PhD candidate @FeringaLab (Groningen, Netherlands) Biomolecular machines 🧪⚡️ in soft materials 👩🏻‍🔬. I also love cats 🐱 and microscopes 🔬https://bsky.app/profile/ainoaguinart.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ainoaguinart.bsky.social/post/3ma4iwtkei22eVery happy to share that I’ve been awarded an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship I’ll be joining the Complex Materials Group at ETH Zürich, working with Prof. André Studart and Dr. Rafael Libanori on dynamic soft materials. Many thanks to @embo.org and @feringalab.bsky.social. Excited for what’s next!16 Dec 2025 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:krusbugznkfd75n3c367ddco/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4iwtkei22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ainoaguinart.bsky.social/post/3m7pfdbhrck2qPhotoisomerizing molecules in biological membranes just got published in Nature Reviews Chemistry! @feringalab.bsky.social From motion at the nanoscale, to microscale membrane remodeling , to functional biological interfaces. Design principles, challanges, and future applications.🔬✨ rdcu.be/eT4Jd https://rdcu.be/eT4Jd11 Dec 2025 10:43 +0000at://did:plc:krusbugznkfd75n3c367ddco/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pfdbhrck2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ainoaguinart.bsky.social/post/3lokykpfwyk2s👩‍🔬Our new paper is out in Chem! @feringalab.bsky.social We unveil how light-driven rotary motors behave in lipid membranes—and why system-specific characterization is crucial. Structure & polarity shape membrane interaction and function. Read (or see comments): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2025.10257407 May 2025 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:krusbugznkfd75n3c367ddco/app.bsky.feed.post/3lokykpfwyk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ainoaguinart.bsky.social/post/3li2ljhv4n22vDo you want to see how attaching a light-driven 💡molecular motor 💡 can enhance the 🧫cellular uptake 🧫 of a therapeutic peptide 🏥? Celebrating woman in science with our latest publication with the VicentPTlab! 👩‍⚕️👩‍⚕️👩‍⚕️ @feringalab.bsky.social https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/tb/d4tb02434f13 Feb 2025 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:krusbugznkfd75n3c367ddco/app.bsky.feed.post/3li2ljhv4n22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ainoaguinart.bsky.social/post/3lhge56km7c2g🚨Motorized lipids🚨 💡 We've created the first molecular-motor-conjugated phospholipid system, enabling tunable membrane properties and oxidation-driven release in giant vesicles.💡🧬 @feringalab.bsky.social & Schwille Lab in ACS_Langmuir https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c0417305 Feb 2025 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:krusbugznkfd75n3c367ddco/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhge56km7c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ainoaguinart.bsky.social/post/3lgnqcyfics2oCheck out our latest publication where we elicit a light-triggered ⚡️ cascade response in a synthetic cell 🔬using polymersomes and molecular motors👩🏻‍🔬! Thanks always to the @feringalab.bsky.social and our amazing collaborators from @unibas.ch https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.20257002226 Jan 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:krusbugznkfd75n3c367ddco/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgnqcyfics2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ainoaguinart.bsky.social/post/3lbaskzsefs2cCheck out this amazing ScienceSlam about our recent project at the FeringaLab. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202311176 We explore how synthetic molecular machines interact with lipid membranes, triggering crazy shape transformations Great example how research is not only done in the lab! https://youtu.be/S7WKGf_idTE?si=2WKBmy1_db7L18TW18 Nov 2024 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:krusbugznkfd75n3c367ddco/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbaskzsefs2c