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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

A big shout out to my amazing coauthors who helped me get it over the line: Mark, @sourav-p.bsky.social, and @kmasania.bsky.social. And to the @erc.europa.eu for supporting this work!

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Ingo Nettersheim @ingonettersheim.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

🧬I attempted RNA isolation on some grass from outside the faculty and obtained two perfect 18S and 28S rRNA bands... So, my 10 failed attempts on my own sample were due to improper lysis, after all... I'm happy to figure out it wasn't my dirty RNase-hands...😅 #PhDlife #molecularbiology #TUDelft

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween from SML! The only contamination we're allowing in the biolab this season is ectoplasm! 👻🧫

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Check out this cool paper from @sschyck.bsky.social that answers an unexpected question: How fast can hematite swim?! 🌊 #ActiveMatter #Microswimmers #SoftMatter #AppliedMaterialsToday ~IN

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Ingo Nettersheim @ingonettersheim.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

🌳 Check out these two happy faces! Kimon and Elijah finished their bachelor's theses last week! 🌿 It was a lot of fun to guide them in the process and to have them working on my project. All the best with the next step, guys! 🪴 #PhDlife #plantscience #engineeredlivingmaterials

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Saurav presented his latest work, developed with Sid Kumar, Prakash Thakolakaran, and Jovana Jovanova, at ESMC 2025 in Lyon and MARSS 2025 at Purdue! He showed how mechanics, machine learning, and additive manufacturing create the next-gen piezoelectric metamaterials 🦾👨‍💻 @saurav-sharma.bsky.social

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Ingo Nettersheim @ingonettersheim.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

🍁🍂🍁 Autumn has arrived at @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social #TUDelft #AerospaceEngineering 🍄🍄‍🟫🍄

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Milestone alert 🥂 SML's Knight in Shining Armour, Sarah, officially knighted her ChemE comrade Reece on April 15th — from labs to vows, what a plot twist 💒🎉 Big cheers to the newlyweds and lots of good luck and happiness for your future! @kmasania.bsky.social @sschyck.bsky.social

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Ingo Nettersheim @ingonettersheim.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

It was fun to pitch my work on 3D printing of lab-grown wood at the EPS Annual Meeting! The people from @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social are an amazing brainy bunch with a lot of great input and ideas. 🌱 Thanks for the support @julianverdonk.bsky.social @kmasania.bsky.social! #plantscience

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Ingo Nettersheim @ingonettersheim.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Thanks for saving the tree in front of my office window, guys! It did get me wondering whether we could have made living rope-tree #composites. Time to write a grant @kmasania.bsky.social...? #plantscience #engineeredlivingmaterials

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Kunal Masania @kmasania.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

We have two new vacancies to join our research team at TU Delft! @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social 1. postdoc on 🐝 insect inspired 3D printing! lnkd.in/eDigGhRY 2. phd/postdoc to develop a new sustainable bio-inspired material based on 🦠 bacteria & 🧬 protein. lnkd.in/enK8-UKj lnkd.in/eS3USYxX

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

How are wind turbine blades manufactured? Last week, we had the opportunity to find out how the Suzlon group manufactures their wind turbine blades on a visit with the NXTGEN Hightech Composites 3-Zero Defect consortium. It was super enlightening, thanks to everyone involved!

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

This week saw SML taking a well-deserved recharge on the slopes of the beautiful french alps!🏂 The beginning of a new tradition... With freshened heads we're now back to work! 👩🏼‍🔬🔬🧪🌱

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Welcome Winston Lindqwister (Post-Doc) and Jimmy Cheng (as phD) to SML! Winston (left) will be making multi-scale computational models of hierarchical fungal engineered living materials 🍄 👩‍💻 while Jimmy is going to be researching Bioinspired Grippers 🤖 . #bioinspiredgrippers #Multiscalemodelling

