Postdoctoral position available in the Gobbo Group, deadline for application 31 July 2023.
Postdoctoral position available!
PhD Scholarships Available!
PhD Scholarships available in the Gobbo Group, start date 01 Nov 2023 - We are interviewing candidates.
Colloidosomes as a Protocell Model: Engineering Life-Like Behaviour through Organic Chemistry
Colloidosomes are robust, versatile microcapsules that have emerged as promising candidates for protocell models. Read our just published review that highlights the role of organic chemistry in the engineering of colloidosomes with life-like behaviours, such as selective membrane permeability, adhesion, chemical signalling, dynamic multi-compartmentalisation, replication, and predation.
ERC Starting Grant worth over 2M Euros awarded to the University of Trieste for Pierangelo Gobbo’s project PROTOMAT
The University of Trieste has been awarded its first ERC Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) as part of the Horizon Europe framework. Pierangelo Gobbo, having worked in various institutions around the world, has chosen the University of Trieste (UniTS) to develop the first fully synthetic cells capable of integrating with living cells and tissues.
New students join the Gobbo Group
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.
EPSRC New Investigator Award 2020 for research on protocellular materials
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.
The Gobbo Group welcomes Mx Robert Arbon
We are very please to welcome Mx Robert Arbon as our data scientist.
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