Great to see Chemistry and Soft Materials flourish at @tuda.bsky.social! And I am very happy to contribute to the new Collaborative Research Center "Paper", where my group will develop, together with Harald Kolmar's group, new paper-based biosensors for malaria diagnostics. @dfg.de #funding

TU Darmstadt@tuda.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎉Research success at #TUDa: The German Research Foundation (#DFG) has approved the new Collaborative Research Centre “Functional Papers” and extended the CRC “iron, upgraded!”. #Research #Sustainability #Chemistry #paper @iron-upgraded.bsky.social www.tu-darmstadt.de/universitaet...

Dear Rumiana and your team, It was great having you at the WinterSchool, and we thoroughly enjoyed the shared science and new friendships!

Dimova Lab@dimovalab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🧵1/5 ❄️Last week, our lab had the pleasure of attending a wonderful Winter School in the Austrian Alps🏔️⛷️ Huge thanks to the organizers - students and postdocs from three fantastic groups: 🔬Silvia @vignolinilab.bsky.social 🔬Nico @bruns-lab.bsky.social 🔬Ulli Steiner @merkleinstitute.bsky.social

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zur Professur, Andrea Belluati! 🎉 An der TU Darmstadt forscht er künftig zu Biomaterialien, lebenden Materialien und Synthetischer Biologie – an der Schnittstelle von Chemie, Biologie und Ingenieurwesen. www.tu-darmstadt.de/universitaet... #Wissenschaft #TUDarmstadt

Happy to share that I'm starting as Assistant Professor (W1) in Biohybrid Macromolecular Materials at TU Darmstadt! Excited for this new chapter and for the science, collaborations, and ideas ahead.

Come and work with my research group on polymer-based synthetic cells. Apply now for these exciting postdoc positions!

Centre for Synthetic Biology @TUDarmstadt@synbio.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The Centre for Synthetic Biology @tuda.bsky.social offers two Postdoc Fellowships on synthetic cells🧪🚀. Topics: polymer chemistry, gene/protein circuits, microfluidics, modeling & therapeutics. Apply by Apr 8, 2026 via the TU Darmstadt portal: www.career.tu-darmstadt.de/tu-darmstadt...

Realsatire - danke!

Tilo Jung@tilojung.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Was sind "hocheffiziente" Verbrenner-Autos? Fragt das lieber nicht die Bundesregierung...

If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.

Richard Smyth@rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 9mo ago

If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

They say grad students start to resemble their chemicals. Very creative, Jack! Happy Halloween!

Early Halloween lunch in our group! Pumpkin soup, cucumber bats, scary chocolates, some spiders and a lovely bunch of people! @tuda.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social

Our latest Adolphe Merkle Institute activities report is now available! Check it out here to learn more about our 🧪 #research, 💡 #innovation, and #outreach activities at AMI bit.ly/4mV1vNj @unifr.bsky.social

We are #hiring: #Postdoc in #Interfaces & Protective Layers for Room–Temperature #Sodium–Sulfur #Batteries tinyurl.com/4436zr4v Deadline: 15 Nov. #BatteryResearch #GermanyJobs #PostdocJobs #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #CareersInScience

Postdoctoral Position (m/f/d) in Interfaces and Protective Layers for Room–Temperature Sodium–Sulfur Batteries

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This is a paper by Eleonora Ornati and Iiulia Ushakova that I am really proud of. Who would have thought that the well-known Glucose Oxidase is up for some surprises, i.e., that it initiates radical polymerizations without the need for initiators or activation by light! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Glucose Oxidase Initiates Radical Polymerizations by Direct Electron Transfer to Monomers

Glucose oxidase (GOx) is a widely used and studied enzyme, yet it continues to surprise with previously unknown activities. We report GOx to initiate radical polymerizations of acrylamides and methacr...

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Very happy to see version 2.0 of our advanced GROMOS tutorials out in LiveCoMS today! It shows how we can keep a tutorial up to date with the latest developments, but without having to start from scratch. A big ‘thank you’ to all co-authors for their work! #compchem

@livecomsjournal.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Interested in biomolecular simulation? The latest article by Lier et al describes advanced tutorials for the GROMOS software, including free energy calculations, enhanced sampling and neural network potentials with SchNetPack! #compchem livecomsjournal.org/index.php/li...

