Dr. Zala Lenarčič from our department among recipients of ERC StG 2022
On November 22, 2022, the European Research Council announced the ERC call results for researchers starting an independent research career (ERC Starting Grant 2022). This year, the ERC considered 2932 project proposals from all scientific fields and selected 408 for … Read More
Investigating next-generation battery materials with neutron scattering and molecular simulations
Lithium/sulfur batteries are a promising candidate for the post-lithium-ion era thanks to their high energy density and environmental friendliness. However, complex degradation mechanisms and a poor understanding of the polysulfide (PS) molecular structure and ether-based components have hindered their broad … Read More
Packing and trimer-to-dimer protein reconstruction in icosahedral viral shells with a single type of symmetrical structural unit
Understanding protein packing and morphological transformations in virus shells (capsids) during their maturation can be pivotal for developing new antiviral strategies. Anže Božič and coworkers studied how these principles manifest themselves in icosahedral viral capsids assembled from identical symmetric structural … Read More
16th Xmas Biophysics Workshop
The 16th Xmas Biophysics Workshop returns the series to its old tracks and will take place on December 12th and 13th at Elegans Hotel in Brdo, Slovenia. The workshop traditionally brings together researchers in biophysics from Croatia, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, … Read More
Quantitative electrostatic force tomography for virus capsids in interaction with an approaching nanoscale probe
Electrostatic interactions are crucial for the assembly, disassembly, and stability of proteinaceous viral capsids. Moreover, at the molecular scale, elucidating the organization and structure of the capsid proteins in response to an approaching nanoprobe is a major challenge in … Read More
Ergodicity breaking transition in zero dimensions
V reviji Physical Review Letters je mladi raziskovalec Jan Šuntajs skupaj z mentorjem dr. Levom Vidmarjem objavil članek z naslovom “Ergodicity breaking transition in zero dimensions“. V njem opiše nekatere osrednje spektralne lastnosti novega tipa faznih prehodov: prehoda med … Read More
Longest-lived exotic hadron from first-principles
S. Prelovšek Komelj (JSI) and M. Padmanath (Mainz) find evidence for the longest-lived exotic hadron. Their article in Physical Review Letters establishes this state with an ab-initio theoretical study for the first time. Experiments have recently discovered exotic hadrons that consist … Read More
plenary review by S. Prelovšek Komelj at Lepton-Photon symposium
Prof. dr. Saša Prelovšek Komelj presented a plenary review entitled “Hadron physics: theory” at one of the central symposiums in particle physics – the Lepton Photon symposium held in January 2022. She reviewed the current theoretical understanding of exotic and … Read More
Portorož 2021: Physics of the flavourful Universe
The sixth in the series of biennial Portorož workshops will take place from September 21st to 24th, 2021. The aim of the workshop is to discuss complementary aspects of precision elementary particle phenomenology both within the standard model and beyond: those … Read More
Third HEP trilateral meeting in Vipava
The 3rd trilateral meeting, involving parties from the University of Nova Gorica, SISSA and ICTP from Trieste and from the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, will take place in the Lanthieri mansion in Vipava on September 15th, 2021. The talks will cover … Read More
Brda workshop 2021
This years’ workshop is intended to bring together and facilitate discussions between members of the Theoretical physics of nuclei, particles and fields group and a couple of invited guests working on various phenomenological aspects of the Standard Model and New Physics. … Read More
Young researcher PhD scholarship in theoretical particle physics
The Department of Theoretical Physics at the Jožef Stefan Institute is announcing an international PhD scholarship, awarded by the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Ljubljana. The recipient will be hosted by the particle physics group in … Read More
Dr. Zala Lenarčič from our department among recipients of ERC StG 2022
On November 22, 2022, the European Research Council announced the ERC call results for researchers starting an independent research career (ERC Starting Grant 2022). This year, the ERC considered 2932 project proposals from all scientific fields and selected 408 for … Read More
Ergodicity breaking transition in zero dimensions
V reviji Physical Review Letters je mladi raziskovalec Jan Šuntajs skupaj z mentorjem dr. Levom Vidmarjem objavil članek z naslovom “Ergodicity breaking transition in zero dimensions“. V njem opiše nekatere osrednje spektralne lastnosti novega tipa faznih prehodov: prehoda med … Read More
A compact device sustains a fluid of bosons
V odseku News and Views revije Nature je izšel članek “Bozonska tekočina ujeta v majhni napravi”, katerega avtorja sta Denis Golež [ Odseka za teoretično fiziko, Odsek za kompleksne snovi in Fakultete za matematiko in fiziko Univerze v Ljubljani] in … Read More
Oddaje “Frekvenca X” o kvantnih tehnologijah
Sodelavec odseka Rok Žitko je sodeloval v seriji oddaj Frekvence X “Kvantna prihodnost” na drugem programu Radia Slovenija (Val 202) na temo kvantnih tehnologij. Posnetki so na voljo v obliki podcastov: 1/3: Prvi koraki do kvantne premoči 2/3: Teleportacija? Tudi … Read More
Postdoc position in Solid State Physics group
There is an opening for a Ph.D. and/or Postdoc positions at Jozef Stefan Institute as a part of a funding program of Slovenian Research Fund (ARRS). The candidate will focus on the nonequilibrium quantum dynamics to study problems at the … Read More
Magistrska dela v skupini za Trdno snov
V skupini za trdno snov nudimo teme za magistrska dela in dodajamo opis nekaj projektov. Kvantne brazgotine v disipativnih sistemih [Zala Lenarčič] Kvantne brazgotine so vzbujena stanja kaotičnih kvantnih sistemov, ki preprečujejo pričakovano termalizirajoče obnašanje. Raziskali bomo, kaj je njihov … Read More
Investigating next-generation battery materials with neutron scattering and molecular simulations
Lithium/sulfur batteries are a promising candidate for the post-lithium-ion era thanks to their high energy density and environmental friendliness. However, complex degradation mechanisms and a poor understanding of the polysulfide (PS) molecular structure and ether-based components have hindered their broad … Read More
Packing and trimer-to-dimer protein reconstruction in icosahedral viral shells with a single type of symmetrical structural unit
Understanding protein packing and morphological transformations in virus shells (capsids) during their maturation can be pivotal for developing new antiviral strategies. Anže Božič and coworkers studied how these principles manifest themselves in icosahedral viral capsids assembled from identical symmetric structural … Read More
16th Xmas Biophysics Workshop
The 16th Xmas Biophysics Workshop returns the series to its old tracks and will take place on December 12th and 13th at Elegans Hotel in Brdo, Slovenia. The workshop traditionally brings together researchers in biophysics from Croatia, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, … Read More
Quantitative electrostatic force tomography for virus capsids in interaction with an approaching nanoscale probe
Electrostatic interactions are crucial for the assembly, disassembly, and stability of proteinaceous viral capsids. Moreover, at the molecular scale, elucidating the organization and structure of the capsid proteins in response to an approaching nanoprobe is a major challenge in … Read More
Zois distinctions for Prof. Nataša Vaupotič and Dr. Matej Kanduč
On December 10, 2021, Prof. Nataša Vaupotič and Dr. Matej Kanduč from our department received Zois distinctions for their scientific research. The Zois distinction is a state award for important achievements in scientific research and development. Prof. Vaupotič was awarded … Read More
Clonal Dominance in Excitable Cell Networks
Clonal dominance is a phenomenon whereby the descendants of one of a few founder cells contribute disproportionally to the system. In contexts such as bacterial growth, this phenomenon is often attributed to pre-existing genetic or positional propensities for dominance. However, … Read More