Shirish
@shrikrishnans.bsky.social
Head of Bioprogrammable Materials group at Leibniz Inst. for New Materials, Germany.
Engineered Living Materials
Dad of 2.
VR enthusiast.
Futurephilic.
Posts are mine.
Engineered Living Materials
Dad of 2.
VR enthusiast.
Futurephilic.
Posts are mine.
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🎄 ✨ Microscopy Mistery Monday- Christmas Edition ✨🎄
Behind today's Microscopy Quiz lies a beautiful structure. Its shape can be seen everywhere at the moment, but what is it?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Behind today's Microscopy Quiz lies a beautiful structure. Its shape can be seen everywhere at the moment, but what is it?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🎄 ✨ Microscopy Mistery Monday- Christmas Edition ✨🎄
Behind today's Microscopy Quiz lies a beautiful structure. Its shape can be seen everywhere at the moment, but what is it?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Behind today's Microscopy Quiz lies a beautiful structure. Its shape can be seen everywhere at the moment, but what is it?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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New paper out in NatureComm: We built synthetic immune cells that self-assemble with cancer cells into hybrid tumoroids, enabling bottom-up reconstruction of the tumor immune microenvironment.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
New paper out in NatureComm: We built synthetic immune cells that self-assemble with cancer cells into hybrid tumoroids, enabling bottom-up reconstruction of the tumor immune microenvironment.
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✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #10 – Answer! ✨
🦎 Gecko foot!!
Gecko feet stick using van der Waals forces — the same weak forces that let DUST cling to surfaces!
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
🦎 Gecko foot!!
Gecko feet stick using van der Waals forces — the same weak forces that let DUST cling to surfaces!
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
December 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #10 – Answer! ✨
🦎 Gecko foot!!
Gecko feet stick using van der Waals forces — the same weak forces that let DUST cling to surfaces!
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
🦎 Gecko foot!!
Gecko feet stick using van der Waals forces — the same weak forces that let DUST cling to surfaces!
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #9 – Answer! ✨
📄 Paper fibers!
Paper is made of tiny interlocking cellulose fibers — the same natural polymer that gives plants their strength. ✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
📄 Paper fibers!
Paper is made of tiny interlocking cellulose fibers — the same natural polymer that gives plants their strength. ✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #9 – Answer! ✨
📄 Paper fibers!
Paper is made of tiny interlocking cellulose fibers — the same natural polymer that gives plants their strength. ✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
📄 Paper fibers!
Paper is made of tiny interlocking cellulose fibers — the same natural polymer that gives plants their strength. ✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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Microscopy Mystery Monday #10 🔬🕵️
Can you guess what this textured surface belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Can you guess what this textured surface belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #10 🔬🕵️
Can you guess what this textured surface belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Can you guess what this textured surface belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Added the finishing touches to my presentation for today's #F25MRS SB03 session at 13:45 (room H105)
The Engineered Living Materials talks in this symposium have been really inspiring and I'm most looking forward to the therapeutic living materials sessions today!
@materials-mrs.bsky.social
The Engineered Living Materials talks in this symposium have been really inspiring and I'm most looking forward to the therapeutic living materials sessions today!
@materials-mrs.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Added the finishing touches to my presentation for today's #F25MRS SB03 session at 13:45 (room H105)
The Engineered Living Materials talks in this symposium have been really inspiring and I'm most looking forward to the therapeutic living materials sessions today!
@materials-mrs.bsky.social
The Engineered Living Materials talks in this symposium have been really inspiring and I'm most looking forward to the therapeutic living materials sessions today!
@materials-mrs.bsky.social
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We are one step closer to realise living materials for ocular use! We investigated cytocompatibility of these devices during extended contact lens wear time. Check it out! 🧪
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @leibnizinm.bsky.social
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @leibnizinm.bsky.social
Evaluating Cytocompatibility of Corynebacterium glutamicum‐poly Vinyl Alcohol Living Biomaterials for Ocular Use
In ophthalmology, living biomaterials such as living contact lenses appear promising for sustained drug delivery or biosensing. The cytocompatibility of Cg-PVA hydrogels, developed as a model living ...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We are one step closer to realise living materials for ocular use! We investigated cytocompatibility of these devices during extended contact lens wear time. Check it out! 🧪
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @leibnizinm.bsky.social
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @leibnizinm.bsky.social
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New Materials is what we do, so you can be sure to find us at the @materials-mrs.bsky.social Fall Meeting #F25MRS!
Find talks from Tobias, @wilfriedweber.bsky.social, and @shrikrishnans.bsky.social over the next few days - eppro01.ativ.me/web/planner....
