Nico Bruns
Professor of Sustainable Functional Polymers at Technical University of Darmstadt. All views are my own.
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- Reposted by Nico BrunsIf you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
- If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Early Halloween lunch in our group! Pumpkin soup, cucumber bats, scary chocolates, some spiders and a lovely bunch of people! @tuda.bsky.social @andreabelluati.bsky.social
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- This is a paper by Eleonora Ornati and Iiulia Ushakova that I am really proud of. Who would have thought that the well-known Glucose Oxidase is up for some surprises, i.e., that it initiates radical polymerizations without the need for initiators or activation by light! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Nico BrunsVery happy to see version 2.0 of our advanced GROMOS tutorials out in LiveCoMS today! It shows how we can keep a tutorial up to date with the latest developments, but without having to start from scratch. A big ‘thank you’ to all co-authors for their work! #compchem
- Interested in biomolecular simulation? The latest article by Lier et al describes advanced tutorials for the GROMOS software, including free energy calculations, enhanced sampling and neural network potentials with SchNetPack! #compchem livecomsjournal.org/index.php/li...
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- With our lab course in macromolecular chemistry at @tuda.bsky.social, we had the exciting opportunity to visit one of the technologically most advanced recycling plant for #HDPE at PreZero Polymers GmbH. They recycle post-consumer HDPE into high quality recycled material, e.g. for shampoo bottles
- Reposted by Nico BrunsThe 2025 call for #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships drew 17,058 applications worldwide. A 64.6% increase from 2024, it's the most popular call in over four decades. Excellence thrives where it is enabled, protected and shared — and Europe provides that environment. → europa.eu/!jcnGgP #ChooseEurope
- Getting ready for my talk at bioinspired2025.ch, high above Lake Lucerne. What beautiful scenery!
- Reposted by Nico BrunsSome journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.
- Reposted by Nico BrunsGlobal Minds Initiative Germany: Federal Ministry of Research launches new programme to strengthen Germany as a science location together with the Humboldt Foundation, @dfg.de and @daadworldwide.bsky.social. www.bmftr.bund.de/EN/Research/...
- Germany in 2025 (and no, it it not my University): "Die Sachbearbeitung (...) erfolgt durch ein elektronisches Verfahren. Daher ist es erforderlich, dass ausschließlich die unter Downloads eingestellten Formulare verwendet werden. Diese sind elektronisch auszufüllen, auszudrucken, zu unterschreiben
- It is great to be back in Basel, where my independent academic career started many years ago under the mentorship of the late, great Wolfgang Meier. Now I am here for the #RepArtZymes Conference! @unibas.ch @tuda.bsky.social @metrazymes.bsky.social
- Reposted by Nico BrunsThomas Ward and his group organized a fantastic conference on Repurposed and Artificial Enzymes #RepArtZymes in Basel. It included a super-inspiring talk by #Nobel laureate @francesarnold.bsky.social as well as poster and oral presentations by many of MetRaZymes PIs and PhD students.
- Reposted by Nico BrunsToday, Iuliia Ushakova presented her PhD project in the context of the @metrazymes.bsky.social program. Iuliia did the first part of her PhD at the @bruns-lab.bsky.social, and now continues @bokuvienna.bsky.social ! Thanks to the @ec.europa.eu for making this possible.
- Andrea on the big stage! Indeed,a very large lecture theater @epf2025.bsky.social!
- Reposted by Nico BrunsAnd here is some science from @metrazymes.bsky.social members at the European Polymer Congress @epf2025.bsky.social: PI Prof. Nico Bruns @bruns-lab.bsky.social presenting enzymatic radical polymerizations!
- Reposted by Nico BrunsAnd here is some science from @metrazymes.bsky.social members at the European Polymer Congress @epf2025.bsky.social: PI Prof. Joerg Tiller presenting work of his group on double network hydrogels!
- Reposted by Nico BrunsAnd here is some science from @metrazymes.bsky.social members at the European Polymer Congress @epf2025.bsky.social: Doctoral Candidate Qianxin Zhang from @tuda.bsky.social presenting his work on novel fluorescent polymers synthesized by enzymatic radical polymerizations on the big stage!
- Reposted by Nico BrunsKatja Loos @luzylein.bsky.social opening the @epf2025.bsky.social European Polymer Congress in Groningen. Katja is not only President of the European Polymer Federation, but also a PI in our MSCA Doctoral Network MetRaZymes @metrazymes.bsky.social. We proudly support the Congress!
- Talking about enzymatic radical polymerizations in and on cells as well as to create synthetic cells at #EPF2025 @epf2025.bsky.social in beautiful Groningen! What a fantastic gathering of the global polymer community! @metrazymes.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social @synbio.bsky.social
- My train is my office! On the way to #EPF2025 in Groningen, enjoying my favorite music and the scenery were I grew up, Germany's flatlands...
- My train is my office! On the way to #EPF2025 in Groningen, enjoying my favorite music and the scenery were I grew up, Germany's flatlands...
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- The final paper of Sara Velasquez's (@scientistwithadog.bsky.social) very successful PhD thesis is now out: Combining peptides and cellulose nanocrystals to reinforce amphiphilic polymer conetworks! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... In collaboration with LaShanda Korley!
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- Reposted by Nico BrunsMacromolecules are everywhere, from polymers to enzymes! The @metrazymes.bsky.social team and @bruns-lab.bsky.social presented polymer chemistry at the @tuda.bsky.social Open Campus Day! Read more about the event: www.tu-darmstadt.de/universitaet...
