Laohakunakorn Group
Welcome! We are a new research group at The University of Edinburgh. Led by Dr Nadanai Laohakunakorn, our vision is to master the use of cell-free synthetic biology to enable a wide variety of applications in biomanufacturing, biosensing, and healthcare.
Harnessing these simplified mimics of living cells gives us a unique approach to understanding life, by building it up from its most basic components.
Please check back regularly for updates!

News
- 11 Jan 2020 » Happy new year everyone! Delighted to welcome two new starts to the lab: Surendra Yadav, a new PhD student who is joining us from India, and Bastien Mollet, a visiting Masters student from France. Have a look at their biographies on the People section.
- 11 Dec 2020 » Our self-regeneration paper is finally published, in time for the holidays. Great collaboration with Barbora Lavickova and Sebastian Maerkl at LBNC:
- 28 Oct 2020 » Thank you for the opportunity to present a keynote at CINBI 2020!
- 6 Oct 2020 » A very warm welcome to our first PhD student Alex Perkins. Read more about him in the People section.
- 1 Oct 2020 » Construction is underway for our first microscope and microfluidics setup.
Very proud of our work published today, demonstrating regeneration of components in a purified #cellfree system, in collaboration with Barbora Lavickova and @SebastianMaerkl at @MaerklLab. https://t.co/nbyfe639zJ
— Nadanai L (@nadanai263) December 11, 2020
It was a pleasure to present at @2020Cinbi. Thanks to the organisers for the invitation, and for hosting a great conference! #CINBI2020 #synbio
— Nadanai L (@nadanai263) October 28, 2020
A very warm welcome to @APerks42 who is starting his PhD project in our lab, generously supported by @EastbioDTP and @FujifilmDiosyn. Looking forward to our work together!
— Nadanai L (@nadanai263) October 6, 2020
Our new microscope is taking shape. Next up: some microfluidics! pic.twitter.com/FYWwkWQpxs
— Nadanai L (@nadanai263) October 1, 2020