#academicsky
Find talks from Tobias, @wilfriedweber.bsky.social, and @shrikrishnans.bsky.social over the next few days - eppro01.ativ.me/web/planner....
#academicsky
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
New Materials is what we do, so you can be sure to find us at the @materials-mrs.bsky.social Fall Meeting #F25MRS!
Find talks from Tobias, @wilfriedweber.bsky.social, and @shrikrishnans.bsky.social over the next few days - eppro01.ativ.me/web/planner....
#academicsky
Find talks from Tobias, @wilfriedweber.bsky.social, and @shrikrishnans.bsky.social over the next few days - eppro01.ativ.me/web/planner....
#academicsky
All set for the engineered living materials session at the MRS fall meeting in Boston! #F25MRS
Thanks to @annaduraj.bsky.social for the invite 😁
Thanks to @annaduraj.bsky.social for the invite 😁
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
All set for the engineered living materials session at the MRS fall meeting in Boston! #F25MRS
Thanks to @annaduraj.bsky.social for the invite 😁
Thanks to @annaduraj.bsky.social for the invite 😁
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Microscopy Mystery Monday #9 🔬🕵️
Looks fibrous and tangled — can you guess what this is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Looks fibrous and tangled — can you guess what this is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #9 🔬🕵️
Looks fibrous and tangled — can you guess what this is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Looks fibrous and tangled — can you guess what this is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Intracellular competition shapes plasmid population dynamics
From populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements, conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-replicating g...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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An Engineered Living Material with pro-angiogenic activity inducible by near-infrared light https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.688407v1
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
An Engineered Living Material with pro-angiogenic activity inducible by near-infrared light https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.688407v1
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p < 0.05 gives feelings of power, joy, validity, vitality, rebirth, and so much more!
Ironically, this graph has no distribution to perform such statistical analysis on 😅
#lablaughs #memesky #academicsky
Ironically, this graph has no distribution to perform such statistical analysis on 😅
#lablaughs #memesky #academicsky
November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
p < 0.05 gives feelings of power, joy, validity, vitality, rebirth, and so much more!
Ironically, this graph has no distribution to perform such statistical analysis on 😅
#lablaughs #memesky #academicsky
Ironically, this graph has no distribution to perform such statistical analysis on 😅
#lablaughs #memesky #academicsky
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What do Nobel Laureates look for in PhD and Post-doc candidates?
What's needed to win a #NobelPrize?
What do Nobel prize winners think about #AI?
Find out from Anna, Mingren, and Delvina, who share insights and anecdotes from this year's Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting - youtu.be/mP6y6Yj3zFE?...
What's needed to win a #NobelPrize?
What do Nobel prize winners think about #AI?
Find out from Anna, Mingren, and Delvina, who share insights and anecdotes from this year's Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting - youtu.be/mP6y6Yj3zFE?...
Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Insights: AI, Sustainability, & Nobel Secrets | Material Minds
YouTube video by INM - Leibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien
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November 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
What do Nobel Laureates look for in PhD and Post-doc candidates?
What's needed to win a #NobelPrize?
What do Nobel prize winners think about #AI?
Find out from Anna, Mingren, and Delvina, who share insights and anecdotes from this year's Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting - youtu.be/mP6y6Yj3zFE?...
What's needed to win a #NobelPrize?
What do Nobel prize winners think about #AI?
Find out from Anna, Mingren, and Delvina, who share insights and anecdotes from this year's Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting - youtu.be/mP6y6Yj3zFE?...
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Microscopy Mystery Monday #8 🔬🕵️
Under the microscope, nature’s designs can look almost engineered — can you guess what this one is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Under the microscope, nature’s designs can look almost engineered — can you guess what this one is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #8 🔬🕵️
Under the microscope, nature’s designs can look almost engineered — can you guess what this one is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Under the microscope, nature’s designs can look almost engineered — can you guess what this one is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #7 – Answer! ✨
🐝 Bee stinger!
Fun fact: The bee stinger’s barbed design inspired microneedles for painless drug delivery! 💉✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
🐝 Bee stinger!
Fun fact: The bee stinger’s barbed design inspired microneedles for painless drug delivery! 💉✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #7 – Answer! ✨
🐝 Bee stinger!
Fun fact: The bee stinger’s barbed design inspired microneedles for painless drug delivery! 💉✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
🐝 Bee stinger!
Fun fact: The bee stinger’s barbed design inspired microneedles for painless drug delivery! 💉✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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It's so exciting to start a new research lab until you realize that science is expensive and your budget ran out after installing the benches 😅
Any junior PIs out there who can relate?
#memesky #lablaughs #academicsky
Any junior PIs out there who can relate?
