Biomimetic Materials Chemistry
The group’s latest work demonstrates that dissipative, self-assembled micrometrical protocells can be formed from nanoscale precursors using mechanical energy alone as the driving force.
Innovative photoresponsive hydrogels have been developed, enabling advancements in soft robotics and digital information storage. Characterized through microindentation, the new photo-stiffening and photo-softening hydrogels utilize unique crosslinking methods. Their integration allows the design of soft actuators controlled by UV light, paving the way for versatile applications in multiple fields.
The Gobbo Group at the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Trieste (Italy) is looking for candidates for 2 postdoctoral positions. The successful candidate will hold (or be working towards) a PhD in Chemistry or Materials Science (or equivalent professional qualification/experience) with at least 3 publications in international peer reviewed journals, …
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The Gobbo Group welcomes Dr Agostino Galanti, who will be working on the programmed assembly of synthetic cells into protocellular materials.
Despite current global pandemic our students’ thirst for discovery keeps on growing. The Gobbo Group welcomes MRes student Ms Estela Bocarando Salcido and ESPRC Vacation Bursary awardee Ms Victoria Jiang.
Applications are invited for a PhD studentship to work in the Gobbo Group in the School of Chemistry at the University of Bristol. The position is for UK/EU student and is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), with funding for 42 months. The starting date is October 2020, and the research aims to implement the first synthetic tissues with collective information-processing functions.
Due to the COVID-19 emergency the Gobbo Group Lab is now closed, but our research never stops.
Dr Pierangelo Gobbo, Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at the School of Chemistry of the University of Bristol, has won an EPSRC New Investigator Award worth £392k.
We are very please to welcome Mx Robert Arbon as our data scientist.
New group photo available, meet the team!
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