Two major FOM programs granted to AMOLF

In November the FOM Executive Board has granted two major FOM programs that will be managed from AMOLF.

Spatial design of biomolecular regulation networks (3.1 million euros)
Program manager Marileen Dogterom: "We will look for the spatial principles that regulate biochemical networks. This is a new topic at AMOLF, but it matches the development of biophysical research at AMOLF towards systems biology. Three groups of the universities of Amsterdam, Wageningen and Rotterdam are also involved adding important biological knowledge to the program."

Nanophotovoltaics (2.1 million euros)
Program manager Albert Polman: Solar cells are still too expensive to be used on a large scale, due to the high costs of the materials used or the low output. We will research totally new concepts for photovoltaic solar cells that will be produced using nanotechnology. The new structures will make it possible to catch light more efficiently in a solar cell and to transfer the different colours found in the spectrum of sunlight more efficiently into an electric current.

These two programs contain a total of 18 PhD/Postdoc/technician positions of which 15 at AMOLF.