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EUROMAT 2021: Sara’s Keynote Presentation on the 16th September 2021

EUROMAT 2021: Sara’s Keynote Presentation on the 16th September 2021

On the 16th of September 2021, Sara held a keynote presentation at EUROMAT 2021 entitled Highly stable bio-phosphors for high power Bio-Hybrid Light-emitting Diodes. She presented an overview on the current status of the application of Fluorescent Proteins in Bio-Hybrid LEDs, focusing on the most promising approaches in the field and presenting our latest results.

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Welcome to Prof. Coto!

Welcome to Prof. Coto!

We are very pleased to welcome Prof. Coto to our Chair as TUM Global Visiting Professor.
He is an expert in the theory and simulation of excited state processes in organic molecules and biomolecules and charge transfer and transport processes in novel materials with applications to nanoelectronics, organic photovoltaics and lighting.

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European Climate Pact – Event „Protein-based materials: A sustainable solution for our technological world?”

European Climate Pact – Event „Protein-based materials: A sustainable solution for our technological world?”

We are thrilled to announce the virtual European Climate Pact Satellite Event “Protein-based materials: A sustainable solution for our technological world?” supported by the EU project ARTIBLED (No 863170). The event will take place at 1st of October 2021 from 4-7 pm (CEST). International experts in Biotechnology, Synthetic Biology, and Energy will provide a critical vision about the current actions on protein-based technologies towards shaping a sustainable society. This will be followed by an open round stable discussion.

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New group picture!

New group picture!

How fast time flies you can see on these pictures. Within a year, the team has more than doubled!!

The team around Prof. Costa now consists of 2 subgroup leaders, a technical assistant, 2 team assistants, 4 Postdocs, 10 PhD students and on average 2-4 Master/Bachelor students, as well as 2-4 Research-Internship students.

We are still hiring…do you want to be part of us?

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New Team Members starting in September!

We are very pleased to welcome M.Sc. Marta Patrian und Dr. Mattia Nieddu to our team.
Marta, our new PhD Student will focus on designing new fluorescent proteins for energy related applications.
Mattia is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow. His research focuses on developing Bio-hybrid LEDs based on fluorescent protein-based nanomaterials.

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ARTIBLED’s video

ARTIBLED’s video

Check out our ARTIBLED’s video!

It highlights the most relevant aspects of our FET-OPEN project:
motivation, innovation, team, and research approach.

Please contact us for more information and/or collaboration.

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Contact

Chair of Biogenic Functional Materials

Schulgasse 22
94315 Straubing

Email: biofunmat@cs.tum.de

Head of the Chair

Prof. Dr. habil. Rubén D. Costa
Tel.: +49 (0) 9421 187-470
E-Mail: ruben.costa@tum.de

Office

Susanne Zosel
Tel.: +49 (0) 9421 187-480
E-Mail: susanne.zosel@tum.de

Jasmin Schneider
Tel.: +49 (0) 9421 187-201
E-Mail: anjasmin.schneider@tum.de

Theresa Rothammer (nicht anwesend)
Tel.: +49 (0) 9421 187-480
E-Mail: theresa.rothammer@tum.de