“Semi-Human Vase” connects art and science
Dan Jing Wu and prof. Patricia Dankers teamed up with artist Hongjie Yang in a project where science meets art. HeLa cells were cultured on 3D printed vases and stained blue, to create the Delft-blue …
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KWF funding for preclinical validation of supramolecular hydrogel for continuous local intraperitoneal chemotherapy
Together with Maastricht UMC (prof. Nicole Bouvy) and Catherina Cancer Institute (prof. Ignace de Hingh), researchers from TU/e (prof. Patrica Dankers) were awarded a KWF research grant for the develo…
Bastiaan Ippel publishes in Advanced Functional Materials
Bastiaan Ippel published an article about the efficient anti-fouling functionalization of elastomeric materials with supramolecular additives, where it was shown that the molecular design of these add…
Patricia Dankers celebrated professorship with inaugural lecture
On Friday June 29th, Patricia Dankers celebrated her professorship with an inaugural lecture entitled ´Synthetische Biomaterialen, Natuurlijk!‘
Dan Jing Wu new ‘Face of Science’
Dan Jing Wu is one of the new Faces of Science, a program of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science. She will make blogs and vlogs about her research to show how it is to be a scientist and give a nice in…
Maarten Bakker publishes in Advanced Healthcare Materials
Maarten Bakker published an article about MRI visualization of injectable UPy hydrogels by using supramolecular contrast agent labels, together with collaborators from the University Medical Center Ut…
Patricia Dankers gave a lecture at special Carnaval event
Patricia Dankers gave a public lecture about creation of life during a special ‘Carnaval’ event at the ‘Keijologische Hogeskool’ in Helmond on February 9, 2018
Maarten successfully defends PhD thesis
On January 30th, Maarten Bakker successfully defended his PhD thesis, titled “Supramolecular Drug Delivery Systems: molecular engineering of carrier affinity”. Papers featured in his thesi…
Patricia Dankers and Bert Meijer in NEMO Kennislink Live
Patricia Dankers and Bert Meijer participated in the NEMO Kennislink Live edition on ‘Kunnen we voor schepper spelen? Hoe de wetenschap leven probeert na te maken’. More information can be…
Series of interesting reviews published with members of the DankersLab
Members of the DankersLab wrote interesting reviews on various topics: Dan Jing Wu wrote about advances in the field of 3D printing, concerning stimuli-responsive materials with metamaterial propertie…