Prof. Anwesha Sarkar
@sarkarlab.bsky.social
Chair of Colloids and Surfaces at the University of Leeds| Founder of MicroLub Ltd| Project Leader of the National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC)| Colloids| Oral Tribology| Alternative Proteins| #WomeninSTEM🇮🇳🇬🇧
Web: https://sarkar.leeds.ac.uk
Web: https://sarkar.leeds.ac.uk
Our #lubrication and delubrication work of #microgels, now accepted in Food Hydrocolloids. Its a comprehensive work by Qi, Visiting #PhD Student who shows how size, deformability and surface of tongue matter when microgels either lubricate or actually increase friction: doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
September 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Our #lubrication and delubrication work of #microgels, now accepted in Food Hydrocolloids. Its a comprehensive work by Qi, Visiting #PhD Student who shows how size, deformability and surface of tongue matter when microgels either lubricate or actually increase friction: doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
A very detailed work on how insoluble particles such as plant protein particles may disperse in non-aqueous media such as oil and impact rheological behaviour is now published in Soft Matter by Megan Holdstock #PhD student. Thank you @ukri.org SOFI2 CDT & Nestle for funding, doi.org/10.1039/D5SM...
September 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A very detailed work on how insoluble particles such as plant protein particles may disperse in non-aqueous media such as oil and impact rheological behaviour is now published in Soft Matter by Megan Holdstock #PhD student. Thank you @ukri.org SOFI2 CDT & Nestle for funding, doi.org/10.1039/D5SM...
A beautiful paper in Food Hydrocolloids combining self-consistent field theory calculations and experiments by Mingxin (#PhD student) in @sarkarlab.bsky.social show how surface hydrolysis of legume proteins can improve their adsorption properties: doi.org/10.1016/j.fo... @foodscileeds.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A beautiful paper in Food Hydrocolloids combining self-consistent field theory calculations and experiments by Mingxin (#PhD student) in @sarkarlab.bsky.social show how surface hydrolysis of legume proteins can improve their adsorption properties: doi.org/10.1016/j.fo... @foodscileeds.bsky.social
Massive congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Tenorio-Garcia and Dr. Mary Okeudo-Cogan for graduating with their #PhD from @sarkarlab.bsky.social. So proud of your #PhD journeys and future career trajectories. Congratulations Lucy and Stephanie for your exciting MSci projects in our lab - best wishes!!
July 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Massive congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Tenorio-Garcia and Dr. Mary Okeudo-Cogan for graduating with their #PhD from @sarkarlab.bsky.social. So proud of your #PhD journeys and future career trajectories. Congratulations Lucy and Stephanie for your exciting MSci projects in our lab - best wishes!!
Congratulations Dr. Elizabeth Tenorio-Garcia, post her #PhD, Elizabeth has moved out of our cosy @sarkarlab.bsky.social nest and now a Formulation Scientist at the MicroLub Ltd. We wish you all the best and we are sure you will shine with your amazing material science knowledge and soft skills ;)
July 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Congratulations Dr. Elizabeth Tenorio-Garcia, post her #PhD, Elizabeth has moved out of our cosy @sarkarlab.bsky.social nest and now a Formulation Scientist at the MicroLub Ltd. We wish you all the best and we are sure you will shine with your amazing material science knowledge and soft skills ;)
New work in Food Hydrocolloids out from my lab @foodscileeds.bsky.social "Characterisation of an oat protein-beta-glucan co-extract" led by Jennifer McLauchlan, #PHd Student. We show how oat protein-beta-glucan co-exists creating different morphologies by changing pH/ ions doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
July 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
New work in Food Hydrocolloids out from my lab @foodscileeds.bsky.social "Characterisation of an oat protein-beta-glucan co-extract" led by Jennifer McLauchlan, #PHd Student. We show how oat protein-beta-glucan co-exists creating different morphologies by changing pH/ ions doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
New publication titled "Relating #tribology to astringency perception in acidic plant protein-fortified fiber-based smoothies", now in Food Hydrocolloids. We show #tribology, #rheology and #insoluble fraction can provide proxies for sensory tests in initial screening phase doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
July 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New publication titled "Relating #tribology to astringency perception in acidic plant protein-fortified fiber-based smoothies", now in Food Hydrocolloids. We show #tribology, #rheology and #insoluble fraction can provide proxies for sensory tests in initial screening phase doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
Our new, interdisciplinary work titled "#Pickering water-in-oil emulsions stabilized by #beeswax crystals: design and stability" is now published by Yanhui Zhang in J. Food Eng, co-authored by Dr. Elizabeth Tenorio Garcia, Prof. Michael Rappolt, Dr. Sepideh Khodaparast! doi.org/10.1016/j.jf...
