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  • News from one of our postdoc alumni
    March 21, 2025
    Dr. Carlos Moya has secured a Lecturer position at the University of Barcelona (UB) in the NanoBIC group.
  • New publication in Conjugate Chemistry
    March 18, 2025
    Repurposing Lateral Flow Assays as a Versatile and Rapid Characterization Tool for Bioconjugation of Nanoparticles. By Bryan Gosselin, Raphael Dutour, Julie Janssens, Ivan Jabin and Gilles Bruylants - First published: 27 February 2025
  • New publication in ACS Applied Bio Materials
    March 18, 2025
    Effect of Surface Modification of Gold Nanoparticles Loaded with Small Nucleic Acid Sequences on Cytotoxicity and Uptake: A Comparative Study In Vitro. By Thuy Truong An Nguyen, Raphaël Dutour, Louise Conrard, Marjorie Vermeersch, Manon Mirgaux, David Perez-Morga, Nicolas Baeyens, Gilles Bruylants and Isabelle Demeestere - First published: 16 Mars 2025
  • New publication in ChemistryEurope
    March 11, 2025
    The joint paper with results from Aaron, Karolis, Alessio, and Priyanka on the ERC ORGANITRA project is now out in ChemistryEurope. This article presents the transport of inorganic phosphate and phosphate esters by different anionophores.
  • New publication in Chemical Science
    January 30, 2025
    Controlling the transmembrane transport of chloride by dynamic covalent chemistry with azines.By Marcin Konopka, Lau Halgreen, Anca-Elena Dascalu, Matúš Chvojka and Hennie Valkenier - First published: 27 January 2025
  • Congratulations Dott.ssa Fantoni !
    January 22, 2025
    Alessia Fantoni successfully defended his doctoral thesis.
  • New publication
    January 22, 2025
    Matúš got his second article published in Angewandte Chemie !
  • Congratulations Dr Carpentier !
    January 16, 2025
    Romain Carpentier successfully defended his doctoral thesis.
  • New publication in the Journal of Organic Chemistry
    January 7, 2025
    Binding of Bioactive Ammonium Ions in Water with a Cavity-Based Selectivity: Water Solubilization versus Micellar Incorporation. By Romain Carpentier, Caterina Testa, Andrea Pappalardo, Ivan Jabin & Kristin Bartik - First published: 22 December 2024
  • A short opinion review about transporters for oxoanions
    November 26, 2024
    By Karolis Norvaisa, Aaron Torres-Huerta & Hennie Valkenier. December 2024
  • New paper on the synthesis of fluorinated bambusurils and their binding properties
    November 26, 2024
    By Matus Chvojka, Hennie Valkenier & Vladimir Sindelar- First published: 29 October 2024
  • Aaron was offered a cover for his last paper in Molecules
    November 26, 2024
    The Role of the Organic Moiety in the Diffusion and Transport of Carboxylates into Liposomes.By Aaron Torres-Huerta & Hennie Valkenier. - First published: 30 October 2024
  • Discover Romain's new publication in Dalton Transactions
    November 26, 2024
    Development of a water-soluble ouroboros-like calix[6]arene-trisimidazole-based ligand for enhanced binding of zinc.By Romain Carpentier, Roy Lavendomme, Benoit Colasson, Kristin Bartik & Ivan Jabin- First published: 19 November 2024
  • A New Award for Victor !
    November 5, 2024
    Congratulations to Victor Lepeintre for being awarded the Best Oral Presentation at the recent EDT-Main and Nanowal Doctoral Day !
  • A successful EMNS alumna.
    November 5, 2024
    Alice Giaprakis has been awarded the Prix René Cyprès 2024 and a BAEF scholarship.
  • New publication
    October 30, 2024
    Robust Calix[4]arene-Polyethyleneimine Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Enhanced Recovery of Gold and Platinum Chloride ComplexesBy Carlos Moya, Natacha Brion, Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Ivan Jabin and Gilles Bruylants- First published: 26 October 2024
  • A former student from the EMNS Lab awarded the F.A.B.I. Prize
    October 11, 2024
    We are delighted to announce that Jeanne André was honored this Tuesday during the Bioengineering graduation ceremony 2024 with the prestigious F.A.B.I. (Fédération royale d’Association Belges d’Ingénieurs) prize. This award recognizes the best Thesis across all Masters in Engineering at ULB.
  • CoverArtNanoscale
    Showcasing research from the groups of Profs Ivan Jabin and Gilles Bruylants
    October 11, 2024
    Victor, who is doing a PhD thesis between the LCO and the EMNS, is proud to present the cover art of his first article published as first author!
  • New publication in Chemical Science
    September 18, 2024
    Anion transporters based on halogen, chalcogen, and pnictogen bonds: towards biological applicationsBy Anurag Singh, Aaron Torres-Huerta, Franck Meyer and Hennie Valkenier.- First published: 10 September 2024
  • New publication in Chemical Science
    August 30, 2024
    Multipodal Au–C grafting of calix[4]arene molecules on gold nanorodsby Auguste Tetenoire, Anna Omelchuk, Volodymyr Malytskyi, Ivan Jabin, Victor Lepeintre, Gilles Bruylants, Yun Luo, Arnaud Fihey,Mikaël Kepenekian and Corinne Lagrost- First published: 16 August 2024
  • Job Offer: 1 PhD position is open
    August 20, 2024
    A 4-year PhD fellowship in Chemical Engineering is offered for a highly motivated Chemist, Chemical Engineer, or Bioengineer to study artificial transmembrane transport systems by spectroscopic and microfluidic methods.
  • New publication in The Journal of Organic Chemistry
    July 22, 2024
    Development of a Cone Homooxacalix[3]arene-based Fluorescent Chemosensor for the Selective Detection of Biogenic Ammonium Ions in Protic Solvents,by Simon Lambert, Romain Carpentier, Martin Lepeintre, Caterina Testa, Andrea Pappalardo, Kristin Bartik & Ivan Jabin- First published: 21 July 2024
  • New publication in The Journal of Organic Chemistry
    May 2, 2024
    A Semiflexible Tetrahydrazone Macrocycle for Binding of Pyrophosphate and Smaller Anions,by Lau Halgreen, Aaron Torres-Huerta, Karolis Norvaisa, Gaël De Leener, Nikolay Tumanov, Johan Wouters, Kristin Bartik, and Hennie Valkenier- First published: 25 April 2024
  • 1st LUCES Global Action Meeting in Abano Terme
    April 19, 2024
    The EMNS lab is in the core of the new COST Action "Supramolecular LUminescent Chemosensors for Environmental Security" (LUCES).
  • New Publication: Dynamic covalent chemistry with azines
    September 16, 2022
    Anca-Elena Dascalu, Lau Halgreen, Aaron Torres-Huerta and Hennie Valkenier, Chemical Communications (2022). First published: 08 September 2022
  • ChemPlusChem Month's Cover
    March 16, 2022
    Designed by our colleague Ivan Jabin, the cover of our last paper in ChemPlusChem has been published online!
  • STATION D’ÉPURATION AQUIRISBRUXELLES- NORD : LE DISPOSITIF « D’OXYDATION PAR VOIE HUMIDE » PERMET DE DÉGRADER PLUS FORTEMENT LA MATIÈRE ORGANIQUE
    Chercheurs d’or… dans les boues des égouts
    January 10, 2020
    Or, argent, platine : les chercheurs de l’ULB participent à un projet de recherche pour récupérer ces métaux dans les boues résiduaires des stations d’épuration de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.