Hey! Some group members and I are running a 10k race in Cambridge this Sunday, and raining some funds for @mdukcharity.bsky.social Please donate and share! @ceb.cam.ac.uk @pembroke1347.bsky.social sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/...

Check out this new @jacs.acspublications.org paper by @rogerrubiosanchez.bsky.social. Building cation responsive DNA receptors for synthetic cells!

Happy to have developed the theory here, linking sequence-dependent charge patterns to favourable electrostatic interactions between homologous dsDNA🧬🧬 Matching theory & expt suggests a physical basis for sequence recognition that may underpin aspects of recombination, DNA repair, and replication.

Also - we still need to decide where to submit this. Let’s try an unofficial poll. Where do BlueSky DNA enthusiasts see manuscript?

It turns out sDNA 🧬 interacts selectively! Andy Stannard measured these interactions very (very) precisely, and Ehud Haimov, @drjonhedley.bsky.social‬, Alexei Kornyshev worked out how it all works. It has to do with charge correlation... Check it out here chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

My work on DNA condensates @dimichelelab1.bsky.social is now out! 🧬🎉🍬 A huge thank you to @francolab.bsky.social lab for their invaluable expertise and to everyone in our lab for their insights, feedback, and countless discussions along the way. I’ve learned so much from working with you all!

Thrilled to share this new Adv. Sci. paper by @dianatanase.bsky.social with Dino Osmanovic @rogerrubiosanchez.bsky.social @laylamalouf.bsky.social @francolab.bsky.social. We demonstrate a modular approach to program internal phase separation in DNA condensates 1/n doi.org/10.1002/advs...

Thrilled to share our latest preprint on expressing synthetic organelles made from RNA nanostructures in bacteria! 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Origami Black Hole xkcd.com/3033

Happy new year everyone, and some great news! We have an opening for a PhD candidate to join our lab @cebcambridge.bsky.social in October 2025 as part of the new exciting MSCA Doctoral Network @comeincell.bsky.social jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49240/

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Great to see @pembroke1347.bsky.social here!

HI! 👋 We’re the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge. We like: 🧪Science that pushes the envelope 🌏Working to solve the world’s biggest challenges 🧑‍🔬Collaborating with amazing scientists 🫖Tea! 🤖Robots! #DrivenByCuriosity #DrivingChange

Amazing to see our work on designer RNA condensates featured on the cover of @naturenano.bsky.social!!! #RNAnanotech #condensates #SynCells www.nature.com/articles/s41...