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Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Interfaces (MPICI)
@mpici.bsky.social
Exploring the world of 'hidden dimensions' ( #colloids & #interfaces ) and bridging the gap between #molecules, #MultiScaleMaterials, and #BioSystems. In Potsdam, #Germany.
https://www.mpikg.mpg.de/departments
#chemsky #Forschung #Research
Pinned
SusMax—the first #MaxPlanck research network dedicated to #sustainable #materials and founded through an interdisciplinary collaboration of six MPIs—is inviting new partners from across the Max Planck Society @maxplanck.de

Call for Proposals: 23 Oct–5 Dec 2025

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SusMax:The First Max Planck Network for Circular Materials Science
SusMax is the Max Planck Society’s network for sustainable materials and circular-economy; interdisciplinary and cross-MPI. Next call for proposals opens 23 Oct 2025.
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@elenist.bsky.social shared with us her 2-way approach: biology repurposed for technology & technology to enhance biology. She showed that: 1)plants can synthesize their own conductors 2)be augmented w. electronic roots.

Next: plant cells+3D printing→sustainable, photosynthetic #biohybrids #chemsky
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Welcome to Stellacci (EPFL)! He joined the Dept. of #Biomaterials as a #Humboldt Fellow for a 1-year stay.
We're looking forward to translating nature's design principles into #materials for a #CircularEconomy.
More on his @erc.europa.eu project here: tinyurl.com/cwv9wb2f

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EPFL nanoscientist Francesco Stellacci joins the Department of Biomaterials as Humboldt Fellow
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November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Im @tagesspiegel.de: P. Seeberger setzt auf #Zuckermoleküle gegen den zunehmend resistenten #Krankenhauseim #Candida Auris–eine #Pilzinfektion, vor der die #WHO warnt.

Ansatz: Zucker-„Fingerabdrücke“ trainieren das Immunsystem & ermöglichen neue Diagnosetests.

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Zucker gegen Krankenhauskeim Candida: Potsdamer Forscher wollen Impfstoff gegen tödliche Hefen entwickeln
Angriff von drei Seiten: Forscher wollen aggressive Candida-Pilze mit Impfung, Medikamenten und Diagnostik bekämpfen. Komplexe Zuckermoleküle sollen dabei helfen.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Hot off the press in @chemicalscience.rsc.org "Fused 3D #Boron Heterocycles via EnT #Catalysis: Synthesis, Modification & Validation as Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors"
Thanks to @erc.europa.eu, @chemieverband.bsky.social, Daimler&Benz for supporting @molloylab.bsky.social's research
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Fused 3D Boron Heterocycles via EnT Catalysis: Synthesis, Modification and Validation as Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors
The installation of a boron unit into bioactive scaffolds continues to unlock novel modes of molecular recognition in drug discovery. As such, de novo strategies to access 3D boron-containing framewor...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Don't miss this opportunity for a #MA Thesis in #ChemSky
#MasterThesis

#StudentResearch

#ThesisProject
🚀 Opportunity for Master’s Students! 🌟

Join us at the @mpici.bsky.social to build an innovative application to design carbohydrate structures as part of the #ERCPoC GlycoRoads project!

Check out our #glycotime work:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
@paologiusto.bsky.social proved he’s worth... his salt—sharing his sodium-ion #battery research w. Paula&Kara, Berlin high-school students interested in #energy-storage.

We’re happy to support students at every stage—today’s curiosity sparks tomorrow’s scientific advances.

#chemsky #outreach
November 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Thanks to @berlin-soapbox.bsky.social for letting me showcase my research carried out in @cmbidan.bsky.social group at @mpici_potsdam. I could explain how E. coli 🦠 can become 'as strong as a rock' 💪. #womeninSTEM #soapboxberlin @berlinscienceweek.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Glenna Drisko (@icmcb.bsky.social) lit up the room, sharing insights from her @erc.europa.eu -funded project, "Scatter".

She showed a bottom-up route to silicon #nanomaterials (tunable size/shape/ #SurfaceChemistry) and how to tailor #silica/#titania for #StructuralColor.

