Our Mission
The Koenderink lab is an experimental research group centered around the soft matter physics of living matter. Our central aim is to understand the physical mechanisms that enable living matter (cells and tissues) to combine mechanical strength with the ability to actively generate forces and change shape. To this end, we combine concepts and methods from soft matter physics, biophysics, synthetic biology, and mechanobiology. Through collaborations, the research also extends to food and biomedical materials and research into implications of abnormal cell/tissue mechanics for cancer metastasis, fibrosis, osteoarthritis and thrombosis.
Talks
Popular Lectures
- Inaugural lecture: "Een langdradig verhaal over leven." September 25, 2020.
- TEDxAUCollege: "Building minimal cells to understand life." March 4, 2015.
Seminars
- Biological Physics/Physical Biology Talks (BPPB) Virtual Seminar: “Mechanics of biological soft matter across scales.” (More info). September 18, 2020.
- Build-a-Cell seminar: “Building artificial cells with a functional cytoskeleton.” September 14, 2020.
- LUMICKS, 1st Dynamic Single-Molecule Symposium Series. 2020.
Interviews
- De Ingenieur: Leven maken in het lab. May 24, 2024.
- TUD Health Month: Gijsje Koenderink & Anouk van der Net (2024).
- BNR Radio: Wetenschap Vandaag. April 19, 2023.
- Medical Delta. November 29, 2022.
- DatWistIkNiet. December 31, 2021.
Key publications
Latest News
- Gijsje Koenderink, together with Cees Dekker and a consortium of 31 groups receive 40 million euros for their 10-year research program: Creating life from lifeless biomolecules with AI and lab evolution.
- The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has selected Gijsje Koenderink as new KNAW member. Read more.
- Gijsje Koenderink was appointed as Medical Delta professor and is now also affiliated with Erasmus MC. Read more.
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Prof.Dr.Gijsje Koenderink
