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Dan Doellerer @dandoellerer.bsky.social · Mar 4

New paper about the efficient synthesis of the most common molecular motor building blocks just out in JOC, have a look! 🧪👩‍🔬👨‍🔬
@feringalab.bsky.social

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General Synthetic Methodologies for Building Blocks to Construct Molecular Motors

Here we present a collection of reliable, high yielding, and efficient synthetic methods for the preparation of commonly used building blocks to construct molecular rotary motors based on overcrowded ...

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Reposted by Dan Doellerer

Ainoa Guinart @ainoaguinart.bsky.social · Feb 13

Do you want to see how attaching a light-driven 💡molecular motor 💡 can enhance the 🧫cellular uptake 🧫 of a therapeutic peptide 🏥?

Celebrating woman in science with our latest publication with the VicentPTlab! 👩‍⚕️👩‍⚕️👩‍⚕️

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A light-driven molecular motor-polypeptide conjugate supports controlled cell uptake

While light-driven molecular motors (MMs) hold immense potential to control cell function, low biocompatibility and solubility have hampered their implementation. We developed a novel polypeptide-conj...

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Dan Doellerer @dandoellerer.bsky.social · Feb 5

Check out our newest work! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

Ainoa Guinart @ainoaguinart.bsky.social · Feb 5

🚨Motorized lipids🚨

💡 We've created the first molecular-motor-conjugated phospholipid system, enabling tunable membrane properties and oxidation-driven release in giant vesicles.💡🧬

@feringalab.bsky.social & Schwille Lab in ACS_Langmuir

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Photoswitchable Molecular Motor Phospholipid: Synthesis, Characterization, and Integration into Lipid Vesicles

Lipid membranes are essential for cellular function, acting as barriers and platforms for major cellular and biochemical activities. The integration of photoisomerizable units into lipid structures al...

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Dan Doellerer @dandoellerer.bsky.social · Jan 26

Great read, check it out! 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬

Ainoa Guinart @ainoaguinart.bsky.social · Jan 26

Check out our latest publication where we elicit a light-triggered ⚡️ cascade response in a synthetic cell 🔬using polymersomes and molecular motors👩🏻‍🔬!

Thanks always to the @feringalab.bsky.social and our amazing collaborators from @unibas.ch

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Photoreceptor‐Like Signal Transduction Between Polymer‐Based Protocells (Adv. Mater. 3/2025)

Protocell Communication and Signaling Polymer-based protocells equipped with artificial organelles mimic the transduction of information in retinal photoreceptors. Cellular communication involving sp...

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