Tristan du Pree @tristandupree.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Nikhef Open Science Day @nikhef.bsky.social 062
Reposted by Tristan du PreeNational Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef) @nikhef.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Vergeet niet de Nikhef-minilezingen in je agenda te zetten voor a.s. zaterdag! Onze onderzoekers hebben een fantastisch programma opgesteld over het onderzoek op Nikhef met lezingen over zwaartekrachtsgolven, het elektron en de Large Hadron Collider. wetenschapsdagamsterdamsciencepark.nl/nikhef/ 002
Reposted by Tristan du PreeProf Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Els Koffemann postdoctoral fellowship, offered by my colleagues at our Institute of Physics, is accepting applications. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/fellowsh...academicjobsonline.orgUniversity of Amsterdam, Institute of Physics, Diversity and Inclusion Council Job #AJO32465, Els Koffeman Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physics at the University of Amsterdam, Institute of Physics, Diversity and Inclusion Council, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland... 177
Reposted by Tristan du PreeNational Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef) @nikhef.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Bekijk wat Nikhef voor je in petto heeft tijdens de Wetenschapsdag 2026 op 3 oktober: wetenschapsdagamsterdamsciencepark.nl/nikhef/wetenschapsdagamsterdamsciencepark.nlVAN OERKNAL TOT ZWAARTEKRACHTHet onderzoek van Nikhef richt zich op deeltjes- en astrodeeltjesfysica en beantwoordt vragen over onder meer kosmische stralen en het ontstaan van zwaartekrachtsgolven. 001
Tristan du Pree @tristandupree.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Productive visit to @utwente.bsky.social with @nikhef.bsky.social colleagues to discuss the collaboration opportunities on cooling, superconductivity and silicon technology for our fundamental physics research in Big Science 021
Tristan du Pree @tristandupree.bsky.social · 27/08/2026To activate my Authenticator app on my mobile device I have to "enter the code displayed in the app on my mobile device"?static.klipy.comMan with Curly Hair Says WUT MemeALT: Man with Curly Hair Says WUT Meme 000
Reposted by Tristan du PreeProf Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 21/08/2026😱 www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgArson attack jolts Italy’s bid to host the Einstein TelescopeTwo scientists' cars were burned at the proposed Sardinian site, in what researchers say was an attempt to intimidate supporters of the gravitational-wave observatory 2117
Tristan du Pree @tristandupree.bsky.social · 02/08/2026🍃 Trail run this morning through the National Park to close off the vacation in Limburg’s Hoge Kempen 010
Reposted by Tristan du PreeLHCb Experiment @lhcb.bsky.social · 14/07/2026These are hadrons number 84 and 85 observed at the LHC, of which 75 were observed by LHCb. The full list is maintained by @koppenburg.ch, see www.koppenburg.ch/particles.html . 045
Tristan du Pree @tristandupree.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Really cool to enter the @nikhef.bsky.social building with a view straight into the beautiful @lhcb.bsky.social VELO detector 030
Tristan du Pree @tristandupree.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Unveiling of the LHCb VELO detector in the @nikhef.bsky.social exposition strip. Beautiful! 062
Reposted by Tristan du PreeChris Quigg @chrisquigg.com · 04/07/2026Happy 14th birthday to the Higgs Boson! Much more to learn arxiv.org/abs/2510.06348arxiv.orgPerspectives and Questions: Toward an Expansive Agenda for Particle PhysicsGlobal celebration greeted the 2012 discovery at CERN's Large Hadron Collider of a particle that matches the textbook description of the Higgs boson. That achievement validated a remarkable chain of t... 011
Reposted by Tristan du PreeCERN @cern.bsky.social · 02/07/2026One million visitors and counting 🥳 On 1 July, #CERNScienceGateway reached a new milestone as it welcomed its one millionth visitor. Find out more: home.cern/le-portail-d... 0617
Reposted by Tristan du PreePatrick Koppenburg 🐧 @koppenburg.ch · 30/06/2026Tour de France stage at CERN? Note that the stage will be 27km above ground. Not in the tunnel. 🤷 #TdF www.blick.ch/fr/sport/aut...blick.chLe CERN en lice pour une étape du Tour de France 2029Genève pourrait retrouver le Tour de France en 2029 grâce au CERN, qui fête ses 75 ans. La candidature prévoit un contre-la-montre de 27 km autour du Grand Collisionneur de hadrons. 162
