PhD opportunity The Boekhoven Lab @boekhovenlab.bsky.social (TU Munich, Germany) is offering a PhD position in peptide and protein design. The project aims to design and engineer peptides and proteins that self-assemble into functional nanomachines, such as motors and pumps. edu.nl/fpxjm

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Openings PhD Position: Peptide/Protein Design for Synthetic Nanomachines We’re looking for a PhD student to join our lab at TUM to work at the interface of peptide chemistry and synthetic bio…

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We are hiring! Start at a #MaxPlanckInstitute with your own independent Max Planck Research Group. This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 14th! www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #ScienceCareer #MPRG #TenureTrack

Lecture on Membrane Electrophysiology & MECA Technology by Ionera - Sept 15, 2026 | 16:00 – 18:00 CEST Session highlights: - Foundational Electrophysiology — Prof. Carlos Marques - MECA Arrays & Applications — Dr. Ekaterina Zaitseva 👇 Meeting link below: #ComeInCell #MSCA #HorizonEurope

We are hiring! 🌟 Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor. It's a broad search: we want great colleagues doing serious biological work at the molecular scale. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/191981 bcmb.uchicago.edu

Pre‑Registration Open for Master's in Synthetic Biology (#MISB, @csic.es-UIMP) – VI Edition (2026–28) 📢Second Call, last days: September 11 More info 🔗https://mastersynbio.csic.es/ Pre‑registration form 🔗https://www.uimp.es/postgrado/estudios/fichaestudio.php?plan=P04H&any=2026-27&verasi=N&lan=es

Career opportunities! PhD position on the assembly of synthetic cells – interface soft matter/bioenergy Pessac, France edu.nl/hbqvj 6 Postdoctoral positions: join an ARIA-funded programme to generate new 2D programmable materials King's College London & the University of Bristol, UK edu.nl/m8kkf

Recent scientific publications 1/3 Theory for Coexistence and Selection of Branched Actin Networks in a Shared and Finite Pool of Monomers edu.nl/fq994 Functional mapping and engineering of the Sec translocon unlocked by a cell-free system edu.nl/63wfj

Link: imprs.mpikg.mpg.de

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🧵 1/5 Looking for a PhD at the interface of chemistry, biology, physics, and materials science? Apply now: www.imprs.mpikg.mpg.de Our International Max Planck Research School for Functional Material Design is offering nine doctoral positions for the upcoming year. Here's why you should apply 👇

On September 14 at 16:00 CEST (Berlin time): lecture by Prof. Petra Schwille on “Dividing GUVs: solutions and challenges”. The first 1h of the lecture is open to the public, join us! 👇 Link to the meeting in the comments. #MSCA #HorizonEurope

Navigating regulatory fragmentation in the convergence of synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, and automation doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Navigating regulatory fragmentation in the convergence of synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, and automation - Nature Communications

The convergence of synthetic biology, AI, and automation creates new challenges for regulatory frameworks. In this Perspective, the authors analyse national regulations and propose the SynBioxAI regul...

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🔬 PhD position: use patterned light to locally trigger division & endocytosis in synthetic cells (#GUVs)! Join Dimova & Santer labs via IMPRS-FMD @mpici.bsky.social & @unipotsdam.bsky.social MSc in (bio)physics/chemistry/soft matter needed Apply by Sep 15: imprs.mpikg.mpg.de/project-2603/

Seraphine Wegner's group (University of Münster, Germany) is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to develop innovative strategies for integrating enzyme-embedded nanocompartments into polymer matrices. The research will be part of the Momentum project "Self-Degrading Microplastics” edu.nl/7wpm3

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in, salary level E 13 TV-L)

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Recent scientific publication: Insertion–Ligation Reconstitution of Transmembrane Proteins for Functional Interfaces in Synthetic Cells The authors present a modular method for reconstituting single-pass transmembrane proteins in cell-mimicking systems. edu.nl/vp79v @brianbelardi.bsky.social

Insertion–Ligation Reconstitution of Transmembrane Proteins for Functional Interfaces in Synthetic Cells

Abstract. In living cells, transmembrane (TM) proteins transduce extracellular cues across a lipid bilayer, a structure that is otherwise impermeable to hi

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More career opportunities: Postdoctoral Researcher in Biofilms and Antimicrobial Resistance The Quasi-Living Materials Research Group, Barcelona, Spain edu.nl/7vnpe PhD position on 3D Printed Synthetic Cells for Chemical Communication The Walther Lab, University of Mainz, Germany edu.nl/xdmkv

Postdoctoral position at the Quasi-Living Materials Research Group - Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

PR-CR // Deadline: 06/09/2026

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I am recruiting a Research Associate for an exciting ARIA-funded project on #motile #vesicle #engineering. Please read the full job description before applying Please repost/share with your network! www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-... @imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialsci.bsky.social

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Join us as a #PhD #Researcher or #Postdoc to answer bold questions on our new #ERC Advanced Grant: Protoecologies between Artificial Cells and Mammalian Cells. #ArtificialCells #SyntheticCells #SyntheticBiology #Biomaterials #DNANanotechnology #biomaterials #cellbiology #SystemsChemistry

Recent scientific publications 1/4 A programmable DNA origami nanosyringe for directed membrane translocation edu.nl/nvkkr Automated synthetic cell-based screening for designed proteins with emergent functions edu.nl/acv8f Chemically Fueled Systems Chemistry Across Length Scales edu.nl/cbfhp

🔊 Paper Alert 🗞️ from the group of MtL Fellow @kgoepfrich.bsky.social A Kiss from a Loop! 🌹 These alpha kissing loops greatly expand the repertoire of RNA architectural motifs available for programmable, sequence-defined nanostructure assembly. pubs.acs.org/ancac3/artic...

