In this project, the student will functionalize lipid vesicles and membranes with different kinds of DNA ‘sticky ends’ and study their adhesive behaviour using modern microscopy techniques.

The objective of this project is to gain insight in the cause and extent of the network “memory”.

Je draait mee met de groep en ontwikkelt software voor een van onze projecten.

Voor een in-house ontwikkelde script engine is een ontwikkel omgeving nodig die bij meerdere projecten gebruikt kan worden.

In this project, you will study the dynamics of protons in water, confined in nanometer-sized structures.

In our group, we use a combination of database analysis, theory, and computer simulations, all heavely grounded in statistical-mechanics, to unravel the design principles of biochemical networks.The applicant will study either by...

In this project we will study the molecular dynamics of hydrogen-bonded polymers by measuring the lateral and orientational diffusion of chromophores that are bound to the polymers.

The aim of this project is to measure the elasticity of single collagen fibers within three-dimensional collagen networks.

The aim of this project is to understand how cells organize their shape and internal organization.

We offer internships in theoretical biophysics on a number of different topics including DNA under strong confinement and self-organisation of the microtubule cytoskeleton.

Cells are known to be sensitive to the architecture and elastic behavior of this scaffold. But how do cells “feel” collagen fibers?

Large families of transcription factors, which regulate gene expression by binding to DNA, have been formed by gene duplications and mutational divergence. You will measure this cross-repression within the lac repressor family,...

The electrostatic behavior of the lipid membrane is of utmost importance for biological function. We will explore how different ions (monovalent, divalent, hydrophobic) alter the conformation and surface potential of differently...

You have a Bachelors-degree in Biology of Physics and participate in a Master in a related field. You must be available for at least 3 months.

Goal of this research project is to study the emission properties of fluorescent molecules and/or quantum dots when they are interacting with metal nanoantennas.

The central aim of the NanoOptics Group is to explore the natural frontiers of light control at length scales of the wavelength or below, and time scale in the fs regime. We have projects available on the fabrication of the...

In this project we will elucidate the rate and mechanism of heat transport through a peptide, a small building block of a protein, embedded in a model membrane.