Microfluidic control over topological states in channel-confined nematic flows in Nature Communicatio$      Electroshock tuning of photonic crystals in Nature Materials.
     Miha Ravnik receives Zois Recognition for important achievements in soft matter physics.
     Slobodan Žumer receives the Freéderiksz Medal of the Russian Liquid Crystal Society for his $      Topology of Three-Dimensional Active Nematic Turbulence Confined to Droplets in PRX.
     Spotting plants’ microfilament morphologies and nanostructures in PNAS.
     High-order elastic multipoles as colloidal atoms in Nature Communications.
     Dr. Guilhem Poy is awarded Marie Curie fellowship (in collaboration with S. Žumer).
     Sculpting stable structures in pure liquids in Science Advances.
     Žiga Kos PhD thesis defense .
     Shun Wang PhD thesis defense .
     doc. dr. Simon Čopar receives Prometej award.
     Monday physics colloquium, doc. dr. S. Čopar: Patterning of liquid crystal textures.
     Elusive torque sensed by liquid crystals in Nature.
     Simon Čopar receives Certificate of recognition for young higher education teachers and staff.
     Mosaics of topological defects in micropatterned liquid crystal textures in Science Advances.
     Jure Aplinc PhD thesis defense .
     Simon Čopar successfully co-leads the organisation of 2018 European Union Science Olympiad .
     Prof. Dr. Slobodan Žumer becomes Physical Review X editorial board member .
     Dr. Jeffrey Everts is awarded Marie Curie fellowship .
     Visit by 2016 Nobel Prize winner prof. Duncan Haldane (Picture 1, Picture 2, Picture 3).
     Active nematic emulsions in Science Advances.
     Slobodan Žumer receives Zois Award for lifetime achievements.
     Slobodan Žumer is awarded APS Fellowship.
     Spontaneous formation and dynamics of half-skyrmions in a chiral liquid-crystal film in Nature Physics.
    10th Liquid Matter Conference highlighted in News from the EPS<      10th Liquid Matter Conference co-organized by the group members.
     Visit from a PRX editor dr. Dario Corradini.
     Cross-talk between topological defects in different fields revealed by nematic microfluidics in PNAS.
     Žiga Kos receives Best Poster Award at 14th European Conference on Liquid Crystals.
     Hidden topological constellations and polyvalent charges in chiral nematic droplets in Nature Communications.
     Fractal nematic colloids in Nature Communications.
     Sensing surface morphology of biofibers by decorating spider silk and cellulosic filaments with nematic microdroplets in PNAS.
     Knot theory realizations in nematic colloids in PNAS.
     Light-controlled topological charge in Nature Physics.
     Miha Ravnik receives the Honorary award for best junior university professors.
     Slobodan Žumer receives Honored Member Award of the ILCSOC.
     Simon Čopar receives Glenn Brown Prize and Jozef Stefan Golden Emblem prize.
     Quasicrystalline tilings with platelets in PNAS.
     Recent publication in Physics Reports.
     Knitting in cholesteric droplets in Nature Communications.
     Mutually tangled colloidal knots in Nature Materials.
     Work on 3D colloidal lattices featured as a "June's Hot Paper" and back cover.
     Simon Čopar prepared a Front Cover image for the special issue of Soft Matter.
     LC Necklaces: featured as a Front Cover and "July's Hot Paper".
     Invited APS viewpoint by Miha Ravnik.
     Recent publication in Nature Communications.
     Cover and publication in Soft Matter.
     Slobodan Žumer receives Paper Award A of Japanese LC Society.
     RSC Publishing features our publication as a "Hot Paper".
     Recent publication in PNAS.
     Miha Ravnik receives Marie Curie Career Integration Grant.
     Publication, perspective and highlight in Science.
     Visit of the president of the Republic of Slovenia (UL, UL FMF).
     Skyrmions in Blue Phases: Nature Communications, AIST, UL FMF.
     Miha Ravnik receives Jozef Stefan Golden Emblem prize.
     Nature Materials News&Views.
     Recent publication in PNAS.
     Simon Čopar wins the faculty competition in reciting the number Pi.
     Featured research group by Soft Matter World - the web`s resource
      on soft condensed matter.
     Recent publication in Nature Photonics.
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