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Claudia Contini

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BBSRC Fellow and Assistant Professor in Soft Matter and Life-like Systems. / Dept. Life Sciences, Imperial College London /📍London 🇬🇧 continilab.com

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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I am recruiting a Research Associate for an exciting ARIA-funded project on #motile #vesicle #engineering. Please read the full job description before applying Please repost/share with your network! www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-... @imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialsci.bsky.social
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Soon there will be a Postdoctoral position available in the group at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social to work on creating #motile #synthetic #vesicles for intracellular delivery. Expertise in #SoftMatter and delivery systems are required. Feel free to get in touch or share this post.
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
What a fantastic evening celebrating the 10th anniversary of AISUK at the Italian Embassy in London! 🇮🇹 🚀 t was a real pleasure to meet Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti @esa.int in person and listening to her experiences and thoughts on the European space exploration and science innovation.
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European Synthetic Cell Initiative @syncelleu.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
And if you missed the event, click the link below for a glimpse of what happened over the three days of the conference. edu.nl/vpfyd We hope to see many of you next year at SynCell2027 in Minneapolis, USA! (7–9 June 2027) #SynCell #SyntheticCell #Research
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Highlights of SynCell2026
SynCell2026, the conference on engineering synthetic cells and organelles, took place in London in April 2026. Did you miss the event? Watch the video for a glimpse of the conference.
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
#SynCell2026 …what an incredible experience! It was a real pleasure to receive many positive feedback and, above all, to collaborate with Stefania Usai and @syncelleu.bsky.social , the scientific committee and everyone involved in making this event possible. #teameffort #SynCell
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Michael Booth @drmikebooth.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Great to be at the 2026 Synthetic Cell international conference in London! Such a fantastic community to be in ❤️ Thanks to all the organisers @continiclau.bsky.social @syncelleu.bsky.social
Intro slide from syncell 2026
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Only one week to go until the #SynCell2026 conference in #London ! Looking forward to connecting with many of you and enjoying inspiring discussions. See you there! www.iop.org/events/synce...
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SynCell 2026
The International Conference on Engineering Synthetic Cells and Organelles is back!
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
🚨 Please share this fully-funded #PhD #opportunity within your network!👇 👇 Only two weeks are left to apply! @imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialsci.bsky.social @imperial-edu.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
www.findaphd.com/phds/program... This opportunity is for home students only.
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FindAPhD : Faculty of Medicine EPSRC UDLA Studentships at Imperial College London at Imperial College London
Apply for a PhD: Faculty of Medicine EPSRC UDLA Studentships at Imperial College London at Imperial College London
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microrobot.lab @microrobotlab.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
We had the pleasure of hosting Dr. @continiclau.bsky.social last week for a fascinating seminar on artificial cells with a focus on how soft matter can lead to cell-like behaviour. Thank you for visiting! See you soon✨ @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social #artificialcells #softmatter #science
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
🚨new #PhD #opportunity open in our group! In collaboration with John Tregoning,we are recruiting for a project focused on #engineering #synthetic #vesicle platforms for programmable #immune #training and #vaccine #delivery. 📅 Application deadline: 16th April www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/stu...
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How to apply | Faculty of Medicine | Imperial College London
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Matilde Concilio @matildeconcilio.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
After climbing Mount Kinabalu (4095.2 m!), I’m ready for my next adventure. I’m excited to share that on Monday I’ll be starting my second postdoc in the @continiclau.bsky.social group at Imperial College London.
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Happy to join the #BBSRC #People and #Talent #Advisory #Pool to provide feedback on specific policies or surveys and engage with other strategy advisory or funding panels across BBSRC. www.ukri.org/councils/bbs...
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
BBSRC invests to push back the frontiers of biology and deliver a healthy, prosperous and sustainable future.
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
#Synthetic #Cells, what are they and how can we use of them? 👇👇👇 @syncelleu.bsky.social @imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialsci.bsky.social @synbio.bsky.social
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Registrations are now open! Hope to see many of you in London! #SynCell26
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Looking forward to parted at the #MRSFall25 Meeting in #Boston this week. Lots of great symposium sessions ahead! If you are around, feel free to reach out!
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Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre @engbioirc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
There is still time to register for the EngBio Forum on Monday. It's free to attend with a great speaker line up - Andreas Walther @waltherlab.bsky.social and Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social exploring #SyntheticCells #LifeLikeSystems #EngineeringBiology 🎟️🫱 buytickets.at/engineeringb...
