We thank Prof. Eva Blasco for showing us the intricacies, potential, and beauty of 4D printing in her virtual lecture today at MPIP. Eva Blasco Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung @KLandfester

To all the Portuguese-speaking STEM researchers in the Frankfurt/Mainz/Darmstadt area: if you are interested in telling elementary school students what you do as a scientist (in Portuguese), check this out. Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung linkedin.com/posts/nativesc…

Many thanks to Prof. Seraphine Wegner (University of Münster) who showed us today how to get synthetic cells to "talk to each other". The talk was part of our online lecture series at MPIP. Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung @KLandfester

Light-Activated Membrane Transport in Polymeric Cell-Mimics (Landfester) @KLandfester Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung @caire_lucas #openaccess thanks to #projektDEAL onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Getting polymer vesicles to change shape on demand is no easy task! Find out how we managed to do it in our (just accepted) paper in Angewandte Chemie. Calum Ferguson @KLandfester Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung Angewandte Chemie. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Membrane Manipulation of Giant Unilamellar Polymer Vesicles with a Temperature-Responsive Polymer (Landfester) Calum Ferguson @caire_lucas @Klandfester Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung #openaccess thanks to #projektDEAL onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

We are hiring (PhD students and postdocs)! If you are interested in biomimetic systems and active colloids and would like to join our research team at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, this could be a great opportunity for you: mpip-mainz.mpg.de/782854/Postdoc…

The power of #light: Scientists around @caire_lucas (Department of @KLandfester) now found a way to introduce light-responsive molecules to an artifical #cell membrane. This allows to control the membrane’s permeability. Read more: mpip-mainz.mpg.de/en/press/pr-20…

Marina Melchiors and Tsvetomir Ivanov (Tsvetomir Ivanov) producing silicon wafers for our microfluidic experiments. The tiny, high-precision channels of the resulting PDMS chips allow us to create well-defined droplets in the lab. Many thanks to SundmacherLab for the support!

With exciting lectures on the topic "Chemistry for a sustainable society", the 8th Sino German Frontiers of Chemistry Symposium organized by GDCh,NuhnLab and @FrederikWurm takes place today and tomorrow Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung. Welcome and fruitful discussions to all participants!

Coacervates are known for being "membrane-less." We are trying to change that. Check out our article in Nanoscale to learn how to coat these droplets with nanoparticles to build microreactors. Shoupeng Cao Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung @KLandfester Royal Society of Chemistry pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Curious about the open questions in the field of liquid-liquid phase separation? Check out our latest paper in Communications Chemistry for a discussion of current insights and open questions. Read here: nature.com/articles/s4200…

We are hiring! Wir suchen Unterstützung für unser Polymeranalytik Team im AK @KLandfester am Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung im Rahmen des SFB1551 "Polymer Concepts in Cellular Function" 🔬⚗️Chemiker/in (B.Sc.) oder äquivalent! @crc1551 - Please share! recruitingapp-5072.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/235/…

Group photo at the beautiful Schloss Ringberg (Ringberg Castle) in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps. Great discussions about sustainability during our departmental retreat last week. Special thanks to Svenja Morsbach for the organization! @KLandfester Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung.

Congratulations to Lucas Caire da Silva @LSilvaLab who has been selected as a 2023 Nanoscale journal family Emerging Investigator! Check out his article on the assembly of biomimetic microreactors using caged-coacervate droplets now @KLandfester Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung 👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Art…

Controlled Membrane Transport in Polymeric Biomimetic Nanoreactors (Caire da Silva) @LSilvaLab @KLandfester Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung #OpenAccess through #ProjektDEAL onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cb…

Tsvetomir Ivanov from the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung in Mainz presents adaptive multi-compartmentalized microreactors obtained by oleyl alcohol-assisted polymersome assembly Centre for Synthetic Biology TU Darmstadt @TUDarmstadt.

Assembly of multi-compartment cell mimics by droplet-based microfluidics. Check out the Concept article by Lucas Caire da Silva, Katharina Landfester and co-workers @mpip_polymer Landfester Department @LSilvaLab #OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sy…

Creating materials that mimic cellular structures is fun and challenging! Explore our recent paper in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces to learn more about adaptive compartments using polymers and microfluidics. ACS Publications Landfester Department Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Our latest research on artificial organelles is now published! Discover the potential of dipeptide coacervates in catalysis and synthetic biology in our article. nature.com/articles/s4146… Nature Communications Landfester Department Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung McGill Chemistry