Claudia Contini

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Happy to join the #BBSRC #People and #Talent #Advisory #Pool to provide feedback on specific policies or surveys and engage with other strategy advisory or funding panels across BBSRC.

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#Synthetic #Cells, what are they and how can we use of them?
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@syncelleu.bsky.social @imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialsci.bsky.social @synbio.bsky.social

Registrations are now open! Hope to see many of you in London! #SynCell26

Looking forward to parted at the #MRSFall25 Meeting in #Boston this week. Lots of great symposium sessions ahead! If you are around, feel free to reach out!

There is still time to register for the EngBio Forum on Monday.
It's free to attend with a great speaker line up - Andreas Walther @waltherlab.bsky.social and Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social exploring #SyntheticCells #LifeLikeSystems #EngineeringBiology

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Perspective on Interdisciplinary Approaches on Chemotaxis Chemotaxis is the movement of individual organisms towards or away from a chemical stimulus. This phenomenon is investigated in various disciplines, ranging from biology to physics and even engineeri....

Are you interested in how #living and #synthetic systems navigate chemical gradients, from #bacteria to #active #colloids? Click here: doi.org/10.1002/anie...

#EngineeringBiology #SyntheticBiology #ActiveMatter #SoftMatter

In May 2024 we had a great workshop on chemotaxis in the MPI PKS in Dresden! The social impressions are in the picture below, and the scientific discussions are summarised in Angewandte Chemie lnkd.in/d6ymRhGK
What a nice way to remember!

If you happen to be in Cambridge (UK) on 10 November, come and join the EngBio forum. Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social and Andreas Walther @waltherlab.bsky.social will be presenting their work on synthetic cells.

#syncell #syntheticcell #research

Join us at our EngBio Forum on 10 Nov with Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social. Her lab studies how cells work by rebuilding their processes from the ground up and explores biohybrid systems.

Don’t miss it!🎟️👉 buytickets.at/engineeringb...

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.

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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! 💫

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

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🎉 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/

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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

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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!

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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...

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💫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!

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

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

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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/

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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...