Chemically-induced Jamming and 3D printing of Granular Hydrogels: Microgels as Reservoirs of Volume https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.28.754645v1
September 28, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Chemically-induced Jamming and 3D printing of Granular Hydrogels: Microgels as Reservoirs of Volume https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.28.754645v1
New in Nat Comm
Pathogenic E. coli use protein FimH to grab onto the gut lining
New microgels mimic the mannose binding sites—acting as “decoys” to drag bacteria away and protect the intestine in IBD
Adherent-invasive E. coli (AIEC), enriched in Crohn’s disease, are a key target for this strategy
Pathogenic E. coli use protein FimH to grab onto the gut lining
New microgels mimic the mannose binding sites—acting as “decoys” to drag bacteria away and protect the intestine in IBD
Adherent-invasive E. coli (AIEC), enriched in Crohn’s disease, are a key target for this strategy
Fishing out AIEC with FimH capturing microgels for inflammatory bowel disease treatment - Nature Communications
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic immune-mediated condition. This study presents a drug-free treatment strategy for IBD that targets bacterial adhesion, utilizing mannan oligosaccharide-lo...
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August 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
New in Nat Comm
Pathogenic E. coli use protein FimH to grab onto the gut lining
New microgels mimic the mannose binding sites—acting as “decoys” to drag bacteria away and protect the intestine in IBD
Adherent-invasive E. coli (AIEC), enriched in Crohn’s disease, are a key target for this strategy
Pathogenic E. coli use protein FimH to grab onto the gut lining
New microgels mimic the mannose binding sites—acting as “decoys” to drag bacteria away and protect the intestine in IBD
Adherent-invasive E. coli (AIEC), enriched in Crohn’s disease, are a key target for this strategy
Microfluidic Production of Spatially Structured Biomimetic Microgels as Compartmentalized Artificial Cells
doi.org/10.1002/smsc...
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Microfluidic Production of Spatially Structured Biomimetic Microgels as Compartmentalized Artificial Cells
Artificial cells aim to replicate cellular form and function using bioinspired building blocks. In this article, a microfluidic technique is used to design spatially structured microgels for use as c...
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February 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Microfluidic Production of Spatially Structured Biomimetic Microgels as Compartmentalized Artificial Cells
doi.org/10.1002/smsc...
doi.org/10.1002/smsc...
Chemically-induced Jamming and 3D printing of Granular Hydrogels: Microgels as Reservoirs of Volume https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.28.754645v1
September 28, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Chemically-induced Jamming and 3D printing of Granular Hydrogels: Microgels as Reservoirs of Volume https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.28.754645v1
New Cover 🔔 | Volume 6 Issue 11 📖
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New Cover 🔔 | Volume 6 Issue 11 📖
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First off, the relevant journal article is #OpenAccess. So if you already know what hemostasis means or what B Knobs are, you can just read the paper.
Everyone else: stay tuned.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Everyone else: stay tuned.
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Hemostatic B-knob–triggered microgels (BK-TriGs) to address bleeding in neonates
Targeted microgels enhance neonatal clotting, reducing blood loss and improving hemostasis without adult blood product risks.
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April 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
First off, the relevant journal article is #OpenAccess. So if you already know what hemostasis means or what B Knobs are, you can just read the paper.
Everyone else: stay tuned.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Everyone else: stay tuned.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Great work by @bernaozkale.bsky.social on nano robotic microgels for mechanically guiding stem cells differentiation #25EngLife
September 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Great work by @bernaozkale.bsky.social on nano robotic microgels for mechanically guiding stem cells differentiation #25EngLife
Exciting new method in #cancerneuroscience: we're modeling nerve-cancer interactions in 3D using microgels! This is a fun collab with the Bertassoni Lab, who's been doing amazing work with the Biofabrication Hub @ohsuknight.bsky.social. Check out their latest here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Engineering neuronal networks in granular microgels to innervate bioprinted cancer organoids on-a-chip
Organoid models are invaluable for studying organ processes in vitro, offering an unprecedented ability to replicate organ function. Despite recent advancements that have increased their cellular comp...
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April 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Exciting new method in #cancerneuroscience: we're modeling nerve-cancer interactions in 3D using microgels! This is a fun collab with the Bertassoni Lab, who's been doing amazing work with the Biofabrication Hub @ohsuknight.bsky.social. Check out their latest here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Sayantan Chanda, Sonali Vasant Kawale, Ranjini Bandyopadhyay: Stiffness-dependent Dielectric Relaxation in Thermoreversible Microgels: Effects of Temperature and Strain https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.37428 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.37428 https://arxiv.org/html/2609.37428
September 30, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Sayantan Chanda, Sonali Vasant Kawale, Ranjini Bandyopadhyay: Stiffness-dependent Dielectric Relaxation in Thermoreversible Microgels: Effects of Temperature and Strain https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.37428 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.37428 https://arxiv.org/html/2609.37428
Abschlußtagung des SFB985 "Microgels" ... wunderbare Vorträge und Poster, tolle Diskussionen, super Team! DANKE für die schönen Jahre !!
