@BealesLab

Professor of Soft Matter & Biophysics. Membranes, vesicles, medical applications, artificial cells. Interdisciplinary science education. Art-science interface.

 University of Leeds
beales.leeds.ac.uk/
Joined April 2011
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Fantastic 1-day at @BiochemSoc Synthetic Biology UK 2024 #SBUK24 for the @BealesLab group! #BiochemEvent
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The @SoftCompNetwork @EUSMI_H2020 Annual Meeting 2024 will take place in Lyon, France 🇫🇷, May 21 - 24, 2024 All necessary information can be found on the SoftComp website! Important deadlines: Abstract submission deadline: April 10 Registration deadline: April 20
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The @SoftCompNetwork @EUSMI_H2020 Annual Meeting 2024 will take place in Lyon, France 🇫🇷, May 21 - 24, 2024 All necessary informaction can be found on the SoftComp website! 🗓️Important dates to remember: Abstract sumbission: 10 April 2024 Registration deadline: 17 May 2024
Conference information poster stating the important dates and programme of the SoftComp/EUSMI annual meeting 2024, which takes place Lon, France, May 21-24 2024.

ALT Conference information poster stating the important dates and programme of the SoftComp/EUSMI annual meeting 2024, which takes place Lon, France, May 21-24 2024.

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Yuval Elani@YuvalElani19 May 2023
We're looking for 3 postdocs to work with us @ImperialChemEng @fabriCELL_UK on various topics in SynCell science, bio-inspired tech, microfluidics and BioHybrid systems @buildacell @SynCellEU. RT massively appreciated! jobs.ac.uk/job/CZR963/resear… jobs.ac.uk/job/CZR972/resear…
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In two weeks, the @SoftCompNetwork @EUSMI_H2020 Annual Meeting 2023 will start. This year it will be held at the Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona, Italy. The tentative program is now available for download at the SoftComp website! eu-softcomp.net/
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Unraveling the Phase Behavior, Mechanical Stability, and Protein Reconstitution Properties of Polymer-Lipid Hybrid Vesicles ift.tt/WLwBD2y

Unraveling the Phase Behavior, Mechanical Stability, and Protein Reconstitution Properties of...

Hybrid vesicles consisting of natural phospholipids and synthetic amphiphilic copoly- mers have shown remarkable material properties and potential for biotechnology, com- bining the robustness of...

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Matt Culbert@culbert9613 Apr 2023
We've got a new communication looking at the in vitro assessment of self-assembling peptide hydrogels for nucleus augmentation on the way and you can see the preprint here! @iMBE_Leeds @BealesLab @mengomarlene @Dr_D_Miles @AndrewRDixon engrxiv.org/preprint/view/29…
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Replying to @STEM4Brit @hilarybennmp
The 'constituent' is Alex Gresty from @leedsuniphysics and recipient of the GOLD medal in the Physics category @STEM4Brit and the Dyson Sustainability Award (2nd prize) for her work on “Food packaging from Nature: Cellulosic films for the 21st Century”.
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Explore self-avoiding walks through hand embroidery #SAWstitch Download FREE #BSW23 activity here: britishscienceweek.org/activ… Watch SAWstitch: youtu.be/4xIPc9hzivY #STEAM #makers
A cartoon character using a needle and thread to create a SAWstitch pattern

ALT A cartoon character using a needle and thread to create a SAWstitch pattern

British Science Week@ScienceWeekUK1 Feb 2023
Embroidery and #STEM meet with 'SAWStitch: Stitching self-avoiding walks', in the #BSW23 Community activity pack! Get your needle and thread ready, and show your community group how networks impact our lives. Download FREE: bsa.sc/BSW23-activity-packs Thanks to @UniversityLeeds
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Yuval Elani@YuvalElani15 Dec 2022
We are recruiting for a super exciting PhD project on engineering therapeutic BioHydrid microrobots, in collab with @ceronifranci K.Polizzi and Neobe Therapeutics. If this is up your street then please apply! imperial.ac.uk/synthetic-bio…
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We are delighted that the @SAWstitch project will feature in @ScienceWeekUK 2023 Secondary School and Community activity packs. Exploring self-avoiding walks through hand-embroidery. Thanks to @UniLeedsEngage @EPSRC @RAEngNews for support. More soon! 🧵🪡
the logo for British Science week 2023 which will run from the 10th-19th March 2023

