📢 Today Dr. @robertojbrea.bsky.social, from @cicaudc.bsky.social and @udc.gal, was our guest at CINBIO Seminar Programme with his talk "In situ lipid synthesis: from functional artificial cells to therapeutics". Many thanks for your visit! #FondosEuropeos #HR @uvigo.bsky.social

📅 17th June  ⏰11.00h 📌 Sala de Seminarios, Torre CACTI CINBIO Seminar Programme with Dr. @robertojbrea.bsky.social (@cicaudc.bsky.social, @udc.gal): "In situ lipid synthesis: from functional artificial cells to therapeutics". #FondosEuropeos #HR @uvigo.bsky.social

Ups we did it again! Please mark your calender. EMBO Workshop “Lipid Code to Life”, taking place September 7–11, 2026, in Dresden, organized by Maria Fedorova, @lipid.bsky.social, Valerie O'Donnell, @holthuislab.bsky.social and @molcellbiophys-lab.bsky.social 🥳 Retweets = lipidlove

Researchers in Itay Budin's lab, incl. William Moore, have created a tool with the power to see lipid movement inside cells in unprecedented detail. The tool uses fluorogens to illuminate certain lipids while other remain dark. Their work appears in Nature Chemical Biology. https://bit.ly/4hnDFZG

The Many FACES of Lipid Research

Scientists have long wanted to get a closer look at the movement of lipids around a cell, but it’s tough to visualize with traditional light microscopy. UC San Diego researchers have unveiled a new technology with the power to see cells in unprecedented detail.

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Lipid imaging on the cover of @nature.com! Great times for lipid cell biology indeed. And a fantastic recognition of all the hard work by the team, especially Juan M. Iglesias-Artola and Kristin Böhlig (who made the cover). Link to article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very excited to share new work out today in @natchembio.nature.com on a new approach - FACES - for selectively imaging of phospholipids and other biomolecules at spatial resolutions down to individual membrane leaflets (1/n) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Leaflet-specific phospholipid imaging using genetically encoded proximity sensors - Nature Chemical Biology

An approach combining bioorthogonal chemistry with genetically encoded fluorogen-activating proteins enables subcellular imaging of phospholipids and glycans, as well as the visualization of lipid tra...

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We have developed an entirely new mechanism of action for gene knockdown -> trafficking of targeted mRNAs to the lysosomal, using lysosomal trafficking oligonucleotides (LyTONs)! Published in @chemicalscience.rsc.org Led by Disha Kashyap #chemsky 🧪 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Engineering antisense oligonucleotides for targeted mRNA degradation through lysosomal trafficking

Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) can modulate gene expression at the mRNA level, providing the ability to tackle conventionally undruggable targets and usher in an era of personalized medicine. A key...

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Noraboa aos premiados e ao traballo como titores do grupo @bionanochem.bsky.social ! 👏 Well done!

Roberto J. Brea@robertojbrea.bsky.social · last yr.

Extremadamente orgulloso de Xoán, Lucía e Andrés, estudantes STEMbach do IES Eusebio da Guarda tutorizados no meu laboratorio @bionanochem.bsky.social @udc.gal @cicaudc.bsky.social, polo seu premio no acto de recoñecemento dos proxectos STEMbach da Xunta de Galicia. www.xunta.gal/notas-de-pre...

🌟 Noraboa aos 63 centros e alumnado participante nunha nova convocatoria #Stembach. Desde a #UDC codiriximos 14 proxectos, sendo o de Células sintéticas disipativas moduladas mediante combustibles químicos, do Instituto IES Plurilingüe Eusebio de A Guarda (A Coruña); un dos permiados.🔝 Parabéns!!👏👏

Extremadamente orgulloso de Xoán, Lucía e Andrés, estudantes STEMbach do IES Eusebio da Guarda tutorizados no meu laboratorio @bionanochem.bsky.social @udc.gal @cicaudc.bsky.social, polo seu premio no acto de recoñecemento dos proxectos STEMbach da Xunta de Galicia. www.xunta.gal/notas-de-pre...

