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Diego López Barreiro

@dlopezbarreiro

Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at UCL. Principal Investigator at the @LBgroup.bsky.social. Protein biopolymers & other biobased materials. Web: theLBgroup.github.io Opinions are my own. He/him.

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We're hiring for 2 postdocs to work in our lab in London on the newly announced Wellcome Trust SynHG project. If you know people looking to work on big-scale ambitious science like this, please RT and share this with them. Apply by 7/20, interviews in Aug. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

30.06.2025 14:34 👍 19 🔁 34 💬 1 📌 0

Special thanks to our invited speakers @guidobolognesi.bsky.social, @eirini-velliou.bsky.social and Bob Schroeder, and to all the talk/poster presenters. A big thank you also to @uclengineering.bsky.social and @softmatter.rsc.org for sponsoring the event and the prizes.

See you next year!

02.06.2025 13:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Last Friday we celebrated the 7th meeting of the UCL Cross-disciplinary Network on Soft Materials. It was great to see so many researchers across the university presenting their work on such a wide range of topics.

02.06.2025 13:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 1
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My dept in London at Imperial (Bioengineering) is recruiting a group leader at Professor level 🧑‍🎓 Please RT. It's a great place with world-class expertise in all sorts of biomedical & biological engineering topics like synthetic biology. It's also not in the USA. www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

02.05.2025 15:20 👍 82 🔁 74 💬 0 📌 4
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🌳How do trees ensure their branches are not blown off by the wind, and can we harness this for 3D-printed structures?

Caroline's paper explores how wavy fibre patterns inspired by trees can toughen 3D-printed materials.🪴

Check it out! #3DPrinting #Bioinspired #MaterialsScience #PlantScience ~IN

03.04.2025 12:59 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1

I’ve been reading PhD applications all day. >90% include the expressions “academic journey” and “skills honed”. ChatGPT, you need to become way more creative and put an end to this.

27.01.2025 21:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Just a few days left to apply to these two PhD opportunities at @uclengineering.bsky.social. More details below. Please help us spread the word! 🙏

20.01.2025 08:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We have two PhD opportunities in the lab, take a look below!

09.01.2025 17:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We published a paper.
We also created an account for the group.
Not a bad ending to 2024 😀

17.12.2024 08:51 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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12.12.2024 22:19 👍 71 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 2
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FindAPhD : 10 fully funded 4-year PhD studentships at the EPSRC and BBSCR Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineering Solutions for Antimicrobial Resistance at University College London Apply for a PhD: 10 fully funded 4-year PhD studentships at the EPSRC and BBSCR Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineering Solutions for Antimicrobial Resistance at University College London

TWO PhD opportunities to join my group on the new CDT in Engineering Solutions for Antimicrobial Resistance!

Synthetic cells and DNA nanotechnology 🧬🦠🧑‍🔬
- Project details below

Open Day 18th December 11 am

Application Deadline 26th January 2025

#chemsky 🧪
www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

02.12.2024 10:45 👍 25 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 1
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The CDT in Engineering Solutions for Antimicrobial Resistance is recruiting its 2025 cohort. Jack Jeffries and I have the perfect project for you. Join us to develop the next generation of antimicrobial materials!

More info: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

➡️ Application deadline: 26/01/25

02.12.2024 11:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

One more self-nomination here, please 🙋‍♂️. Thanks!

17.11.2024 16:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0