🎉So proud of Yeyang Sun for winning 1st prize for his poster presentation at the #London #Polymer #Group #Symposium !A fantastic recognition for his hard work. Congratulations 🥳 Thanks the organisers for an amazing day of (polymer) science! #LPG2025

Talking about vaccines and the future of prevention and public health: thanks to Prof. Andrew Pollard Andrew Pollard and Prof. Mariagrazia Pizza for guiding us on journey through the latest scientific advances AISUK Association of Italian Scientists in the UK

Apply now to join my group as a postdoctoral Fellow at Imperial College London We are supporting applications for: - Imperial College Research Fellowship -Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships Get in touch: continilab.com #SoftMatter, #CellMimicry #polymerchemistry

🇮🇹 Yesterday, we celebrated the Italian Republic surrounded by #Caravaggio ’s masterpieces at the #NationalGallery . A perfect tribute to Italy’s rich heritage! ✨ #FestaDellaRepubblica

In celebration of International Women In Engineering Day 🚀 INWED #INWED25 #WomenInSTEM today we highlight articles by leading women in bioengineering, starting with protein design and optimization for synthetic cells by Petra Schwille and team: go.nature.com/3G6UPfP

Excited to be speaking at #LivingMachines2025 workshop on #Biomimetic #Microrobots as #Microscale Living Machines! See you in Sheffield on July 15!

📢 Applications for the Italy Made Me Prizes 2025 close on 15 August. An excellent opportunity to celebrate UK-based Italian researchers. Consolato Generale d'Italia a Edimburgo Italy in London Farnesina 🇮🇹 Find out how to apply 👇🏻 #ItalyMadeMe #Research #AcademicExcellence #CallForApplications

🚨New publication! Led by Talia Shmool, the project explores using ionic liquids to optimise IgG-Gold #nanoparticles for #DrugDelivery , including crossing the BBB with focused ultrasound. Great to have contributed! #drugdelivery ACS Nano Imperial College London doi.org/10.1021/acsnan…

Join us on July 15 for an afternoon packed with cutting-edge insights, innovation, and inspiration on Microscale robotics and living machines. Don’t miss out—connect, learn, and be part of the future! More information: sites.google.com/view/lm2025bio… #conference #AcademicTwitter

🎉Just out Chemical Communications! We present a modular strategy to create bacterial #biohybrids with magnetic motility, #biosensing, cargo release. 👏🏻huge congrats to Nina on her first-author paper and thanks to Yuval Elani and Matt for the great collaboration! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

We have our first speaker Professor Claudia Contini Claudia Contini, from Imperial College London, she’s presenting on - “Synthetic Cells: Programming Life-Like Behaviours in Minimal Systems.” Stefano Palagi European Research Council (ERC) Microscale Robotics Lab #livingmachine

🚨 New paper out! In my Nature Synthesis News & Views, I discuss how light-driven #chemistry enables dynamic life-like #protocells, highlighting the outstanding work of Lin and co-workers #SyntheticBiology #SyntheticCells Imperial College London Imperial Life Sciences nature.com/articles/s4416…

Now online: News & Views on the Article by Ke Shi, Peiyong Song, Jianwei Li, Yan Qiao & Yiyang Lin nature.com/articles/s4416… ($) From light to life-like protocells by Claudia Contini nature.com/articles/s4416… ($)

New academic faculty posts available at Imperial College London! Assistant/Associate Professors in Life Sciences. Please apply and/or circulate details! imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jo…

Come and join us! Imperial Life Sciences Imperial Sciences Imperial College London

Secondary schools: are your students passionate about Chemistry, Life Sciences, Maths & Physics? Join the Faculty of Natural Sciences at their Research Showcase! Suited to students at GCSE & above & open to all, scan the QR code to find out more & register to attend sessions!

💫Thrilled to see our work on the front cover of Small! This work explores how #polymers empower #SyntheticCells with programmable dynamics, enabling fusion, contraction and interactions with biological cells. Huge thanks to Michela Vargiolu for the stunning artwork!