#ChemSky
October 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Unsere Verwaltung sucht für das #Personalteam zum 01.01.2026 bzw. zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt, eine #Leitung des Fachgebiets #Personal &#Travelmanagement

Bewerbung bis: 30.11.2025

#BrandenburgJobs #Personalmanagement #jobsinpotsdam #karrierepotsdam #JobInBrandenburg

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Leitung des Fachgebiets Personal und Travelmanagement (m/w/d)
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October 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Exciting Opportunity for #Master 's Students to build an innovative application and design #carbohydrate structures as part of the @erc.europa.eu -funded GlycoRoads project led by @delbiancom.bsky.social

#glycotime #MolecularDesign #Bioinformatics
🚀 Exciting Opportunity for Master's Students! 🌟
Join us at @mpici.bsky.social to build an innovative application to design carbohydrate structures as part of the ERC-funded GlycoRoads project!
October 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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If you know me, I have probably told you how E.coli 🦠 can accumulate hydroxyapatite.

In this preprint, I show that Zinc is colocalized with the mineral accumulation www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Thanks to @cmbidan.bsky.social and all the other co-authors and to @mpici.bsky.social
Accumulation of zinc during E. coli biofilm mineralization: within or surrounding the hydroxyapatite?
Biofilms are biological materials that form as bacteria secrete extracellular matrix to protect themselves from environmental challenges. Specific conditions lead to biofilm mineralization, like in de...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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🧫Laura Zorzetto @laurazorzetto.bsky.social, a biomaterials scientist from the @mpici.bsky.social who will explore how the bacterium E. coli uses clever strategies to become as strong as bone
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Our free info session starts soon: Join us at 7 pm CEST! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Can't make it? We offer another info session tomorrow, October 24th, at 7 am CEST 🙌 Simply register at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We're looking forward to your questions!
Thinking about applying? Curious about the admission process, or unsure about the requirements?
We’re hosting info sessions in October and November to give you an insight into our Integrated MSc/PhD program and to answer your questions!
👉 mattertolife.maxplanckschools.org/get-to-know-...
October 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Are you a researcher across the @maxplanck.de keen on rethinking #materials & contributing to a #CircularEconomy ?

As of today, you can submit your projects to #SusMax, the 1st #MaxPlanck research #network dedicated to #sustainable #materials.

Deadline: 5 Dec.2025
www.susmax.org
#CallForProposals
https://www.susmax.org/⬅️
October 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Our scientists made it to the #CoverArt of @pubs.acs.org with a paper on #CAR-T cells that combine traditional antigen recognition with a new cysteine-based sensor to detect cancer cells’ altered redox state—overcoming #TumorEvasion.

Read it here: tinyurl.com/ycxzd4se
#CancerResearch
October 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Susmax kickoff meeting at @mpici.bsky.social here we go!
I am presenting here a poster with @ioviso.bsky.social to illustrate how our services can be applied to design, develop and manufacture sustainable materials
#iovisoGmbH #SusMax #startup #MPICI #sustainability #circular_economy #womeninSTEM
October 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Congratulations to our newest doctor in the house, Haijian Tong, for successfully defending his PhD dissertation, “Boosting the Quantum Efficiency of poly(heptazine imides) for Solar Fuel Production,” at @unipotsdam.bsky.social

#PhDone #SolarFuels
October 21, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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🚀 Our Interdisciplinary Lecture Series begins on Nov 3, 16:00 (Berlin)! Carlos Marques will talk about Lipid Membranes, and the first 45 min are open to all — join us!

👉 www.comeincell.org/interdiscipl...
#MSCA #HorizonEurope #Biophysics #ComeInCell #LipidMembranes #MembraneCondensates
October 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The lecture series »Matters of Activity: Material Agency and Interdisciplinary Knowledge« kicks off on 22 Oct.
Find out how the Cluster Matters of Activity challenges the
understanding of materials as passive, ahistorical substances. & pursues new perspectives for a sustainable material culture.
October 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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This Thursday we have a new #MaterialsforEnergy Seminar!

📌Biomimetic Colour Engineering: from nature to applications
🗣️Silvia Vignolini, Director of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany @mpici.bsky.social
📆Thursday 16 October 2025
🕛12.00 PM

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October 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Join us for the next Matter to Life lecture with our new MtL faculty member Silvia Vignolini @vignolinilab.bsky.social from @mpici.bsky.social, who will explore the fascinating world of biomimetic colour engineering! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM