Want to learn about synthetic cells and slime molds?
Tune into my #MaterialMinds Leibniz_INM podcast to learn more:

youtu.be/WSe5PhllpdU?si…

open.spotify.com/episode/0HDPIT…

Question to synthetic biologists working in Germany: which sequencing partner/company do you use for DNA sequencing? We are looking for an affordable and high quality option. Danke 🧬

#synbio #sequencing #DNA

Varun Tadimarri Shrikrishnan Sankaran SOURIK DEY

#SynBYSS seminar with Prof. Stanley Qi Stanley Qi Lab at Stanford University Stanford University and Dr. Oskar Staufer Oskar Staufer at Leibniz Institute for New Materials Leibniz_INM

The talk video link 👇
youtu.be/WqK8MJmLd_I?si…

via YouTube

#SynBYSS 10AM USA CT
122nd on Apr 18 with Prof Stanley Qi Stanley Qi Lab
& Dr Oskar Staufer Oskar Staufer Leibniz_INM

123rd on Apr 25 with Dr Barbara Gerratana EISMEA European Commission & Prof Katie Galloway Katie Galloway MIT ChemE Dept

Zoom for audience👇
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How can synthetic cells lead to a better world?
Find out from our research group leader, Oskar Staufer, in tomorrow's #SynBYSS global virtual seminar at 5 PM German time.
Zoom link in the post from Tae Seok 👇

Can we get robots and #AI to turbo boost engineered living materials development?
The inspiring guest lecture by Alvaro Banderas showed us how this can be part of the future by building next-gen biofoundaries.
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Join us for the 2nd Living Materials Network webinar! Come check out the latest from Dr. Andrea Belluati on 'Synthetic membranes, synthetic cells: exploring the new frontier of cell engineering with polymers'

🗓 on April 24 at 12pm EST.

📝 Register at lnkd.in/e5GXcJmu

I'm at a scientific retreat in Trifels, Germany and am blown away by the scenery we get to enjoy while working. I wonder if it will improve discussions or just distract us 😅

Leibniz INM is a wonderful place for living materials research. I've visited them twice and am very impressed by their focus on ELM and how supportive the PIs are!

Congratulations to Dr. Maria Puertas-Bartolome👩‍🎓 and colleagues on developing an innovative concept of living contact lenses for protecting the eyes👁️👁️. Check out their paper on self-lubricating lenses 🧐🧐with engineered bacteria 🦠🦠 . 📜Link 👇👇👇👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…

On our #podcast , Sara Trujillo played '3 truths & a Lie'. One of her 'facts' was that there are 300 times more cells in the human body than there are stars in the Milky Way!
Both numbers are huge, but is is true?

Find out on the Material Minds podcast, now on Youtube and Spotify!

The Engineered Living Materials conference is back this year!
We cover algal & co-culture ELMs, living therapeutic materials, new fabrication methods, confined microbial behavior, and enhanced functions with ELMs
Hurry up and reigster here - livingmaterials2024.de
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We've been extended for another 4 years (2025-28) thanks to Leibniz-Gemeinschaft!
Leibniz_INM, Antibiotikaforschung and Universität Saarland will continue working together towards the rapid development of living therapeutic materials.

That😃feeling when you're inspired by someone's work and Cell Systems asks you to preview it

Zhuojun Dai's team made engineered living materials in which bacteria-assisted protein grafting enables regenerative smart functions -tinyurl.com/CellSysPrev2024

SOURIK DEY Leibniz_INM

We're looking for an enthusiastic PhD candidate who can explore innovative synthetic biology strategies to ensure biocontainment in engineered living materials being developed for environmental remediation.

If that excites you, apply here - short.sg/j/43393108

Turning graphite into diamonds by pressing hard with an AFM tip! Is that even possible?
That's what Roland claims to have done by accident.

Is he telling the truth? How would he even know if he made nano-diamonds that way?

All the answers are in our Material Minds #podcast

Welcome to the Material Minds #podcast , where we talk to the people exploring New Materials for a Better World.
I've enjoyed kick-starting it as a host. Here's a teaser for the 1st episode
Want to watch it? - tinyurl.com/MM-Roland
Want to just listen? - tinyurl.com/MM-Roland-spot…

There's a narrow window at the start of spring when the trees are still bare, the clouds turn thin and the sun rises and sets at just the right angle to spectacularly light the skies on fire.
I feel so fortunate to be living in this window!
#sunsetphotography

Why Living Therapeutic MATERIALS?
Why do we put drug-delivering bacteria inside hydrogels?

In this short clip I explain some of our reasons based on safety and control over dosage.

Full video - tinyurl.com/SBshri

#SynBYSS

We are radically rethinking drug delivery and infusing it with life, literally.
Thanks to the recorded #SynBYSS seminar, I'm able to share this short clip on how we're developing this new technology.

Full video is here - tinyurl.com/SBshri