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Edition 8 - June 2010 

This is the eighth edition, in the 6th year of TNWTODAY, the E-magazine of the Faculty of Applied Sciences for internal employees and students. The editorial team wishes you a great holiday - please remember to transfer your authorisation to sign to a colleague before you leave!

Headlines

Meeting on the review and housing plan for Faculty of Applied Sciences
On Wednesday 30 June acting Dean, Professor Tim van der Hagen called a meeting of Applied Sciences personnel where he spoke to 125 listeners in an informal setting about recent developments in housing, the TU-wide review and the consequences for the faculty.
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EUR 6.1 milion for new Nanoscoop
Only in Dutch - Het Netherlands Centre for Electron Nanoscopy (NeCEN) heeft EUR 6,1 miljoen van NWO ontvangen voor de aanschaf van de nieuwste en sterkste electonenmicroscoop die er is. Met deze microscoop kunnen de moleculaire bouwstenen van het leven bestudeerd worden. Dit is belangrijk voor onderzoek naar bijvoorbeeld afwijkingen aan cellen van bloedvaten bij hart- en vaatziekten, de wisselwerking tussen ziekteverwekkers en gastheren bij infectieziekten en moleculaire processen die kanker veroorzaken.
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iGEM Team 2010 takes the Challenge
Once again, the iGEM Team from TU Delft is entering the iGEM competition held at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in Boston. Last year, 112 teams took part and the TU Delft team took home gold. This year’s team hopes to follow in their footsteps. They were recently featured in a national news broadcast on the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. A promising start, I think you’ll agree.
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Education

• Appointed Teacher of the Year 2010

• Professional Doctorate Degree Ceremony 8 April 2010

  
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Research

• R3 and MI Labs merge PET and SPECT biomedical imaging techniques and increase resolution

• The Czech Republic and the Netherlands were today welcomed as Partner Countries in the European Spallation Source project

• E.ON and TU Delft researches Biomass

• Unique Delft pilot facility makes sustainable economy possible

• Students present biofuel racing (BT)

• Publication New contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging of tumors (BT)

  
  Thesis Defences and Inaugural Addresses in July

  
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HRM

• New counselers Applied Sciences

• TU Delft reimbursement of travel, relocation and boarding expenses regulation
  
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Other

• Lunchtime concerts 27 May and 1 June 2010

• Prof. Tim van der Hagen appointed member Algemene Energieraad 

• Science Port Holland and TU Delft present on World Expo Shanghai

• TU Delft represented at World Congress on Particle Technology and POWTECH 2010

• Compete in the sixth International Innovation Competition "European Sattellite Navigation Competition 2010"

• Weblog VKC TNW News of TU Delft Library

• Energy Newsletter June 2010

• Goodbye party Anne Marie Terpstra of Facultysecretary

• Royal Honour for Yoka Boshoff

  
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TNW in the press (only in Dutch)

• 26-05-10  Isolde in Nanoland - Li-ion batteries filmpje m.m.v. Erik Kelder en Jan van Erven

• 27-05-10  Bacterien werken in koud water, De Ingenieur

• 01-06-10  Proeffabriek voor biotechnologie is grote klapper voor Delft, AD/Haagsche Courant

• 03-06-10  New device joins high-res PET with SPECT, Dotmed.com met Freek Beekman

• 03-06-10  Delft krijgt grote biomassafabriek, NRC Wetenschap

• 16-06-10  BT en iGEM inzake olieramp, start bij 3min50, duurt 2min, NOS

• 17-06-10  Op naar een echte bio-industrie, Forum

• 19-06-10  Kannibalen aan het werk, Reformatorisch Dagblad

• 12-06-10  De lego van het leven; reporage bij de topfysici van het AMOLF, Vrij Nederland

• 22-06-10  Onderzoek naar vergroten van bijstook biomassa, Dagblad van het Noorden

• 22-06-10  Stal van de toekomst zonder stank, fijnstof toepassing in Limburg, diverse media-uitingen

• 22-06-10  Traag ministerie VWS leidt tot woekerprijzen voor medisch isotopen en hoge loonkosten Nederlandse ziekenhuizen

• 26-06-10  Vraag het TU Delft, beweeglijke moleculen, de Telegraaf

• 30-06-10  Varkens fokken in een hightechstal, Reformatorish Dagblad
  

Agenda

• 05-07-10  PNCMI 2010 Polarised Neutron Week until 8th of July
• 19-08-10  Graduation Ceremony
• 16-09-10  Grand Opening Bionanoscience see program and registration

• 08-10-10 Alumni symposium at TU Delft and Applied Sciences 
  
  

Colofon

TNW Today
Periodical of the faculty of Applied Sciences.
Appears 10 times a year.

Editors
Jacqueline Dekker
Anne Marie Kraal
Liesbeth Secker
Miranda Kester, input and layout

Copy
Next issue will due on 27 August 2010, deliver copy before 16 August or earlier!
By e-mail: tnwtoday-tnw@tudelft.nl
Guidelines for submission [only available in English]
The editors retain the privilege not to publish received copy.

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