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Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Interfaces (MPICI)
@mpici.bsky.social
Exploring the world of 'hidden dimensions' ( #colloids & #interfaces ) and bridging the gap between #molecules, #MultiScaleMaterials, and #BioSystems. In Potsdam, #Germany.
https://www.mpikg.mpg.de/departments
#chemsky #Forschung #Research
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SusMax—the first #MaxPlanck research network dedicated to #sustainable #materials and founded through an interdisciplinary collaboration of six MPIs—is inviting new partners from across the Max Planck Society @maxplanck.de

Call for Proposals: 23 Oct–5 Dec 2025

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SusMax:The First Max Planck Network for Circular Materials Science
SusMax is the Max Planck Society’s network for sustainable materials and circular-economy; interdisciplinary and cross-MPI. Next call for proposals opens 23 Oct 2025.
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Making our institute look a little Christmassy. This is how our library team does it.
Some fun facts from 2025:
• most borrowed book: Carbohydrate Chemistry, B. G. Davis
• 170 publications
• most of our publications in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social, @jacs.acspublications.org, @natcomms.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Congrats to Mateusz Odziomek, who will join AGH University of Krakow as an assistant professor on 5 January 2026!

Looking forward to seeing how you’ll keep developing #carbon materials for organic #electrosynthesis in your new role.

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Advanced nanoporous carbon electrocatalysts
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December 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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European Spinouts Report 2025: Max-Planck leads the way in Germany. In the top 20 research organisations in #Europe for research-driven #deeptech and life science #spinoffs, the Max Planck Society ranks second, just behind France’s CNRS. www.mpg.de/25797163/eur... #technologytransfer
December 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Monday blues no more with these online events by @comeincell.bsky.social (coordination: @dimovalab.bsky.social)

· 8 Dec, 2pm CET: “Drugging #Condensates & Drug Discovery” Dewpoint workshop

· 15 Dec 2pm CET: “Life in #Biotech” Dewpoint workshop

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#CellBiology #Biophysics
Events (Jul – Dec 2025) – ComeInCell
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December 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
On your keyboards: set, go!

This is the very last week for researchers across the @maxplanck.de to submit projects to #SusMax & rethink #materials with built-in #sustainability for a #CircularEconomy.

‼️ Deadline: 5 December 2025 ‼️

➡️ All info: www.susmax.org/%E2%AC%85%EF...
https://www.susmax.org/⬅️
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Keen to contribute to the 1st network within @maxplanck.de nck.de devoted to rethinking #materials for a more sustainable future?
#SusMax is looking for a #ProjectCoordinator.
Workplace: our inst. in #Potsdam-Golm or MPI for Sustainable Materials #Düsseldorf.

Apply by 15 Jan

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Project Coordinator for the Max Planck Network “SusMax” (m/f/d)
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November 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Nature is the cleverest architect: with a few components & smart design, it builds materials w. astonishing functionality. Patrick Huber develops intelligent materials with water-driven movement, transport, color & light scattering.
We’re excited to see his impact on #EnergyStorage & #conversion
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Hats off to our latest #PhDone: Nishu Yadav explored how #carbohydrates can be engineered to fold into defined, stable structures. Just as in proteins and DNA, in carbohydrates too “form follows function”.

@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Supervisor: @delbiancom.bsky.social

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November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Sing Teng C. uses 3D #bioprinting to build multilayered communities of #cyanobacteria and study how they absorb and share different wavelengths of light (including far-red light).

These insights are crucial for designing more efficient #photobioreactors.

#biomimicry #bioinspired #chemsky
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
@paologiusto.bsky.social is hiring a #Postdoc to design & synthesize 2D covalent #semiconductor thin films & study their surface processes for light-induced #energy conversion.

