Peter Wich - Wichlab
@peterwich.bsky.social
Research Lab for Functional Biopolymers and Macromolecular Chemistry @UNSW | JGU Mainz | UC Berkeley | Editor @RSCApplied Polymers
🧪 ⇨ www.wichlab.com ⇦ 🧬
#Biomaterials #Nanoparticles #Chemistry #Biocatalysis #DrugDelivery #3DBioPrinting #Science #Space
🧪 ⇨ www.wichlab.com ⇦ 🧬
#Biomaterials #Nanoparticles #Chemistry #Biocatalysis #DrugDelivery #3DBioPrinting #Science #Space
And that’s a wrap for Drug Delivery Australia (DDA) 2025 hosted by us in Sydney! 🎉 I had a fantastic time reconnecting with friends and colleagues.
See you in #Brisbane for #DDA2026
#DDA2025 #DrugDelivery #Nanomedicine #CRSAustralia #Research #Sydney
See you in #Brisbane for #DDA2026
#DDA2025 #DrugDelivery #Nanomedicine #CRSAustralia #Research #Sydney
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
And that’s a wrap for Drug Delivery Australia (DDA) 2025 hosted by us in Sydney! 🎉 I had a fantastic time reconnecting with friends and colleagues.
See you in #Brisbane for #DDA2026
#DDA2025 #DrugDelivery #Nanomedicine #CRSAustralia #Research #Sydney
See you in #Brisbane for #DDA2026
#DDA2025 #DrugDelivery #Nanomedicine #CRSAustralia #Research #Sydney
It was a pleasure to chair the first afternoon session at #DDA2025 - Great lineup with a Keynote by Kristian Kempe @kempigroup.bsky.social, and invited presentations by Arlene McDowell @universityofotago.bsky.social and Cornelia Keck @unimarburg.bsky.social
#DDA2025 #DrugDelivery
#DDA2025 #DrugDelivery
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
It was a pleasure to chair the first afternoon session at #DDA2025 - Great lineup with a Keynote by Kristian Kempe @kempigroup.bsky.social, and invited presentations by Arlene McDowell @universityofotago.bsky.social and Cornelia Keck @unimarburg.bsky.social
#DDA2025 #DrugDelivery
#DDA2025 #DrugDelivery
Next up Dr Jie Tang from #Monash on new approaches for
Overcoming the Mucosal Barriers using Nanoparticles for Inhaled RNA Delivery #DDA2025 #DrugDelivery #Nanomedicine
Overcoming the Mucosal Barriers using Nanoparticles for Inhaled RNA Delivery #DDA2025 #DrugDelivery #Nanomedicine
November 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Next up Dr Jie Tang from #Monash on new approaches for
Overcoming the Mucosal Barriers using Nanoparticles for Inhaled RNA Delivery #DDA2025 #DrugDelivery #Nanomedicine
Overcoming the Mucosal Barriers using Nanoparticles for Inhaled RNA Delivery #DDA2025 #DrugDelivery #Nanomedicine
Amazing work by Clive Prestidge and his team on Lipid #Nanocarriers for Antimicrobial and Cancer Applications #DDA2025 #DrugDelivery #Nanomedicine
November 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Amazing work by Clive Prestidge and his team on Lipid #Nanocarriers for Antimicrobial and Cancer Applications #DDA2025 #DrugDelivery #Nanomedicine
We said goodbye to Sophie (centre), who joined us from #Germany 🇩🇪 for 3 months through a #DAAD RISE Scholarship She worked on #biopolymers, #nanomaterials & #hydrogels, bringing great energy to the lab! All the best, Sophie! #WichLab #UNSW #UNSWChemEng
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We said goodbye to Sophie (centre), who joined us from #Germany 🇩🇪 for 3 months through a #DAAD RISE Scholarship She worked on #biopolymers, #nanomaterials & #hydrogels, bringing great energy to the lab! All the best, Sophie! #WichLab #UNSW #UNSWChemEng
Fantastic day at UNSW Open Day! Great to showcase our Chemical Engineering degrees and chat with so many future engineers about the big challenges they’ll get to tackle
#UNSW #OpenDay #ChemicalEngineering
#UNSW #OpenDay #ChemicalEngineering
September 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Fantastic day at UNSW Open Day! Great to showcase our Chemical Engineering degrees and chat with so many future engineers about the big challenges they’ll get to tackle
#UNSW #OpenDay #ChemicalEngineering
#UNSW #OpenDay #ChemicalEngineering
Great talk today @engineering.unsw.edu.au by Thomas Scheibel from the @unibayreuth.bsky.social with a fascinating talk on engineered #spidersilk for versatile uses in biofabrication. Exciting applications from hydrogels to bioinks! #biomaterials #biofabrication
August 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Great talk today @engineering.unsw.edu.au by Thomas Scheibel from the @unibayreuth.bsky.social with a fascinating talk on engineered #spidersilk for versatile uses in biofabrication. Exciting applications from hydrogels to bioinks! #biomaterials #biofabrication
Abhishek joins our Team as a PhD student – Abhishek will work on polysaccharide-based nanosystems for therapeutic applications.