Excited to share that our latest work “Abiotic lipid metabolism enables membrane plasticity in artificial cells” has been featured on the cover of @natchem.nature.com. @cicaudc.bsky.social @robertojbrea.bsky.social www.nature.com/nchem/volume... doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Limited spots available, register by May 12! The registration fee (450 €) covers lectures, hands-on tutorials, accommodation (3 nights), meals / coffee breaks. bit.ly/4j1jL5V

🧬 Mark your calendars! The 1st EuChemS School on Computational Chemical Biology will take place in Madrid, from 8-11 July 2025! #ChemSky 💻 Bring your laptop-this is all about hands-on learning with leading European experts in ML, MD, QM/MM, Cheminformatics, Coarse-Grain & Digital Visualization...

✨🔬Carla Fernández, e Joel García, alumnos do CIFP Ánxel Casal;  Miguel Vázquez, do IES Menéndez Pidal; e Sofía Carou, do IES Rafael Dieste; os catro gañadores do Congreso Científico Incrustado do @cicaudc.bsky.social.  🔗+info: https://bit.ly/CICACCK

The QUIMBIO research group (www.epazoslab.es) at CICA @cicaudc.bsky.social from the UDC @udc.gal is looking for talented postdoctoral researchers interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship.

#CICAnews 🗞️Esta fin de semana a @vozdegalicia.bsky.social faise eco do traballo do grupo @bionanochem.bsky.social, liderado por Paco Fernández Trillo e @robertojbrea.bsky.social <EN> 🗞️Last weekend, @vozdegalicia.bsky.social released an article about the work of @bionanochem.bsky.social group

Interested in #BatteryInnovation ? PhD studentship available at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social with Clare Grey and myself funded by #ALISTORE-ERI in collaboration with Arnaud Demortière at #LRCS and Elixabete Ayerbe at #CIDETEC ! Apply here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50602/ !!

Join our Team (G-CEL & BioNanoChem research groups) at @cicaudc.bsky.social! We are currently seeking a passionate and dedicated individual to fill an open PhD position in gene delivery systems. @areyric.bsky.social @robertojbrea.bsky.social

It’s out!😃 2 years ago, I organized a workshop with @WebersGroup and @KGoepfrich on how to build Life. We discussed with leading scientists by day and wrote up our discussions in the eves. The "Roadmap Towards Synthetic Life" is now out in Chem! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A roadmap toward the synthesis of life

The synthesis of life from non-living matter has captivated and divided scientists for centuries. This bold goal aims at unraveling the fundamental pr…

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Delighted to have been at CIFP Ánxel Casal in A Coruña to show its students the latest advancements in artificial cell research developed by @bionanochem.bsky.social at @cicaudc.bsky.social @udc.gal

‘Reactive’ coacervates out in @JACS"!! A molecular design enables complex coacervates which can be chemically triggered to react & transform into complex self-assemblies. These evolve to show life-like budding and membrane formation!! Super effort by stellar PhD Sudeep!!! more to follow 1/2

🚀 We are excited to share our latest preprint on ChemRxiv that describes a simple approach using SPOT libraries to quickly identify metallopeptides for intracellular catalysis. #ChemSky chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

Thrilled to share our latest work “Diacylation of Peptides Enables the Construction of Functional Vesicles for Drug-Carrying Liposomes” published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. @cicaudc.bsky.social @robertojbrea.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/anie...

Glad to share the work “Aqueous Synthesis of Membrane Lipids via Amide Formation between Amphiphilic Amines and Thioacids” published in ChemSystemsChem. @cicaudc.bsky.social @robertojbrea.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/syst...

I am excited to share our latest publication in JACS: "Chemically Driven Division of Protocells by Membrane Budding" I am grateful to all my amazing coauthors for their incredible teamwork @boekhovenlab.bsky.social Read it: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #protocells #chemistry #originoflife #JACS