Community
Our community started in 2025 and consists of scientists, institutions and universities creating synthetic cells from the bottom-up. Large projects within our community are EVOLF and BaSyC.
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Looking for a specific person, project, or expertise? Try searching for keywords like BaSyC, EVOLF, scientific leader, Steering Board, Advisory Board, or topics such as synthetic cell, biochemistry, or systems biology.
Expertise
Affiliation
Project
Position
Bert Poolman
University of Groningen
Scientist leader EVOLF and PI BaSyC
Biochemistry, metabolism
Cees Dekker
TU Delft
Steering board (Chair) EVOLF and PI BaSyC
Biophysics; genome, cell division
Christophe Danelon
Toulouse Biotechnology Institute/ TU Delft
Postdoc
Synthetic gene expression systems or operons
Claudio Hernandez Lopez
TU Delft
Postdoc
cell growth, replication, division in E. coli and synthetic cells
Dani Ye
TU Delft
PhD
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Dirk Jan Slotboom
University of Groningen
Scientist leader EVOLF and Associate PI BaSyC
Biochemistry, metabolism
Gijs Wuite
VU Amsterdam
Scientist leader EVOLF and Associate PI BaSyC
Biophysics, genome replication, cell signaling
Gijsje Koenderink
TU Delft
Steering board (Vice chair) EVOLF and PI BaSyC
Biophysics, cell division & signaling
John van der Oost
Wageningen University
Scientist leader EVOLF and PI BaSyC
Microbial & synthetic biology
Julia Kamenz
University of Groningen
Scientist leader EVOLF
Cell biology of cell cycle control
Kristina Ganzinger
AMOLF
Steering board EVOLF and Associate PI BaSyC
Biophysics of cell signaling
Marvin Tanenbaum
Hubrecht Institute
Scientist leader EVOLF
Cell biology, gene expression dynamics
Matthias Heinemann
University of Groningen
Scientist leader EVOLF and PI BaSyC
Systems biology, metabolism
Mert Bozoflu
University of Groningen
Associate PhD EVOLF
Theoretically understanding sensing in cells
Nico Claassens
Wageningen University
Scientist leader EVOLF and Associate PI BaSyC
Microbiology, synthetic biology
Roel Bovenberg
DSM-Firmenich
Advisory Board EVOLF
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Siewert-Jan Marrink
University of Groningen
Steering board EVOLF and PI BaSyC
Computational chemistry, AI
Wilhelm Huck
Radboud University
Steering board EVOLF and PI BaSyC
Systems chemistry, microfluids, AI
Yugyeong Je
TU Delft
Postdoc
liposomes
Want to join our 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.
If you are looking for a research position (for example a PhD or Postdoc position), discover open positions at our project EVOLF.