‼️Deadline: 12 Dec‼️

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#ChemSky #PostdoctoralPosition #ResearchJobs #ScienceJobs
Postdoctoral Position (m/f/d) in 2D Covalent Thin Films for Light-Induced Energy Conversion
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November 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
📢For all researchers across the @maxplanck.de keen on rethinking #materials w. built-in #sustainability for a #CircularEconomy:

Before you slide into a well-deserved end-of-year break, make sure you submit your project to #SusMax

❗ Deadline: 5 December 2025 ❗

➡️ All info: www.susmax.org ⬅️
SusMax – Max Planck Network on Sustainable Materials
www.susmax.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Many Max Planck scientists have started sharing their #research findings on #BlueSky. Follow their posts and join the conversation! 👋 go.bsky.app/BYcBy6R #StarterPack
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
In his #PhD, Surusch Djalali examined structure-property correlations in #oligosaccharides to create #carbohydrate #foldamers & self-assembling materials. We are late in celebrating his achievement, but his paper on the 1st prototype for de novo #glycan design is here to stay!
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November 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
An image can tell 1000 stories if viewed through the lens of mathematics. Carola B. Schönlieb (UniCambridge) uncovers underlying structures, reconstructs missing parts, &reveals info. invisible to the naked eye.
She shared her vision for mathematical #imaging in the era of #AI & broad applications.
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
@vignolinilab.bsky.social is looking for a #Postdoc: "Hydration-Governed #Colloidal Stability for Sustainable #Nanocellulose".

The project contributes to the ambitious mission of #SusMax, a @maxplanck.de interdisciplinary network to #sustainable #materials
#chemSky #MatSci

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Postdoc Researcher (m/f/d): Hydration-Governed Colloidal Stability for Sustainable Nanocellulose
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November 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Shorter days? Perfect excuse for a #museum visit.
Meet #mucus —winter’s nemesis & a versatile natural material.

📍 Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum
📅 until Sep 2026

Explore 3D #biofilm & snail-mucus models and find out how scientists turn them into #biomaterials.

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Ausstellung Schleim - Geheimnisse einer unterschätzten Körperflüssigkeit
Ohne Schleim könnten wir nicht Überleben. Er ist essenziell für viele Körperfunktionen. Dennoch hat er ein schlechtes Image. Das BMM widmet dieser unterschätzten Körperflüssigkeit nun eine eigene Auss...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
@elenist.bsky.social shared with us her 2-way approach: biology repurposed for technology & technology to enhance biology. She showed that: 1)plants can synthesize their own conductors 2)be augmented w. electronic roots.

Next: plant cells+3D printing→sustainable, photosynthetic #biohybrids #chemsky
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Welcome to Stellacci (EPFL)! He joined the Dept. of #Biomaterials as a #Humboldt Fellow for a 1-year stay.
We're looking forward to translating nature's design principles into #materials for a #CircularEconomy.
More on his @erc.europa.eu project here: tinyurl.com/cwv9wb2f

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EPFL nanoscientist Francesco Stellacci joins the Department of Biomaterials as Humboldt Fellow
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November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Im @tagesspiegel.de: P. Seeberger setzt auf #Zuckermoleküle gegen den zunehmend resistenten #Krankenhauseim #Candida Auris–eine #Pilzinfektion, vor der die #WHO warnt.

Ansatz: Zucker-„Fingerabdrücke“ trainieren das Immunsystem & ermöglichen neue Diagnosetests.

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Zucker gegen Krankenhauskeim Candida: Potsdamer Forscher wollen Impfstoff gegen tödliche Hefen entwickeln
Angriff von drei Seiten: Forscher wollen aggressive Candida-Pilze mit Impfung, Medikamenten und Diagnostik bekämpfen. Komplexe Zuckermoleküle sollen dabei helfen.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Hot off the press in @chemicalscience.rsc.org "Fused 3D #Boron Heterocycles via EnT #Catalysis: Synthesis, Modification & Validation as Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors"
Thanks to @erc.europa.eu, @chemieverband.bsky.social, Daimler&Benz for supporting @molloylab.bsky.social's research
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Fused 3D Boron Heterocycles via EnT Catalysis: Synthesis, Modification and Validation as Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors
The installation of a boron unit into bioactive scaffolds continues to unlock novel modes of molecular recognition in drug discovery. As such, de novo strategies to access 3D boron-containing framewor...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Don't miss this opportunity for a #MA Thesis in #ChemSky
#MasterThesis

#StudentResearch

#ThesisProject
🚀 Opportunity for Master’s Students! 🌟

Join us at the @mpici.bsky.social to build an innovative application to design carbohydrate structures as part of the #ERCPoC GlycoRoads project!

Check out our #glycotime work:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
@paologiusto.bsky.social proved he’s worth... his salt—sharing his sodium-ion #battery research w. Paula&Kara, Berlin high-school students interested in #energy-storage.

We’re happy to support students at every stage—today’s curiosity sparks tomorrow’s scientific advances.

#chemsky #outreach
November 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM