The Dutch Community for Synthetic Cell Research
About SynCellNL
About SynCellNL
The SynCellNL community connects the leading projects and scientists from the Netherlands in the field of synthetic cell research. Our common aim is to understand how cells work by reproducing their cellular mechanism at molecular level. It is a huge interdisciplinary research effort that requires expertise e.g. from chemistry, physics, biology, AI. Additionally our community includes experts in ethics and RRI. Together we are tackling the challenge of creating the world’s first synthetic cell. Such a groundbreaking advancement holds the potential for sustainable biotechnology and biomedicine, leading to a major positive impact on society.
Projects
Any project involved in synthetic cell research is welcome to join our community. At this moment EVOLF and BaSyC are our main projects.
EVOLF is the most recent chapter in the history of the synthetic cell research community in the Netherlands. It builds upon BaSyC, the first Dutch national research programme to build a synthetic cell, started in 2017.
Scientists
AMOLF
Bela Mulder, Kristina Ganzinger, Pieter Rein ten Wolde, Sander Tans
Delft University of Technology
Arjen Jakobi, Cees Dekker, Christophe Danelon, Dimphna Meijer, Gijsje Koenderink, Greg Bokinsky, James Hutton, Jeroen van de Hoven, Kristin Grußmayer, Liedewij Laan, Lotte Asveld, Marie-Eve Aubin-Tam, Marileen Dogterom, Marianne Bauer, Pascale Daran-Lapujade, Sabina Caneva, Stan Brouns, Stefan Steinert, Timon Idema
Erasmus School of Philosophy
Hub Zwart
Hubrecht Institute:
Alexander van Oudenaarden, Marvin Tanenbaum
Radboud University
Evan Spruijt, Wilhelm Huck
University of Groningen
Arnold Driessen, Bert Poolman, Dirk Jan Slotboom, Julia Kamenz Matthias Heinemann, Siewert-Jan Marrink
VU Amsterdam
David Dulin, Frank Bruggeman, Gijs Wuite, Pieter Rein ten Wolde
Wageningen University
John van der Oost, Jolien van Hooff, Nico Claassens, Thijs Ettema
Our community brings together researchers from top universities and institutes across the Netherlands
Join our SynCellNL community
The SynCellNL community is open for new connections. Would you like to join our network of scientists, institutions and universities in the Netherlands creating synthetic cells from the bottom-up? Or do you want to add an existing interdisciplinary project in this field to our projects page? Submit your request by filling in the community form below.
If you are looking for a research position (for example a PhD or Postdoc position), discover open positions at our project EVOLF.
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