The Boersma Lab

Welcome to the website of the Arnold Boersma Lab!

We are located in the Cellular Protein Chemistry section at the Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research at Utrecht University in The Netherlands. We are also associated with the DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials in Aachen, Germany.

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Our work is at the interface of biochemistry, biophysics, chemical biology, and microfluidics. We engineer proteins and larger cell-like systems to better understand biochemistry in vivo. To this end, we build and apply novel sensors and replicate the intracellular situation in artificial cells. This includes concepts such as macromolecular crowding and protein self-organization. Eventually, we hope to apply both our technologies and understanding to applications as medical tools (diagnosis, drug screening).

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Our current research is made possible by funding from the ERC, NWO, and Utrecht University