#Syntheticcell
Professors Tina Vermonden and Roos Masereeuw from Utrecht University in the Netherlands are offering a postdoctoral position to develop ‘adaptive synthetic cells for dialysis' that can replace kidney function

Interested? Apply before 2 February

More info: edu.nl/v9bqf

#SynCell #SyntheticCell
Postdoc Position in Synthetic Cell for Artificial Kidney Development
Motivated to develop the next generation of dialysis by incorporating adaptive synthetic cells? Join the groups of Roos Masereeuw and Tina Vermonden!
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January 12, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Don't forget to attend Bert Poolman's online lecture on metabolism & homeostasis today

The lecture will start at 16:00 (Berlin time) and is organised by the @comeincell.bsky.social doctoral network as part of its interdisciplinary lecture series

More details: edu.nl/u4qam

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January 12, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Fully funded PhD studentships at Imperial College London to work on the development of synthetic cells for cancer treatment & carbon capture
Projects under the supervision of @cesiboy.bsky.social & James Hindley

Application deadline: 30 January

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Studentships for October 2026 entry
2026 Studentship Opportunities
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January 6, 2026 at 9:21 AM
How can we ensure that #SyntheticCell/ #SynCell research is conducted responsibly?

The EVOLF research programme is developing guidelines for the responsible creation and control of synthetic cells.

Discover how EVOLF intends to shape the future of this research: edu.nl/8yxax

#Bioethics
Engineering Synthetic Cells Responsibly: Insights from EVOLF
How can we ensure that synthetic cells are engineered responsibly? Learn from Lotte Asveld, who, within the EVOLF research programme, is developing guidelines for the responsible creation and control ...
edu.nl
December 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Early-career researchers: ready to hone your skills?

Join the Interdisciplinary Lecture Series organised by @comeincell.bsky.social

The lectures will cover fundamental and generic topics, and present useful tools/techniques

🔗Upcoming webinars: edu.nl/g4dhk

#SyntheticCell #SynCell #SynBio
List of all lectures – ComeInCell
edu.nl
December 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Great opportunity for students to explore #SyntheticCell engineering and learn how to build biomimetic devices:

Imperial College London is offering a new one-year postgraduate course in #SynCell science (Master of Research), which will begin next October.

Applications are now open: edu.nl/xnbjp
Synthetic Cell Science | Study | Imperial College London
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December 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
PhD opportunities in Spain!
The SYNBIO-CSIC doctoral programme seeks to address key challenges in Synthetic Biology
More info 👉 lifehub.csic.es/synbio-cofund/

You can apply from 15 Dec. to 26 Feb.

#SynCell #SyntheticCell #SynBio #SyntheticBiology
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📢Join us in London for the #SynCell2026 conference! Registration is now open 👉 iop.eventsair.com/syncell26/

📅 22–24 April 2026

Deadline for abstract submission: 31 January
Deadline for registration: 15 March (we recommend registering early - spots are limited)

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December 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Pierangelo Gobbo focuses on designing novel biomimetic materials
In our latest article, we look at his work and his approach to designing cell mimics and tissue-like materials, connecting chemical reactivity and the physics/mechanics of the material itself
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Pierangelo Gobbo, a researcher who designs novel biomimetic materials
At the University of Trieste, Pierangelo and his group design biomimetic materials (such as prototissues). Discover his research journey, approach and current projects.
edu.nl
December 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Please share:
PhD project in Belfast, UK, on the development of engineered peptides and biomimetic platforms capable of enabling safe, targeted and efficient delivery of therapeutic compounds to the brain.

Deadline: 16/01

More details below

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A PhD position is available under the supervision of Lucia Lombardi and Paulina Quintanilla (UCL). The successful candidate will collaborate with Sophie Morse and Yuval Elani (Imperial) within a dynamic, interdisciplinary team.
More details and how to apply: lnkd.in/d8QPjwBw
@syncelleu.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The Elani Group at Imperial College is offering a postdoc position to work on genetically encoded cell-like systems that can sense their environment, perform computation, make decisions & respond by modulating their environment #syncell #syntheticcell
Deadline: 9 Nov
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOZ224/r...
Research Associate in Biochemical Technology and Synthetic Cells at Imperial College London
Discover Research Associate in Biochemical Technology and Synthetic Cells jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
www.jobs.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Congratulations to Soumya and Charu for making the first ATP-fueled homeostatic cytokine delivery system for communication between artificial and living cells. Now in Angewandte Chemie @angewandtechemie.bsky.social #syntheticcell #noneqsys #DNAnanoscience
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
ATP‐Powered Signaling Between Artificial and Living Cells
We introduce an ATP-powered artificial cell platform capable of selectively and transiently releasing DNA signals to facilitate communication between artificial and living cells. By engineering these...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If you happen to be in Cambridge (UK) on 10 November, come and join the EngBio forum. Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social and Andreas Walther @waltherlab.bsky.social will be presenting their work on synthetic cells.

