Nico Bruns

Realsatire - danke!

If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.

They say grad students start to resemble their chemicals.

Very creative, Jack!

Happy Halloween!

Early Halloween lunch in our group! Pumpkin soup, cucumber bats, scary chocolates, some spiders and a lovely bunch of people! @tuda.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social

Major flooding on the floor 3 down to the ground floor of our building...

Our latest Adolphe Merkle Institute activities report is now available! Check it out here to learn more about our 🧪 #research, 💡 #innovation, and #outreach activities at AMI bit.ly/4mV1vNj @unifr.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Position (m/f/d) in Interfaces and Protective Layers for Room–Temperature Sodium–Sulfur Batteries

We are #hiring:

#Postdoc in #Interfaces & Protective Layers for Room–Temperature #Sodium–Sulfur #Batteries
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Deadline: 15 Nov.
#BatteryResearch #GermanyJobs #PostdocJobs #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #CareersInScience

Difficult to say what happens in vivo, as the oxygen level plays a crucial point. But in principle a radical formation on acrylamide, a product of the Maillard reaction, could occur.

Glucose Oxidase Initiates Radical Polymerizations by Direct Electron Transfer to Monomers Glucose oxidase (GOx) is a widely used and studied enzyme, yet it continues to surprise with previously unknown activities. We report GOx to initiate radical polymerizations of acrylamides and methacr...

This is a paper by Eleonora Ornati and Iiulia Ushakova that I am really proud of. Who would have thought that the well-known Glucose Oxidase is up for some surprises, i.e., that it initiates radical polymerizations without the need for initiators or activation by light!
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Very happy to see version 2.0 of our advanced GROMOS tutorials out in LiveCoMS today! It shows how we can keep a tutorial up to date with the latest developments, but without having to start from scratch. A big ‘thank you’ to all co-authors for their work!

#compchem

RFK Jr.’s claim that Tylenol causes autism has no backing Genetic factors are far more likely to influence a child’s later diagnosis

RFK Jr.’s claim that Tylenol causes autism has no backing

Genetic factors are far more likely to influence a child’s later diagnosis. cen.acs.org/policy/RFK-J... #chemsky 🧪

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We are seeking an Associate or Senior Editor to join the Nature Nanotechnology team within Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com

Closing Date: October 12th, 2025 - Candidates will be considered as they apply.

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Amazing Life - Inspired Functional Assembly Workshop at Harbin Institute of Technology. Thank you so much for the invitation, Dietmar Appelhans and Xin Huang, it was great to listen and discuss with our Chinese colleagues!

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Great opportunity for our students to learn about the circularity of polymers. Thank you to the team at PreZero Polymers GmbH for hosting us, and to Freunde der TU Darmstadt for making the trip financially possible. www.freunde.tu-darmstadt.de/freunde_der_...

With our lab course in macromolecular chemistry at @tuda.bsky.social, we had the exciting opportunity to visit one of the technologically most advanced recycling plant for #HDPE at PreZero Polymers GmbH. They recycle post-consumer HDPE into high quality recycled material, e.g. for shampoo bottles

A scientist in a lab coat looks through a microscope in a laboratory, with other researchers blurred in the background. Overlaid text reads: “Record Applications – Choose Europe: EU research fellowships attract record 17,058 applications.” The European Commission logo appears in the bottom right corner.

The 2025 call for #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships drew 17,058 applications worldwide.

A 64.6% increase from 2024, it's the most popular call in over four decades.

Excellence thrives where it is enabled, protected and shared — and Europe provides that environment.

→ europa.eu/!jcnGgP

#ChooseEurope

Getting ready for my talk at bioinspired2025.ch, high above Lake Lucerne. What beautiful scenery!

Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.

Global Minds Initiative Germany - BMBF Our Global Minds Initiative Germany offers international research talent career prospects in the German science system. We will thereby lastingly strengthen the German and European Research Area.

Global Minds Initiative Germany: Federal Ministry of Research launches new programme to strengthen Germany as a science location together with the Humboldt Foundation, @dfg.de and @daadworldwide.bsky.social.
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... und sodann postalisch zu übersenden. Dabei bitten wir, die Formulare nicht zu tackern, heften, kleben etc., da die Anträge eingescannt werden.“

Germany in 2025 (and no, it it not my University): "Die Sachbearbeitung (...) erfolgt durch ein elektronisches Verfahren. Daher ist es erforderlich, dass ausschließlich die unter Downloads eingestellten Formulare verwendet werden. Diese sind elektronisch auszufüllen, auszudrucken, zu unterschreiben

Congratulations, Peter! Super well deserved!

It is great to be back in Basel, where my independent academic career started many years ago under the mentorship of the late, great Wolfgang Meier. Now I am here for the #RepArtZymes Conference! @unibas.ch @tuda.bsky.social @metrazymes.bsky.social

Thomas Ward and his group organized a fantastic conference on Repurposed and Artificial Enzymes #RepArtZymes in Basel. It included a super-inspiring talk by #Nobel laureate @francesarnold.bsky.social as well as poster and oral presentations by many of MetRaZymes PIs and PhD students.

Iuliia in front of a powerpoint slide describing some of her plans to continue her work at BOKU.

Today, Iuliia Ushakova presented her PhD project in the context of the @metrazymes.bsky.social program. Iuliia did the first part of her PhD at the
@bruns-lab.bsky.social, and now continues @bokuvienna.bsky.social ! Thanks to the @ec.europa.eu for making this possible.

Andrea on the big stage! Indeed,a very large lecture theater @epf2025.bsky.social!

And here is some science from
@metrazymes.bsky.social members at the European Polymer Congress @epf2025.bsky.social: PI Prof. Nico Bruns @bruns-lab.bsky.social presenting enzymatic radical polymerizations!

And here is some science from @metrazymes.bsky.social members at the European Polymer Congress @epf2025.bsky.social: PI Prof. Joerg Tiller presenting work of his group on double network hydrogels!

And here is some science from @metrazymes.bsky.social members at the European Polymer Congress @epf2025.bsky.social: Doctoral Candidate Qianxin Zhang from @tuda.bsky.social presenting his work on novel fluorescent polymers synthesized by enzymatic radical polymerizations on the big stage!

Katja Loos @luzylein.bsky.social opening the @epf2025.bsky.social European Polymer Congress in Groningen. Katja is not only President of the European Polymer Federation, but also a PI in our MSCA Doctoral Network MetRaZymes @metrazymes.bsky.social. We proudly support the Congress!