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Lars Montelius is the new Director of INL

Lars Montelius is the new Director of INL

Lars Montelius took up his appointment as Director-General of INL, on September 1st. The Swedish Professor of Physics has spent more than 25 years working in the Nanotechnology field will lead the Laboratory founded by Portugal and Spain for the next five years. Before his appointment to INL, Lars Montelius held several positions in academia, among them Dean of the Physics Department of Lund University, and director for the Swedish Danish Collaborations, the Öresund University and the Öresund Science Region, where he worked on the development of cross-regional collaborations. During the last few years, he got strongly involved in innovation on the border between academia and business. Lately, he has put much effort into the innovation system and has been engaged as a mentor for students exploring ideas of innovation as well as being responsible for development projects with direction towards establishing a working model and concept to interface academia and society. Parallel to his research and academic career, Montelius founded several successful nanotechnology-based companies, founded of the pioneering and groundbreaking work with his group in the field of nanoimprint lithography. «I am very excited about my new position here at INL and I am really looking forward to take […]

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INL received the visit of the Moroccan Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research

INL received the visit of the Moroccan Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research

The Moroccan Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Lahcen Daoudi visited INL – The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory. The main goal of the visit was to identify common research interests for future scientific cooperation in common nanotechnology areas of research.The Minister was accompanied by a group of representatives from Moroccan scientific and educational institutions. The Portuguese State Secretary for Higher Education, José Ferreira Gomes, and the Spanish State Secretary for Research, Development and Innovation, Carmen Vela, were also present during the visit. This visit will strengthen Moroccan, Portuguese and Spanish scientific cooperation.

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INL awarded with local merit prize

INL awarded with local merit prize

INL was awarded the local merit prize “A Nossa Terra” in the category “institution/organization”. The Director-general of INL, José Rivas, received the award last Friday evening, on behalf of the Laboratory, in a gala event that took place in the Parque de Exposições de Braga. The Gala “A Nossa Terra” is an annual event, organized by Director and it is meant to award personalities and organizations, in many different categories, that have had an important role during the previous year in the progress and development of the region of Braga. “INL is very honoured by the award. It reflects the positive perception the local community has of INL and its impact in the regional development”, said the director-general of INL. Here is a news article about the evening: http://www.correiodominho.com/noticias.php?id=78116 (Only in Portuguese)

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Portuguese Minister of Health visited INL

Portuguese Minister of Health visited INL

The Portuguese Minister of Health, Paulo Macedo, visited the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) to get to know the main research projects carried out in the area of nanomedicine. The full press release can be read here (only in Portuguese).

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Call for Expressions of Interest for Postdoctoral Research

Call for Expressions of Interest for Postdoctoral Research

The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) is launching a Call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for Postdoctoral Research fellow positions. The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) is an institution with international legal status, registered at the United Nations created to foster interdisciplinary research in Nanotechnology and Nanosciences. INL is a global centre of excellence in applied nanotechnology research, aiming to attract the world’s best scientists and engineers. More information here.

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New PhD Student Positions

New PhD Student Positions

The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) is launching 3 PhD student positions. The laboratory provides a high-tech research environment formed by state-of-the-art infrastructure equipped with the latest technologies, to address the major challenges in nanofabrication, nanocharacterization and other nanotechnologies applied to environmental & food control, nanomedicine and nanoelectronics. Successful candidates will work on (1) Microfluidic platforms for circulating cancer tumour cells separation and detection; (2) Synthesis of size-controlled Ag clusters by electrochemical methods: optimization and scaling up. Study of their catalytic and antimicrobian properties and (3) Magnetic Nanoparticles for enhanced contrast in MRI imagiology. A successful applicant must have a degree that will allow him/her to embark in a PhD programme. The applicant should have a strong enthusiasm for work and excellent communication skills. Interested applicants should submit, until October 31st 2013, their curriculum vitae and a cover letter describing motivation through INL’s recruitment website at: http://inl.int/job_offers under the “scholarship” section. More information here.

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Spintronics in Graphene – 11 PhD & 4 Post-Doctoral Positions available

Spintronics in Graphene – 11 PhD & 4 Post-Doctoral Positions available

The SPINOGRAPH – “Spintronics in Graphene” is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) providing state-of-the-art training for early-stage researchers (ESR) and Experienced Researchers (ER) in the field of Spintronics in Graphene. The network brings together 9 world-leading partners and offers a total of 11 Early Stage Research (ESR) PhD positions for 36 months and 4 Experienced Researcher (ER) post-doctoral positions for 24 months. Host institutions are INL, Braga, Portugal-Coordinator (2 PhD), AMO GmbH, Aachen, Germany (1 postdoc), CIC Nanogune, San Sebastian, Spain (2 PhD), CNRS, Paris, France (1 postdoc), CSIC Madrid, Spain (2 PhD), Graphenea, San Sebastian, Spain (1 postdoc), University of Aachen, Germany (1 PhD, 1 Postdoc), University of Groningen, Netherlands (2 PhD), University of Manchester, UK (2 PhD). The recruited researchers will participate in challenging and exciting projects at the forefront of research on Spintronics in Graphene and benefit from several network-wide schools, workshops and specific training courses. More information here.

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Ministers of Science of Portugal and People’s Republic of China visited the INL

Ministers of Science of Portugal and People’s Republic of China visited the INL

The Portuguese Minister of Education and Science of Portugal, Nuno Crato, and the Minister of Science and Technology, of the People’s Republic of China, Wan Gang, visited the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory. After a short meeting with the aim of presenting to the Chinese delegation the INL project, a state-of-the-art facility, fully dedicated to nanotechnology and nanosciences, the two ministers visited the laboratories dedicated to nanomaterial’s, energy storage and conversion, nanochemistry and nanoparticle synthesis , spintronics and magnetometry. In the last two laboratories the Chinese Minister of Science had the chance to meet two Chinese researchers who are developing their work at INESC-MN, in collaboration with INL. The tour through the facilities, guided by INL’s the director-general, José Rivas, and deputy director general, Paulo Freitas included also the high accuracy laboratories where the Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang took a closer look at the transmission electron microscopy (TEM), the scanning electron microscopy (STEM), as well as the focus ion beam (FIB). Nanotechnology is one of the areas included in the memorandum of understanding signed between the government of People’s Republic of China and Portugal to promote collaborative research.

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The Princes of Asturias visited INL

The Princes of Asturias visited INL

Their Royal Highnesses the Princes of Asturias, Felipe de Borbón y Grécia, and Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano visited the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory on the 31st of May. The visit was part of the official tour of the Royal Couple to the Republic of Portugal, from May 30th to June 1st, 2012.

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