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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · 19d

Amazing Life - Inspired Functional Assembly Workshop at Harbin Institute of Technology. Thank you so much for the invitation, Dietmar Appelhans and Xin Huang, it was great to listen and discuss with our Chinese colleagues!

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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Jul 31

And it's a wrap for my talk at European Federation of Biotechnology - Designer Biology in Newcastle, where I showed biologists how can artificial cells imitate real ones, just worse!

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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Jul 21

New elective at @tuda.bsky.social (WiSe 25/26): Macromolecular Systems for Drug Delivery.
Polymer architectures, nanocarriers & translation to biomedical applications.
Excited to teach this in the new Master’s program!

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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Jun 23

Honoured to have presented our recent work on polymeric artificial cells at @epf2025.bsky.social in Groningen. The audience was spread out but locked in!

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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Jun 21

Nope, current delay is 2 hours

andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Jun 21

On my way to @epf2025.bsky.social , DB has already changed my train and itinerary twice. If the Heavens support me, I'll eventually be in Groningen for a week of science!

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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Jun 20

To apply or request more info, send a short email and CV to [email protected] and [email protected] by 10 July.

Please share with potential candidates!

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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Jun 20

Ideal candidates:

Strong background in polymer chemistry

Some experience with microorganisms

Based in Germany or with strong German ties (per DAAD rules)

DAAD deadline: 29 August

Internal selection closes: 15 July

Project finalized by beginning of August

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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Jun 20

We're seeking a postdoc to apply for the DAAD PRIME fellowship (18 months: 12 in Padova with Prof.
Francesca Lorandi, 6 in Darmstadt with me) to work on an interdisciplinary project combining polymer brush chemistry and engineered yeast cells for heavy metal remediation 🧵

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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · May 7

Yesterday I had the pleasure to present my research of the past couple of years at APME 2025 in Catania

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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Apr 10

Nice try, phishers, as if my university's administration would ever do anything without paper!

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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Feb 21

21/02/2025
11 AM: be rejected for a grant
1 PM: your student achieves a preliminary result that would have made your proposal basically reviewer-proof.

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · Feb 8

Me, a Spaniard, looking at the research cuts proposed in the US:

A person about to be hanged, saying "first time?".

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Eva Bertosin @thedneva.bsky.social · Feb 7

I'm happy to share this roadmap towards the synthesis of life! It is the result of one of the best workshops I ever attended, where scientists across biology, chemistry, and physics came together to map out the key challenges to synthesize life. Enjoy!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A roadmap toward the synthesis of life

The synthesis of life from non-living matter has captivated and divided scientists for centuries. This bold goal aims at unraveling the fundamental pr…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Job Boekhoven @boekhovenlab.bsky.social · Feb 7

It’s out!😃
2 years ago, I organized a workshop with @WebersGroup and @KGoepfrich on how to build Life.
We discussed with leading scientists by day and wrote up our discussions in the eves.

The "Roadmap Towards Synthetic Life" is now out in Chem!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A roadmap toward the synthesis of life

The synthesis of life from non-living matter has captivated and divided scientists for centuries. This bold goal aims at unraveling the fundamental pr…

www.sciencedirect.com

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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Feb 5

My spider-sense keeps hinting that any paper title since 2023 that is "Meaningless Short Title: Longer Explanation" was created using ChatGPT.

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TU Darmstadt @tuda.bsky.social · Jan 13

Im Video: Der TU-Biotechnologe @andreabelluati.bsky.social arbeitet im Forschungsvorhaben „CoM2Life“ daran, künstliche und lebende Zellen miteinander zu verbinden. "CoM2Life" ist eines der Projekte, mit denen sich die TUDa um einen Exzerllenzcluster bewirbt.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ePi...

Hybride Systeme: Dr. Andrea Belluati über künstliche und lebende Zellen | CoM2Life Interview

YouTube video by Technische Universität Darmstadt

www.youtube.com

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Di Michele Lab @dimichelelab1.bsky.social · Jan 2

Happy new year everyone, and some great news!
We have an opening for a PhD candidate to join our lab @cebcambridge.bsky.social in October 2025 as part of the new exciting MSCA Doctoral Network @comeincell.bsky.social

jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49240/

jobs.cam.ac.uk

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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Dec 20

Happy to end the year with the News and Views of @bruns-lab.bsky.social and I in @naturecatalysis.bsky.social , discussing about the great work of Prof Wu!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Polymer-decorated bacteria for cascade catalysis - Nature Catalysis

Polymer/whole-cell hybrid catalysts were created by synthesizing catalytically active polymers from the surface of Escherichia coli cells that recombinantly expressed enzymes. The surface-engineered b...

www.nature.com

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Michael Booth @drmikebooth.bsky.social · Dec 2

TWO PhD opportunities to join my group on the new CDT in Engineering Solutions for Antimicrobial Resistance!

Synthetic cells and DNA nanotechnology 🧬🦠🧑‍🔬
- Project details below

Open Day 18th December 11 am

Application Deadline 26th January 2025

#chemsky 🧪
www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

FindAPhD : 10 fully funded 4-year PhD studentships at the EPSRC and BBSCR Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineering Solutions for Antimicrobial Resistance at University College London

Apply for a PhD: 10 fully funded 4-year PhD studentships at the EPSRC and BBSCR Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineering Solutions for Antimicrobial Resistance at University College London

www.findaphd.com

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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Dec 18

Our new work on bioPISA artificial cells has been published in Advanced Biology ! We characterized the heterogeneity of their population, how their interior looks like and loaded them via electroporation.
@synbio.bsky.social @max-planck-polymer.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Characterization and Optimization of Vesicle Properties in bioPISA: from Size Distribution to Post‐Assembly Loading

The paper explores the creation and characterization of vesicles through biocatalytic Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (bioPISA), focusing on achieving size uniformity using centrifugation techni...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Dec 18

My last out-of-office automatic reply was set one year ago. I might be daring and set one again for these holidays.

andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Dec 10

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We're ending the year with good news: together with Dr Sharma and the Dhiman Lab at @unimainz.bsky.social, we have a new article on Angewandte Chemie, where we show how enzymatic ATRP and reaction networks form transient coacervate protocells!

Enzymatic Reaction Network‐driven Polymerization‐induced Transient Coacervation

A living cell has a highly complex microenvironment whereas numerous enzyme-driven processes are active at once. These procedures are incredibly accurate and efficient, although comparable control ha....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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andreabelluati.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social · Dec 10

Hello, community! I am on Bluesky too!

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