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European Synthetic Cell Initiative
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Network of excellent European research institutions that have joined forces to collaborate on synthetic cell research and accelerate its translation into technology
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Design and chemical construction of quasi-living synthetic cells: bridging the molecular to microscopic scales
Cesar Rodríguez-Emmenegger, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

📅Nov 24
⏰12pm
The seminar takes place at @cib-csic.bsky.social and is streamed online 🔗t.ly/WY330
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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#MISB Frontiers (@csic.es-UIMP)

Crowding in reconstituted cellular environments in synthetic cells
Arnold Boersma, Bijvoet Institute for Biomolecular Research. Utrecht, The Netherlands

📅Nov 21
⏰12pm
The seminar will take place at @cib-csic.bsky.social and streamed online. Registration 🔗t.ly/w6PJ2
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Job's group aims to assemble self-sustaining, evolving synthetic cells from non-bio components

They have already designed systems that are subject to natural selection and can produce offspring

In this work, they have added a minimal ‘genotype’ to their system that gives them a survival advantage
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Our experiments with giant lipid vesicles from @univbordeaux.bsky.social @crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social in collab with @dlr-en.bsky.social are ready for lift off!

#science #spaceresearch #softmatter

@syncelleu.bsky.social

Photo credit: @dlr-de.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Freshly published: "Primitive genotype-phenotype coupling in fuel-dependent synthetic cells"

Amazing work and a critical step towards synthetic life by Hector Soria and Leonie Kauling. A thread will follow soon:
t.co/9LfrnVYzoq
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Thanks to receptors on their membranes and the process of cell signalling, cells can sense their environment and respond to it
@rogerrubiosanchez.bsky.social & @dimichelelab1.bsky.social sought to mimic the early stages of this process by building receptors from DNA
syntheticcell.eu/dna-based-re...
DNA-based receptors to help synthetic cells interact with their environment
Researchers have developed synthetic membrane receptors from DNA to mimic the early stages of cell signalling, a crucial process for cells
syntheticcell.eu
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Please share:
PhD project in Belfast, UK, on the development of engineered peptides and biomimetic platforms capable of enabling safe, targeted and efficient delivery of therapeutic compounds to the brain.

Deadline: 16/01

More details below

#syncell #syntheticcell #research
A PhD position is available under the supervision of Lucia Lombardi and Paulina Quintanilla (UCL). The successful candidate will collaborate with Sophie Morse and Yuval Elani (Imperial) within a dynamic, interdisciplinary team.
More details and how to apply: lnkd.in/d8QPjwBw
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November 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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📢 Don't miss out the "Lipid Membranes"! Monday, November 3rd at 16:00.

More information: www.comeincell.org/interdiscipl...

#ComeInCell #HorizonEurope #MSCA #LipidMembranes
October 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Building tissues from the bottom up!

In Advanced Healthcare Materials @wiley.com, @ostaufer.bsky.social and co-authors show synthetic cells forming lymph-node-like tissues that host immune cells -towards building synthetic organs.

doi.org/10.1002/adhm...

#academicsky 🧪
Synthetic Cell‐Based Tissues for Bottom‐Up Assembly of Artificial Lymphatic Organs
Synthetic cells have emerged as a novel biomimetic approach for fundamental research and therapeutic interventions. T cell activating synthetic cells are able to form 3D tissue-like structures by sel....
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The Elani Group at Imperial College is offering a postdoc position to work on genetically encoded cell-like systems that can sense their environment, perform computation, make decisions & respond by modulating their environment #syncell #syntheticcell
Deadline: 9 Nov
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOZ224/r...
Research Associate in Biochemical Technology and Synthetic Cells at Imperial College London
Discover Research Associate in Biochemical Technology and Synthetic Cells jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
www.jobs.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Congratulations to Soumya and Charu for making the first ATP-fueled homeostatic cytokine delivery system for communication between artificial and living cells. Now in Angewandte Chemie @angewandtechemie.bsky.social #syntheticcell #noneqsys #DNAnanoscience
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
ATP‐Powered Signaling Between Artificial and Living Cells
We introduce an ATP-powered artificial cell platform capable of selectively and transiently releasing DNA signals to facilitate communication between artificial and living cells. By engineering these...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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...
October 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Our latest work in @jacs.acspublications.org!
Artificial system that can sense, grow, and adapt—just like cells! Our #droplets form directional filopodia in response to chemical cues- a step toward life-like materials. #SoftMatter #MatterToLife
🔗https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5c11719
October 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Publication: Researchers from the Dutch research programme BaSyC (@basycresearch.bsky.social) have developed a quick method to edit plasmids (small circular DNA molecule) or generate large, diverse plasmid libraries