#syncell #syntheticcell #research
Join us at our EngBio Forum on 10 Nov with Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social. Her lab studies how cells work by rebuilding their processes from the ground up and explores biohybrid systems.

Don’t miss it!🎟️👉 buytickets.at/engineeringb...
October 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Don't miss the opportunity to hear researcher Roberto Brea talk about in situ lipid synthesis for building synthetic cells!

#syncell #syntheticcell #research
#MISB Frontiers (@csic.es-UIMP)

In situ lipid synthesis: Building functional artificial cells from scratch
Roberto Brea, CICA

📅Oct 24
⏰12pm
The seminar will take place at @cib-csic.bsky.social and streamed online 🔗https://rediris.zoom.us/meeting/register/L6BvR2BNRZ-yReJdvIRHqg<a href="/hashtag/%2Fregistration" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#/registration
October 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The ComeInCell doctoral network is launching a new series of monthly lectures open to all.
The first conference, on 3 November, will present the topic of lipid membranes and condensates.
#syncell #syntheticcell
🚀 Our Interdisciplinary Lecture Series begins on Nov 3, 16:00 (Berlin)! Carlos Marques will talk about Lipid Membranes, and the first 45 min are open to all — join us!

👉 www.comeincell.org/interdiscipl...
#MSCA #HorizonEurope #Biophysics #ComeInCell #LipidMembranes #MembraneCondensates
October 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
📢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!
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September 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Our collaborative review article on the latest strategies and applications of synthetic cell communication is now out!

With Allen Liu (+group)
Published in Nature Chemical Biology @natchembio.nature.com

#syncell #syntheticcell @syncelleu.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Strategies and applications of synthetic cell communication - Nature Chemical Biology
Recent advances in engineering bottom-up synthetic cells have created powerful compartmentalized biochemical reactors with cell-like abilities. To push the boundaries of the collective capabilities of...
www.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
"The measures taken to limit planetary back-contamination can serve to help develop biosafety protocols for synthetic cell research"

What existing tools can be used to create biosafety & biosecurity protocols for synthetic cells? Here is a summary in the publication below 👇

#syncell #syntheticcell
August 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Latest work from the Di Michele Lab on multi-phase condensates using synthetic DNA nanostructures

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August 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
We discovered this in our #DNA #syntheticcell during the invasion of host DNA synthetic cells that take up guest DNA invader strands with molecular recognition. We generalized it ultimately to simple sticker-spacer DNA condensates.
June 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Should researchers use proteins designed from scratch rather than those found in nature to build synthetic cells?

In a new review, Béla Frohn, Shunshi Kohyama and Petra Schwille explore how protein design and optimisation offer new possibilities for #syntheticcell design.

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Can we build synthetic cells from de novo designed proteins?

Find out more in the latest review @natrevbioeng.nature.com from Bela Frohn, Shunshi Kohyama and Petra Schwille.

❕Publication: doi.org/10.1038/s442...

#ProteinDesign #SyntheticBiology @belafrohn.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The factory of the future is a #syntheticcell

#TUDelft highlighted the potential of #syncell research and tech in its latest Pioneering Tech magazine.

How can syncell #research drive sustainable innovation?
What are the keys to making it a #EU innovation success story?

Story here 👉 edu.nl/kppvd
The factory of the future is a synthetic cell
So far, synthetic cells have been cause for excitement, especially for fundamental scientists. But take note: they can become efficient and sustainable factories that make all kinds of things for us a...
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May 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
We are super excited to announce that Marion has joined our #MSCA-DN to work in the @ostaufer.bsky.social lab.

The project will focus on the development of #SyntheticCell models that mimic #Age-RelatedDiseases. More details: www.comeincell.org/dc04-synthet...

Welcome Marion! #HorizonEurope
April 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
See this new publication by Job Boekhoven's group in Nature Communications.

They controlled the size of active droplets (mimicking membrane-less organelles) in cell-like systems.

#syncell #syntheticcell
How can a cell control the size of its organelles?

Excited to share a mechanism to control droplet size we recently found.

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM