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International Day of Women and Girls in Science – in conversation with Liedewij Laan
13 / 02 / 2023
Liedewij Laan has been leading a research group at TU Delft (Netherlands) since October 2014. Her group focuses on evolutionary cell biophysics: how can a cell be both robust on cell cycle timescales while being also adaptive on evolutionary timescales. One of the approaches they use to address this ...
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Collaborative Research - Case study: Yash and Jacqueline
02 / 02 / 2023
Last May, we hosted SynCell2022, a scientific conference to present and discuss the latest research results in bottom-up synthetic biology. During the conference, Yash Jawale, from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, and Jacqueline De Lora, from the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Germany, exchanged ideas ...
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SynCell2023 conference - registration is open!
19 / 01 / 2023
SynCell2023, the International Conference on Engineering Synthetic Cells and Organelles will be held May 22-24 in Minneapolis, USA. Registration is now open. The conference aims to bring together researchers from around the world to present and discuss the latest research results in bottom-up synthetic biology. In addition, SynCell2023 provides room ...
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How to achieve cell division in animal cell-like systems
02 / 01 / 2023
Because of its complexity, cell division remains difficult for scientists to reconstruct. A research team from the Kavli Institute of Delft University of Technology, involved in the BaSyC (Building a Synthetic Cell) research program, analyzed the various works on cell division. Since the process differs depending on the cell ...
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Meet the Community – Henrik Toft Simonsen
13 / 12 / 2022
Trained as a pharmacist and chemist, Henrik fell into the field of biotechnology during his postdoc in 2006 and has been working in it ever since. He specializes in plant cells and studies terpenoids, fragrant molecules that he uses to develop drugs and pharmaceuticals. As a strong advocate of ...
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Dutch researchers develop a simple technique to build containers for synthetic cell engineering
14 / 11 / 2022
Many scientists in Europe and around the world have taken up the challenge of building cells from scratch, that is, synthetic cells. Some are trying to mimic as closely as possible the processes that occur in living cells, to understand their inner mechanisms. Others are trying to find the ...
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Artificial cells support tissue regeneration in mice
03 / 11 / 2022
A team of Israeli researchers recently succeeded in forming new blood vessels in mice using synthetic cells, particles built from scratch that mimic some of the functions of living cells, in this case, their ability to turn on a specific gene to make RNA and proteins. This is the ...
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Interview with Prof. Gijs Wuite: " Starting a company is a great way for a scientist to make an impact”
17 / 10 / 2022
To elucidate the fundamental question of “What is life?”, researchers are attempting to assemble synthetic cells from scratch. Many technologies are being developed along the way and promise both scientific and societal benefits. A recent example is the Acoustophoresis method, created by Gijs Wuite, professor of physics of life ...
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Researchers turn to bacteria to mimic the complex structure and function of living cells
13 / 10 / 2022
A team of researchers from the University of Bristol has harnessed the potential of bacteria to help build complex artificial cells with lifelike functionality. They recycled the components of living bacteria; including genes, transcription-translation machinery, enzymes, and membrane lipids; into viscous micro-droplets while managing to keep most of the ...
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Interview with Dr. Yuval Elani - ‘The cell membrane is more than just a capsule’
25 / 08 / 2022membranes
Dr. Yuval Elani is Group Leader at Imperial College, UK, in the department of Chemical Engineering. He and his team of about 20 scientists work in the field of bio-inspired technology, which means taking inspiration from biological systems and concepts to build new types of technologies. In the interview he ...
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