Welcome to our labs, and good luck with your experiments!
#UNSW #UNSWEngineering #UNSWChemEng #WichLab
Welcome to our labs, and good luck with your experiments!
#UNSW #UNSWEngineering #UNSWChemEng #WichLab
August 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Abhishek joins our Team as a PhD student – Abhishek will work on polysaccharide-based nanosystems for therapeutic applications.
Welcome to our labs, and good luck with your experiments!
#UNSW #UNSWEngineering #UNSWChemEng #WichLab
Welcome to our labs, and good luck with your experiments!
#UNSW #UNSWEngineering #UNSWChemEng #WichLab
Passionate about Drug Delivery? Join us in Sydney, 17–18 Nov, for Drug Delivery Australia (DDA) 2025!
Abstracts close soon + early-bird reg won’t last.
👉 crsaustralia.org/drug-deliver...
#DDA2025 #DrugDelivery #Nanomedicine #Biomaterials #PharmaceuticalScience #CRSAustralia
Abstracts close soon + early-bird reg won’t last.
👉 crsaustralia.org/drug-deliver...
#DDA2025 #DrugDelivery #Nanomedicine #Biomaterials #PharmaceuticalScience #CRSAustralia
August 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Passionate about Drug Delivery? Join us in Sydney, 17–18 Nov, for Drug Delivery Australia (DDA) 2025!
Abstracts close soon + early-bird reg won’t last.
👉 crsaustralia.org/drug-deliver...
#DDA2025 #DrugDelivery #Nanomedicine #Biomaterials #PharmaceuticalScience #CRSAustralia
Abstracts close soon + early-bird reg won’t last.
👉 crsaustralia.org/drug-deliver...
#DDA2025 #DrugDelivery #Nanomedicine #Biomaterials #PharmaceuticalScience #CRSAustralia
Was great to have Prof Dan Luo ( #Cornell University
@cornelluniversity.bsky.social) visit us for the ACN seminar @nanomed-unsw.bsky.social and present his group’s amazing work on DNA-based materials and their real-world applications
#UNSW #biomaterials #biopolymers #DNA #hydrogel #drugdelivery
@cornelluniversity.bsky.social) visit us for the ACN seminar @nanomed-unsw.bsky.social and present his group’s amazing work on DNA-based materials and their real-world applications
#UNSW #biomaterials #biopolymers #DNA #hydrogel #drugdelivery
August 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Was great to have Prof Dan Luo ( #Cornell University
@cornelluniversity.bsky.social) visit us for the ACN seminar @nanomed-unsw.bsky.social and present his group’s amazing work on DNA-based materials and their real-world applications
#UNSW #biomaterials #biopolymers #DNA #hydrogel #drugdelivery
@cornelluniversity.bsky.social) visit us for the ACN seminar @nanomed-unsw.bsky.social and present his group’s amazing work on DNA-based materials and their real-world applications
#UNSW #biomaterials #biopolymers #DNA #hydrogel #drugdelivery
My Annual Reminder: Mark Your Calendars! On this day in 4 years, there will be an epic Total Solar Eclipse in #Australia
On 22 July 2028, the sky above #Sydney will turn dark for 3 min and 45 sec!
And #UNSW will be right in the centre.
#SolarEclipse #Eclipse2028 #SolarEclipse2028
On 22 July 2028, the sky above #Sydney will turn dark for 3 min and 45 sec!
And #UNSW will be right in the centre.
#SolarEclipse #Eclipse2028 #SolarEclipse2028
July 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My Annual Reminder: Mark Your Calendars! On this day in 4 years, there will be an epic Total Solar Eclipse in #Australia
On 22 July 2028, the sky above #Sydney will turn dark for 3 min and 45 sec!
