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Clara Vazquez-Martel @claravamar.bsky.social · 14d

And if that wasn’t enough for one week… On Thursday, I officially submitted my thesis surrounded by supportive colleagues and friends! 🎓🎉 Now I’m shifting my energy toward preparing for my defense in December. Wish me luck! 🚀🍀

Clara Vazquez-Martel @claravamar.bsky.social · 14d

Huge thanks to the Ambassador, the Embassy team, Katia Tabuenca, María Travieso (Proexca), and my supervisor Eva plus Juan Luis & Mar for making this possible. Special mention to Sociedad Cerfa, whose 2025 calendar sparked this opportunity! 🙌

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Clara Vazquez-Martel @claravamar.bsky.social · 14d

The event was moderated by @sherezademr.bsky.social and streamed live. You can re-watch it here: www.twitch.tv/videos/25738...

Twitch

Twitch is the world

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Clara Vazquez-Martel @claravamar.bsky.social · 14d

I shared the stage with inspiring panelists:
👩‍🔬 Eva Blasco @blascolab.bsky.social (@uniheidelberg.bsky.social)
🌱 Juan Luis Gómez Pinchetti (Spanish Bank of Algae)
🌊 Mar Fernández-Méndez @mar-tropical.bsky.social (@macrocarbon.bsky.social)

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Clara Vazquez-Martel @claravamar.bsky.social · 14d

What a week! ✨🌱

On Tuesday I had the honor of presenting our research at the Spanish Embassy in Berlin during the symposium “Algae: From the Sea (through the Lab) to the Market.”

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Eva Blasco @blascolab.bsky.social · 15d

This week, I had the honor of partipating in an event the Spanish Embassy in Berlin. Together with @claravamar.bsky.social, Juan Luis (Banco Español de Algas) and Mar (MacroCarbon), we discussed the exciting potential of (micro)algea 🌱 ♻️. Moderation: @sherezademr.bsky.social

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Radio Televisión Canaria @rtvccanarias.bsky.social · Jul 25

Canarias necesita donantes de sangre de los grupos O+, O-, A+ y A-

Canarias necesita donantes de sangre

Con la llegada del verano las donaciones disminuyen y eso afecta a la disponibilidad de sangre en los centros sanitarios de Canarias

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Clara Vazquez-Martel @claravamar.bsky.social · Jun 15

The countless days at the Nanoindenter and discussions after looking at the results finally paid off. I am pretty happy about how this story turned out 👨🏽‍🔬👩🏻‍🔧👩🏻‍💻👨🏼‍💻

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O. Eivgi @orinyourhead.bsky.social · Jun 15

It is a classic research story of how trying to tackle one problem led to a discovery of a much bigger and important problem. I want to thank my Post-doctoral advisor @blascolab.bsky.social and my super talented colleague @claravamar.bsky.social

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O. Eivgi @orinyourhead.bsky.social · Jun 15

I wanted to share this earlier, but it was hard to focus on science in the last couple of days. My work on benchmarking mechanical properties of 3D printed Elastomeric microstructures is officially published!

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Benchmarking Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Elastomeric Microstructures

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GREENS | Doctoral Networks - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions @dn-greens.bsky.social · Feb 23

The uniheidelberg.bsky.social is a partner in the MSCA @dn-greens.bsky.social! Prof. Eva Blasco blascolab.bsky.social, group leader at the IMSEAM, will head the project in development of 🌿degradable micro-robots🤖 using two-photon 3D laser printing.
➡️Open PhD position: www.euraxess.de/jobs/314918

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GREENS | Doctoral Networks - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions @dn-greens.bsky.social · Apr 15

MOVIC is a partner in the MSCA @dn-greens.bsky.social! Victor Oliva will lead the project along with Prof. Alba Bala and Prof. Pere Fullana from ESCI-UPF. The project will be focused on exploiting reused and proximity materials for biological-based microrobots, along with the corresponding LCA.

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GREENS | Doctoral Networks - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions @dn-greens.bsky.social · Apr 15

The @physicsgu.bsky.social is a partner in the MSCA @dn-greens.bsky.social! @giovannivolpe.bsky.social will lead the project in developing AI-driven tools and AI-based methodologies for assessing sustainability through LCA in the microrobotics field 🗝️ 🤖 🌿

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Mar 17

A systematic review and meta-analysis in Nature Human Behaviour shows that people discern true from false news with ease. When making mistakes, people err on the side of skepticism and rate true news as false, instead of being fooled by false news. https://go.nature.com/4h6TQZC 🧪

This is figure 2, which shows an illustration of outcome measures.

