New course (SoSe 2026) at @tuda.bsky.social: Synthetic Biology for Polymers & Engineered Materials.
ELMs > static biomaterials: materials that sense, heal, remodel, built from genetic logic + materials design.
Weds 13:30-15:10 | 3 CP | assessment: paper presentation (no sit-down exam).
As it turns out, I have a Waluigi in this world
I like to think the vesicles go DOOOING (credit: Rana Naderi)
These are individuals with whom I theoretically share ideals, yet they are so intoxicated by anti-Americanism that they dismiss and deride the struggle of an oppressed people. Their blood is on their hands, and no amount of future self-critique will ever wash it away.
Their cautious enthusiasm has since curdled into an angry resignation to hoping for some external deus ex machina.
I am appalled, disgusted, even, by the reaction of the so-called "anti-imperialist" left. 2/
I am fortunate to have many Iranian colleagues, mentees, and friends across Europe. Over the past month, they have shared harrowing accounts of brutal repression, stories filtering out in fragments from family and friends, or from their own experiences while trapped within the country. 1/
The soul-crushing fiction of the 1% ranking is over.
I refuse to pretend I can objectively rank two equally brilliant peers.
Tempted to adopt the Albigensian Crusade approach: “Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.” Top marks for all. The Lord will know his own.
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Excited to launch the digital home of the Belluati Lab! belluatilab.com At @tuda.bsky.social , we bridge the gap between molecules & life via bottom-up #SynBio. From artificial cells to #ELM, we build to understand.
Big thanks to @dfg.de & AYI for the support!
Happy holidays!
What's the cost of German bureaucracy? For a DAAD PhD, it's 6 months of waiting for a visa, then €350 per semester just to get basic student privileges (like a login and transportation!). We can't claim to be a research powerhouse and then treat international scholars this way. #DAAD
October 8: fancy new plate reader is delivered, yay!
October 17: pipes in the room of the fancy new plate reader burst, fancy new plate reader is flooded.
Amazing Life - Inspired Functional Assembly Workshop at Harbin Institute of Technology. Thank you so much for the invitation, Dietmar Appelhans and Xin Huang, it was great to listen and discuss with our Chinese colleagues!
And it's a wrap for my talk at European Federation of Biotechnology - Designer Biology in Newcastle, where I showed biologists how can artificial cells imitate real ones, just worse!
New elective at @tuda.bsky.social (WiSe 25/26): Macromolecular Systems for Drug Delivery.
Polymer architectures, nanocarriers & translation to biomedical applications.
Excited to teach this in the new Master’s program!
Honoured to have presented our recent work on polymeric artificial cells at @epf2025.bsky.social in Groningen. The audience was spread out but locked in!
Nope, current delay is 2 hours
On my way to @epf2025.bsky.social , DB has already changed my train and itinerary twice. If the Heavens support me, I'll eventually be in Groningen for a week of science!
To apply or request more info, send a short email and CV to andrea.belluati@tu-darmstadt.de and francesca.lorandi@unipd.it by 10 July.
Please share with potential candidates!
Ideal candidates:
Strong background in polymer chemistry
Some experience with microorganisms
Based in Germany or with strong German ties (per DAAD rules)
DAAD deadline: 29 August
Internal selection closes: 15 July
Project finalized by beginning of August
We're seeking a postdoc to apply for the DAAD PRIME fellowship (18 months: 12 in Padova with Prof.
Francesca Lorandi, 6 in Darmstadt with me) to work on an interdisciplinary project combining polymer brush chemistry and engineered yeast cells for heavy metal remediation 🧵
Yesterday I had the pleasure to present my research of the past couple of years at APME 2025 in Catania
Nice try, phishers, as if my university's administration would ever do anything without paper!
21/02/2025
11 AM: be rejected for a grant
1 PM: your student achieves a preliminary result that would have made your proposal basically reviewer-proof.
A person about to be hanged, saying "first time?".
Me, a Spaniard, looking at the research cuts proposed in the US:
I'm happy to share this roadmap towards the synthesis of life! It is the result of one of the best workshops I ever attended, where scientists across biology, chemistry, and physics came together to map out the key challenges to synthesize life. Enjoy!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It’s out!😃
2 years ago, I organized a workshop with @WebersGroup and @KGoepfrich on how to build Life.
We discussed with leading scientists by day and wrote up our discussions in the eves.
The "Roadmap Towards Synthetic Life" is now out in Chem!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
My spider-sense keeps hinting that any paper title since 2023 that is "Meaningless Short Title: Longer Explanation" was created using ChatGPT.
Im Video: Der TU-Biotechnologe @andreabelluati.bsky.social arbeitet im Forschungsvorhaben „CoM2Life“ daran, künstliche und lebende Zellen miteinander zu verbinden. "CoM2Life" ist eines der Projekte, mit denen sich die TUDa um einen Exzerllenzcluster bewirbt.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ePi...
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/
Happy to end the year with the News and Views of @bruns-lab.bsky.social and I in @naturecatalysis.bsky.social , discussing about the great work of Prof Wu!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
TWO PhD opportunities to join my group on the new CDT in Engineering Solutions for Antimicrobial Resistance!
Synthetic cells and DNA nanotechnology 🧬🦠🧑🔬
- Project details below
Open Day 18th December 11 am
Application Deadline 26th January 2025
#chemsky 🧪
www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
