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ComeInCell @comeincell.bsky.social · 2d

Starting the week on a great note! 🤗 Here’s a snapshot from our #ComeInCell DC introductory meeting, which took place on 02.10 at the #MPICI in Potsdam, co-hosted by #SigSynCell.

A big thank you to everyone who joined, both in person and online! #MSCA #HorizonEurope

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Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre @engbioirc.bsky.social · 2d

We're extremely excited to welcome Prof Andreas Walther @waltherlab.bsky.social and Dr Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social for our next Forum

We'll be exploring #SyntheticCells #LifeLikeSystems and #EngineeringBiology from the bottom-up

Don't miss it, register now! 👉 bit.ly/engbio-forum-nov25

Headshots of speakers Andreas Walther and Claudia Contini next to text that reads "Engineering Biology Forum. Synthetic Cells. Mon 10 Nov. 5pm to 8pm. St Catharine's College, Cambridge".

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James Saenz @jamessaenz.bsky.social · 7d

Celebrating the last night of Biomembrane Days with a proper German meal 🍺

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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 8d

Work led by RMIT, Melbourne.

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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 8d

@imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialsci.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @rsc.org

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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 8d

Excited to share this new extensive review in #Chemical #Society #Review on #nanoparticle - #membrane interaction.

Thanks Rashad Kariuki, Aaron Elbourne, Saffron Bryant and Andrew J. Christofferson for leading this work! 💫

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Interactions of nanoparticles with living and synthetic bio-membrane

Interactions between nanomaterials and biointerfaces are of great interest across many research fields, including chemistry, physics, engineering, and biology, with applications from diagnostics to th...

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Dimova Lab @dimovalab.bsky.social · 9d

@continiclau.bsky.social at the #BiomembtaneDays25 introduced us to a variety of synthetic-cell-like systems showing motility, contraction and deformation

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Dimova Lab @dimovalab.bsky.social · 10d

🎉 Finally: tomorrow Sept 29 we open BIOMEMBRANE DAYS 2025 in Berlin: 3 days packed with exciting science on membranes!
Looking forward to an amazing program of invited & contributed talks, posters & lively discussions.

📍 events.mpikg.mpg.de/event/15/

@ewerslab.bsky.social @mpici.bsky.social

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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 11d

Looking forward to seeing many of you at the Biomembrane Days! events.mpikg.mpg.de/event/15/

Biomembrane Days 2025

Membranes form the intricately shaped compartments of life. The Biomembrane Days are a triannual workshop that highlights recent advances in understanding the morphology and molecular organization of ...

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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 12d

See you there! 🤩

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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 12d

Welcome to the team, Zain!

ComeInCell @comeincell.bsky.social · 12d

We are happy that Zain Raef has joined #ComeInCell this week! She will work on the DC16 project in Claudia Contini's lab.

More details about the project: www.comeincell.org/dc16-dynamic...

Welcome to our DN, Zain! #HorizonEurope #MSCA

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European Synthetic Cell Initiative @syncelleu.bsky.social · 16d

📢The Contini Lab is hiring!
Based at Imperial College, you will join a vibrant, multidisciplinary team developing next-generation nanomaterials and synthetic biology platforms to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
Apply before 19 October!
#syncell #syntheticcell

Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 19d

I am looking for a motivated #Postdoctoral #Researcher to join my group at Imperial @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperiallifesci.bsky.social. The project focuses on #Antimicrobial #Materials & #Biomimetic #Interfaces
Please repost!

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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 17d

Link available also on #jobs ac.uk:

#PDRA #Research #Biomimic #AcademicJobs

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT355/r...

Research Associate in Antimicrobial Materials and Biomimetic Interfaces at Imperial College London

Recruiting now: Research Associate in Antimicrobial Materials and Biomimetic Interfaces on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 19d

I am looking for a motivated #Postdoctoral #Researcher to join my group at Imperial @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperiallifesci.bsky.social. The project focuses on #Antimicrobial #Materials & #Biomimetic #Interfaces
Please repost!