- Our activities to run research labs more sustainably @tuda.bsky.social were recognized by the 2025 Award for Sustainability and Interdisciplinarity of the Freunde der TU Darmstadt! A huge thank you and congratulations to the teams that implemented @leafinlabs.bsky.social in Chem., Biol., and Mater.
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- Reposted by Nico BrunsAlready some weeks ago, but it was a fantastic and inspiring time. The Winter School on metalloenzymes (and polymers) of our MSCA Doctoral Network MetRaZymes - Metal-containing Radical Enzymes in Hirschegg, Kleinwalsertal, Austria. Thank you @ec.europa.eu for the very valuable funding!
- Reposted by Nico BrunsArtificial Metalloenzymes, Computational Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, and Bioprocessing & Engineering, with inspiring guest speakers—all while surrounded by the stunning scenery of the Alps!
- Reposted by Nico BrunsHad a great time teaching #compchem and learning lots of other things at the @metrazymes.bsky.social winterschool in Hirschegg. A great group of clever participants!
- Reposted by Nico BrunsHad an amazing week at the MetRaZymes @metrazymes.bsky.social Winter School in Hirschegg, Austria! It was a pleasure to learn, share, and connect with fellow researchers in our doctoral network. We organized and attended insightful lectures and workshops on ⬇️🧵
- Reposted by Nico BrunsWe will put forward a 500 million package for 2025-2027 to make Europe a magnet for researchers. As well as ambitious proposals for R&I in the next EU budget. We will also offer the best and brightest the right incentives to come to Europe ↓
- The EU is ramping up its research funding, specifically targeting talent from across the world to move to the EU for research. Well done! Includes an ERC super grant scheme and more resources for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions. @erc.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu
- Europe’s choice is clear. To put science at the heart of its economy. To become the home of scientific freedom and collaboration. And to welcome talent from all over the world. I’m glad to present the first elements of our Choose Europe Initiative. → europa.eu/!TTbWbJ
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- It is my honor and pleasure to host Prof. Musammir Khan in my lab for exciting research on self-healing amphiphilic polymer conetworks! Musammir is a Professor at Pakistan's top University, the National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad. scholar.google.com/citations?us...
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- Great to see former Bruns Lab postdoc @peng-liu.bsky.social and in this illustrious group of rising stars in our field! Absolutely well deserved, Peng!
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- I had the pleasure to be interviewed by @volkswagenstiftung.de about #Sustainable #Labs. Their additional funding for sustainable lab programs is an important commitment to boost sustainable lab practices in labs! www.volkswagenstiftung.de/de/news/inte...
- I had the pleasure to be interviewed by @volkswagenstiftung.de about #Sustainable #Labs. Their additional funding for sustainable lab programs is an important commitment to boost sustainable lab practices in labs! www.volkswagenstiftung.de/de/news/inte...
- We have a new Doctor in the house! Dr. Ornati! Congratulations, Eleonora, on an excellent PhD thesis and an excellent viva! Thanks for making the journey from @unistrathclyde.bsky.social to @tuda.bsky.social with me and the group, and for making enzymatic polymerizations in living cells a reality!
- How radical are microbes? We found that E. coli can do radical polymerizations when "fed" with ATRP-initiators and monomers, without needing to recombinantly express enzymes, now out in JACS pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... @tuda.bsky.social @synbio.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
- WTF? Jeroen is a cornerstone of European research excellence in our field. It is an absolute mistake to shut down his Department and to lay him off. How is this even possible????
- WTF? Jeroen is a cornerstone of European research excellence in our field. It is an absolute mistake to shut down his Department and to lay him off. How is this even possible????
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- A big shout out to the #CoM2Life team, I am proud to be part of it! Fingers crossed that we made convincing arguments toward the evaluation panel and that we get it over the funding line!
- I am very happy that my University @tuda.bsky.social has moved away from X to join the growing science community here on BlueSky! Welcome! www.tu-darmstadt.de/universitaet...
- It was great to discuss in GIT Labor-Fachzeitschrift of Wiley Analytical Science our insights and thoughts about #sustainable labs, based on our primary research article pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a.... analyticalscience.wiley.com/content/arti...
- So sad! RIP Fraser Stoddart!
- Reposted by Nico BrunsAlice Weidel nennt Universitäten "queer-woke Kaderschmieden" und sagt: "Wir schließen alle Gender Studies und schmeißen alle diese Professoren raus". Die Naturwissenschafts-Community muss sich hier klar auf die Seite der Geistes- & Sozialwissenschaft stellen. Das ist ein Angriff auf alle. (Thread)
- Great to collaborate with Jens, @jgaitzsch.bsky.social, and his team at IPF Dresden! Flow-reactors rock! @tuda.bsky.social
- A cool combination of polymer- and bio-catalysis by decorating bacteria with polymers is shown by Wu et al www.nature.com/articles/s41... It was an honour to review this work in a News&Views Article in @naturecatalysis.bsky.social together with @andreabelluati.bsky.social Read it here: rdcu.be/d4kvE
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- Come and join my team as a Humboldt Foundation Postdoc to work on any of our exciting reseach topics @tuda.bsky.social! I am grateful to the Humboldt Foundation to have been selected as Henriette Herz Scout, which means that I can fast-track postdoc fellowships. #ChemSky #postdocposition #polymers
- Sometimes, science investigates the obvious, and I enjoy seeing scientific methods being applied to everyday issues! Every climber who has ever been in a climbing gym will know the tremendous amount of dust of chalk and rubber particles all around you! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
