Jessica Winter

Super excited to meet these future faculty!

Excited to see Materials Advances 2025 Paper Prize winners!

Check out the Bioinspired Functional Supramolecular Systems collection from Journal of Materials Chemistry B. pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Dynamic Actuation and Hierarchical Assembly of Iron Oxide-Coated DNA Origami Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-based nanomaterials can template growth of nanostructured films on their surfaces, generating complex morphologies. However, previous work has not explored the application of this approach to DNA nanostructures capable of large shape transformations. This study investigated the application of in situ reduction chemistries to dynamic DNA origami materials. Extending beyond past work using gold or silica, iron oxide nanostructures were grown on a variety of DNA origami geometries at different iron:DNA origami molar ratios (i.e., 25,000 to 1,000,000). Growth was visualized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), which indicated the presence of electron dense iron oxide. Structures generally retained their geometric form factors, with some modifications observed in TEM. Structures formed at the highest ratios (i.e., 500,000 to 1,000,000) aggregated, providing an upper limit for this method. DNA origami nanostructures were programmed with single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) overhangs for binding complementary ssDNA-modified cargoes, inducing structural transformations, and for hierarchical assembly. Overhang functionality in coated structures was assessed by gold nanoparticle (AuNP) binding, actuation of two different DNA origami nanostructures, and polymerization into nanotube bundles. These findings indicate that the in situ reduction technique can be applied to dynamic DNA origami structures, retaining their capacity for large shape changes, and that overhangs presented by those structures retain functionality. This approach enables dynamic transformation of individual inorganic nanostructure shapes and assembly of units into larger, arrayed materials.

Read our latest article about magnetic coated-DNA origami!
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Guest Post - How the Growth of Chinese Research Is Bringing Western Publishing to Breaking Point - The Scholarly Kitchen Christos Petrou examines the rapid growth in publication volume coming from China, and how that is impacting the publishing industry.

US scholarly output (research publications) is flat, meanwhile China's are growing exponentially. The proposed National Science Foundation budget goes from ~$10B in 2025 to $4B in 2026. Wish US researchers luck out-competing China. We are going to need it.
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BME UNITE @bmeunite.bsky.social is launching Year 5 of our Future Faculty Program! BME Faculty candidates from marginalized groups on the job market - apply here by July 11th to present your work and receive mentorship to successfully navigate the academic job market: forms.gle/sVto2GRQauNA...

Exciting new collection from Nanoscale on theranostics! Check it out now.
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Check out the Materials Advances Paper Prize!

America is ceding the lead in creating the future The renowned American management consultant and author Peter Drucker is often credited as saying that “the best way to predict the future is to create it”—a view that applies to science as much as to ...

We are in trouble folks.

"the percentage of papers published in Science...from the US federal government has been...decreasing from 54 to 44%. By contrast, the number of published papers originating from China has doubled during this time"

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Experimental and computational investigation of mixing dynamics in millifluidic jet mixing reactors Rapid mixing is a critical step in many nanoparticle syntheses that can impact the ability to scale production from bench to industrial levels. This s…

Big shout out to Barbara Wyslouzil for getting our cross flow jet mixing reactor paper out! Read it here:
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6 weeks now. No Funding Opportunities.

ICYMI 📢Discover the excellent research in our J Mater Chem B themed collection on 'Bioinspired Functional Supramolecular Systems' guest edited by Joao Borges, Joao Mano, Sebastien Lecommandoux and Patricia Y. W. Dankers
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We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international)

We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc.

Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Download and distribute our (massive) database of funding opportunities and fellowships for POSTDOCs

Cuts across all fields of research. 293 fellowships with info about deadline, amount, field, eligibility, etc.

Good luck!

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Enginuity Ep. 24: Professor & Entrepreneur Jessica Winter YouTube video by Ohio State Engineering

Proud to be featured in the OSU College of Engineering Enginuity Podcast with Dean Ayanna Howard. Learn more about my company Core Quantum Technologies and how to commercialize academic research.

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Outstanding peer reviewers | Royal Society of Chemistry Thank you to each and every one of our peer reviewers working tirelessly to ensure that the scientific record is accurate and getting great science into the world.

I am very happy to share that I’ve been recognised as one of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2024 outstanding reviewers. Explore the full list at rsc.li/OutstandingReviewers2024 #RSCPeerReview

Research has virtually ground to a halt, not just where funds are frozen, but everywhere. No new funds, delays in promised funds, cats and freezes. We are not training workers and not developing new tech. Good luck industry you’re on your own.

We live in interesting times my friends. But in instability there is opportunity. I have been forced far outside my comfort zone and am now thinking about my career in completely new and different ways. Look for your opportunity.

To be fair it should be corrected for the number of faculty and Caltech is quite small.

Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...

Great article by @nobelprize.bsky.social laureate @ardemp.bskyverified.social outlining the health, economic and national security benefits of US biomedical research, and the devastation of government efforts to destroy our leading edge.

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So sorry for your loss…of ten hours

The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist "I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."

We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.

Considering how to put biomaterials to use for engineering women's health? Join us at the "Breaking Into Women's Health Using Biomaterial Technologies" panel on Thursday, 1:30p at Society for Biomaterials!

❗ Just published in Journal of Materials Chemistry B - check out this Editorial written by some of our Editorial Board members on how to publish an effective and impactful Review article.
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