Claudia Contini

Starting the week on a great note! 🤗 Here’s a snapshot from our #ComeInCell DC introductory meeting, which took place on 02.10 at the #MPICI in Potsdam, co-hosted by #SigSynCell.

A big thank you to everyone who joined, both in person and online! #MSCA #HorizonEurope

Headshots of speakers Andreas Walther and Claudia Contini next to text that reads "Engineering Biology Forum. Synthetic Cells. Mon 10 Nov. 5pm to 8pm. St Catharine's College, Cambridge".

We're extremely excited to welcome Prof Andreas Walther @waltherlab.bsky.social and Dr Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social for our next Forum

We'll be exploring #SyntheticCells #LifeLikeSystems and #EngineeringBiology from the bottom-up

Don't miss it, register now! 👉 bit.ly/engbio-forum-nov25

Celebrating the last night of Biomembrane Days with a proper German meal 🍺

Work led by RMIT, Melbourne.

@imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialsci.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @rsc.org

Interactions of nanoparticles with living and synthetic bio-membrane Interactions between nanomaterials and biointerfaces are of great interest across many research fields, including chemistry, physics, engineering, and biology, with applications from diagnostics to th...

Excited to share this new extensive review in #Chemical #Society #Review on #nanoparticle - #membrane interaction.

Thanks Rashad Kariuki, Aaron Elbourne, Saffron Bryant and Andrew J. Christofferson for leading this work! 💫

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

@continiclau.bsky.social at the #BiomembtaneDays25 introduced us to a variety of synthetic-cell-like systems showing motility, contraction and deformation

@comeincell.bsky.social

🎉 Finally: tomorrow Sept 29 we open BIOMEMBRANE DAYS 2025 in Berlin: 3 days packed with exciting science on membranes!
Looking forward to an amazing program of invited & contributed talks, posters & lively discussions.

📍 events.mpikg.mpg.de/event/15/

@ewerslab.bsky.social @mpici.bsky.social

Biomembrane Days 2025 Membranes form the intricately shaped compartments of life. The Biomembrane Days are a triannual workshop that highlights recent advances in understanding the morphology and molecular organization of ...

Looking forward to seeing many of you at the Biomembrane Days! events.mpikg.mpg.de/event/15/

See you there! 🤩

Welcome to the team, Zain!

📢The Contini Lab is hiring!
Based at Imperial College, you will join a vibrant, multidisciplinary team developing next-generation nanomaterials and synthetic biology platforms to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
Apply before 19 October!
#syncell #syntheticcell

Research Associate in Antimicrobial Materials and Biomimetic Interfaces at Imperial College London Recruiting now: Research Associate in Antimicrobial Materials and Biomimetic Interfaces on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

Link available also on #jobs ac.uk:

#PDRA #Research #Biomimic #AcademicJobs

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT355/r...

Description Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

I am looking for a motivated #Postdoctoral #Researcher to join my group at Imperial @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperiallifesci.bsky.social. The project focuses on #Antimicrobial #Materials & #Biomimetic #Interfaces
Please repost!

@imperialsci.bsky.social
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Magnetic activation of spherical nucleic acids enables the remote control of synthetic cells - Nature Chemistry The programmability of synthetic cells, comprising lipid vesicles that are capable of imitating the structure and function of living cells, facilitates their application as drug delivery devices. Now,...

We’ve developed the first-ever method to control nucleic acid activity and gene-expressing synthetic cells with a deeply tissue penetrating alternating magnetic field 🧬 🧪 🧲!!!

Published in *Nature Chemistry*

Led by Ellen Parkes
@syncelleu.bsky.social #chemsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@imperialsci.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @syncelleu.bsky.social @synbio.bsky.social

💫Thrilled to see our work on the front cover of Small!
This work explores how #polymers empower #SyntheticCells with programmable dynamics, enabling fusion, contraction and interactions with biological cells.

Huge thanks to Michela Vargiolu for the stunning artwork!

@imperiallifesci.bsky.social

Come and join us!! @imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

Description Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

New academic faculty posts available at Imperial College London! Assistant/Associate Professors in Life Sciences. Please apply and/or circulate details!

www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

WORK!

I currently have 5 (!) open positions for postdocs/PhD students in our CDlab for projects:

- Nanopore protein sequencing
- Archaeal CDV cell division
- Microfluidics for synthetic cells
- Nuclear Pore Complex
- Origami mimics of peroxisomes

Please apply! ceesdekkerlab.nl/come-join-us/

RT=👍

A sneak peek at some of the upcoming talks at the FoNS Research Showcase on 11 September 2025....

Register now! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19397...

Trump freezes $200 million in UCLA science and medical research funding, citing antisemitism The Trump administration has frozen roughly $200 million in National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and other federal agency-funded research at UCLA, citing allegations the school d...

200 engineering/life science/medical grants, including my lab's NIH MIRA, have been suspended. In case you are wondering, this means immediately stop spending = stop paying salaries for students & postdocs. www.latimes.com/california/s...

From light to life-like protocells - Nature Synthesis Light-driven chemical reactivity enables a synthetic system to give rise to protocells with dynamic, life-like behaviour.

Now online:

News & Views on the Article by Ke Shi, Peiyong Song, Jianwei Li, Yan Qiao & Yiyang Lin

www.nature.com/articles/s44... ($)

From light to life-like protocells by @continiclau.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s44... ($)

#Chemsky

From light to life-like protocells - Nature Synthesis Light-driven chemical reactivity enables a synthetic system to give rise to protocells with dynamic, life-like behaviour.

New paper! In my #Nature #Synthesis News & Views, I discuss how light-driven #chemistry enables dynamic life-like #protocells, highlighting the outstanding work of Lin and co-workers
#SyntheticBiology #SyntheticCells @imperiallifesci.bsky.social @natsynth.nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Microfluidic generation of bacterial biohybrids for magnetic guidance and content release Bacterial biohybrids use bacterial and synthetic components for biotechnological applications. Here, we outline an adaptable and high-throughput microfluidic platform to create microscale biocontained...

🎉Just out in @chemcomm.rsc.org! We present a modular strategy to create bacterial #biohybrids with magnetic motility, #biosensing and cargo release.
👏🏻huge congrats to Nina on her first first-author paper and thanks to Yuval and Matt for the great collaboration! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org

Design Principles for Engineering Ionic Liquid-Gold Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Delivery to the Brain Ionic liquid (IL) nanotechnology holds significant promise for designing nanoscale materials with tunable viscosity, polarity, and thermal stability for advanced therapeutic applications. However, the...

🚨New publication! Led by Talia Shmool, the project explores using ionic liquids to optimise IgG-Gold #nanoparticles for #DrugDelivery , including crossing the BBB with focused ultrasound. #drugdelivery @pubs.acs.org @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Excited to be speaking at #LivingMachines2025 workshop on #Biomimetic #Microrobots as #Microscale Living Machines! See you in Sheffield on July 15!

sites.google.com/view/lm2025b...

Apply now to join my group as a postdoctoral Fellow at @imperialcollege

We are supporting applications for:
- Imperial College Research Fellowship
-Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships

Get in touch: continilab.com
#SoftMatter, #CellMimicry #polymerchemistry

🇮🇹 Yesterday, we celebrated the Italian Republic surrounded by #Caravaggio ’s masterpieces at the #NationalGallery . A perfect tribute to Italy’s rich heritage! ✨ #FestaDellaRepubblica

Apply now to join my group as a postdoctoral Fellow at @imperialcollege

We are supporting applications for:
- Imperial College Research Fellowship
-Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships

Get in touch: continilab.com
#SoftMatter, #CellMimicry #polymerchemistry