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Register – EngBio Forum: Synthetic Cells – St Catharine's College, Cambridge
EngBio Forum: Synthetic Cells – St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Mon 10 Nov 2025 - Engineering Biology: Synthetic Cells Registration is now open for our next Engineering Biology Forum on Monday 10 N...
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Are you interested in how #living and #synthetic systems navigate chemical gradients, from #bacteria to #active #colloids? Click here: doi.org/10.1002/anie... #EngineeringBiology #SyntheticBiology #ActiveMatter #SoftMatter
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Perspective on Interdisciplinary Approaches on Chemotaxis
Chemotaxis is the movement of individual organisms towards or away from a chemical stimulus. This phenomenon is investigated in various disciplines, ranging from biology to physics and even engineeri....
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jsimmchen.bsky.social @jsimmchen.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
In May 2024 we had a great workshop on chemotaxis in the MPI PKS in Dresden! The social impressions are in the picture below, and the scientific discussions are summarised in Angewandte Chemie lnkd.in/d6ymRhGK What a nice way to remember!
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European Synthetic Cell Initiative @syncelleu.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
If you happen to be in Cambridge (UK) on 10 November, come and join the EngBio forum. Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social and Andreas Walther @waltherlab.bsky.social will be presenting their work on synthetic cells. #syncell #syntheticcell #research
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Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre @engbioirc.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Join us at our EngBio Forum on 10 Nov with Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social. Her lab studies how cells work by rebuilding their processes from the ground up and explores biohybrid systems. Don’t miss it!🎟️👉 buytickets.at/engineeringb...
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ComeInCell @comeincell.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Starting the week on a great note! 🤗 Here’s a snapshot from our #ComeInCell DC introductory meeting, which took place on 02.10 at the #MPICI in Potsdam, co-hosted by #SigSynCell. A big thank you to everyone who joined, both in person and online! #MSCA #HorizonEurope
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Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre @engbioirc.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
We're extremely excited to welcome Prof Andreas Walther @waltherlab.bsky.social and Dr Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social for our next Forum We'll be exploring #SyntheticCells #LifeLikeSystems and #EngineeringBiology from the bottom-up Don't miss it, register now! 👉 bit.ly/engbio-forum-nov25
Headshots of speakers Andreas Walther and Claudia Contini next to text that reads "Engineering Biology Forum. Synthetic Cells. Mon 10 Nov. 5pm to 8pm. St Catharine's College, Cambridge".
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James Saenz @jamessaenz.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Celebrating the last night of Biomembrane Days with a proper German meal 🍺
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Work led by RMIT, Melbourne.
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
@imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialsci.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @rsc.org
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Excited to share this new extensive review in #Chemical #Society #Review on #nanoparticle - #membrane interaction. Thanks Rashad Kariuki, Aaron Elbourne, Saffron Bryant and Andrew J. Christofferson for leading this work! 💫 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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Interactions of nanoparticles with living and synthetic bio-membrane
Interactions between nanomaterials and biointerfaces are of great interest across many research fields, including chemistry, physics, engineering, and biology, with applications from diagnostics to th...
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Dimova Lab @dimovalab.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
@continiclau.bsky.social at the #BiomembtaneDays25 introduced us to a variety of synthetic-cell-like systems showing motility, contraction and deformation @comeincell.bsky.social
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Dimova Lab @dimovalab.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
🎉 Finally: tomorrow Sept 29 we open BIOMEMBRANE DAYS 2025 in Berlin: 3 days packed with exciting science on membranes! Looking forward to an amazing program of invited & contributed talks, posters & lively discussions. 📍 events.mpikg.mpg.de/event/15/ @ewerslab.bsky.social @mpici.bsky.social
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Looking forward to seeing many of you at the Biomembrane Days! events.mpikg.mpg.de/event/15/
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Biomembrane Days 2025
Membranes form the intricately shaped compartments of life. The Biomembrane Days are a triannual workshop that highlights recent advances in understanding the morphology and molecular organization of ...
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
See you there! 🤩
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Welcome to the team, Zain!
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European Synthetic Cell Initiative @syncelleu.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
📢The Contini Lab is hiring! Based at Imperial College, you will join a vibrant, multidisciplinary team developing next-generation nanomaterials and synthetic biology platforms to tackle antimicrobial resistance. Apply before 19 October! #syncell #syntheticcell
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Link available also on #jobs ac.uk: #PDRA #Research #Biomimic #AcademicJobs www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT355/r...