Programmable Edge-to-Edge Assembly of RNA Nanostructures

Abstract. Building complex RNA nanostructures requires precise molecular connectors for controlled self-assembly. Existing connectors, such as kissing loop

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1/ Nature builds astonishing things by burning fuel — muscles contract, cells divide, materials heal — and never settles into equilibrium while doing it. Our field has spent a decade building synthetic versions of this. New review 🧵

Chemically Fueled Systems Chemistry Across Length Scales

Chemically fueled reaction cycles regulate processes through single and multiple catalytic sites on the molecular and assembly scale. This gives rise to unique kinetically controlled properties/funct...

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Our "Roadmap for Condensates in Cell Biology" (doi.org/10.1103/3b2k...) has finally been published PRX Life! 🎉 This forward-looking article summarizes amazing discussions of an interdisciplinary group of scientists at @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social last year.

Japan has now joined Horizon Europe. Japan’s researchers can now partner with teams across the EU. Together, we will advance global research in health, digital technologies, and climate neutrality ↓ link.europa.eu/YP7MtB

Free seminar (just register) from the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social on chemical & biophysical principles of how membranes interact with molecules around them, featuring Janice Robertson, Luca Monticelli, and @dimovalab.bsky.social. 8am for us West Coast researchers

Biophysical Society@biophysicalsoc.bsky.social · 3w ago

Join the Membrane Structure & Function Subgroup on Tuesday, September 15 from 11:00 am- 12:00 pm EST for their virtual program, "Lipids Feeling the World" where we will explore cutting edge work on lipid-biomembrane interations. Register Now! tinyurl.com/bdfxjxmd

Come join our #CDlab! We have various open positions for PhD students or postdocs, see ceesdekkerlab.nl/come-join-us/ Particularly, I search a PhD student for protein sequencing with nanopores (keywords: nanopores, DNA origami, peptide/protein sequencing) Apply! RT=👍

Come join us - Cees Dekker Lab

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One postdoctoral opportunity within the Elani Lab - Imperial College - UK The group is hiring a postdoc to work on an ARIA-funded project to engineer new ways of reprogramming mitochondria using bacteriophages. More info: edu.nl/kvyjr

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2 postdoctoral opportunities within the Huck Group -Netherlands They are part of the European PROPEL consortium, which aims to develop an "integrated, cost-efficient, and scalable pipeline for the production of protein-based materials and biocatalysts using synthetic cells" More info: edu.nl/bwabr

PROPEL: Protein production in fully sustainable syncells for biomaterials manufacturing and waste upcycling - IMDEA ENERGÍA | Wilhelm Huck

***Job alert: vacancies for two postdoctoral researchers*** These positions are part of a European consortium PROPEL which aims to revolutionize sustainable bio-manufacturing through the creation of t...

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Scientific publication The authors present a minimal platform that can reproduce the key features of biological morphogenesis through reversible shape morphing and topology transitions This system involves only oil droplets immersed in a solvent and an amphiphilic triblock copolymer edu.nl/kgcnc

Scientific publication Navigating Lipid Nanostructure Design Space Through Continuous Microfluidic Automation The authors described and characterised an automated microfluidic platform for rapid screening of lipid nanoparticles. edu.nl/nuedv

Navigating Lipid Nanostructure Design Space Through Continuous Microfluidic Automation

LipidXplorer is a novel microfluidic platform which enables rapid navigation of lipid particle design space for high-resolution phase mapping, lipid nanoparticle optimization, membrane biophysics, an....

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Career opportunity in Germany SynthImmune, together with the Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH) and the Faculty of Biosciences are looking for a Junior Group‑Leader to head a new research group in Bottom‑Up Synthetic Biology. edu.nl/jkkay #SynCell #SyntheticCell

Junior Research Group Leader in “Bottom-Up Synthetic Biology” (f/m/d) - SynthImmune

The Cluster of Excellence SynthImmune, the Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), and the Faculty of Biosciences invite applications

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Pre‑Registration Open for Master's in Synthetic Biology (#MISB, @csic.es-UIMP) – VI Edition (2026–2028) Second Call: until September 11 More info 🔗https://mastersynbio.csic.es/ Pre‑registration form 🔗https://www.uimp.es/postgrado/estudios/fichaestudio.php?plan=P04H&any=2026-27&verasi=N&lan=es

☀️ #ComeInCell Interdisciplinary Lecture Series is taking a short summer break. We're back on September 14 at 16:00 CET: "Membrane Models" block lecture by Prof. Petra Schwille. All recordings are uploaded to our YouTube channel. More details in the comments 👇 #HorizonEurope #MSCA