Shirish
@shrikrishnans.bsky.social
Head of Bioprogrammable Materials group at Leibniz Inst. for New Materials, Germany.
Engineered Living Materials
Dad of 2.
VR enthusiast.
Futurephilic.
Posts are mine.
Engineered Living Materials
Dad of 2.
VR enthusiast.
Futurephilic.
Posts are mine.
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Microscopy Mystery Monday #9 🔬🕵️
Looks fibrous and tangled — can you guess what this is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Looks fibrous and tangled — can you guess what this is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #9 🔬🕵️
Looks fibrous and tangled — can you guess what this is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Looks fibrous and tangled — can you guess what this is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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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/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Intracellular competition shapes plasmid population dynamics
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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November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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An Engineered Living Material with pro-angiogenic activity inducible by near-infrared light https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.688407v1
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
An Engineered Living Material with pro-angiogenic activity inducible by near-infrared light https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.688407v1
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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
Ironically, this graph has no distribution to perform such statistical analysis on 😅
#lablaughs #memesky #academicsky
November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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
Ironically, this graph has no distribution to perform such statistical analysis on 😅
#lablaughs #memesky #academicsky
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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?...
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?...
Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Insights: AI, Sustainability, & Nobel Secrets | Material Minds
YouTube video by INM - Leibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien
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November 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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?...
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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Microscopy Mystery Monday #8 🔬🕵️
Under the microscope, nature’s designs can look almost engineered — can you guess what this one is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Under the microscope, nature’s designs can look almost engineered — can you guess what this one is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #8 🔬🕵️
Under the microscope, nature’s designs can look almost engineered — can you guess what this one is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Under the microscope, nature’s designs can look almost engineered — can you guess what this one is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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✨ 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
🐝 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
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
✨ 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
🐝 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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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
Any junior PIs out there who can relate?
#memesky #lablaughs #academicsky
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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
Any junior PIs out there who can relate?
#memesky #lablaughs #academicsky
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Microscopy Mystery Monday #7 🔬🕵️
Looks like something you wouldn’t want to step on… what could it be?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Looks like something you wouldn’t want to step on… what could it be?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #7 🔬🕵️
Looks like something you wouldn’t want to step on… what could it be?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Looks like something you wouldn’t want to step on… what could it be?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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✨ 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
🦋 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
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
✨ 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
🦋 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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Microscopy Mystery Monday #6 🔬🕵️
Magnified mystery — can you guess what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Magnified mystery — can you guess what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
November 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #6 🔬🕵️
Magnified mystery — can you guess what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Magnified mystery — can you guess what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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✨ 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
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
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
✨ 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
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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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
The lab has claimed many a scientists' soul and on Halloween, they come out to play 👻👻👻
#Halloween #Ghostphotoshoot #academicsky #memesky
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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
The lab has claimed many a scientists' soul and on Halloween, they come out to play 👻👻👻
#Halloween #Ghostphotoshoot #academicsky #memesky
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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
But it's all worth it, since every little success gets us closer to the next level (of knowledge and technology)
#LabLaughs #memesky #academicsky
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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
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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Microscopy Mystery Monday #5 🔬🕵️
Under the lens: what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Under the lens: what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
October 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #5 🔬🕵️
Under the lens: what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Under the lens: what’s in the picture?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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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
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
October 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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
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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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
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
October 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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
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
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
If you want the highlights of the story, check out the LinkedIN post image.
@marcblanch.bsky.social @varunsays.bsky.social @leibnizinm.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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
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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✨ 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
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
October 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
✨ 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
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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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
As scientists, we're trained to question everything, especially completely absurd occurrences 😅
#LabLaughs #memsky #academicsky
October 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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
As scientists, we're trained to question everything, especially completely absurd occurrences 😅
#LabLaughs #memsky #academicsky
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Microscopy Mystery Monday #4 🔬🕵️
This structure isn’t what it seems… what could it be?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
This structure isn’t what it seems… what could it be?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
October 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #4 🔬🕵️
This structure isn’t what it seems… what could it be?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
This structure isn’t what it seems… what could it be?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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✨ 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
💇 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
October 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
✨ 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
💇 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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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
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
October 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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
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
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...
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...
October 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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...
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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October 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM