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Congratulations to Dr Matthew! 🎉 He successfully defended his PhD on hollow-core photonic crystal fibres for studying flavin-based photocatalysts. We’re so proud of his work and excited to see his impact as a postdoc at @EarlyCancerCam @Cambridge_Uni!

The clay's the thing! 🪣 Research conducted at CEB has developed a brand new material from clay and vitamin B2 that could clean-up pollutants using nothing but sunlight. More: ceb.cam.ac.uk/news/flaponite 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity @FrukLab

🌟Out now & on the cover of @CatalysisSciTec ! Meet Flaponite – our recyclable, flavin-based photocatalyst using LAPONITE clay as a green support. Enhanced activity, easy recovery, and inspired by nature! Congrats Matthew & the whole team!👏 🔗doi.org/10.1039/D5CY00…

We also offer a new perspective and suggest strategies for moving forward 🚀

🎯 Antigen depletion by targeted nanoparticles; they can undermine their own targets

💊 Dosing complexities that go well beyond what we see with small molecules

In this article, we discuss three key challenges holding back the clinical translation of targeted nanomedicine: 👤 Pharmacokinetics of nanoparticle antibody conjugates; turns out they are not as straightforward as it seems

If you're interested in targeted nanomedicine (and open to some opinions), check out our latest piece: "Reimagining drug nanocarriers: clinical realities and smarter strategies for targeted drug delivery" pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

We're delighted to announce the 2025 Danckwerts-Pergamon prize has been awarded to Muhammad Hartono for his innovative work on non-invasive lung cancer screening. Read more on our website: ceb.cam.ac.uk/news/danckwert… 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #Cambridge

Check out a new review article published in collaboration with the Itzhaki lab! Read the full thread below 🧵👇

Finally, we outline key challenges & opportunities for the future of nanoparticle-mediated targeted protein degradation!

And the cellular degradation pathways these nanoparticles engage in...

Excited to share our latest review in @angew_chem on nanoparticle-mediated targeted protein degradation (NanoPD)! Curious about nanotech and targeted protein degradation? Check it out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an… Thanks to @drew_baca @AdrianPTHo @LauraItzhaki @Lil2410

FrukLab was well represented at 3D Cell Culture 2025 in Freiburg! Postdoc @AndresGSam delivered a talk on #TumourModels, while PhD student Alex Evtushenko presented a poster on #CancerNanomedicine. Plenty of great science, beautiful views, and Freiburger Laugenbrezeln 🥨!

A huge thank you🙌to Alex Evtushenko & Cheng Wei @FrukLab @Cambridge_Eng who kindly shared their amazing works at our #PancreaticCancer Science meeting @CRUKCamCentre @CRUK_CI! Thanks to everyone who joined us in person & online for such great discussion!

🚀 Exciting news! Our Nanoscale Horizons paper on flavin-polydopamine nanoparticles is featured in Emerging Horizons in Polymer Applications! These bio-inspired nanocatalysts bring us closer to sustainable and efficient photocatalysis. 🔗 Full collection: rb.gy/nkxuxw

From the science of colour to developing tomorrow's cures for today's illnesses, Professor Ljiljana Fruk and her team (@FrukLab) have a lot to share at this year's Cambridge Festival CamFest website: festival.cam.ac.uk #CamFest #DrivenByCuriosity #DrivingChange 🧪⚙️🌱🔋

Science with heart!❣️ Our PhD student Matthew created this Valentine’s tribute using gold-silver alloy nanoparticles—where colour comes from composition and size. A perfect display of nanotechnology in action! 🩵💙💜🩷🧡💛

Today is World Cancer Day. Click the link below to read the story behind the work Professor Ljiljana Fruk (@FrukLab) and her team are doing at CEB to combat cancer around the world. ceb.cam.ac.uk/news/world-can… #DrivenByCuriosity #DrivingChange 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #WorldCancerDay