Great news, my application to act in #European #costaction #CA21162 initiated by Marco Fraaije et al was approved. We are really looking forward to redesign enzymes for various reasons... #Biocatalysis from basic to applied research. Looking for productive exchange and lab visits😃

Just in time for Christmas, first preprint of my current postdoc! We encapsulated individual E. coli within Pluronic shells, both turning them into sturdier organisms, and decorating their outer surface with biomolecules. chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

Interested in #polymersome therapeutics? Read our critical review: Polymersome-based protein drug delivery – quo vadis? - now published in Chemical Society Reviews pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… @philip_scholten Polymers&Materials Justus Wesseler NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials Chemistry - University of Strathclyde TU Darmstadt

Justus Wesseler became Dr. Justus Wesseler! Congratulations Justus on your succesful PhD viva and your great work on DASA-containing polymers in the framework of NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials Chemistry - University of Strathclyde! Now, off to your next adventure as a postdoc AMI!

PhD Position in #Polymer #Chemistry available at TU Dortmund in the group of Prof. Joerg C. Tiller (ls-bmp.de) as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network MSCA Doctoral Network MetRaZymes. Apply now and spread the word! #PhDposition #academicjobs euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/82047

Very happy of having contributed to this nice study of enzyme immobilization during my time at UCT Prague with Professor Miroslav Šoóš! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I had the pleasure to be interviewed about the Lotus Effect in my function as coordinator of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions ITN PlaMatSu: How do lotus leaves clean themselves? | News | CORDIS | European Commission europa.eu/!b9hB4D With research from: AMI Physics Amar SV VignoliniLab

I am happy to announce that I have joined the European Synthetic Cell Initiative! Synthetic Cell initiative syntheticcell.eu/community/

Finally! In our new article in Small, we describe how a thin polymer membrane around single E. coli cells becomes both a protective layer and a support for surface functionalition. The bacteria could even turn into cannibals when decorated with lysozyme! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sm…

Let's put a block copolymer membrane around bacteria! Andrea Belluati enwrapped individual cells in polymers, which stabilizes them and allows to equip them with non-native enzymes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sm… Chemistry - University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde TU Darmstadt Centre for Synthetic Biology @TUDarmstadt Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

MSCA Doctoral Network MetRaZymes First Annual Network Meeting taking place today TU Darmstadt! What a fantastic group of young (and older) scientists to work with over the next years to develop metalloenzymes for radical reactions! Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions #enzymes #radicals #biotransformation #PhD

So happy to be part of the MerRaZymes crew. We can do sound science all together. Università degli Studi di Milano

It was great to finally meet everyone in person! Looking forward to fill this Network with life in the next years!

The MSCA Doctoral Network MetRaZymes consortium (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) met over the last two days Uni Stuttgart to discuss #biocatalysis, artificial metalloenzymes, and enzyme-catalyzed radical reactions for the synthesis of pharmaceutical compounds and polymers. What a fantastic team to work with!

How large can you make planar block copolymer #membranes? Square micrometers? mm2? No! Square centimeters and beyond! And they are self-healing and produce electricity like the torpedo ray! nature.com/articles/s4158… AMI TU Darmstadt University of Strathclyde NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials

It was my great pleasure to attend @EuroBIC17 in Münster this week as my first conference since I became a PhD student. I presented my poster on artificial metalloenzymes for radical biocatalysis, for which I won the best poster prize 🎉. MSCA Doctoral Network MetRaZymes

Fantastic achievement, Bratislav!