New paper in Advanced Materials! We present DNA hydrogel microparticles for 3D tissue engineering, showing programmable material properties and cell-material interactions! Special thanks to Eleni Dalaka @gflaesch.bsky.social @kgoepfrich.bsky.social @xaviertrepat.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/adma...

About a month ago I defended my PhD and I'm now #PhDone! 🥳 It's been an amazing 4 and a half years full of ups and downs and the most amazing experiences! I'm grateful to everyone who's been part of this journey. I wouldn't have been able to do this without you! 🤲🏻 Looking forward to new adventures!

All set up and ready to go! Yesterday, #ESB2025 started in Torino! Looking forward to a week of science, exchange and new discoveries! Thanks to @esbiomaterials.bsky.social for organising this already great event! Thrilled to be sharing my latest results today in session Roma4! Hope to see you there

RNA droplets that grow and segregate by ribozyme catalysis. Check out our latest preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.29.673008v1

So excited to finally be able to share this manuscript!! Thanks to all collaborators for making this possible! Special thanks to @kgoepfrich.bsky.social and @xaviertrepat.bsky.social for their guidance and supervision in this!

Kerstin Göpfrich@kgoepfrich.bsky.social · last yr.

Preprint by @towalther.bsky.social at al! We design DNA hydrogel microparticles with sequence-controlled stiffness from 30 Pa to 6.5 kPa. They are remodelled in fibroblast spheroids www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Thanks @ibecbarcelona.eu @xaviertrepat.bsky.social @pcusachs.bsky.social

I've recently joined the conversation over on bluesky! Feel free to find me there in future!

https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/new-molecular-engineering-technique-allows-for-complex-organoids Press release outlining our latest publication! Collaboration with @WittbrodtLab and the lab of @SchwarzUlrich thanks to all collaborators!

That moment your sample has something really important to tell you, while you are at the confocal! 🧑🏻‍🔬 I love you too, little vesicle ♥️

@mpi_mr_hd represent! The Max Planck Manatees taking the lead and winning their race at the Dragonboat race in @heidelberg_de 🛶

Everybody stop what you are doing and check out Shwetak Patel!! Amazing work, changing health care as we know it. #LINO23

Over dinner I had the privilege of sitting opposite the incredible Mario Capecchi to discuss science and his life story. I'm not exaggerating when I say this has been the most intriguing conversation I've had! Thanks @CZ_Stiftung and @lindaunobel for making this possible. #LINO23

Finally! Really glad to share our paper @PLOSPathogens showing actin dynamics in #Plasmodium and the effects of divergent actin residues on filament localization and #malaria transmission. Thanks to Ross Douglas and his team for the great...