Ion Ioannou

“If we could plant our seeds in Chernobyl or Fukushima, we could make that land usable again and eventually grow food there” If you love bold missions, this is going to be fun reading. @FranklinKeck @IonChemBio on a journey to cure land polluted by industrial activities

Check out our new technology to assemble nucleus-like structures in synthetic cells, where genetic constructs control nucleus/cytoplasm communication. Led by @IonChemBio out now, in @PNASNews pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Thank you @PNASNews ! Cover image by me 🤗

Researchers engineered synthetic cells with inner compartments resembling nuclei, by using an oil and water layering technique, potentially paving the way for biotech microdevices. In PNAS: ow.ly/aO2b50Ta5Er

We show: ◾ Formation of compartmentalised synthetic cells with an emulsion phase transfer-based method. ◾Cell-free membrane protein expression in the inner compartment and subsequent enzymatic activity uppon chemical communication with the outer compartment.

Our latest paper just got publised in PNAS @PNASNews ! Great collaboration with @carolina_monck , @ceronifranci from @ImperialChemEng and @KuimovaGroup , @NickBrooks22 from @impchemistry Directed by @YuvalElani and led by @IonChemBio pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

@FabriniGiacomo @NatureNano @DiMicheleLAB1 Huge congrats Giacomo!

Thank you @MartinSFP and @PreSeedNow: <iframe src="linkedin.com/embed/feed/upd…" height="1175" width="504" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="Embedded post"></iframe>

Check out our latest paper in @JACS_Au describing novel methods to measure actin biophysics using FLIM & show that actin binding influences SynCell membrane mechanics. Kudos to superstar PhD student @IonChemBio & collabs @KuimovaGroup + @NickBrooks22 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Excited to see one of my PhD projects published in JACS Au today! Co-authored by my amazing PhD supervisors @YuvalElani, Marina Kuimova and @NickBrooks22 within @impchemistry! Read bellow: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

cover art by the talented @JorikWa

Very glad I took part in this work, elaborated within the @buildacell workshops and featured on the cover of @ACSSynBio vol. 13, issue 4 (April 19, 2024). Congrats to all authors and many thanks to @lynnjrothschild for taking the lead! Full article: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

🚀Our latest @PNASNews paper, showcasing hydrogel artificial cells is out! ✅ Modular synthetic organelles ✅ Engineered biomimetic behaviours: motility, sensing, stimuli-response & cargo release ✅ Powered by membrane proteins, enzymes & nanoparticles tinyurl.com/SynCel

Today's @buildacell Workshop 10 is extremely productive, with energy carried over from #SynCell2023. Working groups are producing papers and frameworks on different important community problems. #synbio #bioengineering #biotech #biotchnology

In 2018, three colleagues and I published a front-cover paper in @PNASNews It has > 170 citations as of 2022, and it was a success that might not have happened: • We had $0 budget • We had no PI (Principal Investigator) • We had no credentials [Here's how we did it] 🧵

Can you engineer new capabilities into bacteria without genetic engineering? Yes! - Check our new @PNASNews paper where we use artificial cells that communicate with bacteria! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… @YuvalElani @Cesiboy1 @jwhindley 🧵👇🏼(1/4)

Interested in Synthetic Cells? Then check out this Discussion Meeting we are organising at @royalsociety. We have some fantastic speakers and the venue has capped numbers so early registration is advised! @fabriCELL_UK @buildacell @SynCellEU @MaxSynBio royalsociety.org/science-events…

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When you analyse old data and you find out that your protein likes symmetry 🙃 #actin #FLIM