Shoutout to Gabrielle Ong & Florian Deussen for rocking the German Conference on Synthetic Biology in Münster! 🔬
Gabrielle: poster on smart #ArtificialCells for tumor modulation.
Florian: #FlashTalk on aptamer-powered paracrine-like signaling in #SyntheticCells.
Proud of our team’s impact! #Research

We had the pleasure of hosting Dr. @continiclau.bsky.social last week for a fascinating seminar on artificial cells with a focus on how soft matter can lead to cell-like behaviour.

Thank you for visiting!
See you soon✨

@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

#artificialcells #softmatter #science

In a first, artificial cell moves on its own using just chemistry A world-first artificial cell can chase chemicals using only a membrane, an enzyme, and a pore—no DNA or motors needed.

Scientists have created the first artificial cells that can chemically navigate their environment—mimicking life’s basic instincts in the lab. A breakthrough in synthetic biology with big implications. #ArtificialCells #SyntheticBiology #Innovation interestingengineering.com/innovation/f...

Temporal pH waveforms generated in an enzymatic reaction network in batch and cell-sized microcompartments Investigating and designing reaction networks and their emergent phenomena are the backbone of systems chemistry. Designing chemical oscillators in ho…

‼️How enzymatic network can induce complex pH dynamics in bulk and GUVs? Read it in our new paper!‼️

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#artificialcells, #unisi

That condensation does NOT buffer intracellular osmolarity is somewhat obvious in experiments with giant vesicles #artificialcells. See e.g. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... where changes in osmolarity outside a vesicle triggers condensation inside it, simply because the membrane is permeable to water.

PhD position (m/f/d) within Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network “ComeInCell”: Light-controlled interactions between membrane and biomolecular condensates in artificial cells Project tasks and objectives: In this project, we aim to create catalytic pockets in the membrane of a synthetic cell that can be controllable by light triggers to couple the membrane dynamics with th...

📣Open #PhD position on exploring light-controlled interactions between membrane and biomolecular condensates in #ArtificialCells!
Collaborate across Europe through #ComeInCell Marie Curie International Training Network!

Apply now!👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/294108

#SyntheticBiology #MSCA #Unisi

Large-scale-integration and collective oscillations of 2D artificial cells - Nature Communications Large-scale-integration of artificial cells on a chip can reveal emergent multicellular phenomena. Here, authors report 2D coupled lattices of artificial cells programmed by genetic oscillators, exhib...

My latest article is out! 1000 artificial cells synchronize in 2D and collective behavior emerges!
#microfluidics #artificialcells #syntheticcells #cellfreeexpression
doi.org/10.1038/s414...