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Michael Booth @drmikebooth.bsky.social · Sep 2

We’ve developed the first-ever method to control nucleic acid activity and gene-expressing synthetic cells with a deeply tissue penetrating alternating magnetic field 🧬 🧪 🧲!!!

Published in *Nature Chemistry*

Led by Ellen Parkes
@syncelleu.bsky.social #chemsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Magnetic activation of spherical nucleic acids enables the remote control of synthetic cells - Nature Chemistry

The programmability of synthetic cells, comprising lipid vesicles that are capable of imitating the structure and function of living cells, facilitates their application as drug delivery devices. Now,...

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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · Aug 25

💫Thrilled to see our work on the front cover of Small!
This work explores how #polymers empower #SyntheticCells with programmable dynamics, enabling fusion, contraction and interactions with biological cells.

Huge thanks to Michela Vargiolu for the stunning artwork!

@imperiallifesci.bsky.social

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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · Aug 18

Come and join us!! @imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

Dan Davis @dandavis101.bsky.social · Aug 18

New academic faculty posts available at Imperial College London! Assistant/Associate Professors in Life Sciences. Please apply and/or circulate details!

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Dan Davis @dandavis101.bsky.social · Aug 18

New academic faculty posts available at Imperial College London! Assistant/Associate Professors in Life Sciences. Please apply and/or circulate details!

www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

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Cees Dekker @ceesdekker.bsky.social · Aug 13

WORK!

I currently have 5 (!) open positions for postdocs/PhD students in our CDlab for projects:

- Nanopore protein sequencing
- Archaeal CDV cell division
- Microfluidics for synthetic cells
- Nuclear Pore Complex
- Origami mimics of peroxisomes

Please apply! ceesdekkerlab.nl/come-join-us/

RT=👍

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · Aug 14

A sneak peek at some of the upcoming talks at the FoNS Research Showcase on 11 September 2025....

Register now! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19397...

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Elisa Franco @francolab.bsky.social · Aug 1

200 engineering/life science/medical grants, including my lab's NIH MIRA, have been suspended. In case you are wondering, this means immediately stop spending = stop paying salaries for students & postdocs. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Trump freezes $200 million in UCLA science and medical research funding, citing antisemitism

The Trump administration has frozen roughly $200 million in National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and other federal agency-funded research at UCLA, citing allegations the school d...

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Nature Synthesis @natsynth.nature.com · Jul 28

Now online:

News & Views on the Article by Ke Shi, Peiyong Song, Jianwei Li, Yan Qiao & Yiyang Lin

www.nature.com/articles/s44... ($)

From light to life-like protocells by @continiclau.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s44... ($)

#Chemsky

From light to life-like protocells - Nature Synthesis

Light-driven chemical reactivity enables a synthetic system to give rise to protocells with dynamic, life-like behaviour.

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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · Jul 22

New paper! In my #Nature #Synthesis News & Views, I discuss how light-driven #chemistry enables dynamic life-like #protocells, highlighting the outstanding work of Lin and co-workers
#SyntheticBiology #SyntheticCells @imperiallifesci.bsky.social @natsynth.nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

From light to life-like protocells - Nature Synthesis

Light-driven chemical reactivity enables a synthetic system to give rise to protocells with dynamic, life-like behaviour.

www.nature.com

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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · Jul 14

🎉Just out in @chemcomm.rsc.org! We present a modular strategy to create bacterial #biohybrids with magnetic motility, #biosensing and cargo release.
👏🏻huge congrats to Nina on her first first-author paper and thanks to Yuval and Matt for the great collaboration! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org

Microfluidic generation of bacterial biohybrids for magnetic guidance and content release

Bacterial biohybrids use bacterial and synthetic components for biotechnological applications. Here, we outline an adaptable and high-throughput microfluidic platform to create microscale biocontained...

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