Prof. Stephen Mann

University of Bristol, UK

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1982  D.Phil. University of Oxford

1978 MSc., University of Manchester

1976  BSc., University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

1. Hu, L., Peng, W., Yu, J., et al. (2025). Bioactive artificial cells as autonomous metabolic actuators enable bidirectional communication with tumor cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(51), 47255–47265.
2. Piernitzki, N., Gao, N., Gasparoni, G., et al. (2025). Self-assembly of hybrid 3D cultures by integrating living and synthetic cells. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 11073.
3. Wu, S., Myrgorodska, I., Li, M., et al. (2025). Protocell survival networks in spatially modulated chemical gradients. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(49), 44804–44816.
4. Yu, X., Mukwaya, V., Wang, L., et al. (2025). Mechano-crosstalk between living and artificial cells. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 8582.
5. Xu, C., Li, M., Martin, N., & Mann, S. (2025). Construction of complex bacteriogenic protocells from living material assembly. Nature Protocols, 20(9).
6. Rebasa-Vallverdu, A., Cattelan, M., Sartorel, A., et al. (2025). Continuous light-induced water oxidation in polyoxometalate-based photocatalytic protocells and prototissues. Chemistry–A European Journal, 31(39), Article e202501322.
7. Mishra, A., Patil, A. J., & Mann, S. (2025). Biocatalytic programming of protocell-embodied logic gates and circuits. Chem, 11(5), Article 102379.
8. Chen, H., Han, Z., Wang, S., et al. (2025). Droplet-supported liquid-liquid lateral phase separation as a step to floating protein heterostructures. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 1897.
9. Mishra, A., Taylor, H., Patil, A. J., & Mann, S. (2025). Dynamic co-clustering and self-sorting in interactive protocell populations. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64(7), Article e202420209.
10. Patwal, P. S., Mann, S., & Kumar, B. V. V. S. P. (2025). Chemomechanical self-oscillatory microgel motility in stratified chemical media. Advanced Materials, 37(6), Article 2415568.
11. Hakami, N., Burgstaller, A., Gao, N., et al. (2024). Functional integration of synthetic cells into 3D microfluidic devices for artificial organ-on-chip technologies. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 13(22).
12. Lopez-Cuevas, P., Oates, T. C. L., Tong, Q., et al. (2024). Reprogramming macrophages with R848-loaded artificial protocells to modulate skin and skeletal wound healing. Journal of Cell Science, 137(16), Article jcs262202.
13. Ma, H., Liu, X., Nobbs, A. H., et al. (2024). Protocell flow reactors for enzyme and whole-cell mediated biocatalysis. Advanced Materials, 36(31).
14. Naz, M., Zhang, L., Chen, C., et al. (2024). Self-assembly of stabilized droplets from liquid-liquid phase separation for higher-order structures and functions. Communications Chemistry, 7(1), Article 79.
15. Peschke, P., Kumar, B. V. V. S. P., Walther, T., et al. (2024). Autonomous oscillatory movement of sensory protocells in stratified chemical media. Chem, 10(2).
16. Mu, W., Jia, L., Zhou, M., et al. (2024). Superstructural ordering in self-sorting coacervate-based protocell networks. Nature Chemistry, 16(2).
17. Naveenkumar, P. M., Maheshwari, H., Gundabala, V., et al. (2024). Patterning of protein-sequestered liquid-crystal droplets using acoustic wave trapping. Langmuir, 40(1), 871–881.
18. Boegels, B. W. A., Nguyen, B. H., Ward, D., et al. (2023). DNA storage in thermoresponsive microcapsules for repeated random multiplexed data access. Nature Nanotechnology, 18(8), 912–921.
19. Yu, X., Mukwaya, V., Mann, S., & Dou, H. (2023). Signal transduction in artificial cells. Small Methods, 7(12).
20. Grimes, P. J., Jenkinson-Finch, M., Symons, H. E., et al. (2023). A photo-degradable crosslinker for the development of light-responsive protocell membranes. Chemistry–A European Journal, 29(61), Article e202302058.
21. Mann, S. (2023). Cell mimicry: Bottom-up engineering of life. Interface Focus, 13(5), Article 20230034.
22. Yin, Z., Gao, N., Xu, C., et al. (2023). Autonomic integration in nested protocell communities. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(27), 14727–14736.

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WOS ResearcherID: D-1332-2012