Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC

03/06/2026

🗓 Don’t miss the upcoming European VLBI Network (EVN) seminar, organised by JIVE, on Wednesday 17 June 2026 at 10:00 CEST on Zoom.

This seminar is part of the 3rd series of online seminars, “Exploring the sharpest view of the Universe with the EVN."

🎤 Diego Alvarez-Ortega (Institute of Astrophysics - FORTH, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης- University of Crete) will present: “Fully automated VLBI calibration with VIPCALs.”

🔗 For more information on past EVN seminars and how to join Alvarez-Ortega's talk, visit the EVN website: https://evlbi.org/evn-seminars

01/06/2026

JIVE and the European VLBI Network present issue 74 of our newsletter
🗞️https://evlbi.org/sites/default/files/shared/Newsletter/May%202026/74_NEWSLETTER_EVN_JIVE_0.pdf

💡 The Science Highlights section features the latest discoveries of the EVN network (pp. 3-5)

💬 The interview with PhD researcher Patrik Milan Veres (Ruhr University Bochum) offers valuable insights into the opportunities of the multi-band and multi-messenger approaches, particularly for early-career scientists (pp. 14-15)

👏 On the spotlight of this issue’s EVN station news: Chalmers University of Technology receiving funding to support the Tri-band Camera Project at Onsala rymdobservatorium - Onsala Space Observatory (pp. 12-13)

🐰 Paul Boven (JIVE) reports exciting progress in the “White Rabbit” technique, enabling precise time transfer via fibre networks (p. 7)

🆕 EVN data will start receiving DOIs (p. 6)

✴️ Updates from the Radioblocks project, with a special focus on EVN users, and from ACME (pp. 9-11)

And more:https://evlbi.org/.../May.../74_NEWSLETTER_EVN_JIVE_0.pdf

30/04/2026

The call for proposals for the European VLBI Network is open!

🔗 Download it here:https://evlbi.org/sites/default/files/shared/EVNCfP.pdf

14/04/2026

🧑‍🏫 Join us online for our EVN training!
📅 22 & 29 April

Like last year, JIVE’s online training on how to do science with the European VLBI Network are part of the ACME project session programme.

EU-funded ACME increases accessibility and cohesion across multiple research infrastructures, providing access to instruments, data, and expertise focused on the emerging field of multi-messenger astrophysics. JIVE is an ACME partner.

🔗 For information and registration, visit: https://lnkd.in/ew5PvPhS
➡️ You can also register via the ACME sessions platform: https://lnkd.in/eksGXsbE

13/04/2026

⏰ The position is still open!
Apply here https://www.jive.eu/vacancies-jive by April 17, 2026.

🔊 JIVE is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy Applications for Planetary Science.

Check full info and apply by April 17, 2026 on JIVE's webpage: https://www.jive.eu/vacancies-jive or via LinkedIn jobs: https://lnkd.in/e4PQqymb



Photo: ©ESA - European Space Agency

25/03/2026

At the Dutch SKA Science Meeting in Groningen, JIVE astronomer Benito Marcote presented the opportunities of VLBI observations with the Square Kilometre Array.



Check the programme here: https://indico.astron.nl/event/420/page/266-programme

SKA Observatory
ASTRON - Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
University of Groningen
South African Radio Astronomy Observatory - SARAO

19/03/2026

🗓 Don’t miss the upcoming European VLBI Network (EVN) seminar, organised by JIVE, on Thursday 9 April 2026 at 11:00 CEST on Zoom.

This seminar is part of the 3rd series of online seminars, “Exploring the sharpest view of the Universe with the EVN."

🎤 Rocco Lico (INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) will present: “Capturing the Real-Time Expansion and Evolution of Symbiotic Novae.”

🔗 For more information on past EVN seminars and how to join Lico's talk, visit the EVN website: https://www.evlbi.org/evn-seminars



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16/03/2026

🔊 JIVE is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy Applications for Planetary Science.

Check full info and apply by April 17, 2026 on JIVE's webpage: https://www.jive.eu/vacancies-jive or via LinkedIn jobs: https://lnkd.in/e4PQqymb



Photo: ©ESA - European Space Agency

05/03/2026

On the occasion of the Claiming Our Space: initiative by the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach, we share a message from Miriam Nyamai, Support Scientist at JIVE, encouraging girls and women to pursue their passion for astronomy.

🌌 The universe is for everyone to explore.

More about the initiative: https://iauoutreach.org/global-projects/women-and-girls-in-astronomy

02/03/2026

🗓 Don’t miss the upcoming European VLBI Network (EVN) seminar, organised by JIVE, on Thursday 12 March 2026 at 11:00 CET on Zoom.

This seminar is part of the 3rd series of online seminars, “Exploring the sharpest view of the Universe with the EVN.”

🎤 John McKean (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute | University of Groningen, South African Radio Astronomy Observatory - SARAO, University of Pretoria) will present: “Testing models for dark matter with extremely high angular resolution imaging of galaxy-scale gravitational lenses.”

🔗 For more information on past EVN seminars and how to join McKean's talk, visit the EVN website: https://www.evlbi.org/evn-seminars