Engineering synthetic cells with intramembrane domains possessing distinct bilayer asymmetries Nature Communications - Lipid bilayer asymmetry, phase separation, and encapsulation are long standing issues in the development of synthetic cells. Here the authors develop an inverted emulsion...

Exciting work in the space of #SyntheticCell. Our recent work, rdcu.be/e93ZA in @natcomms.nature.com provide an accurate way of generating complex asymmetric bilayers with phase separation - bringing #bottomup #SCs ever so close to real cells.

Engineering synthetic cells with intramembrane domains possessing distinct bilayer asymmetries - Nature Communications Lipid bilayer asymmetry, phase separation, and encapsulation are long standing issues in the development of synthetic cells. Here the authors develop an inverted emulsion method that can produce synth...

New scientific publication by the Robinson Lab on biomimetic membranes.

They present a method to produce a membrane model that can accurately mimic cellular membrane asymmetry

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Engineering synthetic cells with intramembrane domains possessing distinct bilayer asymmetries - Nature Communications Lipid bilayer asymmetry, phase separation, and encapsulation are long standing issues in the development of synthetic cells. Here the authors develop an inverted emulsion method that can produce synth...

Exciting work in the space of #SyntheticCell. Our recent work, rdcu.be/e93ZA in @natcomms.nature.com provide an accurate way of generating complex asymmetric bilayers with phase separation - bringing #bottomup #SCs ever so close to real cells.

#SyntheticBiology #Biophysics #MaxPlanckInstitute

Iva Tolić, a biophysicist specialising in cell division Iva heads the Laboratory of Cell Biophysics in Croatia, where she studies how certain aspects of cell division are orchestrated and regulated

Meet the community! We interviewed Iva Tolić @ivatolic.bsky.social, a cell division specialist who focuses on the mitotic spindle, an essential machine for cell division. We discussed her interest in #SyntheticCell research, her current projects, her latest achievements & more #syncell edu.nl/9u4vq

Pre registration is open for the Master’s in Integrative Synthetic Biology (MISB)

The master’s programme offers advanced training in bottom-up #SyntheticCell engineering, top-down and computational synthetic biology, and applications in sustainability and health

Deadline: 29/05

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Image shows an on-chip vesicle production method for to produce large micron or sub-micron sized vesicles.

🧪 New Paper Alert!
Out now in @cp-cellrepmethods.bsky.social : A robust method for on-chip production & manipulation and oil-free retreival of lipid vesicles via inverted emulsion

#SyntheticBiology.

Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...

#Microfluidics #Biophysics #Science #SciSky #Syntheticcell

New article: French and American research teams have succeeded in reproducing a complete infection cycle between a bacteriophage, a virus that infects bacteria, and a synthetic host cell.

Watch the short video below for a quick overview or read our article: edu.nl/bed7j
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Japan to funnel investments in 17 strategic sectors to ignite growth | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis To fuel economic growth through public-private investments focused on economic security, the Takaichi administration designated 17 strategic fields, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, ...

This news had slipped under our radar: good news for the Japanese scientific community in #SynBio and #SyntheticCell research

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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!

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

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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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Studentships for October 2026 entry 2026 Studentship Opportunities

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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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 ...

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

List of all lectures – ComeInCell

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

Synthetic Cell Science | Study | Imperial College London

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

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.

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📢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)

#SynCell #SyntheticCell

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.

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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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

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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.

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...

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...

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
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Growing functional artificial cytoskeletons in the viscoelastic confinement of DNA synthetic cells - Nature Chemical Engineering Engineering structurally and functionally complex synthetic cells remains a key challenge. Here DNA condensate synthetic cells combine phase separation and DNA nanostructures to reveal how switchable ...

Fresh in @natchemeng.nature.com Growing artificial cytoskeleton in the viscoelastic confinement of DNA Artificial Cells. Brilliant work bey Weixiang! #Syntheticcell #systemschemistry
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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

Don't miss the opportunity to hear researcher Roberto Brea talk about in situ lipid synthesis for building synthetic cells!

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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.
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📢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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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...

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...

"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 👇

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Latest work from the Di Michele Lab on multi-phase condensates using synthetic DNA nanostructures

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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.

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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