August 2010
Rein and Dek Woolfson are the co-editors of a new themed issue of Chemical Society Reviews: Peptide and protein based materials in 2010: from design and structure to function and application. This issue is packed with contributions from the leading laboratories in this exciting field.
Rein Ulijn has been awarded a 1.5M Euro starting grant from the European Research Council. The grant will fund three postdoctoral researchers and will investigate "biocatalytic self-assembly" and its applications in biomedical and energy technologies.
July 2010
Lynsey's poster presentation was picked out as a highlight of the Challenges in Physical Chemistry and Nanoscience conference in Hungary by RSC blogger Philip Broadwith. He was impressed with her colorimetric elastase assay. Read more here.
March 2010
A new paper by Jan and Rein shows an enzyme-driven dynamic supramolecular peptide system which displays multiple reversible pathways. This system gives rise to emergent properties that are dictated by environmental conditions and that can be locked in a gel-state. Read more here.
March 2009
A new Ulijn group paper has been published in Small describing a method for controlling the solubility of carbon nanotubes by enzymes. Read more about this new use for Fmoc dipeptides here. The account is illustrated by an inside cover as seen here.
March 2009
A new Soft Matter paper has been published reporting on improved protease sensitive beads for enchanced response under physiological conditions. You can read the paper itself here, and Chemical Biology's comment here.
January 2009
Nature Nanotechnology paper published. You can find our paper on enzyme-catalysed reactions driving self-assembly here and a News & Views article by Sijbren Otto discussing the work here.
[Paper] [News & Views]
September 2008
Rein Ulijn appointed to new WestCHEM chair based at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
July 2008
PSV Reindhoven triumph again in the MIB Football tournament! A reinforced Team Ulijn triumphed again despite Rein being sidelined by injury.
January 2008
Rein Ulijn wins Macro Group UK Young Researchers Medal, to be presented at the Frontiers of Research and Young Researchers Meeting at Warwick University
in April 2008.
[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/chemistry/cim/research/dove/conferences/frontiers-yrm_flier.pdf]
September 2007
Read Rein Ulijn's Blog interview at Nature.com
[http://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2007/09/reactions_rein_ulijn_1.html]
August 2007
Team Ulijn Triumph in inaugural MIB football tournament!
April 2007
Rein Ulijn receives Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Award.
[http://www.mib.ac.uk/news.aspx]
February 2007
Rein Ulijn talks to Soft Matter about his latest paper "Enzyme-triggered cell
attachment to hydrogel surfaces":
[http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/sm/News/hot_ulijn.asp]
June 2006
Hydrogels research highlighted in Chemistry & Industry:
[http://www.chemind.org/CI/articles.jsp]
May 2006
Dr Ulijn’s research highlighted in Materials Today:
[http://www.materialstoday.com/pdfs/may_2006/research_news.pdf]
Enzyme-Responsive Materials research highlighted in Chemical Science:
[http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2006/06/smart_materials.asp]
March 2006
Dr Ulijn interviewed by regenerationnet.com, the network for regenerative biology:
[http://www.regenerationnet.com/files/Rein.pdf]