🧬I attempted RNA isolation on some grass from outside the faculty and obtained two perfect 18S and 28S rRNA bands... So, my 10 failed attempts on my own sample were due to improper lysis, after all... I'm happy to figure out it wasn't my dirty RNase-hands...😅 #PhDlife #molecularbiology #TUDelft

Happy Halloween from SML! The only contamination we're allowing in the biolab this season is ectoplasm! 👻🧫

Check out this cool paper from @sschyck.bsky.social that answers an unexpected question: How fast can hematite swim?! 🌊 #ActiveMatter #Microswimmers #SoftMatter #AppliedMaterialsToday ~IN

🌳 Check out these two happy faces! Kimon and Elijah finished their bachelor's theses last week! 🌿 It was a lot of fun to guide them in the process and to have them working on my project. All the best with the next step, guys! 🪴 #PhDlife #plantscience #engineeredlivingmaterials

Saurav presented his latest work, developed with Sid Kumar, Prakash Thakolakaran, and Jovana Jovanova, at ESMC 2025 in Lyon and MARSS 2025 at Purdue! He showed how mechanics, machine learning, and additive manufacturing create the next-gen piezoelectric metamaterials 🦾👨‍💻 @saurav-sharma.bsky.social

🍁🍂🍁 Autumn has arrived at @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social #TUDelft #AerospaceEngineering 🍄🍄‍🟫🍄

#legends! @sschyck.bsky.social @shardulbhusari.bsky.social Mrinal and @sourav-p.bsky.social

Milestone alert 🥂 SML's Knight in Shining Armour, Sarah, officially knighted her ChemE comrade Reece on April 15th — from labs to vows, what a plot twist 💒🎉 Big cheers to the newlyweds and lots of good luck and happiness for your future! @kmasania.bsky.social @sschyck.bsky.social

what a #dreamteam!

It was fun to pitch my work on 3D printing of lab-grown wood at the EPS Annual Meeting! The people from @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social are an amazing brainy bunch with a lot of great input and ideas. 🌱 Thanks for the support @julianverdonk.bsky.social @kmasania.bsky.social! #plantscience

Thanks for saving the tree in front of my office window, guys! It did get me wondering whether we could have made living rope-tree #composites. Time to write a grant @kmasania.bsky.social...? #plantscience #engineeredlivingmaterials

We have two new vacancies to join our research team at TU Delft! @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social 1. postdoc on 🐝 insect inspired 3D printing! lnkd.in/eDigGhRY 2. phd/postdoc to develop a new sustainable bio-inspired material based on 🦠 bacteria & 🧬 protein. lnkd.in/enK8-UKj lnkd.in/eS3USYxX

How are wind turbine blades manufactured? Last week, we had the opportunity to find out how the Suzlon group manufactures their wind turbine blades on a visit with the NXTGEN Hightech Composites 3-Zero Defect consortium. It was super enlightening, thanks to everyone involved!

This week saw SML taking a well-deserved recharge on the slopes of the beautiful french alps!🏂 The beginning of a new tradition... With freshened heads we're now back to work! 👩🏼‍🔬🔬🧪🌱

Welcome Winston Lindqwister (Post-Doc) and Jimmy Cheng (as phD) to SML! Winston (left) will be making multi-scale computational models of hierarchical fungal engineered living materials 🍄 👩‍💻 while Jimmy is going to be researching Bioinspired Grippers 🤖 . #bioinspiredgrippers #Multiscalemodelling

Congratulations on your super successful MSc graduation Aster Tournoy, with a cum laude! 🎉🥂Aster developed a fault detection system for small-scale 3D printers that can identify 12 common printing errors using computer vision with up to 97% accuracy. 📸courtesy - Aster Tournoy @kmasania.bsky.social

We have two new vacancies to join our research team at TU Delft! @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social 1. postdoc on 🐝 insect inspired 3D printing! lnkd.in/eDigGhRY 2. phd/postdoc to develop a new sustainable bio-inspired material based on 🦠 bacteria & 🧬 protein. lnkd.in/enK8-UKj lnkd.in/eS3USYxX

Back to the office after a few days away, to find this note from a student. ❤️ makes all the hard work worthwhile! @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social @ingonettersheim.bsky.social

✈️Safe trip home Napat! 🚀Napat visited our group for the past six months to 3D print emulsions all the way from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. It was great having you around! We figure you will not miss the Dutch winter weather... ⛈️ #3dprinting #emulsions

Thanks to @ec.europa.eu Horizon magazine for this cool article about our work! projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-m... @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social

Brilliant end to the year with an amazing team! @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social

youtube.com/shorts/tanH4... Check out this YouTube video about our research on mycelium based composite #ELMs @kmasania.bsky.social

🚀Super proud of Wouter, the first master's student I had the pleasure to guide through his master's thesis! He did a really cool thesis on 3D printing of bioinspired, bacteria-embedded ceramic composites. #engineeredlivingmaterials #3Dprinting @kmasania.bsky.social @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social

