https://www.evolf.life/news daily 0.75 2026-04-02 https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy-fjw7f-jjeyd-n8h3d-c9h8z-cy7he-fg3ts-ezt68-gclal-snba6-hp3z7-wz7sz-yd8f7 monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/0a4220fc-b52b-494a-aa2d-c72e64ca9033/Adam+Sidi+Mabrouk.jpg News - Meet Adam Sidi Mabrouk - Adam Sisi Mabrouk I’m joining the EVOLF consortium as a Postdoc in the lab of Greg Bokinsky at TU Delft. I have a background in Biology from Leiden University, where I specialized in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology during my MSc. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy-fjw7f-jjeyd-n8h3d-c9h8z-cy7he-fg3ts-ezt68-gclal-snba6-hp3z7-wz7sz-p4tm5-z2l9n-rr5nk monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/acd3b49e-b026-4196-bd99-083b7ac1af05/AMOLF+01.jpg News - EVOLF/ BaSyC Spring meeting 19 & 20 March 202, AMOLF, Amsterdam - EVOLF/ BaSyC Spring meeting 19 & 20 March 202, AMOLF, Amsterdam Picture taking during the break out discussions. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy-fjw7f-jjeyd-n8h3d-c9h8z-cy7he-fg3ts-ezt68-gclal-snba6-hp3z7-wz7sz-p4tm5-z2l9n monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/4634867e-6455-4c9e-9872-5114fef0ca19/Image+%281%29.jpg News - Pure workshop - Pure Workshop We hope everyone left the workshop with new knowledge, inspiration, and tools to take back to their labs. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy-fjw7f-jjeyd-n8h3d-c9h8z-cy7he-fg3ts-ezt68-gclal-snba6-hp3z7-wz7sz-p4tm5 monthly 0.5 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/d7d87937-fac4-437d-9e14-3f4176114e38/Charu+Sharma.jpg News - Meet Charu Sharma - Charu Sharma Towards this new goal, I am to develop a toolkit of modular and cell-free expressed synthetic adhesion receptors for synthetic cells which are capable of both inside-out and outside-in signalling. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy-fjw7f-jjeyd-n8h3d-c9h8z-cy7he-fg3ts-ezt68-gclal-snba6-hp3z7-wz7sz monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/9fa33939-1f53-452a-be26-8df73ceb8be6/Dani+Feldmann.jpg News - Meet Dani Feldmann - Dani Feldmann Within EVOLF, my project focuses on developing Craspase as a transcriptional regulator in a synthetic cell. Our goal is to explore how Craspase can precisely time critical cellular processes, like cell division, by leveraging its RNA-sensing and protease activities. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy-fjw7f-jjeyd-n8h3d-c9h8z-cy7he-fg3ts-ezt68-gclal-snba6-hp3z7 monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/224eaf76-34e8-4220-9c0f-dd39888754ce/Koustav+Bhakta.jpeg News - Meet Koustav Bhakta - Koustav Bhakta At TU Delft, I will be working on cell division proteins from mesophilic marine archaea to understand how they drive archaeal cell division. A longer-term goal of the project is to use these components to build a synthetic cell. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy-fjw7f-jjeyd-n8h3d-c9h8z-cy7he-fg3ts-ezt68-gclal-snba6 monthly 0.5 2026-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/f0b795c6-142c-4d03-a71a-2a61f20a5204/franziska+giessler.jpg News - Meet Franziska Giessler - Franziska Giessler I’m excited to stay in this field but shifting focus to compartments formed by lipid membranes. I’ve recently joined Kristina Ganzinger’s group at AMOLF in Amsterdam. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy-fjw7f-jjeyd-n8h3d-c9h8z-cy7he-fg3ts-ezt68-gclal monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/609799d4-0583-4f62-8495-b55b0fd82b95/Nico-Claassens.webp News - Nico Claassens member of the Young Academy - Nico Claassens member of the Young Academy https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy-fjw7f-jjeyd-n8h3d-c9h8z-cy7he-fg3ts-ezt68 monthly 0.5 2026-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/b7abdb46-d50c-4c8b-b5e0-01f00d47ca07/ID+photo-Yuchang.jpg News - Meet Yuchang Li Yuchang Li I will be working on reconstitution of active DNA segregation system in synthetic cells https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy-fjw7f-jjeyd-n8h3d-c9h8z-cy7he-fg3ts monthly 0.5 2026-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/1bf20a19-89db-409d-82f4-5c6dfad24849/Laura+Porras.jpg News - Meet Laura Porras Tejado Laura Porras Tejado In my project, we aim to develop a system that generates rearrangements within genome-encoded modules in E. coli. Inspired by the SCRaMbLE system used in synthetic yeast, we’ll use this recombination-based strategy to create a wide variety of genomic variants. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy-fjw7f-jjeyd-n8h3d-c9h8z-cy7he monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/6e648ad7-9440-4ba7-9ef1-9b0758b2ae18/In%C3%AAs+Calmeiro.jpg News - Meet Inês Calmeiro Inês Calmeiro I have now rejoined TU Delft as a PhD candidate in the Laan Lab and will be working on an EVOLF project focused on understanding how signal-induced polarization can be reconstituted and controlled in synthetic cells. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy-fjw7f-jjeyd-n8h3d-c9h8z monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/e8039334-cb88-433b-ac69-d50a065e4d06/Saniye+Kaya.jpg News - Meet Saniye Kaya Saniye Kaya During my PhD, I focused on understanding cofactor–function relationships in enzymes, with particular emphasis on flavoproteins and enzyme oligomerization. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy-fjw7f-jjeyd-n8h3d monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/edf75f8f-15ac-4628-a956-2330d61d7445/Nicolas+Monreal+Corera.jpg News - Meet Nicolás Monreal Corera Nicolás Monreal Corera During the PhD, I will work on reconstituting the glycolytic pathway inside vesicles in a cell-free environment, in order to gain insight into how this pathway could be used by a synthetic cell to achieve a sustained and efficient energy production. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy-fjw7f-jjeyd monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/bf0e9514-7485-4335-82bb-4abaee355faa/Loick.JPG News - Meet Loïck Moissonnier Loïck Moissonnier My postdoctoral project aims to understand and improve membrane protein insertion in synthetic cells. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy-fjw7f monthly 0.5 2025-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/13017b8a-6428-42be-adb8-837b2c2fa4aa/stein_picture_lissabon.jpg News - Meet Stein Glastra Stein Glastra Within EVOLF, my project focuses on developing a smart, high-resolution 3D microscopy platform to study and evolve synthetic cells, through live-cell imaging. By combining optical microscopy with recognition algorithms and microfluidics, I aim to enable automated sorting of cell like systems. One of the ultimate goals of this platform is to facilitate directed evolution experiments, which is a powerful tool for integrating the different projects or modules within EVOLF. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm-al7sy monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/8fc36fb5-8c84-44fb-821b-2a4d9766e07d/groepsfoto.jpg News - EVOLF/ BaSyC Fall meeting 8 & 9 October 2025, Wageningen EVOLF/ BaSyC Fall meeting 8 & 9 October 2025, Wageningen https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt-kxzdm monthly 0.5 2025-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/586598cc-cddf-40f3-a8a8-5dc0da04feb0/Yolas+Cinemre.jpg News - Meet Yoldaş Cinemre - Yoldaş Cinemre Now, as part of EVOLF, my project will focus on understanding the physical mechanisms of membrane deformation during cell division. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55-wg7gt monthly 0.5 2025-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/b3bdafd2-7b0f-4d50-ab5f-ee0aa59b893a/Julie+Muris.jpg News - Meet Julie Muris - Julie Muris During my PhD, I will test and design different DNA replication modules in E.coli to find a suitable replication system for the synthetic cell. After finding the most suitable replication system, this system will be evolved. Additionally, I will test and optimize different control strategies for this replication system. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h-l3a55 monthly 0.5 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/e4864d92-4bb4-4c7b-a0c6-c87b4989ab72/Prashali.jpeg News - Meet Prashali Chauhan - Prashali Chauhan I am planning to continue with studying the regulation of self-organization in the ParMRC system. ParMRC is a self-sufficient machinery for DNA segregation in bacterial cells. We are hoping to encapsulate it and use it towards synthetic cell division module to control minimal spindle formation and DNA segregation. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg-epw4h monthly 0.5 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/4e99033e-0ce1-42eb-88ff-db8c451b7b41/Gianluca+Bandera.jpg News - Meet Gianluca Bandera - Gianluca Bandera My PhD project focuses on protein engineering to design novel cell-adhesion molecules for application to synthetic cells. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f-kwkmg monthly 0.5 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/64e788b4-1211-4971-931e-49dbe46cb0b5/Max+Allewijn.jpg News - Meet Max Allewijn - Max Allewijn The goal of this system is to be able to gather lots of data in the transcriptome, and later the proteome, under many different conditions. This can range from different ratios of polymerases and sigma factors, to changing the locations of genes on a chromosome, to even comparing a bare-bones in-vitro transcription system to a lysate. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8-dpa3f monthly 0.5 2025-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/ac01b47f-bcc1-455d-9395-21c60c91f47b/Jayesh+Aher.JPG News - Meet Jayesh Aher - Jayesh Aher I hope to use my background in membrane biophysics to develop an AI-assisted high-throughput workflow to evolve self-dividing liposomes., by exploring the full parameters space of liposomes composed of complex mixture lipids and in the presences of proteins that alters the membrane stiffness. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne-bffr8 monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/de0392b9-303e-420a-9e20-15c09c641a51/Julian+Kiesel.JPG News - Meet Julian Kiesel - Julian Kiesel I will turn to the grand quest of creating an artificial cell. More specifically, my initial work will focus on investigating a minimal two-component signaling system consisting of two main proteins that act together to enable the used cell model to sense the nitrate concentration of its environment. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-tijn-delzenne monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/a31631cd-a830-45e5-8302-7f8857ac489b/Tijn.jpeg News - Meet Tijn Delzenne - Tijn Delzenne I hope to use my background in synthetic biology to develop a system for fatty acid production using cell-free-synthesis methods. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-dani-ye monthly 0.5 2025-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/72437afe-ff1f-4017-9099-ece197d90290/Dani+Ye.jpeg News - Meet Dani Ye - Dani Ye I will now be taking on this new challenge in the context of EVOLF, in which I will be focusing on the in vivo assembly and isolation of synthetic chromosomes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae under the supervision of Prof. Pascale Daran-Lapujade. https://www.evolf.life/news/levensechte-labcellen monthly 0.5 2025-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/ae4f6f07-e52c-4c8d-88c8-e0356ef52680/Foto+levensechte+labcellen.jpg News - Levensechte labcellen - DOOR RUBEN BOOT - ILLUSTRATIE: CEES DEKKER LAB / SCIXEL - 20-06-2025 - Celbiologie Voorstelling van de ontwikkeling van een synthetische cel (rechts) uit basiscomponenten (links). https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-miriam-prior monthly 0.5 2025-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/88966247-2f5b-4fa4-98b5-a6aafa262ace/20205072_Headshot_MiriamPrior.jpg News - Meet Miriam Prior - Miriam Prior My research focuses on applying the Value Sensitive Design approach to the synthetic cell. Broadly, this involves developing frameworks that integrate societal values, such as safety and responsibility, into the design and development of synthetic cells. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-hannah-lena-wienecke monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/81f5daae-d182-41fa-b6a5-cdb21adee5ae/Hannah+Wienecke.jpg News - Meet Hannah Lena Wienecke - Hannah Lena Wienecke In the group of Kristina Ganzinger at AMOLF, I will be working on direct communication between synthetic cells. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-risa-togo monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/de08de0f-f484-43a5-80bf-1e5496708086/Risa+Togo.jpg News - Meet Risa Togo - Risa Togo I will focus on developing a cell shaping module for spatial control during cell division in synthetic cells. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-sander-annema-n4t44 monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/7d0c0814-7793-4ccb-bf00-ef9593106d59/Foto+EVOLF.jpeg News - EVOLF/ BaSyC Spring meeting 12 & 13 June at the RUG in Groningen. - EVOLF/ BaSyC Spring meeting 12 & 13 June at the RUG in Groningen. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-sander-annema monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/76eb4c61-aac4-49c4-a729-8dfd515ae737/Picture_SanderAnnema.jpg News - Meet Sander Annema - Sander Annema Now I will be working on the development of a compact synthetic cell-cycle clock in a cell-free system at the Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute with Dr. Julia Kamenz. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-menno-mulder monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/8976e5ef-721b-4e82-823c-0d7aa302670f/Menno+Mulder.jpg News - Meet Menno Mulder - Menno Mulder I will be working on theoretically understanding sensing in cells at AMOLF with Pieter Rein ten Wolde, in collaboration with experimental work done in Kristina Ganzinger’s lab. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-timon-lindeboom monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/89564d8f-c87e-4ee4-ac2a-6543925221dd/Timon+Lindeboom.JPG News - Meet Timon Lindeboom - Timon Lindeboom During my post-doc, I will be working on using lab automation to design, build and test various synthetic chromosomes in vitro, using a standardized library of DNA parts, which will be available for the entire consortium. