Systems Chemistry Group at the University of Groningen. Transition of chemistry to biology (incl. origins of life, synthetic life), complex systems.
Joined February 2013
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SijbrenOttoLab retweeted
24 Oct 2025
Selection for photocatalytic function through Darwinian evolution of synthetic self-replicators bit.ly/4oCH7C1
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SijbrenOttoLab retweeted
27 Oct 2025
How to select primitive / synthetic replicators based their photocatalysis? Check out our manuscript just published in @NatureCatalysis :
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#OoL #Origins #Prebiotic #Evolution
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SijbrenOttoLab retweeted
28 Nov 2024
Light-Mediated Interconversion between a Foldamer and a Self-Replicator | Journal of the American Chemical Society @LMU_Muenchen
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#Foldamer #SelfReplicator #LightMediated #Interconversion pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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SijbrenOttoLab retweeted
28 Nov 2024
Simultaneous Formation of a Foldamer and a Self-Replicator by Out-of-Equilibrium Dynamic Covalent Chemistry | JACS @LMU_Muenchen @StratinghInst @univgroningen #Foldamer #SelfReplicator #OutofEquilibrium #Dynamic #Covalent #Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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SijbrenOttoLab retweeted
10 Nov 2024
What can dissipative chemistry bring us? In our recently published paper, we demonstrate the emergence of mechanical function from disspative droplet systems. @NatureChemistry nature.com/articles/s41557-0…
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SijbrenOttoLab retweeted
4 Jul 2024
Probe the non-enzymatic macrocyclization reaction of benzene-1,3-dithiol in the presence of peptide condensates by reactive Martini simulations, reported by @CG_Martini @OttoLab @csbrasnett
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A little peak into last year's work with @Juntian74804617 and @Armin__Kiani in @OttoLab . You think our replicators are already complex enough? Then brace yourselves, Marcel has put 2-3 of them in competition and we had to make sense of their behaviour...
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SijbrenOttoLab retweeted
6 May 2024
This study introduces a new mechanism that decreases error rates and corrects errors in synthetic self-replicating systems driven by self-assembly. @angew_chem #chemistry #Science #chemed #Technology #news @OttoLab @OmerMarkovitch
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Binding of Precursors to Replicator Assemblies Can Improve Replication Fidelity and Mediate Error Correction (Sijbren Otto and co-workers) #openaccess @OttoLab @OmerMarkovitch onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Generalist versus Specialist Self-Replicators (Sijbren Otto and co-workers) @seilenfranzli @Nitrogeno_N @GuilleMonrealS @OttoLab @StratinghInst onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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SijbrenOttoLab retweeted
1 Mar 2024
Binding of Precursors to Replicator Assemblies Can Improve Replication Fidelity and Mediate Error Correction (Sijbren Otto and co-workers) #openaccess @OttoLab @OmerMarkovitch onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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1 Mar 2024
Our newest paper is out!!!
Here we show how a replicator system can correct errors during replication. Congrats @OmerMarkovitch and @Juntian74804617 🥳
Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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SijbrenOttoLab retweeted
22 Dec 2023
Fancy doing some shiny new chemistry in a shiny new building? If so, come and join us @UoBChemistry 😀 We have fully funded PhD positions available working on…
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13 Dec 2023
Sijbren and Kayleigh were interviewed by @NEMOkennislink at the occasion of the 70th birthday of the famous Miller-Urey experiment. Check it out if you speak Dutch - or know how to use Google translate!
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SijbrenOttoLab retweeted
4 Dec 2023
We have a PhD position on phosphate-driven non-equilibrium assemblies @ERC_Research funded at @FitFreiburg @UniFreiburg. Deadline for application is 15/01/24.
More information can be found here: static1.squarespace.com/stat…
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SijbrenOttoLab retweeted
21 Nov 2023
Can a purely chemical system reduces its #errors during #replication? And even "correct" them?. In this latest @ChemRxiv we are claiming YES to both questions!
doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-20… @OttoLab @Juntian74804617
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26 Oct 2023
BREAKING💥Ottogroup was awarded an ERC synergy grant, together with @AshkenasyLab and the groups of Eörs Szathmáry and Andrew Griffiths. Greatest thanks to all collaborators, it was a long and winding journey but it paid off!
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26 Oct 2023
More details about the proposal on the university website👇
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26 Oct 2023
More PhD and also post-doc positions will open - especially prospective post-docs are encouraged to get in touch with Sijbren soon. We offer high-quality research in a multidisciplinary field and (soon) in a brand-new building in Groningen!
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29 Sep 2023
Reminder 📢 We have a total of three PhS positions open! Two within a MSCA ITN, more at darchem-dn.eu. Applicants should have been no longer than 12 months in NL ober the last 3 years; deadline 31 oct. One more position on diff. funding is without residence constraints.
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29 Sep 2023
Please spread the word! We look for excellent students with motivation to work in an interdisciplinary environment. Potential candidates should directly get in touch with Sijbren: otto-lab.com
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