June 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Our new, interdisciplinary work titled "#Pickering water-in-oil emulsions stabilized by #beeswax crystals: design and stability" is now published by Yanhui Zhang in J. Food Eng, co-authored by Dr. Elizabeth Tenorio Garcia, Prof. Michael Rappolt, Dr. Sepideh Khodaparast! doi.org/10.1016/j.jf...
Feeling blessed to be invited as keynote speaker at the 99th ACS and 18th IACIS Colloids conference at Canada and really proud of my team presenting latest results on self-assembly of #alternativeproteins, colloidal structures and their performance at interfaces to AI-assisted #protein discovery.
June 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Feeling blessed to be invited as keynote speaker at the 99th ACS and 18th IACIS Colloids conference at Canada and really proud of my team presenting latest results on self-assembly of #alternativeproteins, colloidal structures and their performance at interfaces to AI-assisted #protein discovery.
Thanks 22nd Gums and Stabilizer Conference for giving me the opportunity for a keynote speech on #mouthfeel. Very excited to be at Wageningen with Chenxi and Gloria - presenting oral and poster presentations! #alternativeprotein, #Pickeringemulsion, #demulsification #water-in-water emulsion!
June 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Thanks 22nd Gums and Stabilizer Conference for giving me the opportunity for a keynote speech on #mouthfeel. Very excited to be at Wageningen with Chenxi and Gloria - presenting oral and poster presentations! #alternativeprotein, #Pickeringemulsion, #demulsification #water-in-water emulsion!
Great to have our lab featured in the Meal Deals: Behind the Bargain Program hosted by Joe Swash on our research on #plantproteins! Check out at 29.20 min if you want to see us 🤩 www.channel4.com/programmes/m... @universityofleeds.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social #NAPIC @channel4tv.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Great to have our lab featured in the Meal Deals: Behind the Bargain Program hosted by Joe Swash on our research on #plantproteins! Check out at 29.20 min if you want to see us 🤩 www.channel4.com/programmes/m... @universityofleeds.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social #NAPIC @channel4tv.bsky.social
Our work featured in Journal Cover of @acs Applied #Materials & Interfaces. We show how AFM & self-consistent field theory may explain interaction forces between fungal hyphae and how these are moderated by the addition of protein-binding agents in vegan meat analogues! doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
May 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Our work featured in Journal Cover of @acs Applied #Materials & Interfaces. We show how AFM & self-consistent field theory may explain interaction forces between fungal hyphae and how these are moderated by the addition of protein-binding agents in vegan meat analogues! doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
Check out our latest work “Unravelling Protein−Fungal Hyphae Interactions at the #Nanoscale” on how #plantprotein binds to fungal hyphae surfaces using super resolution microscopy, atomic force microscopy and theoretical analysis - an excellent work by Dr. Mary Okeudo-Cogan! doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
May 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Check out our latest work “Unravelling Protein−Fungal Hyphae Interactions at the #Nanoscale” on how #plantprotein binds to fungal hyphae surfaces using super resolution microscopy, atomic force microscopy and theoretical analysis - an excellent work by Dr. Mary Okeudo-Cogan! doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
Once again a super-amazing #BeCurious Event at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social! My little one thoroughly enjoyed the carbon capture, microstructure of butterfly and protein-folding 😄!
May 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Once again a super-amazing #BeCurious Event at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social! My little one thoroughly enjoyed the carbon capture, microstructure of butterfly and protein-folding 😄!
What a beautiful day to do our team trip🎉🎉🎉🎉 We loooved forbidden corner
May 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What a beautiful day to do our team trip🎉🎉🎉🎉 We loooved forbidden corner
Happy Easter!! Greetings from Lagos, Portugal!
April 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Happy Easter!! Greetings from Lagos, Portugal!
