Author: Krisztina Gall

Water Purification with Bio-Inspired Innovation

A recent paper published in Nature Communications, co-authored by PI Motomu Tanaka, presents an innovative water purification method inspired by plant proteins. The phytochelatin-inspired copolymers developed by the team effectively bind toxic heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd²⁺), providing a highly efficient and sustainable solution for water treatment. By attaching these copolymers to silica microparticles […]

New advances in the fields of photochemistry and 3D printing

A new study with Postdoctoral Researcher Steven Gauci and Principal Investigator Christopher Barner-Kowollik, published in Nature Communications, has identified a goldilocks zone of optimal photoreactivity. By precisely spacing photoreactive units in macromolecules, the research demonstrates how reaction efficiency and 3D printing quality can be significantly improved. These findings have the potential to revolutionize light-based manufacturing […]

Green Innovation: Microalgae as sustainable and biocompatible 3D printing materials

A team of researchers, including Cluster Doctoral Researchers Clara Vazquez-Martel, and Elisa Genthner and PIs Martin Bastmeyer and Eva Blasco, extracted and functionalized microalgae lipids for use as inks in two-photon 3D laser printing. Microalgae offer significant advantages as 3D printing materials due to their reduced carbon footprint and superior bio- and cytocompatibility. Their CO2 […]

Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – 2082/1 – 390761711.
Supported by the Carl Zeiss Foundation via the Carl Zeiss Foundation-Focus@HEiKA.
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Supported by the Carl Zeiss
Foundation via the Carl Zeiss
Foundation-Focus@HEiKA.
Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – 2082/1 – 390761711.
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