#memesky #lablaughs #academicsky
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's so exciting to start a new research lab until you realize that science is expensive and your budget ran out after installing the benches 😅
Any junior PIs out there who can relate?
#memesky #lablaughs #academicsky
Any junior PIs out there who can relate?
#memesky #lablaughs #academicsky
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Microscopy Mystery Monday #7 🔬🕵️
Looks like something you wouldn’t want to step on… what could it be?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Looks like something you wouldn’t want to step on… what could it be?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #7 🔬🕵️
Looks like something you wouldn’t want to step on… what could it be?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Looks like something you wouldn’t want to step on… what could it be?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #6 – Answer! ✨
🦋 Insect wing membrane!
Fun fact: Insect wings have vein networks that give them strength, flexibility, and airflow regulation during flight! 🦋✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
🦋 Insect wing membrane!
Fun fact: Insect wings have vein networks that give them strength, flexibility, and airflow regulation during flight! 🦋✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #6 – Answer! ✨
🦋 Insect wing membrane!
Fun fact: Insect wings have vein networks that give them strength, flexibility, and airflow regulation during flight! 🦋✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
🦋 Insect wing membrane!
Fun fact: Insect wings have vein networks that give them strength, flexibility, and airflow regulation during flight! 🦋✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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Microscopy Mystery Monday #6 🔬🕵️
Magnified mystery — can you guess what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Magnified mystery — can you guess what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
November 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #6 🔬🕵️
Magnified mystery — can you guess what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Magnified mystery — can you guess what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #5 – Answer! ✨
Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVECs)
HUVECs are a key model for studying how blood vessels grow and interact with materials! 🩸✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVECs)
HUVECs are a key model for studying how blood vessels grow and interact with materials! 🩸✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #5 – Answer! ✨
Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVECs)
HUVECs are a key model for studying how blood vessels grow and interact with materials! 🩸✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVECs)
HUVECs are a key model for studying how blood vessels grow and interact with materials! 🩸✨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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Happy Halloween from the Ghosts in our lab! 🎃
The lab has claimed many a scientists' soul and on Halloween, they come out to play 👻👻👻
#Halloween #Ghostphotoshoot #academicsky #memesky
The lab has claimed many a scientists' soul and on Halloween, they come out to play 👻👻👻
#Halloween #Ghostphotoshoot #academicsky #memesky
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Happy Halloween from the Ghosts in our lab! 🎃
The lab has claimed many a scientists' soul and on Halloween, they come out to play 👻👻👻
#Halloween #Ghostphotoshoot #academicsky #memesky
The lab has claimed many a scientists' soul and on Halloween, they come out to play 👻👻👻
#Halloween #Ghostphotoshoot #academicsky #memesky
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Science is hard. Often the success rate of anything we try is only 10%, not unlike some of the toughest games out there!
But it's all worth it, since every little success gets us closer to the next level (of knowledge and technology)
#LabLaughs #memesky #academicsky
But it's all worth it, since every little success gets us closer to the next level (of knowledge and technology)
#LabLaughs #memesky #academicsky
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Science is hard. Often the success rate of anything we try is only 10%, not unlike some of the toughest games out there!
But it's all worth it, since every little success gets us closer to the next level (of knowledge and technology)
#LabLaughs #memesky #academicsky
But it's all worth it, since every little success gets us closer to the next level (of knowledge and technology)
#LabLaughs #memesky #academicsky
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Microscopy Mystery Monday #5 🔬🕵️
Under the lens: what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Under the lens: what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
October 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #5 🔬🕵️
Under the lens: what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Under the lens: what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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Microneedles + conductive ink = sturdier on-skin sensing
INM co-authors show a fenestrated shell that protects the sensing layer for transdermal pH readout.
Out now in Advanced Functional Materials - doi.org/10.1002/adfm...
@nicovoelcker.bsky.social
@wiley.com
#academicsky
INM co-authors show a fenestrated shell that protects the sensing layer for transdermal pH readout.
Out now in Advanced Functional Materials - doi.org/10.1002/adfm...
@nicovoelcker.bsky.social
@wiley.com
#academicsky
October 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Microneedles + conductive ink = sturdier on-skin sensing
INM co-authors show a fenestrated shell that protects the sensing layer for transdermal pH readout.
Out now in Advanced Functional Materials - doi.org/10.1002/adfm...
@nicovoelcker.bsky.social
@wiley.com
#academicsky
INM co-authors show a fenestrated shell that protects the sensing layer for transdermal pH readout.
Out now in Advanced Functional Materials - doi.org/10.1002/adfm...
@nicovoelcker.bsky.social
@wiley.com
#academicsky