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@rwth.bsky.social
April 4, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Abschlußtagung des SFB985 "Microgels" ... wunderbare Vorträge und Poster, tolle Diskussionen, super Team! DANKE für die schönen Jahre !!
@rwth.bsky.social
@rwth.bsky.social
Spatiotemporal Control of Genetic and Epigenetic Editing through Covalent Tethering of CRISPR Nanoparticles to Zwitterionic Microgels https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.18.751510v1
September 22, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Spatiotemporal Control of Genetic and Epigenetic Editing through Covalent Tethering of CRISPR Nanoparticles to Zwitterionic Microgels https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.18.751510v1
A new, straightforward way to make a microgel able to release multiple drugs at different times 🧪
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A simpler way to make microgels for programmable drug release - Chemical Engineering
Dunking a calcium alginate microgel in ion baths helps finely tune drug release profiles without complex equipment, opening up microgel synthesis to more researchers.
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April 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A new, straightforward way to make a microgel able to release multiple drugs at different times 🧪
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Don't miss Sonja Herres-Pawlis, Andrij Pich et al's recent article
#ChemSciCovers
'Depolymerization of PLA catalyzed by guanidine-modified microgels'
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
@herreslab
#ChemSciCovers
'Depolymerization of PLA catalyzed by guanidine-modified microgels'
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@herreslab
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Don't miss Sonja Herres-Pawlis, Andrij Pich et al's recent article
#ChemSciCovers
'Depolymerization of PLA catalyzed by guanidine-modified microgels'
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
@herreslab
#ChemSciCovers
'Depolymerization of PLA catalyzed by guanidine-modified microgels'
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
@herreslab
#Copper complexes anchored to #microgels show high activity in Henry reactions! Moreover, the microgels can be re-used several times! Thank you to all groups for the wonderful collaboration in the SFB985 @rwth.bsky.social
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July 12, 2024 at 8:21 PM
#Copper complexes anchored to #microgels show high activity in Henry reactions! Moreover, the microgels can be re-used several times! Thank you to all groups for the wonderful collaboration in the SFB985 @rwth.bsky.social
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I am excited to share that the final paper from my graduate work has now been published! Thank you to everyone at UM who helped me push this over the finish line! This work focuses on the development of vascularizing PEG-based microgels! Check it our here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Biofabrication and Characterization of Vascularizing PEG‐Norbornene Microgels
Establishing a robust, functional microvascular network remains a critical challenge for both the revascularization of damaged or diseased tissues and the development of engineered biological materia....
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April 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I am excited to share that the final paper from my graduate work has now been published! Thank you to everyone at UM who helped me push this over the finish line! This work focuses on the development of vascularizing PEG-based microgels! Check it our here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Percoll based 3 layered discontinuous density gradient media provides different stimuli in the layers.
Different concentrations of calcium and citrate in the top and bottom layers allowed programming of prolonged and damped chemomechanical oscillatory trajectories of microgels.
Different concentrations of calcium and citrate in the top and bottom layers allowed programming of prolonged and damped chemomechanical oscillatory trajectories of microgels.
December 20, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Percoll based 3 layered discontinuous density gradient media provides different stimuli in the layers.
Different concentrations of calcium and citrate in the top and bottom layers allowed programming of prolonged and damped chemomechanical oscillatory trajectories of microgels.
Different concentrations of calcium and citrate in the top and bottom layers allowed programming of prolonged and damped chemomechanical oscillatory trajectories of microgels.
The authors included RRIDs in their in Pharmaceutical Research paper! We value the author's support of reproducibility. #STMpublishing #RRID #accelerateopenscience
Controlled Release of the IL-1R Antagonist, Anakinra, from Microgels with an Extended Intra-articular Residence Time
Read the full paper: Controlled Release of the IL-1R Antagonist, Anakinra, from Microgels with an Extended Intra-articular Residence Time
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September 25, 2026 at 7:00 AM
The authors included RRIDs in their in Pharmaceutical Research paper! We value the author's support of reproducibility. #STMpublishing #RRID #accelerateopenscience
Fresh off the press, in this paper we introduce a #GranularHydrogel which successfully delivers chemically modified RNA for bone regeneration. Many thanks Daphne @elena-db.bsky.social Martin, @erbalmayor.bsky.social, Claudia , Martijn , Christian #cmRNAbone
doi.org/10.1002/adhm...
doi.org/10.1002/adhm...
