August 2026: Proudly participated with the SciLifeLab teams in the Convinistafetten! Go SciLife! ๐๐
June 2026: Julian mentored six high school students as part of the annual Sommarforskarskolan/Summer Research School, organized by Stockholm University. Under his guidance, the students made liposomes, measured their size and tested different experimental conditions in SciLifeLab. At the end of the two-week project, they made a poster and shared their findings with other students from the research school and the department. ๐งโ๐ฌ ๐ฌ ๐
May 22, 2026: Julian was one of the few selected to present at the Science Today after-work event at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm. He talked about The Cell Membrane: Why Setting Barriers is Essential for Life! ๐๐๐
April 2026: Karan's image is awarded the second highest number of points in the Euro-BioImaging Four Seasons of the Invisible photo competition, "Winter" round! Congrats, Karan! ๐๐
23-26 March 2026: Julian presents his research at the International Membrane Biophysics Meeting "Membranes as Biological Barriers" in Drรผbeck, Germany!ย
February-March 2026: Julian participates in the "Zooma med en doktorand" (Zoom into a high school) program at SU, presenting at three different schools in Borรฅs, Sรถderkรถping and at the Swedish school in Costa del Sol (Spain)!
Nov 5, 2025: Flรกvia is awarded the Gulbenkian New Talents Scholarships! Congrats, Flรกvia! ๐๐
Nov 3, 2025: Julian is awarded the Fourth Annual Jason Young Service Award at CRBS in McGill University! Congrats, Julian! ๐๐
Oct 16, 2025: The group attends the 6th Annual Campus Solna Science Talks. A day filled with exciting talks that ends with a poster session where Leon presents his work on caveolin-membrane interactions.
Sep 30, 2025: Karan receives Second Place in DBB's Scientific Image Contest 2025 for his microscopy image of a phase separated giant unilamellar vesicle. Congrats for the beautiful contribution and recognition! ๐ฌ๐
Sep 26, 2025: Julian and Leon talk to high school students about lipids and the wonders of cellular boundaries at ForskarFredag (Researcher's Night) event in Stockholm!
August 21, 2025: Lab representation at the Convini Staffeten 2025! Go DBB!
July 7-10, 2025: Karan receives the Biophysical Journal Outstanding Poster Award at the BPS 2025 Thematic Meeting in Copenhagen: โBeyond Simple Models: The Consequences of Membrane Complexity in Living Systemsโ! ๐ ๐๐
Karan at his poster titled: "Investigating membrane asymmetry using cryo-EM and molecular dynamics simulations"
July 10, 2025: Flรกvia successfully defends her Bachelor's thesis project at University of Porto and completes her degree with flying colors! ๐๐
Midsommar 2025. Congrats to Leon for defending his Master's thesis! ๐ And farewell to Flรกvia who is going back to Portugal to finish her degree! โ๏ธ