📢New on our blog! #ListerFellow Yuval Elani at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social on programmable synthetic cells that respond to heat, magnetism and more... Great potential for biomedicine. 🤔Where could synthetic cells make the biggest difference? lister-institute.org.uk/in-conversat...

Recent scientific publications: Granzyme B-mimetic nanozyme for nanovesicle targeted anticancer applications: edu.nl/jkb9n Emergent Motility of Self-Organized Particle-Giant Unilamellar Vesicle Assembly: edu.nl/cgw3j

The Max Planck #PostdocProgram offers top emerging talents a range of attractive measures and opportunities. The current call for applications is open from March 1st until April 13th, 2026. Please share or consider applying! 🙏 www.mpg.de/en/max-planc... #careerinscience #sciencecareer

New scientific publication by the group of Lorenzo Di Michele in Nature Communications: Expression of nano-engineered RNA organelles in bacteria edu.nl/6hjft @rogerrubiosanchez.bsky.social @dimichelelab1.bsky.social

Review: De novo design of synthetic microbial genomes in Nature Reviews Bioengineering It describes the factors to be considered in the rational design of a synthetic genome as well as the techniques that can support this effort edu.nl/tvxj4 #EVOLF @basycresearch.bsky.social @cckoster.bsky.social

New article: French and American research teams have succeeded in reproducing a complete infection cycle between a bacteriophage, a virus that infects bacteria, and a synthetic host cell. Watch the short video below for a quick overview or read our article: edu.nl/bed7j #SynCell #SyntheticCell

PhD project on artificial tumor immune microenvironments for immunotherapy screening in breast cancer You will join @ostaufer.bsky.social's group, combining synthetic cells with 3D cancer cultures to study how the tumour immune microenvironment shapes the success of immune therapies edu.nl/6vfkx

Open position: Full Professor of Biochemistry (W3) #science #career #jobs #job #jobsearch #professor #chemistry #biology #biochemistry www.lifescience.net/jobs/221395/...

📢📢📢Lectureships at Bristol!📢📢📢 We're hiring 3 x lecturers (=assistant professor) in Biological Sciences, across the discipline. Great department, great colleagues, great building, great city Details here: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Impact of Reducing Agents on Protein Synthesis in a Reconstituted Cell-Free Protein Synthesis System pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

New paper from my group in @science.org : "A small polymerase ribozyme that can synthesise itself and its complementary strand" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Outstanding work by @edogia.bsky.social

Lecture by Prof. Lipowsky today at 16:00h CET (Berlin time). Join us! Title: “Morphological complexity of biomembranes and vesicles interacting with condensate droplets” 👉 More details: www.comeincell.org/2026-02-16-r...

This news had slipped under our radar: good news for the Japanese scientific community in #SynBio and #SyntheticCell research edu.nl/jp3ax #SynCell

A position with prospects! We offer excellent researchers again the possibility to apply for a position as a Leader of a Lise Meitner Research Group in all areas of #science. Applications are possible between February 11th and April 15th, 2026. www.mpg.de/lise-meitner... #lisemeitnergroups

New scientific publication by the Tan Lab in ACS Nano “Prototyping Minimal Extracellular Vesicle Mimetics Using Cell-Free Synthesis” edu.nl/48fhq

Our next #ComeInCell ILS lecture, “Morphological complexity of biomembranes and vesicles interacting with condensate droplets” by Prof. Reinhard Lipowsky, will take place on Monday, February 16th, 2026. Join us! More details: www.comeincell.org/2026-02-16-r...

Delighted to announce that applications to the Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineering Biology for Biomedicine are now open. (https://eb4bm.org) We're now part of the UKRI TechExpert scheme - providing a £10k tax free boost the regular UKRI stipend to home students.