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Sarah Lempriere @sarahlempriere.bsky.social · Mar 6

Some really interesting articles in this special issue from Science Advances - I'm working my way through them all! @science.org
Advancing the science of women’s health www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Advancing the science of women’s health

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Mar 6

In the US alone, each year, norovirus causes ~20 million acute gastroenteritis cases, 70,000 hospitalizations, up to 800 deaths, at a cost of ~$10.6 billion annually.
An pill vaccine shows considerable promise in a clinical trial, establishing mucosal immunity
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

An oral norovirus vaccine tablet was safe and elicited mucosal immunity in older adults in a phase 1b clinical trial

An oral norovirus vaccine tablet is safe and induces strong mucosal and systemic immune responses in adults aged 55 to 80 years.

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Clara Vazquez-Martel @claravamar.bsky.social · Mar 6

Nanobrücken 2025 was inspiring and in the best company @socatt.bsky.social! Great to see a broad palette of materials, from metals to biological structures like lignin & insect jaws. Huge thanks to Bruker & FraunhoferIMWS for a fantastic event—and for the Best Student Talk Award! Until next time! ⭐️

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O. Eivgi @orinyourhead.bsky.social · Mar 4

Super excited to share my latest submitted work as preprint!

doi.org/10.26434/che...

I want to thank my advisor @blascolab.bsky.social and my talented colleague @claravamar.bsky.social who will present this work at the Nanobrücken 2025 in less the 1h :)

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Clara Vazquez-Martel @claravamar.bsky.social · Feb 23

Take a look! 👇🏻 It's a cool (and relevant!!) PhD topic set in one of Germany's most stunning cities. Plus, it's at @blascolab.bsky.social at @uniheidelberg.bsky.social 👀💡🔬

GREENS | Doctoral Networks - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions @dn-greens.bsky.social · Feb 23

The uniheidelberg.bsky.social is a partner in the MSCA @dn-greens.bsky.social! Prof. Eva Blasco blascolab.bsky.social, group leader at the IMSEAM, will head the project in development of 🌿degradable micro-robots🤖 using two-photon 3D laser printing.
➡️Open PhD position: www.euraxess.de/jobs/314918

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Liquid Crystals&Polymers Group: CLiP group @clipgroup.bsky.social · Feb 11

Hoy es #11F y desde el grupo CLiP, sabemos que es tarea de todos apoyar y reivindicar la participación de mujeres y niñas en ciencia. Cada día somos más, pero debemos trabajar para alcanzar una igualdad real y plena👩🏻‍🔬 Gracias a todas nuestras CLiPeras por su trabajo diario! @inmadivulga.bsky.social

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GREENS | Doctoral Networks - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions @dn-greens.bsky.social · Feb 1

🚀 The GREENS Project Kicks Off Today! 🌱🤖
GRENS MSCA DC Network brings together leading institutions and experts in robotics, materials and sustainability to connect small-scale robotics with environmental sustainability and avoid the ecological impact of nanotechnologies on the natural environment.

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Clara Vazquez-Martel @claravamar.bsky.social · Dec 13

Thank you!! ⭐️

Clara Vazquez-Martel @claravamar.bsky.social · Dec 13

A huge thank you to the Fundación Amurga, my mentors, colleagues, friends, and family @blascolab.bsky.social 💡

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Clara Vazquez-Martel @claravamar.bsky.social · Dec 13

My very first post here: Honored to win the 1st Prize in one of the categories at the Fundación Amurga 2024 Awards 🏆! Receiving it in my hometown, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇮🇨 and the presence of my family and key leaders like the Vice President of the Canary Islands makes this moment very special ✨

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Eva Blasco @blascolab.bsky.social · Dec 6

Check our new publication in Angewandte Chemie about printing of liquid crystal emulsions! ⚪️⚪️⚪️ doi.org/10.1002/anie... @aconcellon.bsky.social @claravamar.bsky.social

4D Printing of Liquid Crystal Emulsions for Smart Structures with Multiple Functionalities

We present a novel 4D printing approach using digital light processing (DLP) to fabricate complex, multifunctional 3D structures from liquid crystal (LC) emulsions. This method preserves LC ordering,...

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