Lab Roundup - Week 14, 2026

Published at Apr 5, 2026

Author: Marvin van Aalst

This Week in the Lab

Plenty to report from the lab this week - 1 article below:

PhoSa course 2026 - Where Biology meets Architecture, Engineering, and Physics - A cross-faculty and cross-border learning experience with Students from Aachen, Gdańsk, and Zürich in the summer semester!

This week saw 3 citations, a modest confirmation that our work continues to inform others’ research:

“Recent advances and challenges in the biomanufacturing of L-homoserine as a versatile C4 platform chemical” - Z C Liu et al. (Biotechnology Advances) - citing our “A new era of synthetic biology—microbial community design”
“The potential of wheat spatial omics” - Xiao-Yuan Tao et al. (Nature Genetics) - citing our “Improving photosynthetic efficiency toward food security: Strategies, advances, and perspectives”
“Ultrafiltration of seawater to enhance microalgae cultivation: An industrial scale study” - Stacy Ragueneau et al. (Separation and Purification Technology) - citing our “Impaired photoprotection in Phaeodactylum tricornutum KEA3 mutants reveals the proton regulatory circuit of diatoms light acclimation”