👩🔬On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Matter to Life Lecture Series will highlight the work of our Fellow Seraphine Wegner from @uni-muenster.de. Join us for her talk on “Spatiotemporal control in synthetic and living cells using light”. 11 Feb at 3 PM CET: bit.ly/3ZKkf99

New publication by the Zwicker group: "Physics of droplet regulation in biological cells" edu.nl/javfh

Career opportunities: Full Professorship (W3) for “Modeling of Biological Processes” Heidelberg University, Germany (deadline: 15 March) edu.nl/ey9vq Full Professor and Chair Laboratory of Biophysics Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands (deadline: 08 March) edu.nl/6f8my #SynCell

Some upcoming scientific events covering #syncell & #SynBio topics Designer membranes and bio-inspired interfaces, UK edu.nl/ugth8 iCMR Symposium, Germany edu.nl/h36pc Patterning principles in biophysics, France edu.nl/fuwhn SynBYSS, Spain edu.nl/gv9fm PhysCell2026, Netherlands edu.nl/wvg9a

Where can you connect with #SynCell researchers and dive into biomimetic and bio-inspired membranes? At #DMBI2026, 26–27 March! Just a few days left to submit an abstract: edu.nl/jjr88 And don’t forget: registration and abstract submission are still open for #SynCell2026! edu.nl/g3vpc

We’re excited to kick off 2026 with a rescheduled talk in the Matter to Life Lecture Series: “Droplets Come to Life” by MtL Fellow David Zwicker @zwickergroup.bsky.social from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization 🙌 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🎥 Missed a lecture from our Interdisciplinary Lecture Series (ILS)? Were you too busy learning to write notes? Catch up anytime with our YouTube channel! 👇 #ComeInCell YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@ComeInCell

Attention researchers in Norway🙃 Join the upcoming webinar hosted by @forskningsradet to learn about insights for the HFSP Research Grants & Fellowships calls. 🧪 🎥Live streaming 📅 13 Jan 14:00–15:15 Register👉https://bit.ly/49hcYU1 #HFSP #Norway #LifeSciences #GlobalScience #sts

Applications open: Biopatterning—Patterning principles in biophysics (school). Beg Rohu, Quiberon (Brittany, FR), 25–29 May 2026. For PhD students/postdocs/ECR. Deadline: 15 Mar 2026. Fee 300€ incl lodging+meals. biopatterning.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en Please RT/share!

Professors Tina Vermonden and Roos Masereeuw from Utrecht University in the Netherlands are offering a postdoctoral position to develop ‘adaptive synthetic cells for dialysis' that can replace kidney function Interested? Apply before 2 February More info: edu.nl/v9bqf #SynCell #SyntheticCell

Don't forget to attend Bert Poolman's online lecture on metabolism & homeostasis today The lecture will start at 16:00 (Berlin time) and is organised by the @comeincell.bsky.social doctoral network as part of its interdisciplinary lecture series More details: edu.nl/u4qam #SynCell #SyntheticCell

Our first #pictureofthemonth in 2026 shows a giant vesicle lipid bilayer. When light sensitive molecules are illuminted the membrane dynamics change. More: www.biochem.mpg.de/schwille January – Digital Calendar of @mpiforbi.bsky.social and @mpibiochem.bsky.social 📸 Illustration by Yusuf Qutbuddin

Fully funded PhD studentships at Imperial College London to work on the development of synthetic cells for cancer treatment & carbon capture Projects under the supervision of @cesiboy.bsky.social & James Hindley Application deadline: 30 January edu.nl/vaaw6 #SynCell #SyntheticCell

🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity for Female Scientists🚨 The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists Interested? Get in touch via direct message careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e... #MicroSky 🧪 #PostDoc @univie.ac.at

The new @mpi-cbg.de research group of Nagaraja Chappidi is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Macromolecular Compartmentalization and Genome Stability. Apply now: careers.mpi-cbg.de/jobs/6132430...