RFK Jr.’s claim that Tylenol causes autism has no backing Genetic factors are far more likely to influence a child’s later diagnosis. cen.acs.org/policy/RFK-J... #chemsky 🧪

RFK Jr.’s claim that Tylenol causes autism has no backing

Genetic factors are far more likely to influence a child’s later diagnosis

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We are seeking an Associate or Senior Editor to join the Nature Nanotechnology team within Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com Closing Date: October 12th, 2025 - Candidates will be considered as they apply. For more details👇 springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/de-DE/Spring...

Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Nanotechnology

Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Nanotechnology Organisation: Nature Portfolio Location: New York or Madrid Application Deadline: October 12th, 2025 About Springer Nature Springer Nature ...

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Amazing Life - Inspired Functional Assembly Workshop at Harbin Institute of Technology. Thank you so much for the invitation, Dietmar Appelhans and Xin Huang, it was great to listen and discuss with our Chinese colleagues!

With our lab course in macromolecular chemistry at @tuda.bsky.social, we had the exciting opportunity to visit one of the technologically most advanced recycling plant for #HDPE at PreZero Polymers GmbH. They recycle post-consumer HDPE into high quality recycled material, e.g. for shampoo bottles

The 2025 call for #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships drew 17,058 applications worldwide. A 64.6% increase from 2024, it's the most popular call in over four decades. Excellence thrives where it is enabled, protected and shared — and Europe provides that environment. → europa.eu/!jcnGgP #ChooseEurope

Getting ready for my talk at bioinspired2025.ch, high above Lake Lucerne. What beautiful scenery!

Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.

Global Minds Initiative Germany: Federal Ministry of Research launches new programme to strengthen Germany as a science location together with the Humboldt Foundation, @dfg.de and @daadworldwide.bsky.social. www.bmftr.bund.de/EN/Research/...

Global Minds Initiative Germany - BMBF

Our Global Minds Initiative Germany offers international research talent career prospects in the German science system. We will thereby lastingly strengthen the German and European Research Area.

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Germany in 2025 (and no, it it not my University): "Die Sachbearbeitung (...) erfolgt durch ein elektronisches Verfahren. Daher ist es erforderlich, dass ausschließlich die unter Downloads eingestellten Formulare verwendet werden. Diese sind elektronisch auszufüllen, auszudrucken, zu unterschreiben

It is great to be back in Basel, where my independent academic career started many years ago under the mentorship of the late, great Wolfgang Meier. Now I am here for the #RepArtZymes Conference! @unibas.ch @tuda.bsky.social @metrazymes.bsky.social

Thomas Ward and his group organized a fantastic conference on Repurposed and Artificial Enzymes #RepArtZymes in Basel. It included a super-inspiring talk by #Nobel laureate @francesarnold.bsky.social as well as poster and oral presentations by many of MetRaZymes PIs and PhD students.

Today, Iuliia Ushakova presented her PhD project in the context of the @metrazymes.bsky.social program. Iuliia did the first part of her PhD at the @bruns-lab.bsky.social, and now continues @bokuvienna.bsky.social ! Thanks to the @ec.europa.eu for making this possible.

Andrea on the big stage! Indeed,a very large lecture theater @epf2025.bsky.social!

@andreabelluati.bsky.social · last yr.

Honoured to have presented our recent work on polymeric artificial cells at @epf2025.bsky.social in Groningen. The audience was spread out but locked in!

And here is some science from @metrazymes.bsky.social members at the European Polymer Congress @epf2025.bsky.social: PI Prof. Nico Bruns @bruns-lab.bsky.social presenting enzymatic radical polymerizations!

And here is some science from @metrazymes.bsky.social members at the European Polymer Congress @epf2025.bsky.social: PI Prof. Joerg Tiller presenting work of his group on double network hydrogels!

And here is some science from @metrazymes.bsky.social members at the European Polymer Congress @epf2025.bsky.social: Doctoral Candidate Qianxin Zhang from @tuda.bsky.social presenting his work on novel fluorescent polymers synthesized by enzymatic radical polymerizations on the big stage!

Katja Loos @luzylein.bsky.social opening the @epf2025.bsky.social European Polymer Congress in Groningen. Katja is not only President of the European Polymer Federation, but also a PI in our MSCA Doctoral Network MetRaZymes @metrazymes.bsky.social. We proudly support the Congress!