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Making machine learning more sustainable: Neural networks made of light   Dr Clara Wanjura and Prof Florian Marquardt propose a new way of implementing a neural network with an optical system which could make machine learning more sustainable in the future. The researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light have published their new method in Nature Physics, demonstrating a method much simpler than previous approaches. Learn more about their inspiring approach 👉 https://lnkd.in/dzxs8JhE #neuromorphic #computing #optics #photonics #machinelearning 📸 © CC Wanjura

Save the date for our next remarkable event in our Distinguished Lecturer Series! 📅 ✍️   Tracy Northup, professor of experimental physics at the University of Innsbruck, Austria will give her lecture "Levitated nanoparticles: a route to the quantum regime" on July 16 at 3 pm CET. The lecture will take place in the Leuchs-Russell Auditorium. It will also be streamed via Zoom as well as recorded and added to our YouTube channel for anyone who misses the talk! ▶️ Levitated nanoparticles: a route to the quantum regime 🕒 Tuesday, July 16 at 3 pm CET 📍 Leuchs-Russell Auditorium at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen 👉 Zoom access: https://lnkd.in/dFCajY2U Meeting-ID: 699 8090 9813 Kenncode: 185386

Research Group Jona Kayser: Cellular Evolution Using genetically modified cancer cells, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light are able to decipher the underlying physical mechanisms and tissue dynamics influencing tumor therapy resistance.    This image shows a dynamic two-dimensional community of melanoma cells (cancer cells) which have been genetically modified to fluoresce. In this section, one can observe how cells can align themselves harmoniously due to their complicated mechanical interactions. This phenomenon is known as „nematics“. Such processes not only play a decisive role in embryonic development, but can also be observed in cancer tissues. © 📸: Maximilian Eiche

Congratulations to Markéta Icha Kubánková on receiving the Hermann Neuhaus Prize from the Max Planck Society (MPS)! 👏👏 The prize, worth 25,000 euros, recognizes excellent postdocs and research group leaders who are conducting research with the potential for application at a Max Planck Institute. Dr Kubánková from the Department of Biological Optomechanics of MPL Director Prof Jochen Guck is investigating whether and how the physical properties of cells in human blood or tissue change during disease. She wants to use the findings on mechanical cell changes during disease for diagnostic purposes. Kubánková's research is carried out in close collaboration with the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Universitätsklinikum Erlangen as part of the newly established Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin (MPZPM) in Erlangen. "The work leading to the prize was a team effort and I am very grateful to my colleagues at MPL, MPZPM, FAU and the Uniklinikum Erlangen, as well as all the other participants, for their support. We will use the prize money to progress with medical research", said Kubánková. This year's Hermann Neuhaus Prize was awarded twice: to Markéta Icha Kubánková, MPL, and Oren Moscovitz, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gPPkUNBk 📸 © David Ausserhofer

❗ Wir suchen ❗ Zur Unterstützung der Institutsleitung des Max-Planck-Instituts für die Physik des Lichts beim Arbeitsschutz, der Unfallverhütung und der menschengerechten Gestaltung der Arbeit suchen wir für beide Standorte baldmöglichst eine 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗶𝘁𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗲𝗶𝘁 (𝗺/𝘄/𝗱) 𝗜𝗵𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗻, 𝘂.𝗮.: • Organisation des Arbeitsschutzes für zwei Standorte in Erlangen • Unterstützung des Institutsleitung bei der -Planung, Ausführung und Unterhaltung von Betriebsanlagen und sozialen Einrichtungen - Beschaffung von technischen Arbeitsmitteln und der Einführung von Arbeitsverfahren und Arbeitsstoffen - Gestaltung der Arbeitsplätze, des Arbeitsablaufs, der Arbeitsumgebung • Überprüfung der Betriebsanlagen und der technischen Arbeitsmittel insbesondere vor der Inbetriebnahme im Hinblick auf Arbeitssicherheit • Hinwirkung auf entsprechendes Verhalten, Mitwirkung bei Belehrungen 𝗜𝗵𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹: • Abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium und Aufbaufortbildung als Sicherheitsfachkraft oder einschlägiges Hochschulstudium als Dipl. Ing. für Sicherheitstechnik; alternativ kann nach Absprache eine Ausbildung zur Fachkraft für Arbeitssicherheit (m/w/d) angeboten werden • Berufserfahrung in hochinstallierten Forschungsbetrieben wünschenswert • Kommunikations- und Teamfähigkeit sowie eine gute Zusammenarbeit mit allen Berufsgruppen und Nationalitäten • Deutsch und Englisch fließend in Wort und Schrift Haben wir Ihr Interesse geweckt? Hier finden Sie alle Infos: https://lnkd.in/gTH2aF3G #stellenangebot #jobsuche #jobs #karriere

❗ Wir suchen ❗ Die Betriebstechnik am Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts in Erlangen sucht Verstärkung! 👊 Elektroniker*in für Gebäude- und Infrastruktursysteme (m/w/d): https://lnkd.in/dQubw44s   Anlagenmechaniker*in für den Bereich Heizung, Lüftung, Sanitär, Kälte und Gase (w/m/d): https://lnkd.in/dWJx4NBg   Elektroniker*in für Energie- und Gebäudetechnik (m/w/d): https://lnkd.in/deJwB9bn Haben wir Ihr Interesse geweckt? Dann bewerben Sie sich spätestens bis zum 31.07.2024.

Research Group Jona Kayser: Cellular Evolution Using genetically modified cancer cells, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light are able to decipher the underlying physical mechanisms and tissue dynamics influencing tumor therapy resistance.    This image shows a dynamic two-dimensional community of melanoma cells (cancer cells) which have been genetically modified to fluoresce. In this section, one can observe how cells can align themselves harmoniously due to their complicated mechanical interactions. This phenomenon is known as „nematics“. Such processes not only play a decisive role in embryonic development, but can also be observed in cancer tissues. © 📸: Maximilian Eiche

Another outstanding event in our Distinguished Lecturer Series is just around the corner! 🤩   Isabelle Staude, Professor at the Institute for Solid State Physics Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena will give her fascinating talk "Tailoring light fields with active semiconductor metasurfaces" on July 4 at 2 pm CET. The lecture will take place in the Leuchs-Russell Auditorium. It will also be streamed via Zoom as well as recorded and added to our YouTube channel for anyone who misses the talk! ▶️ Tailoring light fields with active semiconductor metasurfaces 🕒 Thursday, July 4, 2024, 2 pm CET 📍 Leuchs-Russell Auditorium at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen 👉 Zoom access: https://lnkd.in/drrE65mP Meeting-ID: 668 2889 4164 Code: 290645

𝗔 𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀 Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC), as a source of entangled photons, is of great interest for quantum physics and quantum technology, but so far it could be only implement­ed in solids. Scientists of the Research Group of Maria Chekhova at the MPL and Jozef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia, have demonstrated, for the first time, SPDC in a liquid crystal. The results, recently published in Nature, open a path to a new generation of quantum sources: efficient and elec­tric-field tunable. Learn more: https://bit.ly/MPL_SPDC #quantum #physics #technology © Tanya Chekhova

Please share: Registration is now open for the 2nd international workshop on machine learning for quantum technologies, to take place this November at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen, Germany. https://lnkd.in/e_3aQXVg #MachineLearning #QuantumTechnologies #QuantumComputing Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Munich Quantum Valley FAU Profile Center Light.Matter.QuantumTechnologies