Reposted by Tristan du PreeNational Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef) @nikhef.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Nikhef-onderzoeker in Quest-artikel over overgang van LHC naar HL-LHC www.nikhef.nl/focusblokken...nikhef.nlNikhef-onderzoeker in Quest-artikel over overgang van LHC naar HL-LHC - NikhefOp 29 juni wordt de Large Hadron Collider uitgezet en klaargemaakt voor een upgrade die jaren gaat duren. In dit Quest-artikel legt Nikhef-onderzoeker Frank Filthaut uit wat dit... 003
Tristan du Pree @tristandupree.bsky.social · 29/06/2026🎓 Today I’m at the University of Amsterdam for the PhD defense committee of Vaisakh Plakkot 140
Tristan du Pree @tristandupree.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Beautiful X-Rated episode (albeit for a tragic reason) 000
Reposted by Tristan du PreeHarrold Roeland 🌱 @harroldroeland.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Er hangt een grauwe sluier over de studio, maar we gaan het toch maar doen vanavond. Ook op deze moeilijke zondag. De muziek leeft voort www.concertzender.nl/programmagid... #concertzender #zondagavondconcertzender.nlprogrammagidsDoor op een datum te klikken, krijgt u de programma-informatie van die dag te zien. De gegevens staan meestal 2 weken vooraf online. Ook lastminutewijzigingen vindt u hier. 14264
Reposted by Tristan du Preemarcodelmastro.bsky.social @marcodelmastro.bsky.social · 28/06/2026LHC switched off yesterday. Run 3 is over, and tomorrow Long Shutdown 3 begins, three years of taking detectors apart and rebuilding the machine into HL-LHC. I wrote about what that feels like from the inside. www.borborigmi.org/2026/06/28/t... #LHC #HLLHC #CERN #HiggsBosonborborigmi.orgThe Next Is NowHere we are. As of yesterday LHC is switched off: even the last high-intensity tests are over (collisions had already ended on Friday), and Run 3 is definitively finished. Tomorrow, early in the mo… 144
Tristan du Pree @tristandupree.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Nice interview in #Quest with my colleague Frank Filthaut about the upgrade of the LHC www.quest.nl/tech/wetensc...quest.nlMaandag gaat de grootste deeltjesversneller ter wereld voor jaren dicht. Waarom moet dat?Op 29 juni om 06:00 uur precies wordt de grootste deeltjesversneller van de wereld uitgezet. Het is de bedoeling dat die na een jaren durende upgrade sterker dan ooit terug kan komen. 110
Tristan du Pree @tristandupree.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Verdrietig nieuws… bedankt dat we zo lang van X-Rated hebben mogen genieten 000
Reposted by Tristan du PreeHuub Eggen @huubeggen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Geneva, Switzerland, Lake Geneva, CERN in this image taken by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot from #ISS on 15 June 2026. Plus crop, and @cern.bsky.social image. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social @ivovanvulpen.bsky.social @tristandupree.bsky.social @koppenburg.ch 152
Reposted by Tristan du PreeATLAS Experiment @atlasexperiment.bsky.social · 20/06/2026The ATLAS Collaboration is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of François Englert, whose pioneering theoretical work transformed our understanding of the fundamental laws of nature. 183
Reposted by Tristan du PreeChris Quigg @chrisquigg.com · 22/06/2026RIP François Englert, who illuminated the science of spontaneously broken gauge symmetries: arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0...arxiv.org 0217
Tristan du Pree @tristandupree.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Today the Nikhef Nobel Runners “inaugurated” our new shirts with a 5K run around Amsterdam Science Park 🏃🏻♀️ 010
Tristan du Pree @tristandupree.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Is it a problem to be "already well-established"? This year, I had my last chance to submit an application to the NWO Vici grant. Apparently, I am "already well-established" and the committee is "not fully convinced it would contribute to their further consolidation". So, third time's no charm... 000
Reposted by Tristan du PreePatrick Koppenburg 🐧 @koppenburg.ch · 03/06/2026📣 Public announcement: we are closing a multiplet! 🧪⚛️ 15217
Reposted by Tristan du PreeIvo van Vulpen @ivovanvulpen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026De laatste kiekjes van de kleinedeeltjeswereld! Komende jaren staan in het teken van upgrades: van de deeltjesversneller zelf (meer botsingen tegelijk) en de detectoren (om verhoogde data-stroom aan te kunnen en nog preciezer te kijken). 111
Tristan du Pree @tristandupree.bsky.social · 26/05/2026No more proton collisions at the LHC for a while! But a lot of data to analyse and various detectors to be upgraded in the coming busy years 010