ALT the logo for British Science week 2023 which will run from the 10th-19th March 2023

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Megan Wright@MWrightLab2 Dec 2022
We are recruiting a 2.5 year postdoc in chemical biology - please share! Are you interested in discovering and unravelling the mode of action of phenotypic screening hits? Join us working on a collaborative international centre-to-centre project. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.asp…

Jobs at the University of Leeds

jobs.leeds.ac.uk
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High-Speed #AFM PostDoc position expected to be announced soon in our lab (early 2023 tbc). Feel free to email/DM me if interested. (Video captured at 55fps 👀)
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Cell-boosting chemical allows deep-sea fish to live under pressure newatlas.com/biology/cell-bo…

Cell-boosting chemical allows deep-sea fish to live under pressure

Ever wonder how deep-sea fish and other animals are able to survive in an environment where the water pressure would kill us humans? Well, the secret lies in a chemical that occurs naturally in their...

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Matt's paper on Tuning Protein Hydrogel Mechanics through Modulation of Nanoscale Unfolding and Entanglement in Postgelation Relaxation available open access @acsnano @OpenResLeeds pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
Storage shear moduli of cross-linked MBP hydrogels extracted from the frequency sweep data (Figure 2b,c) at a frequency of 1 Hz as a function of unbound (open symbols) and maltose-bound (closed symbols) MBP thermodynamic stability in the absence and presence of 10 mM maltose, respectively.

ALT Storage shear moduli of cross-linked MBP hydrogels extracted from the frequency sweep data (Figure 2b,c) at a frequency of 1 Hz as a function of unbound (open symbols) and maltose-bound (closed symbols) MBP thermodynamic stability in the absence and presence of 10 mM maltose, respectively.

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bioRxiv@biorxivpreprint1 Aug 2022
Dynamics of asymmetric membranes and interleaflet coupling as intermediates in membrane fusion biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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Last day to submit the abstract for oral presentation! Hurry up and register now #softmatter #AcademicTwitter #ismc2022 #polymers #colloids #gels #glasses #selfassembly #biomimetics – at Poznan, Poland
ISMC 2022@ISMC202227 Jun 2022
📣📣📣 Early-bird registration: June 30th Abstract submission: oral presentation: June 30th poster presentation: July 30th 👉Visit ismc2022.amu.edu.pl to learn more and get the latest news. 🗓️September 19-23, 2022 📍Poznań, Poland. #SoftComp #SoftMatter #ismc2022
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Inspirational people: Elspeth Garman, Professor of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford. She discovered the "Garman limit", which is the radiation dose limit of a cryocooled protein crystal. #LOOminaries #stem #Steam pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pn…
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BRADFORD IS #CityofCulture2025💥 This is our time to celebrate our extraordinary district – and for our young population to become leaders and change-makers to begin an exciting new chapter in our story. This is Our Time, Our Place #Bradford2025 bradford2025.co.uk/2022/05/3…
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We were delighted that #SAWstitch featured in the @ApsDsoft Gallery of Soft Matter in Chicago earlier this year. You can read more about the project in our Physics Education paper @IOPPublishing 👇 iopscience.iop.org/article/1…
Professor Lorna Dougan@DouganGroup11 Mar 2022
Really pleased to share our #SAWstitch public engagement project at the APS DSOFT Gallery of Soft Matter. Exploring self-avoiding walks through hand embroidery. With @Christa_pb @KalilaCook @BealesLab @UniLeedsEngage @EPSRC
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