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-floor-loozen monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/1e9dd45f-1306-4cee-b5c3-5ec827eeb84d/Floor+Loozen.jpg News - Meet Floor Loozen - Floor Loozen I am developing an acoustic force spectroscopy tool aimed at investigating adhesion between synthetic cells and surfaces. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-yugyeong-je monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/7070f8d0-e476-436b-a96f-46de8c8c97c9/Yugyeong+Je.JPG News - Meet Yugyeong Je - Yugyeong Je I'll be working on developing a platform that combines fluorescence imaging with traveling surface acoustic wave actuation to enable automatic sorting of liposomes. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-nynke-boiten monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/2719af4d-dbec-433e-a767-3ca64387e013/Nynke+Boiten.jpg News - Meet Nynke Boiten - Nynke Boiten The ultimate aim of the project is to provide a normative and robust conceptual framework distinguishing life from non-life. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-mart-venekamp monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/dfa0fe4e-a765-40db-9ef4-84bd76dd7619/Mart+Venekamp.jpg News - Meet Mart Venekamp - Mart Venekamp As part of the EVOLF program, I will be working at the GBB with Prof. Dr. Bert Poolman, focusing on membrane expansion through lipid biosynthesis and translocation. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-antonia-schneider monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/5e6d8de4-2545-436c-95c2-013f6eb82fbe/Antonia_photo.png News - Meet Antonia Schneider - Antonia Schneider My project focuses on constructing a synthetic operon for glycolytic genes to express them in a synthetic cell. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-karin-schann monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/e21add6f-094e-4d9f-9296-fc1cf9d91b01/Karin+Schann+%28002%29.jpg News - Meet Karin Schann - Karin Schann In my PhD which is part of the EVOLF project, I aim to optimize the metabolism of a synthetic cell using targeted engineering and in vivo directed evolution. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-phuong-nguyen monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/204eaccd-6c6d-4385-95d0-c93b73cfdb25/Phuong.jpeg News - Meet Phuong Nguyen - Phuong Nguyen I will be working on structural studies of dynamin-like proteins that might assist the division of synthetic cell using cryo-EM. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-theo-van-laar-lf4l5-pjwed-5brte-zbjt3-j5jtd-b9kt7-gza4f-sl4nj monthly 0.5 2025-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/cf6fffad-3896-4670-bac1-5f8b13b22965/Annemieke+Mathissen.jpg News - Meet Annemieke Mathissen - Annemieke Mathissen My research will be on creating in vitro PURE chromosomes, focusing on their optimisation for self-expression. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-fatema-zahra monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/d800865c-a5f7-4f7a-98b7-db1711e14a4d/Fatema-Zahra+%28002%29+kleiner.jpg News - Meet Fatema Zahra - Fatema Zahra I’m thrilled to join the EVOLF consortium as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. dr. Gijs Wuite at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to develop a minimal DNA replication module for synthetic cells. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-joris-dommisse monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/67646b90-897d-4d70-a5cd-c7b60f692ac8/Joris+Dommisse+%28002%29.jpg News - Meet Joris Dommisse - Joris Dommisse The goal of my project will be to obtain robust and autonomous FtsZ-mediated constriction of liposomes. This is inspired by FtsZ found in nature, which forms the core of the division machinery of most bacteria, as well as various archaea. https://www.evolf.life/news/meet-yunshi-yang monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/5de9d59e-e24e-4e4b-b521-357ba14e87b5/Yunshi+Yang.jpg News - Meet Yunshi Yang - Yunshi Yang I will be doing Synthetic cell division with RNA nanostructure at TU Delft with Prof. Cees Dekker. https://www.evolf.life/news/van-oudenaarden-and-groth-research-groups-receive-novo-nordisk-foundation-synergy-grant-for-epigenome-fidelity monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b336eeb805c64667b218cd/f68705d4-7ce1-458c-bc7d-5f318fbccd01/20241220_VanOudenaarden_Jeroen_NovoNordisk_collage_small.jpg News - Van Oudenaarden and Groth research groups receive Novo Nordisk Foundation Synergy Grant for Epigenome Fidelity - Here is the link to the article 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