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

Don't hesitate to participate today in the first of two public workshops organised by Dewpoint Therapeutics and hosted by @comeincell.bsky.social Dr Diana M. Mitrea will discuss the topic ‘Drugging Condensates & Drug Discovery’ 📅 When? 14.00 (Berlin Time) 🔗 www.comeincell.org/2025-12-08-d...

PhD opportunities in Spain! The SYNBIO-CSIC doctoral programme seeks to address key challenges in Synthetic Biology More info 👉 lifehub.csic.es/synbio-cofund/ You can apply from 15 Dec. to 26 Feb. #SynCell #SyntheticCell #SynBio #SyntheticBiology

New to RNA design? Please try pyFuRNAce! Looking forward to your feedback 🧬

📢Join us in London for the #SynCell2026 conference! Registration is now open 👉 iop.eventsair.com/syncell26/ 📅 22–24 April 2026 Deadline for abstract submission: 31 January Deadline for registration: 15 March (we recommend registering early - spots are limited) #SynCell #SyntheticCell

Pierangelo Gobbo focuses on designing novel biomimetic materials In our latest article, we look at his work and his approach to designing cell mimics and tissue-like materials, connecting chemical reactivity and the physics/mechanics of the material itself edu.nl/mfq4y #syncell #syntheticcell

🚨 Fully funded PhD positions in #microbiology! Join IMPRS Principles of Microbial Life in Marburg,Germany 🌱 Interdisciplinary research 🧬 World-class mentoring 🧪 State-of-the-art research infrastructure 🗓️ Apply until Jan 31, 2026 🔗 imprs-marburg.mpg.de/3197/JOIN-US#microbiology#PhDposition #WomenInSTEM

I am happy to share that our review on the Controlled Protein Synthesis in Microfluidic Environments has been published 🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Thanks to @emmacrean.bsky.social, Imre Banlaki, @jankalkowski.bsky.social, and @hniederho.bsky.social for great teamwork!

Check out Amogh's latest review: "Microfluidics meets cell-free systems: from molecular engineering to synthetic cells" now published in Current Opinion in Biotechnology. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

There's only one week left to apply to our Integrated MSc/PhD program - apply now! mattertolife.maxplanckschools.org/application

Oskar Staufer, Head of Immuno-Materials, is co-author of the new publication about "Restoring NK Cell Cytotoxicity Post‐Cryopreservation via Synthetic Cells" More information and full text available at: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New review from the Zwicker group on biomolecular condensates/droplets

Don't miss today's online seminar given by Cesar Rodríguez-Emmenegger. t.ly/WY330 Organised by MISB Frontiers

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

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

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

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...

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

📢 Don't miss out the "Lipid Membranes"! Monday, November 3rd at 16:00. More information: www.comeincell.org/interdiscipl... #ComeInCell #HorizonEurope #MSCA #LipidMembranes

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 🧪

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...

Fresh in @natchemeng.nature.com Growing artificial cytoskeleton in the viscoelastic confinement of DNA Artificial Cells. Brilliant work bey Weixiang! #Syntheticcell #systemschemistry www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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/...

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