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CONTRABASS update 09/03/2025 Last week, our DCs Loyford Muchui Mugambi, Sumesh Erikandath, Batoul Assi and Jeswin Jiji attended the Thermodynamic Modelling of Cementitious Materials workshop using GEMS at Empa, Switzerland…

Secondment 25/03/2025 📢 New Update from #CONTRABASS!   Last week, our DC6 Duong Binh Au started his secondment at the Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute (IACT-CSIC) in Armilla, Spain 🇪🇸, under…

Mid-term meeting, 2nd Residential school & workshop in Grenoble 18/03/2025 A Fantastic Week for the CONTRABASS Consortium in Grenoble! 🚀  From March 10-14, we successfully hosted our 2nd CONTRABASS Workshop,…

CONTRABASS visit to ESRF 12/03/2025 An Inspiring Visit to ESRF in Grenoble!   The #CONTRABASS team had an incredible experience at the European #Synchrotron Radiation Facility (#ESRF)!   We explored:  Beamline ID31 with Valentin Vinci…

CONTRABASS 2nd Workshop 11/03/2025 🔬 CONTRABASS 2nd Workshop: Tackling Durability Challenges! 🌍  Today, in our 2nd CONTRABASS workshop at ISTerre in Grenoble, we explored the #durability problem in materials, diving…

Mid-term meeting in Grenoble 10/03/2025 🌟 A Great Week for the CONTRABASS Consortium! 🌟We kicked off our Mid-term Meeting at ISTerre in Grenoble today, joined by our REA Project Officer,…

Advance school attendance 20/02/2025 🌟 Learning in Action! 🌟  This week, Omnya and Batoul (DC1 & DC5) and Alex Pisch have attended the MSIT Advanced School “Crystallography in Material Sciences”…

Secondment 27/01/2025 Exciting News!   Jeswin Jiji and Loyford Muchui Mugambi, our talented DC3 and DC4, have officially embarked on their first secondment at Heidelberg Materials in Leimen, Germany! During…

Secondment 27/10/2024 🌟 Exciting news! Aden RANA, our DC7, has just started his first secondment at the Chemical and Process Engineering Department of the University of Surrey under the guidance…