently had its first meeting – followed by an informal event that provided an opportunity to thank previous Board members, led by Anders Tunlid, for the large amount of effort they have put into the development of LINXS over the past few years.
On our website you will also find an interview containing reflections from our current guest researcher, Jack Lin, from the University of Oulu in Finland.
Applications to the latest LINXS Theme call are currently being processed with the help of the Science Advisory Board (SAB), chaired by Christiane Alba-Simionesco (CNRS, France). This was a very healthy round, including national and international applicants, and covering a wide range of high quality science. The final outcome of the review process will be known by 31st May.
In other news, the first AMBER recruitment round will soon close and we hope to recruit up to 13 postdoctoral researchers with a range of projects on advanced multiscale biological imaging. This is the first of four application rounds (total 47 postdoctoral positions) and we encourage you spread the details of this exciting scheme widely.
Last, but by no means least, we are now at the very final stages of preparation for the LINXS move to the Science Village, placing us directly between the MAX IV and ESS large research facilities and in close proximity to numerous academic and industrial innovation hubs that are also locating on the same site. We are very much looking forward to the partnership opportunities with these centres and with the others that will be moving onto the site in the coming years.
We look forward to seeing you at LINXS in the near future. Most of the information you might need for events can be found on our website, but please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
LINXS Director Trevor Forsyth. Photo: Kennet Ruona.