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- Congratulations to Dr Chvojka for his PhD defence and Jean-Marie Lehn Prize !July 1, 2025On 15 May 2025, Matúš CHVOJKA has successfully defended his PhD thesis “Fluorinated bambusurils as anion receptors and transmembrane transporters".
- The Nano Team took part in GOLD 2025June 30, 2025The EMNS laboratory was strongly represented at the GOLD 2025 conference, which took place in the beautiful city of San Sebastián.
- Raphaël's works on Gold Nanoparticles has been published in Bioconjugate Chemistry as ACS Editor's choice!May 23, 2025Gold Nanoparticles Coated with Nucleic Acids: An Overview of the Different Bioconjugation Pathways,by Raphaël Dutour and Gilles Bruylants- First published: 21 May 2025
- Matus got his main transport story published in OBCApril 25, 2025Eight different types of fluorinated groups were used to functionalise benzylated bambusuril macrocycles, resulting in a library of eleven anion receptors with high chloride affinities and very different anion transport rates.
- Congratulations to Dr Lahboubi on his PhD!April 25, 2025Mounsef successfully defended his doctoral thesis on April 11th.
- News from one of our postdoc alumniMarch 21, 2025Dr. Carlos Moya has secured a Lecturer position at the University of Barcelona (UB) in the NanoBIC group.
- New publication in Conjugate ChemistryMarch 18, 2025Repurposing 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 MaterialsMarch 18, 2025Effect 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 ChemistryEuropeMarch 11, 2025The 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 ScienceJanuary 30, 2025Controlling 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, 2025Alessia Fantoni successfully defended his doctoral thesis.
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- Congratulations Dr Carpentier !January 16, 2025Romain Carpentier successfully defended his doctoral thesis.
- Two prizes for EMNS postdoc KarolisJanuary 7, 2025
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- New publication in the Journal of Organic ChemistryJanuary 7, 2025Binding 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 oxoanionsNovember 26, 2024By Karolis Norvaisa, Aaron Torres-Huerta & Hennie Valkenier. December 2024
- New paper on the synthesis of fluorinated bambusurils and their binding propertiesNovember 26, 2024By Matus Chvojka, Hennie Valkenier & Vladimir Sindelar- First published: 29 October 2024
- Aaron was offered a cover for his last paper in MoleculesNovember 26, 2024The 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 TransactionsNovember 26, 2024Development 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, 2024Congratulations 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, 2024Alice Giaprakis has been awarded the Prix René Cyprès 2024 and a BAEF scholarship.
- New publicationOctober 30, 2024Robust 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. PrizeOctober 11, 2024We 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.
- Showcasing research from the groups of Profs Ivan Jabin and Gilles BruylantsOctober 11, 2024Victor, 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 ScienceSeptember 18, 2024Anion 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 ScienceAugust 30, 2024Multipodal 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
- 1st LUCES Global Action Meeting in Abano TermeApril 19, 2024The EMNS lab is in the core of the new COST Action "Supramolecular LUminescent Chemosensors for Environmental Security" (LUCES).
- New publication in ACS Applied Nano MaterialsMarch 8, 2024Tailored Ultrastable Core–Shell Au@Ag Nanoparticles for Enhanced Colorimetric Detection in Lateral Flow Assays,by Bryan Gosselin, Gilles Bruylants and Ivan Jabin- First published: 05 March 2024
- EMNS researchers go abroad for advanced experimentsFebruary 20, 2024A short tour of Europe this February...
- LUCES COST Action's Core Group meets in LisbonFebruary 20, 2024Kristin and Mélanie, respectively Vice-Chair and Grant Holder Manager, are in the core of the new COST Action "Supramolecular Luminescent Chemosensors for Environmental Security" (LUCES).
- New publication in Angewandte ChemieJanuary 12, 2024Tuning CH Hydrogen Bond-Based Receptors toward Picomolar Anion Affinity via the Inductive Effect of Distant Substituents,by Matúš Chvojka, Dr. Dominik Madea, Dr. Hennie Valkenier, Prof. Vladimír Šindelář- First published: 08 December 2023
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- New Publication: Dynamic covalent chemistry with azinesSeptember 16, 2022Anca-Elena Dascalu, Lau Halgreen, Aaron Torres-Huerta and Hennie Valkenier, Chemical Communications (2022). First published: 08 September 2022
- ChemPlusChem Month's CoverMarch 16, 2022Designed by our colleague Ivan Jabin, the cover of our last paper in ChemPlusChem has been published online!
- Chercheurs d’or… dans les boues des égoutsJanuary 10, 2020Or, 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.
