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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Electronics everywhere! Prof. Tobias Kraus shares his prediction of the future where stretchable electronics will be integrated everywhere to improve lives More about this on our latest Material Minds episode - tinyurl.com/stretchelec #technology #electronics #podcast

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Happy Women's Day!💃 Thanks to all women dedicating your lives to make the world a better place 🌍

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Let's learn some surprising things about hummingbird tongues. First, as you can see, their tongues are forked & feathery, highly specialized for lapping up their liquid diet of nectar. But it gets weirder up close!

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #13 – Answer! ✨ Tiny water droplets naturally form perfect spheres. If droplets look too perfectly round and evenly sized, you’re often looking at physics doing its thing. Stay tuned for the next MMM! 🔬🕵️ #AcademicSky

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Today we celebrate all our #womeninscience who are creating new materials for a better world #womeninstem #girlsinstem #academicsky

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Microscopy Mystery Monday #13 🔬🕵️ Can you guess what this beautiful image belongs to? (👉 Like the comment with your answer to vote!) #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #12 – Answer! ✨ S. gordonii is a pioneer colonizer of dental plaque. It’s one of the first bacteria to settle on clean tooth enamel and helps other microbes move in later. Basically, it throws the house party 🦠🦷 Stay tuned for the next MMM! 🔬🕵️ #AcademicSky

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Microscopy Mystery Monday #12 🔬🕵️ Can you guess what this beautiful construct belongs to? (👉 Like the comment with your answer to vote!) #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

POV: Your cells died again! 😅 Occupational safety office, please close your eyes 🫣 #lablaughs #memesky #academicsky

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #11 – Answer! ✨ The tiny hairs on Frauenmantel leaves, together with a wrinkled micro-surface, trap air and make the leaf extremely water-repellent — that’s why droplets sit on top instead of soaking in! Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬🕵️ #AcademicSky

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

There goes my week's worth of work down the drain! ✌️😐🔫 #lablaughs #memesky #academicsky

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

What's the environmental impact of an entire human life? In the latest Material Minds, Matthias Finkbeiner @tuberlin.bsky.social explores the first ‘LCA of a Human Being,’ lithium mining in Chile, and more. A fascinating look at sustainability beyond carbon. Full video - youtu.be/GmG77iWN17o?...

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Life Cycle Assessment: Whats our true impact on the Planet | Material Minds with Matthias Finkbeiner

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Microscopy Mystery Monday #11 🔬🕵️ Can you guess what this beautiful construct belongs to? (👉 Like the comment with your answer to vote!) #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

🎄✨Microscopy Mystery Christmas Edition - Answer Electrochemically grown silver dendrites Just like ice crystals, these are crystals formed when silver solidifies very quickly from a solution, for example, during electrolysis Watch out for the next Microscopy Mystery in the new year! #academicsky

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

...and nothing prepares you for the thesis writing stage at the bottom 😅 #memesky #academicsky

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🎄 ✨ Microscopy Mistery Monday- Christmas Edition ✨🎄 Behind today's Microscopy Quiz lies a beautiful structure. Its shape can be seen everywhere at the moment, but what is it? (👉 Like the comment with your answer to vote!) #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Oskar Staufer @ostaufer.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

New paper out in NatureComm: We built synthetic immune cells that self-assemble with cancer cells into hybrid tumoroids, enabling bottom-up reconstruction of the tumor immune microenvironment. rdcu.be/eUmRM @leibnizinm.bsky.social

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #10 – Answer! ✨ 🦎 Gecko foot!! Gecko feet stick using van der Waals forces — the same weak forces that let DUST cling to surfaces! Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀 #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #9 – Answer! ✨ 📄 Paper fibers! Paper is made of tiny interlocking cellulose fibers — the same natural polymer that gives plants their strength. ✨ Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀 #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Microscopy Mystery Monday #10 🔬🕵️ Can you guess what this textured surface belongs to? (👉 Like the comment with your answer to vote!) #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Shirish @shrikrishnans.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Added the finishing touches to my presentation for today's #F25MRS SB03 session at 13:45 (room H105) The Engineered Living Materials talks in this symposium have been really inspiring and I'm most looking forward to the therapeutic living materials sessions today! @materials-mrs.bsky.social

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

New Materials is what we do, so you can be sure to find us at the @materials-mrs.bsky.social Fall Meeting #F25MRS! Find talks from Tobias, @wilfriedweber.bsky.social, and @shrikrishnans.bsky.social over the next few days - eppro01.ativ.me/web/planner.... #academicsky

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Shirish @shrikrishnans.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

All set for the engineered living materials session at the MRS fall meeting in Boston! #F25MRS Thanks to @annaduraj.bsky.social for the invite 😁

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Microscopy Mystery Monday #9 🔬🕵️ Looks fibrous and tangled — can you guess what this is? (👉 Like the comment with your answer to vote!) #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 20/11/2025

Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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From populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements, conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-replicating g...

