Moniek Schmitz obtains her doctorate
Moniek Schmitz obtained her doctorate by successfully defending her PhD thesis, titled “Antimicrobial Supramolecular Biomaterials, From Molecular Design to Screening”, on 15 February 2022.…
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Maaike Schotman successfully defends PhD thesis
Maaike Schotman successfully defended her PhD thesis, titled “Supramolecular injectable hydrogels for local cardiac therapy”, on 9 December 2021. A paper featured in her thesis is In vivo …
Mani Diba and co-workers publish in Advanced Materials
Mani Diba and co-workers have published their research on a new way of cell encapsulation using supramolecular polymers. They showed the importance of the dynamics in the hydrogel system for cell adhe…
Dan Jing Wu obtains her doctorate
Dan Jing Wu obtained her doctorate by successfully defending her PhD thesis, titled “Unlocking the adaptivity in supramolecular biomaterials via chemistry and processing”, on 30 April 2021…
Patricia Dankers wins Ammodo Natural Science Award
The Ammodo foundation awarded Patricia the Ammodo award in natural sciences for her fundamental research on synthetic biomaterials that mimic the complex mechanical and biological functions of the ext…
Maaike Schotman publishes in Advanced Healthcare Materials
Maaike Schotman published an article about the development of a radioactively labeled bioactive supramolecular hydrogel focused on cardiac delivery, which was tested in a large animal model. This meth…
Ronald van Gaal was awarded a Rubicon grant
Ronald van Gaal, Dankerslab alumnus, was awarded a Rubicon grant to study kidney organoids. He will tackle a key limitation, namely organoids inability to generate and remove urine. The research will …
Patricia Dankers wins KNCV Golden medal 2020
Patricia Dankers was awarded the KNCV Golden medal 2020 on 6th of July. This prize is the highest Dutch award for chemical talent. One of the strenghts of Patricia is her strong national visibility in…
Patricia Dankers new chair of Chemistry Round Table
prof. Patricia Dankers succeeds prof. Bert Weckhuysen on 1 December as the new chair of the Chemistry Round Table. This table is the voice of the chemical research community to the NWO Science. In her…
TU/e Drivers of change at the Dutch Design Week
Last week was the Dutch Design week where the TU/e was present with the drivers of change. This programs mentality was to show that today’s technology and its role in society is becoming increasingl…