And #UNSW will be right in the centre.
#SolarEclipse #Eclipse2028 #SolarEclipse2028
On 22 July 2028, the sky above #Sydney will turn dark for 3 min and 45 sec!
And #UNSW will be right in the centre.
#SolarEclipse #Eclipse2028 #SolarEclipse2028
Great visit by Harm-Anton Klok (#EPFL Lausanne) today at #UNSW. His talk on "Expanding the Scope of Surface-Initiated Polymerization" showcased how #polymer brushes can be engineered for piezo/pyroelectric films, opening exciting paths for energy harvesting, solar cells, and electrolysis.
July 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
See you next year!
June 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
See you next year!
I had also fun again to chair the 3MT session 👍 Always one of the highlights of every #OzNanoMed conference for me! Congratulations to all 12 presenters on a fantastic job, and to the winners! 🎉 @nanomed-unsw.bsky.social nsw.bsky.social #nanomedicine
June 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I had also fun again to chair the 3MT session 👍 Always one of the highlights of every #OzNanoMed conference for me! Congratulations to all 12 presenters on a fantastic job, and to the winners! 🎉 @nanomed-unsw.bsky.social nsw.bsky.social #nanomedicine
Congratulations to the three awardees of the ECR Oral Presentation Prizes sponsored by the @rsc.org at the 2025 International Nanomedicine Conference:
Shiyao Li (Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute)
Irma Vermeijlen (The University of Queensland)
Franco Centurion Rodriguez (UNSW Sydney)
Shiyao Li (Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute)
Irma Vermeijlen (The University of Queensland)
Franco Centurion Rodriguez (UNSW Sydney)
June 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Congratulations to the three awardees of the ECR Oral Presentation Prizes sponsored by the @rsc.org at the 2025 International Nanomedicine Conference:
Shiyao Li (Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute)
Irma Vermeijlen (The University of Queensland)
Franco Centurion Rodriguez (UNSW Sydney)
Shiyao Li (Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute)
Irma Vermeijlen (The University of Queensland)
Franco Centurion Rodriguez (UNSW Sydney)
Last week, we hosted the 15th International Nanomedicine Conference in Sydney! 3 days of cutting-edge science, big ideas, & great community. Congrats to all prize winners! Thanks to our team, chairs & sponsors. See you 22–24 June 2026! #OzNanoMed 2025 #nanomedicine @nanomed-unsw.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Last week, we hosted the 15th International Nanomedicine Conference in Sydney! 3 days of cutting-edge science, big ideas, & great community. Congrats to all prize winners! Thanks to our team, chairs & sponsors. See you 22–24 June 2026! #OzNanoMed 2025 #nanomedicine @nanomed-unsw.bsky.social
Fantastic first day at the 15th International Nanomedicine Conference in #Sydney. Was a pleasure to chair the Bio-Nano Interface session with brilliant contributions from Yi Shen, Kristian Kempe, Weiyu Chen, and Mostafa Kamal Masud. #OzNanoMed 2025 #nanomedicine @nanomed-unsw.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Fantastic first day at the 15th International Nanomedicine Conference in #Sydney. Was a pleasure to chair the Bio-Nano Interface session with brilliant contributions from Yi Shen, Kristian Kempe, Weiyu Chen, and Mostafa Kamal Masud. #OzNanoMed 2025 #nanomedicine @nanomed-unsw.bsky.social
Wrapping up an amazing week at #APME2025 in Catania, Sicily 🇮🇹 — a fantastic meeting for polymer science. It was a great pleasure to present our latest results on advanced biomaterials. Grazie mille to the organisers!
#polymers #synthesis #engineering #chemistry #biomaterials
#polymers #synthesis #engineering #chemistry #biomaterials
May 9, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Wrapping up an amazing week at #APME2025 in Catania, Sicily 🇮🇹 — a fantastic meeting for polymer science. It was a great pleasure to present our latest results on advanced biomaterials. Grazie mille to the organisers!