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Research Associate in Antimicrobial Materials and Biomimetic Interfaces at Imperial College London
Recruiting now: Research Associate in Antimicrobial Materials and Biomimetic Interfaces on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I am looking for a motivated #Postdoctoral #Researcher to join my group at Imperial @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperiallifesci.bsky.social. The project focuses on #Antimicrobial #Materials & #Biomimetic #Interfaces Please repost! @imperialsci.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Michael Booth @drmikebooth.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
We’ve developed the first-ever method to control nucleic acid activity and gene-expressing synthetic cells with a deeply tissue penetrating alternating magnetic field 🧬 🧪 🧲!!! Published in *Nature Chemistry* Led by Ellen Parkes @syncelleu.bsky.social #chemsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Magnetic activation of spherical nucleic acids enables the remote control of synthetic cells - Nature Chemistry
The programmability of synthetic cells, comprising lipid vesicles that are capable of imitating the structure and function of living cells, facilitates their application as drug delivery devices. Now,...
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
@imperialsci.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @syncelleu.bsky.social @synbio.bsky.social
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
💫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! @imperiallifesci.bsky.social
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Come and join us!! @imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
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Dan Davis @dandavis101.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
New academic faculty posts available at Imperial College London! Assistant/Associate Professors in Life Sciences. Please apply and/or circulate details! www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Cees Dekker @ceesdekker.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
WORK! I currently have 5 (!) open positions for postdocs/PhD students in our CDlab for projects: - Nanopore protein sequencing - Archaeal CDV cell division - Microfluidics for synthetic cells - Nuclear Pore Complex - Origami mimics of peroxisomes Please apply! ceesdekkerlab.nl/come-join-us/ RT=👍
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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
A sneak peek at some of the upcoming talks at the FoNS Research Showcase on 11 September 2025.... Register now! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19397...
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Elisa Franco @francolab.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
200 engineering/life science/medical grants, including my lab's NIH MIRA, have been suspended. In case you are wondering, this means immediately stop spending = stop paying salaries for students & postdocs. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Trump freezes $200 million in UCLA science and medical research funding, citing antisemitism
The Trump administration has frozen roughly $200 million in National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and other federal agency-funded research at UCLA, citing allegations the school d...
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Nature Synthesis @natsynth.nature.com · 28/07/2025
Now online: News & Views on the Article by Ke Shi, Peiyong Song, Jianwei Li, Yan Qiao & Yiyang Lin www.nature.com/articles/s44... ($) From light to life-like protocells by @continiclau.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44... ($) #Chemsky
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From light to life-like protocells - Nature Synthesis
Light-driven chemical reactivity enables a synthetic system to give rise to protocells with dynamic, life-like behaviour.
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
New paper! 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 @imperiallifesci.bsky.social @natsynth.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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From light to life-like protocells - Nature Synthesis
Light-driven chemical reactivity enables a synthetic system to give rise to protocells with dynamic, life-like behaviour.
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
🎉Just out in @chemcomm.rsc.org! We present a modular strategy to create bacterial #biohybrids with magnetic motility, #biosensing and cargo release. 👏🏻huge congrats to Nina on her first first-author paper and thanks to Yuval and Matt for the great collaboration! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org
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Microfluidic generation of bacterial biohybrids for magnetic guidance and content release
Bacterial biohybrids use bacterial and synthetic components for biotechnological applications. Here, we outline an adaptable and high-throughput microfluidic platform to create microscale biocontained...
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
🚨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. #drugdelivery @pubs.acs.org @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Design Principles for Engineering Ionic Liquid-Gold Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Delivery to the Brain
Ionic liquid (IL) nanotechnology holds significant promise for designing nanoscale materials with tunable viscosity, polarity, and thermal stability for advanced therapeutic applications. However, the...
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Excited to be speaking at #LivingMachines2025 workshop on #Biomimetic #Microrobots as #Microscale Living Machines! See you in Sheffield on July 15! sites.google.com/view/lm2025b...
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Apply now to join my group as a postdoctoral Fellow at @imperialcollege We are supporting applications for: - Imperial College Research Fellowship -Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships Get in touch: continilab.com #SoftMatter, #CellMimicry #polymerchemistry
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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
🇮🇹 Yesterday, we celebrated the Italian Republic surrounded by #Caravaggio ’s masterpieces at the #NationalGallery . A perfect tribute to Italy’s rich heritage! ✨ #FestaDellaRepubblica
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