Marc Blanch-Asensio
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Marc Blanch-Asensio
@marcblanch.bsky.social
PhD candidate at the Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Germany 🧬🇩🇪

• Synthetic biology
• Probiotic bacteria engineering
• Engineered living materials
Reposted by Marc Blanch-Asensio
We recently discovered that our engineered lactobacilli are far more obedient when confined in a gel - doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

If you want the highlights of the story, check out the LinkedIN post image.

@marcblanch.bsky.social @varunsays.bsky.social @leibnizinm.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The final major work of my PhD is finally out! In this work, we generated genetic switches that exerted enhanced performance upon bacterial encapsulation within materials, leading to switchable protein release from ELMs!

Link in the comments🧬🧬

@varunsays.bsky.social 👏🏻
@shrikrishnans.bsky.social 👏🏻
October 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The first two successful PCRs as a fresh postdoc in the Materials Synthetic Biology group, led by Prof. Wilfried Weber.

@matsynbio.bsky.social
@leibnizinm.bsky.social

Not a bad start to this exciting opportunity 🧬 🧫.

Stay tuned for more!
July 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Reposted by Marc Blanch-Asensio
Join our team: PhD opportunity in living therapeutic materials

Our group is looking for an enthusiastic PhD to work on the development of safety-by-design strategies for living therapeutic materials.

Apply by July 31st, 2025 : leibniz-inm.softgarden.io/job/57247378...

@leibnizinm.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It’s great to see this amazing study published! Congratulations to the whole team 👏🏼 Highly fluorescent probiotic bacteria I engineered are a tiny part of the story.

If interested in expressing any GOI in Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, you might consider using this plasmid www.addgene.org/229145/
June 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“A long road paved with more than 400 oligos leading to a sleepless PCR machine”. That’s a #PhD wrap! Closing soon this chapter with pride, and opening the next one with excitement! 🧬 #synbio
June 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Reposted by Marc Blanch-Asensio
Synthetic Biology runs on plasmids and we've got some for engineering lactobacilli that are in high demand!
So, we finally did the sensible thing and deposited them with Addgene to make them easily accessible - www.addgene.org/Shrikrishnan...

Thanks @sourikdey.bsky.social & @marcblanch.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Reposted by Marc Blanch-Asensio
Hi Bluesky! 👋

Here it is the Materials Synthetic Biology group at the
@leibnizinm.bsky.social. Looking forward to connecting with the Synthetic Biology and Engineered Living Materials community!
February 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Thrilled to see our PEARLs rising to the surface! PEARL is now published in SMALL 🤏🏼🧐🔬

Please check it out if interested in probiotic bacteria genetic engineering and engineering living materials! 🧿 🦪

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Congrats to the whole team! 👏🏻
PEARL: Protein Eluting Alginate with Recombinant Lactobacilli
Probiotic lactobacilli meet engineered living materials: This study introduces PEARL (protein eluting alginate with recombinant lactobacilli), an innovative engineered living material combining Lacti...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Good night NY! 🗽

Views from the Brooklyn bridge 📸
December 6, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Good morning Boston! 🍀🦞

Views from MIT campus 🎓
December 5, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Reposted by Marc Blanch-Asensio
Excited to be here at #f24MRS

A fantastic opportunity to share ideas, learn from inspiring experts, and connect with individuals in the field! ✨
@materials-mrs.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Reposted by Marc Blanch-Asensio
I am happy to share that my SEM image titled ‘Moonlit Woods’ has been selected as one of the 50 finalists in the science art competition at #f24MRS 👩‍🎨

#scienceart #nanoart
December 3, 2024 at 10:43 AM
These are alginate beads containing engineered Lactobacillus. Our promoter is so strong that turns these probiotic bacteria red even inside materials! 🧬

Cool? Stay tuned! #elm #synbio
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Reposted by Marc Blanch-Asensio
Hey #BlueSky! Here is my first #FluorescenceFriday post!
This cardiac organoid was derived from #hiPSC and imaged using light sheet #microscopy 🔬.

🔵 Cardiomyocytes
🔴 Endothelial cells
🟡 Fibroblasts

More coming next week! 🧪

#Science #Biology #CellBiology #SciArt
@benjaminbjohnson.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Reposted by Marc Blanch-Asensio
It's great to be here and immediately discover the engineered living materials community! There are already two amazing starter packs:
@theresearch.bsky.social - go.bsky.app/RinsDZh
@marcblanch.bsky.social - go.bsky.app/EKRq4zp

#ELM #SynBio #Biomaterials
November 29, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Reposted by Marc Blanch-Asensio
Hi All,

I have noticed that there are several SynBio starter packs but none focused mainly on bacteria. I have created a bacterial synthetic biology starter pack to discuss and share some cool SynBio ideas. Looking forward to see some intriguing SynBio posts on the feed !

go.bsky.app/7biR6Ga
November 29, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Reposted by Marc Blanch-Asensio
The DLE starter pack is a forward-thinking community focused on advancing technology and sustainability in the lithium extraction news.🔋

go.bsky.app/VruYbT4

#lithium #DLE #materialchemistry #lithiumextraction #energystorage #energy #battery #research
November 27, 2024 at 6:58 AM
I thought it would be a good idea to create a starter pack for Engineered Living Materials so the community can grow and post in this platform.

Please share and feel free to contact me or comment if you want to be added (or removed)!

go.bsky.app/EKRq4zp
November 27, 2024 at 6:52 AM