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Di Michele Lab

@dimichelelab1.bsky.social
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Lorenzo Di Michele's research group at @cebcambridge.bsky.social University of Cambridge (and also a bit at Imperial College). Working on DNA/RNA nanotechnology and Synthetic Cells

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Di Michele Lab @dimichelelab1.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
As promised, we run the town and gown 10k! In the photos are group members @rogerrubiosanchez.bsky.social Juliette Bucci, Brian Ng, Cathrine Fan, Sebastian Krauss and Lorenzo (the old one). Thanks to all who supported us with donations to @mdukcharity.bsky.social
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Di Michele Lab @dimichelelab1.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Hey! Some group members and I are running a 10k race in Cambridge this Sunday, and raining some funds for @mdukcharity.bsky.social Please donate and share! @ceb.cam.ac.uk @pembroke1347.bsky.social sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/...
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SportsGiving - Entry: Lorenzo Di Michele
Lorenzo Di Michele is fundraising for charity. Visit their fundraising page to sponsor them online now!
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Di Michele Lab @dimichelelab1.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Check out this new @jacs.acspublications.org paper by @rogerrubiosanchez.bsky.social. Building cation responsive DNA receptors for synthetic cells!
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Jonathan Hedley @drjonhedley.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Happy to have developed the theory here, linking sequence-dependent charge patterns to favourable electrostatic interactions between homologous dsDNA🧬🧬 Matching theory & expt suggests a physical basis for sequence recognition that may underpin aspects of recombination, DNA repair, and replication.
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Di Michele Lab @dimichelelab1.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Also - we still need to decide where to submit this. Let’s try an unofficial poll. Where do BlueSky DNA enthusiasts see manuscript?
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Di Michele Lab @dimichelelab1.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
It turns out sDNA 🧬 interacts selectively! Andy Stannard measured these interactions very (very) precisely, and Ehud Haimov, @drjonhedley.bsky.social‬, Alexei Kornyshev worked out how it all works. It has to do with charge correlation... Check it out here chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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Detection and quantification of counterion-mediated homologous recognition in double-stranded DNA
Stretches of double-stranded DNA sharing the same sequence can recognise each other in cells. This phenomenon, known as homologous recognition, is essential for DNA recombination and repair. Yet, its ...
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Diana Tanase @dianatanase.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
My work on DNA condensates @dimichelelab1.bsky.social is now out! 🧬🎉🍬 A huge thank you to @francolab.bsky.social lab for their invaluable expertise and to everyone in our lab for their insights, feedback, and countless discussions along the way. I’ve learned so much from working with you all!
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Di Michele Lab @dimichelelab1.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Thrilled to share this new Adv. Sci. paper by @dianatanase.bsky.social with Dino Osmanovic @rogerrubiosanchez.bsky.social @laylamalouf.bsky.social @francolab.bsky.social. We demonstrate a modular approach to program internal phase separation in DNA condensates 1/n doi.org/10.1002/advs...
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Internal Phase Separation in Synthetic DNA Condensates
The modular, programmable system of DNA nanostructures developed provides programmatic control over multiphase condensate behavior, enabling mapping onto a predictive Flory-Huggins model. This combin...
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Di Michele Lab @dimichelelab1.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Thrilled to share our latest preprint on expressing synthetic organelles made from RNA nanostructures in bacteria! 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Expression of nano-engineered RNA organelles in bacteria
Designing synthetic biomolecular condensates, or membrane-less organelles, offers insights on the functions of their natural counterparts, and is equally valuable for cellular and metabolic engineerin...
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 03/01/2025
Origami Black Hole xkcd.com/3033
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Di Michele Lab @dimichelelab1.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Happy new year everyone, and some great news! We have an opening for a PhD candidate to join our lab @cebcambridge.bsky.social in October 2025 as part of the new exciting MSCA Doctoral Network @comeincell.bsky.social jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49240/
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Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 06/12/2024
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Di Michele Lab @dimichelelab1.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Great to see @pembroke1347.bsky.social here!
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Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 20/11/2024
HI! 👋 We’re the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge. We like: 🧪Science that pushes the envelope 🌏Working to solve the world’s biggest challenges 🧑‍🔬Collaborating with amazing scientists 🫖Tea! 🤖Robots! #DrivenByCuriosity #DrivingChange
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Di Michele Lab @dimichelelab1.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Amazing to see our work on designer RNA condensates featured on the cover of @naturenano.bsky.social!!! #RNAnanotech #condensates #SynCells www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Co-transcriptional production of programmable RNA condensates and synthetic organelles - Nature Nanotechnology
Controlling RNA and protein condensation is helpful in synthetic biology. Here the authors show programmable assembly of synthetic RNA nanostructures into designer membrane-less organelles that select...
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