Campus is just soooooo beautiful 🌸
April 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Campus is just soooooo beautiful 🌸
New study out in Food Research Intl titled "Comparing frictional behaviour of plant and dairy proteins: Case study on high protein concentration" showing how #mouthfeel is affected by high protein concentration. Full text: doi.org/10.1016/j.fo... Thank you BBSRC, Mondelez and #NAPIC for funding.
March 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
New study out in Food Research Intl titled "Comparing frictional behaviour of plant and dairy proteins: Case study on high protein concentration" showing how #mouthfeel is affected by high protein concentration. Full text: doi.org/10.1016/j.fo... Thank you BBSRC, Mondelez and #NAPIC for funding.
Can’t believe it’s already 3 years 🎉- a group which we started with just 2 to support each other has now over 60 Indian PhD students and PhD+ researchers from the University of Leeds! A true home-outside-home feeling of friendship, empathy, trust and fun for Indie PhD+ family from our University 🎉 🇮🇳
March 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Can’t believe it’s already 3 years 🎉- a group which we started with just 2 to support each other has now over 60 Indian PhD students and PhD+ researchers from the University of Leeds! A true home-outside-home feeling of friendship, empathy, trust and fun for Indie PhD+ family from our University 🎉 🇮🇳
A fantastic sunny day to take the group picture 🙌🙌🙌. We missed a few team members in conferences, holidays, etc - need to capture another one soon 😉
March 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A fantastic sunny day to take the group picture 🙌🙌🙌. We missed a few team members in conferences, holidays, etc - need to capture another one soon 😉
Huge congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Tenorio Garcia for passing her PhD viva on Pickering double emulsions with minor corrections 🎉🎉 Thanks Dr. Sepideh Khodaparast and Dr. Vincenzo Di Bari from University of Nottingham for examining. This is our 12th student from the lab 🎉🎉🙌🙌🙌
February 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Huge congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Tenorio Garcia for passing her PhD viva on Pickering double emulsions with minor corrections 🎉🎉 Thanks Dr. Sepideh Khodaparast and Dr. Vincenzo Di Bari from University of Nottingham for examining. This is our 12th student from the lab 🎉🎉🙌🙌🙌
Always exciting to hear about new results and new ideas, things which worked, things which didn’t in our lab meetings! This time was even more exciting with Jenny, Ben and Sowmya sharing their placement experiences 🎉🎉🎉🙌🙌🙌 so many amazing experiences from placements in Canada, Sweden and France!
February 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Always exciting to hear about new results and new ideas, things which worked, things which didn’t in our lab meetings! This time was even more exciting with Jenny, Ben and Sowmya sharing their placement experiences 🎉🎉🎉🙌🙌🙌 so many amazing experiences from placements in Canada, Sweden and France!
Job alert: I’ve 2 Research Support #Technician Positions in my lab:
Research Support Technician - #AlternativeProtein Processing: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
➡️ Apply by 24th Feb
2️⃣ Research Support Technician - #AlternativeProtein Analysis: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
➡️ Apply by 20th Feb
Research Support Technician - #AlternativeProtein Processing: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
➡️ Apply by 24th Feb
2️⃣ Research Support Technician - #AlternativeProtein Analysis: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
➡️ Apply by 20th Feb
February 5, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Job alert: I’ve 2 Research Support #Technician Positions in my lab:
Research Support Technician - #AlternativeProtein Processing: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
➡️ Apply by 24th Feb
2️⃣ Research Support Technician - #AlternativeProtein Analysis: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
➡️ Apply by 20th Feb
Research Support Technician - #AlternativeProtein Processing: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
➡️ Apply by 24th Feb
2️⃣ Research Support Technician - #AlternativeProtein Analysis: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
➡️ Apply by 20th Feb
A year of so many PhDs, awards, placements, fellowships, new jobs, moves, new joining, collaborations, papers - a year of fun, travel, reunion - 2024 was a blessed year. Let the journey to 2025 be with more health, science, learning, travel, diversity, happiness, and bonding! Happy New Year 2025!!
January 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A year of so many PhDs, awards, placements, fellowships, new jobs, moves, new joining, collaborations, papers - a year of fun, travel, reunion - 2024 was a blessed year. Let the journey to 2025 be with more health, science, learning, travel, diversity, happiness, and bonding! Happy New Year 2025!!
Merry Christmas to you and your family from @sarkarlab.bsky.social
December 25, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Merry Christmas to you and your family from @sarkarlab.bsky.social