Implementing BMP‐7 Chemically Modified RNA for Bone Regeneration with 3D Printable Hyaluronic Acid‐Collagen Granular Gels
This study developed 3D-printable THA-Col microgels for delivering BMP-7 cmRNA. The key result is that hMSCs transfected on the biomaterials showed BMP-7 secretion levels comparable to pre-transfecte...
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June 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Fresh off the press, in this paper we introduce a #GranularHydrogel which successfully delivers chemically modified RNA for bone regeneration. Many thanks Daphne @elena-db.bsky.social Martin, @erbalmayor.bsky.social, Claudia , Martijn , Christian #cmRNAbone
doi.org/10.1002/adhm...
doi.org/10.1002/adhm...
Hot off the press, the lab's latest work on high aspect ratio microgels for granular hydrogel formation and cell delivery is just published in ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...). Work co-led by undergraduate student Dean Stornello and postdoc Jun Kim.
Controlling Microparticle Aspect Ratio via Photolithography for Injectable Granular Hydrogel Formation and Cell Delivery
Granular hydrogels are injectable and inherently porous biomaterials assembled through the packing of microparticles. These particles typically have a symmetric and spherical shape. However, recent st...
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January 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Hot off the press, the lab's latest work on high aspect ratio microgels for granular hydrogel formation and cell delivery is just published in ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...). Work co-led by undergraduate student Dean Stornello and postdoc Jun Kim.
Check out this new Chem. Sci. publication, from Andrij Pich and @herreslab et al.!
"Depolymerization of PLA catalyzed by guanidine-modified microgels"
You can read it here, in full and for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
"Depolymerization of PLA catalyzed by guanidine-modified microgels"
You can read it here, in full and for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Check out this new Chem. Sci. publication, from Andrij Pich and @herreslab et al.!
"Depolymerization of PLA catalyzed by guanidine-modified microgels"
You can read it here, in full and for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
"Depolymerization of PLA catalyzed by guanidine-modified microgels"
You can read it here, in full and for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
Congrats to #harleylab Gunnar Thompson for one of the top viewed JBiomed Mater Res PtA articles in 2025: "Gelatin maleimide microgels for hematopoietic progenitor cell encapsulation"
Pathmarking work describing methods to enable fab of mosaic tissue models
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Pathmarking work describing methods to enable fab of mosaic tissue models
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Gelatin maleimide microgels for hematopoietic progenitor cell encapsulation
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are the apical cells of the hematopoietic system, giving rise to cells of the blood and lymph lineages. HSCs reside primarily within bone marrow niches that contain ma...
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May 16, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Congrats to #harleylab Gunnar Thompson for one of the top viewed JBiomed Mater Res PtA articles in 2025: "Gelatin maleimide microgels for hematopoietic progenitor cell encapsulation"
Pathmarking work describing methods to enable fab of mosaic tissue models
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Pathmarking work describing methods to enable fab of mosaic tissue models
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
New publication!
A new approach to nanoindentation for microgels is presented where the roles of the sample and the indenter are reversed.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A new approach to nanoindentation for microgels is presented where the roles of the sample and the indenter are reversed.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
High‐Throughput Mechanical Characterization of Single Microgel Particles by Fluidic Force Microscopy
The combination of atomic force microscopy and nanofluidics (FluidFM) allows for a new approach for the mechanical characterization of particulate soft matter in the micrometer regime by inverted nan....
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August 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
New publication!
A new approach to nanoindentation for microgels is presented where the roles of the sample and the indenter are reversed.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A new approach to nanoindentation for microgels is presented where the roles of the sample and the indenter are reversed.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
New preprint available: "Data-Producing Methods in CRC 985: Recommendations for Research Data Management in Large Interdisciplinary Projects", from @herreslab.bsky.social et al. #dataliteracy #chemistry #microgels #RDM #dataproducing preprints.inggrid.org/repository/v...
Data-Producing Methods in CRC 985: Recommendations for Research Data Management in Large Interdisciplinary ProjectsJaneway-Logo-Final
This is a Preprint and has not been peer reviewed. This is version 1 of this Preprint.
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March 13, 2024 at 9:29 AM
New preprint available: "Data-Producing Methods in CRC 985: Recommendations for Research Data Management in Large Interdisciplinary Projects", from @herreslab.bsky.social et al. #dataliteracy #chemistry #microgels #RDM #dataproducing preprints.inggrid.org/repository/v...
Magnetic-Field-Driven Precision Fabrication of Multifunctional Microgels for Biomedical Applications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.70365
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.70365
June 10, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Magnetic-Field-Driven Precision Fabrication of Multifunctional Microgels for Biomedical Applications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.70365
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.70365
Engineering Hybrid Microgels: From Rational Design to Next-Generation Smart Materials http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2026/QM/D6QM00021E
March 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Engineering Hybrid Microgels: From Rational Design to Next-Generation Smart Materials http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2026/QM/D6QM00021E