#CIBjobOffer 🚨 MSCA-COFUND SYNBIO-CSIC PhD Program is recruiting 10 doctoral researchers in Synthetic Biology. 🌍 Apply 15Dec2025 –26Feb2026. Focus: biomolecular and cellular engineering, synthetic cells, biotechnology, computational biology 👉 More info: https://lifehub.csic.es/synbio-cofund/

Come work with us at the @ciqus.bsky.social We are looking for a PhD candidate with motivation for organic synthesis in the ERC Synergy project “Covalent Chaotropic Membrane Transport for Biotherapeutic Delivery” (CARAMEL). Sharing ❤️ All details here 👉 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/398337

Upcoming lecture in our Interdisciplinary Lecture Series on January 12, 2026 😊 🎓 Lecture block: Metabolism / Homeostasis 👤 Speaker: Prof. Bert Poolman 👉 More details: www.comeincell.org/2026-01-12-m... We’ll share the confirmed lecture title soon! #ComeInCell #HorizonEurope #MSCA

We're looking for a postdoc to strengthen our group! Please apply by January 15, 2026 if you're a fun and motivated person who likes theoretical modeling of biological processes by combining analytics and numerics. There is freedom in choosing projects! Details: www.ds.mpg.de/4110032/job_...

Attention scientists from all over the world🙃 The Call for Letters of Intent for #HFSPResearchGrants 2027 is now open! 🧪 Get your international & interdisciplinary team. It's time to put your bold research idea into practice! 🔗https://bit.ly/48VsGCG 📅 15 Dec 2025–26 Mar 2026 #sts #LifeSciences

🧪⚛️ Surface tension—driven by non-equilibrium currents not forces—in pattern formation leads to the same type of interface laws as in liquid foams: Plateau laws, von Neumann evolution; and a new emergent phenomenon: domain splitting akin to cell division. nature.com/articles/s4156…

🧪 Geometry beats chemistry: we show that self-assembly can be controlled by tuning large-scale geometric parameters rather than molecular binding energies. PNAS: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Video summary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FS3... #SelfAssembly #Biophysics #PhysicsOfLife

At our recent #EngBioForum, keynote speakers @waltherlab.bsky.social and @continiclau.bsky.social shared some of the latest developments in synthetic cell research. So what are synthetic cells? And how can we make use of them? Read the article: www.engbio.cam.ac.uk/news/synthet...

How can we ensure that #SyntheticCell/ #SynCell research is conducted responsibly? The EVOLF research programme is developing guidelines for the responsible creation and control of synthetic cells. Discover how EVOLF intends to shape the future of this research: edu.nl/8yxax #Bioethics

New paper out in NatureComm: We built synthetic immune cells that self-assemble with cancer cells into hybrid tumoroids, enabling bottom-up reconstruction of the tumor immune microenvironment. rdcu.be/eUmRM @leibnizinm.bsky.social

🚨New paper out! In our @MolCellNews paper, we solve a piece of the puzzle of how our genome folds. We found the two specific molecular "brakes" in the CTCF protein that stop DNA loop extrusion. One of the final pieces of my PhD! tinyurl.com/29uuc5by

Free workshop organised today by Dewpoint Therapeutics and hosted by the MSCA ComeInCell doctoral network. Dewpoint Therapeutics will explore biotechnology, real-world applications, and how to work in this industry. It will begin at 14:00 CET (UTC+1) All information is available at the link below

Early-career researchers: ready to hone your skills? Join the Interdisciplinary Lecture Series organised by @comeincell.bsky.social The lectures will cover fundamental and generic topics, and present useful tools/techniques 🔗Upcoming webinars: edu.nl/g4dhk #SyntheticCell #SynCell #SynBio

We are recruiting a tenure track professor in the broader area of molecular biology @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de at Heidelberg University! www.nature.com/naturecareer... Please share and apply!

DNA origami behaving like lipids. A very creative and exciting take from the Simmel Lab @simmellab.bsky.social on self-assembly of compartments. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great opportunity for students to explore #SyntheticCell engineering and learn how to build biomimetic devices: Imperial College London is offering a new one-year postgraduate course in #SynCell science (Master of Research), which will begin next October. Applications are now open: edu.nl/xnbjp