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

An Engineered Living Material with pro-angiogenic activity inducible by near-infrared light www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

p < 0.05 gives feelings of power, joy, validity, vitality, rebirth, and so much more! Ironically, this graph has no distribution to perform such statistical analysis on 😅 #lablaughs #memesky #academicsky

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

What do Nobel Laureates look for in PhD and Post-doc candidates? What's needed to win a #NobelPrize? What do Nobel prize winners think about #AI? Find out from Anna, Mingren, and Delvina, who share insights and anecdotes from this year's Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting - youtu.be/mP6y6Yj3zFE?...

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Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Insights: AI, Sustainability, & Nobel Secrets | Material Minds

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Microscopy Mystery Monday #8 🔬🕵️ Under the microscope, nature’s designs can look almost engineered — can you guess what this one is? (👉 Like the comment with your answer to vote!) #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #7 – Answer! ✨ 🐝 Bee stinger! Fun fact: The bee stinger’s barbed design inspired microneedles for painless drug delivery! 💉✨ Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀 #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

It's so exciting to start a new research lab until you realize that science is expensive and your budget ran out after installing the benches 😅 Any junior PIs out there who can relate? #memesky #lablaughs #academicsky

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Microscopy Mystery Monday #7 🔬🕵️ Looks like something you wouldn’t want to step on… what could it be? (👉 Like the comment with your answer to vote!) #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #6 – Answer! ✨ 🦋 Insect wing membrane! Fun fact: Insect wings have vein networks that give them strength, flexibility, and airflow regulation during flight! 🦋✨ Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀 #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Microscopy Mystery Monday #6 🔬🕵️ Magnified mystery — can you guess what’s in the picture? (👉 Like the comment with your answer to vote!) #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #5 – Answer! ✨ Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVECs) HUVECs are a key model for studying how blood vessels grow and interact with materials! 🩸✨ Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀 #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween from the Ghosts in our lab! 🎃 The lab has claimed many a scientists' soul and on Halloween, they come out to play 👻👻👻 #Halloween #Ghostphotoshoot #academicsky #memesky

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Science is hard. Often the success rate of anything we try is only 10%, not unlike some of the toughest games out there! But it's all worth it, since every little success gets us closer to the next level (of knowledge and technology) #LabLaughs #memesky #academicsky

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Microscopy Mystery Monday #5 🔬🕵️ Under the lens: what’s in the picture? (👉 Like the comment with your answer to vote!) #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Microneedles + conductive ink = sturdier on-skin sensing INM co-authors show a fenestrated shell that protects the sensing layer for transdermal pH readout. Out now in Advanced Functional Materials - doi.org/10.1002/adfm... @nicovoelcker.bsky.social @wiley.com #academicsky

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

A PhD is an amazing opportunity but it's also really tough, especially in the final years. If you're planning to start one or have started one, be prepared for an emotional roller coaster. Anyone out here with a doctorate who hasn't experienced this? #LabLaughs #memesky #academicsky

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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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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #4 – Answer! ✨ A gel made of Gold Nanowires! Ultrathin gold nanowires form a pale, conductive gel ⚡️—for flexible electronics, microsensors, and electrocatalysis. Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀 #MicroscopyMystery #Microscopy #academicsky #MMM

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

This seems like a hypothetical scenario but has anyone experienced this? As scientists, we're trained to question everything, especially completely absurd occurrences 😅 #LabLaughs #memsky #academicsky

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Microscopy Mystery Monday #4 🔬🕵️ This structure isn’t what it seems… what could it be? (👉 Like the comment with your answer to vote!) #MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

✨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #3 – Answer! ✨ 💇 It’s a hair strand 💡Did you know? A single human hair can hold up to 100 grams — roughly the weight of a small apple 🍎! Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! 🔬👀 #MicroscopyMystery #Microscopy #academicsky #MMM

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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Today's German Unity Day celebrations had us showcase work from two ends of the materials science spectrum - bio-gels and batteries. And it was all in DIY mode - Make your own Vegan Caviar and button batteries. We even had an astronaut try them out! #tde25 #tagderdeutscheneinhiet #stem #mint

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Shirish @shrikrishnans.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Probiotic drinks, DNA candy, Agar Art, Bio-art keychains, "Materials with Life" stickers, and funny post-cards! That's how we reached out to the public about our science on the German Unity Day #tde25 Check out my LinkedIN post if you're curious how it worked - www.linkedin.com/posts/shrikr...

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

Link to publication 👇🏼 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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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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