Interesting for in vivo/ in vitro applications in molecular and synthetic biology
Great to see our MOSAIC story about an easy, cloning-free efficient protocol for mutating plasmids using recombineering is out now officially and the cover story of ASC Synthetic Biology pubs.acs.org/toc/asbcd6/1... ! Great shoutout to Marijn van den Brink, Tim Althuis and Christophe Danelon!
ACS Synthetic Biology
We introduce MOSAIC, a highly efficient protocol for the editing of plasmids and generation of combinatorial plasmid libraries. This quick protocol employs the single-stranded DNA annealing protein Cs...
pubs.acs.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Don't miss the opportunity to hear researcher Roberto Brea talk about in situ lipid synthesis for building synthetic cells!

#syncell #syntheticcell #research
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In situ lipid synthesis: Building functional artificial cells from scratch
Roberto Brea, CICA

📅Oct 24
⏰12pm
The seminar will take place at @cib-csic.bsky.social and streamed online 🔗https://rediris.zoom.us/meeting/register/L6BvR2BNRZ-yReJdvIRHqg<a href="/hashtag/%2Fregistration" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#/registration
October 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The ComeInCell doctoral network is launching a new series of monthly lectures open to all.
The first conference, on 3 November, will present the topic of lipid membranes and condensates.
#syncell #syntheticcell
🚀 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 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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The Gobbo group (Trieste, Italy) is offering a 2-year postdoc position to work on the synthesis of protocells and their assembly into materials that mimic the behaviours of living tissue

Application deadline: 28/11

More info
syntheticcell.eu/careers/post...

#syncell #syntheticcell
Postdoctoral position in protocell synthesis and tissue mimic assembly - European Synthetic Cell Initiative
The Gobbo Group at the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Trieste (Italy) is seeking candidates for a Postdoctoral Researcher position in Chemistry. The research p...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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We hire!
The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities.
More details here:
cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...
October 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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🚀 WE ARE HIRING 3️⃣ Independent Group Leaders for #mdcBerlin's new cutting-edge Bioengineering Cluster within our Biomedical Engineering Program.

Lead cutting-edge research at the interface of biology, engineering, and medicine in Berlin.

👉 Apply now: www.mdc-berlin.de/career/jobs/...
October 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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#MISB (@csic.es-UIMP )

Design meets evolution: Theory and practice
Víctor de Lorenzo (@vdlorenzo.bsky.social), @cnb-csic.bsky.social 

📅Oct 3
⏰11am
The seminar will take place at CIB and additionally streamed online 🔗https://rediris.zoom.us/meeting/register/ZmrXKHmFSHqyxE65O3wvRQ<a href="/hashtag/%2Fregistration" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#/registration
September 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Ready to establish your own research group at the Hubrecht Institute for Molecular and Developmental Biology? We’re seeking a tenure-track group leader to develop an innovative research line within our vibrant scientific community. Learn more & apply! https://f.mtr.cool/jncxfqkuds
September 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪

Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360

PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!

Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:

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September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
One step closer to designing synthetic cells as drug delivery systems?

Researchers have developed simple cell mimics that activate only when exposed to a magnetic stimulus, opening up new possibilities for #syncell applications

To understand why, read our article👇
syntheticcell.eu/cell-mimics-...
Will synthetic cells soon offer new solutions for producing and delivering drugs in the body? - European Synthetic Cell Initiative
A study by British researchers opens up new possibilities for engineering cell mimics as drug delivery systems
syntheticcell.eu
September 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
David Zwicker, theoretical physicist and SynCellEU community member, explores how biological soft matter organises itself in space and time.

In our new article, we discuss his work, his contribution to #syncell research, and his advice to early-career researchers.

syntheticcell.eu/david-zwicke...
Meet the Community - David Zwicker
Theoretical physicist David Zwicker leads a research group that explores how biological soft matter organises itself in space and time
syntheticcell.eu
September 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM