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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

First grant (NWO XS) ☑️ First bit of "my own" equipment ☑️ ✅ A bit of a wait between, but the benchtop incubator is finally shaking away in the @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social! First tenants: some plain ole' mycelium pellets. 😶‍🌫️

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Happy to have been able to show off some beautiful fungi pellets at the Bioinspired GRS (in an equally beautiful location) that we are making in the @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social. It was a real pleasure meeting and talking with the many scientists there working on exciting research!

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

🍄 My latest work with @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social is officially out in Advanced Functional Materials. We used mycelium & 3D printing to create some beautiful materials. Check out the paper now: doi.org/10.1002/adfm... #3dprinting #livingmaterials #mycelium

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Got to see the Lycurgus cup today, as a colloidal scientist to say I was excited may have been an understatement. The cup has silver and gold nanoparticles embedded in the glass which gives it its unique coloring, and has probably been on many intro to colloids ppt slides.

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

When some of the group, @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social, goes to a conference in your home country. You gotta ask for the essentials. 🤣 Thanks for keeping my work going this week. 💪

A bag of Fritos flavor twisted honey bbq.

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

One of these ghosts is me, haunting my own experiments to make sure they behave. 🧪👻

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

How fast can hematite swim? 🏊‍♀️ We show that simple calcination can greatly enhance the photocatalytic-driven motility of hematite microswimmers. Now out in Applied Materials Today! 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ActiveMatter #Microswimmers #SoftMatter #AppliedMaterialsToday

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Enhancing the active motion of hematite microswimmers

The demand for autonomous, self-propelled active particles is rapidly growing in soft matter research, driven by their potential applications in cargo…

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Friday sparkle ✨ Memory Lane decided to show me some of the glitz from my PhD with these shimmering self-assembled hematite particles. So feel free to enjoy these little gems with me before the weekend. 💎

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Happy to have helped make this photo ☺️ Can't wait to see what all we will do with our fantastic fungi 🍄🎉

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

This started as a quest for better magnetic microparticles—and ended with some delightfully deformable ones featured on the cover of Soft Matter! 🧲💫 Huge thanks to my amazing co-authors Laura Rossi, Nitin Rajendra Madam! 📄 Read the article: lnkd.in/eGQBKhaQ 🎨 Check out the cover: lnkd.in/ep4NmFzn

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

A little TU Delft energy in the middle of Manhattan. 🔥 Prometheus reminds us that knowledge is meant to be shared - the flame burns bright on both sides of the ocean. #tudelft #Prometheus #NYC

Selfie standing in front of the golden statue of Prometheus at the Rockefeller Center in NYC

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

New paper out! 🧲 We present a simple method for making magnetic polymer microparticles that can be stretched into ellipsoids while keeping their magnetic response. Curious? Read more: doi.org/10.1039/D5SM00061K #MaterialsScience #SoftMatter#MagneticParticles

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Reshapable magnetic particles for morphology-controlled soft systems

Spherical polymeric particles are essential in a wide range of applications, from fundamental self-assembly to bioseparation technologies, with well-established synthetic methodologies. However, incor...

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WHO @who.int · 11/02/2025

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.

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Ingo Nettersheim @ingonettersheim.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

🎁🎄We had a wonderful Secret 'Saint Nicolas' (the Dutch Santa who comes in the beginning of December) at the @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social. I still haven't figured out which colleague gave me a pair of great books... With @m-amani.bsky.social in the foreground taking the picture.

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Had some fun at #nwochains this year. 🌞 Presenting a poster and discussing with researchers in chemistry definitely offered some new perspectives. It was also great to catch up with some friends from the PhD.

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