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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · 1d

The @reisnerlab.bsky.social wishes to honour and acknowledge the achievements of black people in the occasion of the #BlackHistory month ✊⚫️

Thanks to our PhD student Kay for sharing some insightful reflections on how much #diversity is powerful in #science 🤝🥼

ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · 2d

Our favourite #bioengineer Irina is leaving our group for exciting new beginnings 🤗

Irina was awarded an Innovate UK grant for her start-up, Cambridge Molecular Computers Ltd, bridging #DNA programmability and #bioinformatics 🦠💻

All the best for your new adventure, Irina 💪

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you also to @universitypress.cambridge.org for the nice press release
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Solar-powered method lights the way to a ‘de-fossilised’ chemical industry

Researchers have demonstrated a new and sustainable way to make the chemicals that are the basis of thousands of products – from plastics to cosmetics – we use

www.cam.ac.uk

ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · 3d

#OPV and #enzymes combined in a semi-artificial leaf for selective #CO2-to-#formate conversion ☀️🍃

Read here our latest work by @celineyeungws.bsky.social and Yongpeng Liu on Joule by @cellpress.bsky.social 🎉🎉

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Semi-artificial leaf interfacing organic semiconductors and enzymes for solar chemical synthesis

Photoelectrochemical biohybrids combine the advantages of light-harvesting semiconductors and biocatalysts into a single compact device. However, limi…

www.sciencedirect.com

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · 19d

Nice to re-connect with the University #alumni community 🤝

Erwin gave a talk to update @cam.ac.uk graduates on the exciting #science that our Department keeps fostering 🧪 🚀

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · 19d

#COF and CNx join forces for scalable #photoreforming 💪🍃

Check our latest work led by Suvendu on covalent organic frameworks-carbon nitride Z-scheme for the photoreforming of #plastic and #biomass ☀️

doi.org/10.1002/adma...

Covalent Organic Framework and Carbon Nitride Composite for Scalable Solar Reforming

A modular composite, containing a covalent organic framework, indium tin oxide, carbon nitride and nickel based molecular catalyst, enables solar reforming under neutral aqueous conditions, convertin....

doi.org

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · 21d

Design a semi-artificial flow #electrolyzer⚡️, converge #CO2 and #plastic into #formate➡️⛽️⬅️, then use it as a C1 block for #light-driven #hydrocarboxylation💡🧪

That's the latest work by Beverly and Santiago, just published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social 🥳🥳

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Enzymatic Flow Electrolyzer for CO2 and Waste Comproportionation to Formate and Its Use in Photocatalytic Alkene Hydrocarboxylation

A flow electrolyzer employing formate dehydrogenase on a porous TiO2-carbon felt cathode is developed for paired electrolysis of CO2 and waste (plastic and biomass) to produce formate. The electrolyz...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · 26d

#Connecting with our #alumni🔗

Carla Casadevall (2020-2022) enthusiastically worked on #carbon-based materials for #photocatalysis 💪🌱☀️

Now group leader at @iciq.org, her mission is turning sunlight into chemicals with nanoreactors 🔍

Here her #memories of the @reisnerlab.bsky.social

ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · 28d

#Connecting with our #alumni 🔗

We remember Qian Wang for her many contributions as a postdoc in our group (2018-2021) 🫴☀️

Today, she's happily leading her own #research group as a full #professor at @en.nagoya-u.ac.jp
🌸

Here are some of her #memories of the
@reisnerlab.bsky.social

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 13

Great week enjoying the breeze on Lake Como in Italy at the International School on Material Interfaces for Engineering Living Systems, where Glenn presented his results on Organic #Semiconductors-#Bacteria #Biohybrids 🥤🦠☀️

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 11

It was great to celebrate 15 years of the @reisnerlab.bsky.social with our alumni! 🥳

Inspiring stories of their paths since they left our #sun-driven lab in Cambridge at our symposium in St John's College and fun at our Sunday #BBQ ☀️🍔

Can't wait to reunite a wider #family of alumni next time!

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 7

Great opportunity to work at the interface between #microbiology, #photocatalysis and #electrocatalysis as a project coordinator of our recently EIC-funded #sunlight-to-food project ☀️➡️🍔 led by @biophotoelectro.bsky.social

Jenny Zhang @biophotoelectro.bsky.social · Sep 7

We have a project coordinator role open for a new EIC consortium project SOLARSPOON. It is suitable for anyone with a Masters or PhD www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/project...
Do you know anyone who might be suitable? Please let me know :)

Project Coordinator and Developer (full time or part time)

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, and highly organised person for a newly created role to act as coordinator and developer for the new European Innovation Council-funded

www.cam.ac.uk

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 5

Finally, the final plenary talk speaker, and a notable member of the @reisnerlab.bsky.social received the Tilden Prize from the @rsc.org 🏆

Congratulations, Erwin 👏👏🥳
#ISF2025

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 5

And here is a beautiful collage of poster presenters 📊
Nice to see the happy faces of our PhD students Afreen, Ariffin, Beverly, and Sampurna 😁😁😁

@rsc.org #ISF2025

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 5

Recently graduated, jointly supervised by our and @biophotoelectro.bsky.social's lab, Rachel Egan summarises her thorough PhD exploration on wired photosynthetic #cyanobacterias on #electrodes 👏👏🦠⚡️

@rsc.org #ISF2025

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 5

One of our #bio-hybrid enthusiast alumni, Shafeer Kalathil, now Assistant Professor at @northumbriauni.bsky.social, giving updates on his independent research since he left our lab 🦠☀️

@rsc.org #ISF2025

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 5

Now lecturer at @qmul.bsky.social, Lin Su still finds it hard to detach from the @reisnerlab.bsky.social ❤️
He joined us to share his experience with E. coli and artificial #photosynthesis 🦠🍃🌞

@rsc.org #ISF2025

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 5

#Bacteria 🦠 and #light 💡 team up to convert #CO2 into complex products in the story of Santiago Rodríguez-Jiménez's committed research in our lab

@rsc.org #ISF2025

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 5

A colourful, enthusiastic journey into the secret life of #enzymes on #semiconductors unravelled by our Yongpeng Liu 🚀

@rsc.org #ISF2025

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 5

One more member of the early days of the lab, Moritz Kühnel, now Professor at @unihohenheim.bsky.social, showcasing his latest results on O2-tolerant #photocatalysis for #enzymatic and bio-driven #chemical conversion 🎈☀️♻️

@rsc.org #ISF2025

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 4

One of the earliest members of the lab, Chia-Yu Lin, now professor at National Cheng Kung University, giving insights into iodide-enhanced
#CO2RR to C2+ products.

@rsc.org #ISF2025

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our recent alumnus @virgilandrei.bsky.social, now Assistant Professor at NTU Singapore, presenting an overview of his work on #PEC devices developed through years of PhD and postdoctoral research in our lab 💪💪☀️⚡️

@rsc.org #ISF2025

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 4

It's @andrea-rogo.bsky.social's turn presenting his exploration into liquid-solid-liquid #photocatalysis 🟠🟡🔵
☀️

@rsc.org #ISF2025

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 3

A whole PhD of dedication on the development of #OPV solar cells for #photoelectrochemical cells and #enzymatic solar-driven synthesis presented by our @celineyeungws.bsky.social

👏👏☀️⚡

@rsc.org #ISF2025

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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Do Hyung telling the audience how he transitioned from the design of #perovskite solar cells ⚡to biohybrid-driven #SolarFuels production ☀️🦠

@rsc.org #ISF2025

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