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Congratulations on your super successful MSc graduation Aster Tournoy, with a cum laude! 🎉🥂Aster developed a fault detection system for small-scale 3D printers that can identify 12 common printing errors using computer vision with up to 97% accuracy. 📸courtesy - Aster Tournoy @kmasania.bsky.social

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Kunal Masania @kmasania.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Back to the office after a few days away, to find this note from a student. ❤️ makes all the hard work worthwhile! @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social @ingonettersheim.bsky.social

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Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

✈️Safe trip home Napat! 🚀Napat visited our group for the past six months to 3D print emulsions all the way from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. It was great having you around! We figure you will not miss the Dutch winter weather... ⛈️ #3dprinting #emulsions

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Ingo Nettersheim @ingonettersheim.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

🚀Super proud of Wouter, the first master's student I had the pleasure to guide through his master's thesis! He did a really cool thesis on 3D printing of bioinspired, bacteria-embedded ceramic composites. #engineeredlivingmaterials #3Dprinting @kmasania.bsky.social @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social

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Ingo Nettersheim @ingonettersheim.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

🪴A couple of months ago, we received an NWO-XS grant to explore the 3D printing of lab-grown wood. Stuff is cooking in the lab... stay tuned! 🔬🚀 Find out more: t.co/tfvPI0Yqsq @julianverdonk.bsky.social @kmasania.bsky.social @tudelft.bsky.social @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social

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Kunal Masania @kmasania.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

Super excited to be at @AaltoUniversity for the @LIBER_Centre symposium! #ELMs #hybridlivingsystems Looking forward to some wonderful talks and making new friends! @Shaping_Matter @AETUDelft t.co/J6YT00WsFd

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Kunal Masania @kmasania.bsky.social · 25/04/2024

Big congrats to @anapolymer from our sustainable polymers session for being one of the best poster winners of the first poster session #S24MRS ! Well done! 🥳 @ERoumeli t.co/23rg9nHM7m

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Kunal Masania @kmasania.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

Our session has started at #S24MRS mega line up of scientists coming up in the next four days of talks and posters 🥳! @Shaping_Matter @AETUDelft t.co/qbVPRaKuvw

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Kunal Masania @kmasania.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

Do you want to pioneer closed-loop data-driven methods to bring #additivemanufacturing processes closer to the resilience found in the growth of living organisms 🌲 Check out this new PhD position t.co/qNaiScWkAM RT🙏

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Kunal Masania @kmasania.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

I had the chance to participate in a #climatefresk to help understand my own blind spots towards #climatechange Absolutely fascinating and I’m scared but remain optimistic! Check t.co/8HtvOuDYfB t.co/nK9eMRhDQv

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Kunal Masania @kmasania.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

What an impressive 1st day touring #India @iitdelhi with @tudelft @TimvanderHagen ! Highlight was meeting the wonderful scientists and the lovely @marisagerards hosting us at @NLinIndia in the Iconic Jinnah House 🙏🏽 t.co/uquAzLczTP

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Kunal Masania @kmasania.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

When revision discussions get out of hand 😂🤦🏽‍♂️ #thanksBram @AETUDelft @Shaping_Matter t.co/KeDw522FbC

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Kunal Masania @kmasania.bsky.social · 10/08/2023

Come join us to push the digital boundaries of composites AM! RX (no clue how to call it) appreciated 🙏 t.co/lvP6nkaiXc

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Kunal Masania @kmasania.bsky.social · 18/07/2023

Finally someone read our survival guide. Welcome Derin and thanks for the cake! @Shaping_Matter @AETUDelft t.co/CDvuBKWoO4

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Kunal Masania @kmasania.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

Such an honour to open the #DoSChem summer school in @univienna! Now enjoying the other keynotes from Frank Würther and @CarloBarbante in the Auer von Welsbach-Hörsaal where Einstein studied #science #nopressure 😳@IMCRUnivie @AETUDelft @Shaping_Matter t.co/rfuUfreXbT

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