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Shirish @shrikrishnans.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

We recently discovered that our engineered lactobacilli are far more obedient when confined in a gel - doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... If you want the highlights of the story, check out the LinkedIN post image. @marcblanch.bsky.social @varunsays.bsky.social @leibnizinm.bsky.social

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Marc Blanch-Asensio @marcblanch.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The final major work of my PhD is finally out! In this work, we generated genetic switches that exerted enhanced performance upon bacterial encapsulation within materials, leading to switchable protein release from ELMs! Link in the comments🧬🧬 @varunsays.bsky.social 👏🏻 @shrikrishnans.bsky.social 👏🏻

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Marc Blanch-Asensio @marcblanch.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

The first two successful PCRs as a fresh postdoc in the Materials Synthetic Biology group, led by Prof. Wilfried Weber. @matsynbio.bsky.social @leibnizinm.bsky.social Not a bad start to this exciting opportunity 🧬 🧫. Stay tuned for more!

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Materials Synthetic Biology Group @matsynbio.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Join our team: PhD opportunity in living therapeutic materials Our group is looking for an enthusiastic PhD to work on the development of safety-by-design strategies for living therapeutic materials. Apply by July 31st, 2025 : leibniz-inm.softgarden.io/job/57247378... @leibnizinm.bsky.social

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Marc Blanch-Asensio @marcblanch.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

It’s great to see this amazing study published! Congratulations to the whole team 👏🏼 Highly fluorescent probiotic bacteria I engineered are a tiny part of the story. If interested in expressing any GOI in Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, you might consider using this plasmid www.addgene.org/229145/

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Addgene: pTec_mCherry

Plasmid pTec_mCherry from Dr. Shrikrishnan Sankaran's lab contains the insert mCherry and is published in Microb Cell Fact. 2024 Feb 7;23(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s12934-024-02302-7. This plasmid is avail...

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Marc Blanch-Asensio @marcblanch.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

“A long road paved with more than 400 oligos leading to a sleepless PCR machine”. That’s a #PhD wrap! Closing soon this chapter with pride, and opening the next one with excitement! 🧬 #synbio

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Shirish @shrikrishnans.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Synthetic Biology runs on plasmids and we've got some for engineering lactobacilli that are in high demand! So, we finally did the sensible thing and deposited them with Addgene to make them easily accessible - www.addgene.org/Shrikrishnan... Thanks @sourikdey.bsky.social & @marcblanch.bsky.social

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Materials Synthetic Biology Group @matsynbio.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Hi Bluesky! 👋 Here it is the Materials Synthetic Biology group at the @leibnizinm.bsky.social. Looking forward to connecting with the Synthetic Biology and Engineered Living Materials community!

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Marc Blanch-Asensio @marcblanch.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Thrilled to see our PEARLs rising to the surface! PEARL is now published in SMALL 🤏🏼🧐🔬 Please check it out if interested in probiotic bacteria genetic engineering and engineering living materials! 🧿 🦪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Congrats to the whole team! 👏🏻

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PEARL: Protein Eluting Alginate with Recombinant Lactobacilli

Probiotic lactobacilli meet engineered living materials: This study introduces PEARL (protein eluting alginate with recombinant lactobacilli), an innovative engineered living material combining Lacti...

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Marc Blanch-Asensio @marcblanch.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Good night NY! 🗽 Views from the Brooklyn bridge 📸

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Marc Blanch-Asensio @marcblanch.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Good morning Boston! 🍀🦞 Views from MIT campus 🎓

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cansukok.bsky.social @cansukok.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Excited to be here at #f24MRS A fantastic opportunity to share ideas, learn from inspiring experts, and connect with individuals in the field! ✨ @materials-mrs.bsky.social

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cansukok.bsky.social @cansukok.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I am happy to share that my SEM image titled ‘Moonlit Woods’ has been selected as one of the 50 finalists in the science art competition at #f24MRS 👩‍🎨 #scienceart #nanoart

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Marc Blanch-Asensio @marcblanch.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

These are alginate beads containing engineered Lactobacillus. Our promoter is so strong that turns these probiotic bacteria red even inside materials! 🧬 Cool? Stay tuned! #elm #synbio

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Albert Blanch-Asensio @ablanchasensio.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Hey #BlueSky! Here is my first #FluorescenceFriday post! This cardiac organoid was derived from #hiPSC and imaged using light sheet #microscopy 🔬. 🔵 Cardiomyocytes 🔴 Endothelial cells 🟡 Fibroblasts More coming next week! 🧪 #Science #Biology #CellBiology #SciArt @benjaminbjohnson.bsky.social

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Shirish @shrikrishnans.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

It's great to be here and immediately discover the engineered living materials community! There are already two amazing starter packs: @theresearch.bsky.social - go.bsky.app/RinsDZh @marcblanch.bsky.social - go.bsky.app/EKRq4zp #ELM #SynBio #Biomaterials

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Varun Tadimarri @varunsays.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Hi All, I have noticed that there are several SynBio starter packs but none focused mainly on bacteria. I have created a bacterial synthetic biology starter pack to discuss and share some cool SynBio ideas. Looking forward to see some intriguing SynBio posts on the feed ! go.bsky.app/7biR6Ga

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cansukok.bsky.social @cansukok.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The DLE starter pack is a forward-thinking community focused on advancing technology and sustainability in the lithium extraction news.🔋 go.bsky.app/VruYbT4 #lithium #DLE #materialchemistry #lithiumextraction #energystorage #energy #battery #research

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Marc Blanch-Asensio @marcblanch.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I thought it would be a good idea to create a starter pack for Engineered Living Materials so the community can grow and post in this platform. Please share and feel free to contact me or comment if you want to be added (or removed)! go.bsky.app/EKRq4zp

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