🪴A couple of months ago, we received an NWO-XS grant to explore the 3D printing of lab-grown wood. Stuff is cooking in the lab... stay tuned! 🔬🚀 Find out more: t.co/tfvPI0Yqsq @julianverdonk.bsky.social @kmasania.bsky.social @tudelft.bsky.social @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social

Congrats my friend and colleague @Yinyin_Bao https://t.co/4nbmUYllrY

Hey @SpaceX ! Thanks for the ride to @Space_Station for these 3Dprinted samples! @AETUDelft @Shaping_Matter @AdvPortfolio https://t.co/NlhDNUYLBz

Check this amazing article about our #ERC work from @HorizonMagEU @Shaping_Matter @AETUDelft ! #magic and #science https://t.co/N5Vyn1m7jS

Super excited to be at @AaltoUniversity for the @LIBER_Centre symposium! #ELMs #hybridlivingsystems Looking forward to some wonderful talks and making new friends! @Shaping_Matter @AETUDelft https://t.co/J6YT00WsFd

Big congrats to @anapolymer from our sustainable polymers session for being one of the best poster winners of the first poster session #S24MRS ! Well done! 🥳 @ERoumeli https://t.co/23rg9nHM7m

Our session has started at #S24MRS mega line up of scientists coming up in the next four days of talks and posters 🥳! @Shaping_Matter @AETUDelft https://t.co/qbVPRaKuvw

Hey @MartinaCihova ! @sebacallens and I missed you at coffee break! https://t.co/xUx9lbZtfQ

Check out our new work on CO2 capturing 3D printed algal ELM structures! #sustainability #additivemanufacturing @satya_k_ammu @Shaping_Matter @AdvSciNews @AETUDelft https://t.co/NiWtizaO5h

Do you want to pioneer closed-loop data-driven methods to bring #additivemanufacturing processes closer to the resilience found in the growth of living organisms 🌲 Check out this new PhD position https://t.co/qNaiScWkAM RT🙏

#M2i Conference poster winner, well done Huub from @AMT_at_TUDelft @AETUDelft https://t.co/3PBsvBIz1k

WINNERS!!!! Of pints of science https://t.co/LgSo4HydTB https://t.co/FAlR4pZlv5

#Sinterklaas just came by! @Shaping_Matter @AETUDelft https://t.co/kl5CYiauxy

Thanks to @CarolineHouriet for pushing at @tudelft @AETUDelft @Shaping_Matter

I had the chance to participate in a #climatefresk to help understand my own blind spots towards #climatechange Absolutely fascinating and I’m scared but remain optimistic! Check https://t.co/8HtvOuDYfB https://t.co/nK9eMRhDQv

Fantastic dinner w/ @Shaping_Matter lab! 🥘🍚😋🥰#teamworkmakesthedreamwork #jumpjump @AETUDelft @dnzsynbs @nsguevarasotelo @muhamad__ai @satya_k_ammu @ihmsnettersheim @Momo_We_ @Sarah_Schyck @IoannisZyg @UlcayDerin https://t.co/LahCCXjBeh

Typical Friday with @dnzsynbs @Shaping_Matter https://t.co/4WuJD2FvtO

For our past work see: https://t.co/cCEthU4S0L https://t.co/KcP1yqErWy @Robert_Grasss @Shaping_Matter @tudelft @AETUDelft

We're hiring PhDs and Postdocs to work on #bioinspired #biophysics #livingmats and #AdditiveManufacturing! RT appreciated 🙏 @Shaping_Matter @ERC_Research @AETUDelft https://t.co/Yac3CCUrDT

What an impressive 1st day touring #India @iitdelhi with @tudelft @TimvanderHagen ! Highlight was meeting the wonderful scientists and the lovely @marisagerards hosting us at @NLinIndia in the Iconic Jinnah House 🙏🏽 https://t.co/uquAzLczTP

When revision discussions get out of hand 😂🤦🏽‍♂️ #thanksBram @AETUDelft @Shaping_Matter https://t.co/KeDw522FbC

Come join us to push the digital boundaries of composites AM! RX (no clue how to call it) appreciated 🙏 https://t.co/lvP6nkaiXc

Finally someone read our survival guide. Welcome Derin and thanks for the cake! @Shaping_Matter @AETUDelft https://t.co/CDvuBKWoO4

Congrats Linde! https://t.co/CxUDwRzztT

Such an honour to open the #DoSChem summer school in @univienna! Now enjoying the other keynotes from Frank Würther and @CarloBarbante in the Auer von Welsbach-Hörsaal where Einstein studied #science #nopressure 😳@IMCRUnivie @AETUDelft @Shaping_Matter https://t.co/rfuUfreXbT

People, recycle your old laptops (basically anything w/ a battery) Lesson learnt! https://t.co/CSnQFMRO2A