#polymers #synthesis #engineering #chemistry #biomaterials
#polymers #synthesis #engineering #chemistry #biomaterials
Excellent as always, the talk of Emily Pentzer @chemilyscience.bsky.social (Editor-in-Chief
@rscapplied.rsc.org) at #APME2025 about #Polymerizations at the Interphase of #Emulsions
@rscapplied.rsc.org) at #APME2025 about #Polymerizations at the Interphase of #Emulsions
May 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Excellent as always, the talk of Emily Pentzer @chemilyscience.bsky.social (Editor-in-Chief
@rscapplied.rsc.org) at #APME2025 about #Polymerizations at the Interphase of #Emulsions
@rscapplied.rsc.org) at #APME2025 about #Polymerizations at the Interphase of #Emulsions
Great sessions today on biomimetic approaches with polymers at #APME2025 with great talks by Martina Stenzel, Sébastien Lecommandoux and Nathan Gianneschi
#biomaterials #polymers #engineering #chemistry
#biomaterials #polymers #engineering #chemistry
May 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Great sessions today on biomimetic approaches with polymers at #APME2025 with great talks by Martina Stenzel, Sébastien Lecommandoux and Nathan Gianneschi
#biomaterials #polymers #engineering #chemistry
#biomaterials #polymers #engineering #chemistry
Tanja Junkers @polymerreaction.bsky.social kicks off the afternoon session on day 1 of #APME2025 with an excellent talk on
#robotics in #polymer synthesis using flow systems as high-throughput platforms
#robotics in #polymer synthesis using flow systems as high-throughput platforms
May 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Tanja Junkers @polymerreaction.bsky.social kicks off the afternoon session on day 1 of #APME2025 with an excellent talk on
#robotics in #polymer synthesis using flow systems as high-throughput platforms
#robotics in #polymer synthesis using flow systems as high-throughput platforms
Great to be in London for the #RSC Applied Polymers @rscapplied.rsc.org board meeting at Burlington House @rsc.org. Productive planning, brilliant team, and a bit of scientific history - yes, that’s Yuri Oganessian’s signature under his Element 118!
#AppliedPolymers #RSCJournals #Polymers #Materials
#AppliedPolymers #RSCJournals #Polymers #Materials
May 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Great to be in London for the #RSC Applied Polymers @rscapplied.rsc.org board meeting at Burlington House @rsc.org. Productive planning, brilliant team, and a bit of scientific history - yes, that’s Yuri Oganessian’s signature under his Element 118!
#AppliedPolymers #RSCJournals #Polymers #Materials
#AppliedPolymers #RSCJournals #Polymers #Materials
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending #ASBTE2025 in Brisbane. Great few days of cutting-edge #biomaterials science and reconnecting with colleagues and friends!
Fantastic talks, posters, and discussions around #biopolymers, #bioprinting, and more.
Till next year in Adelaide! @asbte.bsky.social
Fantastic talks, posters, and discussions around #biopolymers, #bioprinting, and more.
Till next year in Adelaide! @asbte.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending #ASBTE2025 in Brisbane. Great few days of cutting-edge #biomaterials science and reconnecting with colleagues and friends!
Fantastic talks, posters, and discussions around #biopolymers, #bioprinting, and more.
Till next year in Adelaide! @asbte.bsky.social
Fantastic talks, posters, and discussions around #biopolymers, #bioprinting, and more.
Till next year in Adelaide! @asbte.bsky.social
Great talk by Thomas Scheibel from @unibayreuth.bsky.social on #spider silk proteins as materials for #biotechnology applications
Very relatable in Australia 🕷️🕸️
#ASBTE2025
Very relatable in Australia 🕷️🕸️
#ASBTE2025
April 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Great talk by Thomas Scheibel from @unibayreuth.bsky.social on #spider silk proteins as materials for #biotechnology applications
Very relatable in Australia 🕷️🕸️
#ASBTE2025
Very relatable in Australia 🕷️🕸️
#ASBTE2025
Great talks in the #cancer session at #ASBTE2025 in Brisbane by Sara Romanazzo and Bram Soliman from the Lab of @kriskilian.bsky.social on 3D tissue models for cancer-associated fibroblasts and the mimicry of cancer-cell interfaces.
@asbte.bsky.social #biopolymers #hydrogels #bioprinting
@asbte.bsky.social #biopolymers #hydrogels #bioprinting
April 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Great talks in the #cancer session at #ASBTE2025 in Brisbane by Sara Romanazzo and Bram Soliman from the Lab of @kriskilian.bsky.social on 3D tissue models for cancer-associated fibroblasts and the mimicry of cancer-cell interfaces.
@asbte.bsky.social #biopolymers #hydrogels #bioprinting
@asbte.bsky.social #biopolymers #hydrogels #bioprinting