The survival of living systems relies on their capacity to process physicochemical information from the environment and make distinct decisions. Inspired by this concept, we report a scalable protease-peptide-based reservoir sensor for the detection of glucose stimuli. In this system, glucose oxidase (GOx) functions as a ‘sensor module’ that preprocesses glucose into a pH signal […]
Cell-free enzymatic reaction networks (ERNs) enable the production of value-added compounds in a single cascade. However, various interactions, such as allosteric interactions, product inhibition, reversibility or competition for shared substrates become apparent only when all components of the ERN are assembled and lead to a reduced product yield. In our newly published Nature Chemistry paper, […]
It is with great pleasure that we congratulate one of our postdoctoral researchers, Dr. Nishu Kanwa, with being named as one of the 2026 CAS Future Leaders. CAS which is part of the American Chemical Society, selects early career researchers based not only on academic merit but also on their activities beyond the lab. Despite […]
On 11 February 2022, Souvik Ghosh successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “An Enzymatic Competition Network for Molecular Information Processing” and became the 33rd Dr. in the Huck group. Congratulations, Souvik!! We are exceptionally proud of you! 👏🎉
On 22 September 2025, Mathieu Baltussen successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Thinking in Molecules” and became the 32nd Dr. in the Huck group. Not only did he obtain his PhD but he did so in style by being awarded the PhD cum laude! Congratulations, Mathieu!! We are exceptionally proud of your wonderful achievement! 👏🎉
On 16 September 2025, Melde Witmond successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “To signal or not to signal” and became the 31st Dr. in the Huck group. Congratulations, Melde!! We wish you all the best with your future career! 🥂🎉
On the 21st of August, we had a Huck group outing! The afternoon began with a Titanic-themed escape room on a boat, where teamwork, timing, and tenacity were put to the test. Afterwards, we shifted from puzzles to play while we enjoyed a relaxing afternoon in Kronenburger park, before closing the day with conversation and […]
On 2 July, 2025, Mart Bartelds successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Cell-free characterization of post-transcriptional regulators for the development of dynamic gene circuits” and became the 30th Dr. in the Huck group. Congratulations, Mart!! We wish you all the best with your future career! 🥂🎉
Our esteemed enzymologist, Nikita Ivanov has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Emergent phenomena in artificial enzymatic reaction networks” on Friday 2 May, 2025. Nikita became 29th Dr. in the Huck group! Big congratulations, Nikita!! You deserved it! All the best to your future career! 🥳🎉
On 17th December, 2024, Peer van Duppen successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “The Formose Reaction Prebiotic Soup or Recipe for Life?”. Peer became #28 Dr. in the Huck group! Big congratulations, Peer!! You deserved it! All the best to your future career! 🥳🎉