Molecular Biomimetics

Biomimetics or biomimicry is technology that imitates models, systems and elements in nature to solve complex human problems.
Our research
In the research programme Molecular Biomimetics, we study important biological reactions down to the molecular level in order to adapt or mimic their principles for developing processes for the sustainable production of solar fuels and chemicals.
Due to the breadth of topics and techniques, our program encompasses two units: Biophysical and Bioinorganic Chemistry (BBC) and Microbial Chemistry (MC), both with their own respective PhD study subjects within Chemistry, with a specialisation in Molecular Biomimetics or Microbial Chemistry.
Biomimetics, also known as Biomimicry, is a growing field that employs Natures time-tested materials, structures, processes and organization principles for furthering the development of sustainable societies. Of special interest to us is artificial photosynthesis, the field of mimicking structures, function and results of natural photosynthesis. The webpage of the Swedish Consortium for Artificial Photosynthesis can give you more information of our work in this field.
More information
Interesting TED Talks on biomimetics
Information database
On asknature.org you will find examples of fantastic facts about natural processes and how they can be used.
Biophysical and Bioinorganic Chemistry
Studies biological reactions that convert solar energy into chemical energy.

Microbial Chemistry
Develops, among other things, cyanobacteria that convert solar energy into an energy carrier.

Infrastructure
Information about the facilities we have access to on the programme in the form of electron paramagnetic resonance center (EPR platform), NMR spectrometer and single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Publications
Part of eLIFE, 2026
Part of Applied Catalysis B, 2026
Effect of a short compulsory course on teachers’ active learning practices
Part of Innovations in Education & Teaching International, p. 1001-1016, 2025
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Part of Photosynthesis Research, 2025
- DOI for Probing substrate water access through the O1 channel of Photosystem II by single site mutations and membrane inlet mass spectrometry
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Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 48320-48333, 2025
- DOI for Re-Evaluating the Stability of Al2O3 Barriers Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition under Electrochemical Conditions
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Photocatalytic product-selective reduction of CO2, CO and carbonates.
Part of Chem, 2025
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Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, p. 3778-3787, 2025
- DOI for X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Dilute Metalloenzymes at X-ray Free-Electron Lasers in a Shot-by-Shot Mode
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Part of Communications Biology, 2025
- DOI for Development of a CRISPR activation system for targeted gene upregulation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
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Cyanobacterial biofilms: from natural systems to applications
Part of Trends in Biotechnology, p. 318-332, 2025
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Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 4654-4666, 2025
- DOI for Probing the Influence of the Protein Scaffold on H-Cluster Reactivity via Gain-of-Function Studies─Improved H2 Evolution and O2 Tolerance through Rational Design of [FeFe] Hydrogenase
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Bio-hybrid photoelectrochemical catalysis for solar fuels and chemicals conversion
Part of Nature Communications, 2025
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Carboxylate and coordination influence on the formation of an active RuV Oxo species
Part of Scientific Reports, 2025
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Part of Algal Research, 2025
X-ray absorption spectroscopy of a coordinatively unsaturated 3d transition metal complex
Part of Journal of Chemical Physics, 2025
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Part of Energy & Fuels, p. 4987-5006, 2025
- DOI for Outlook on Synthetic Biology-Driven Hydrogen Production: Lessons from Algal Photosynthesis Applied to Cyanobacteria
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Teachers' conceptions of the role of mathematics in STEM higher education
Part of Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research (DISER), 2025
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Aqueous and Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Nanoscale Covalent Organic Frameworks
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025
Part of Advanced Materials, 2025
- DOI for An Electron Transfer Mediated Mechanism for Efficient Photoreforming of Waste Plastics Using a Ni3S4/ZnCdS Heterojunction
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Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2025
- DOI for Tuning the 2LMCT Deactivation of Cyclometalated Iron Carbene Complexes with Electronic Substituent Effects
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Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2025
- DOI for The Effect of Aldehyde and Carboxylic Acid Substitution on the Isomerization of Hemithioindigo Photoswitches
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Part of Metabolic engineering, p. 250-260, 2025
- DOI for Exploring and increased acetate biosynthesis in Synechocystis PCC 6803 through insertion of a heterologous phosphoketolase and overexpressing phosphotransacetylase
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Interaction of Perfluorooctanoate and Perfluorohexanoate with Moringa oleifera Seed Protein
Part of Langmuir, p. 16500-16505, 2025
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Intercellular communication in the fern endosymbiotic cyanobacterium Nostoc azollae
Part of mBio, 2025
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Part of Microbial Cell Factories, 2025
- DOI for Structure-guided engineering of α-ketoisocaproate dioxygenase increases isobutene production in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
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Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 9864-9875, 2025
- DOI for Indications for a universal hydrogen catalysis mechanism in [FeFe]-hydrogenases of different phylogenetic groups
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Part of Energy & Fuels, p. 11346-11352, 2025
- DOI for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production by a Porphyrinic Metal-Organic Framework Thin Film on p-Type Silicon
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Part of Algal Research, 2025
Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 594-605, 2025
- DOI for Divalent intermediates in lanthanide-based photocatalysts: spectroscopic characterization and reactivity
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Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2025
Part of Bioresource Technology, 2025
- DOI for Sustained isobutene production by Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 entrapped in polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel beads
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A widespread hydrogenase supports fermentative growth of gut bacteria in healthy people
Part of Nature Microbiology, p. 2686-2701, 2025
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Insights into the surface of mesoporous nickel oxide and its interaction with oxygen and water
Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 12762-12773, 2025
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Part of Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, 2025
- DOI for Directed evolution of α-ketoisovalerate decarboxylase for improved isobutanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol production in cyanobacteria
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Part of Microbial Cell Factories, 2025
- DOI for dCas12a-mediated CRISPR interference for multiplex gene repression in cyanobacteria for enhanced isobutanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol production
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Boosting C2H2/CO2 separation by porous organic cages through the amino-functionalization of cavities
Part of Separation and Purification Technology, 2025
Part of Chemistry Education Research and Practice, p. 377-397, 2025
Part of Nanoscale, p. 1317-1325, 2025
- DOI for Electronic and geometric effects in an Au@NiO core-shell nanocatalyst on the oxidative esterification of aldehydes
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Part of Faraday discussions, p. 384-398, 2025
- DOI for Advanced algorithm for step detection in single-entity electrochemistry: a comparative study of wavelet transforms and convolutional neural networks
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Genome Engineering by RNA-Guided Transposition for Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
Part of ACS Synthetic Biology, p. 901-912, 2024
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Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024
- DOI for Expanding the Landscape of Phosphorous‐Based Open Shell Species: Stable Mono‐, Di‐, and Trianionic Radicals Based on a Contorted Triphosphaalkene
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Hot or Not?: Reassessing Mechanisms of Photocurrent Generation in Plasmon‐Enhanced Electrocatalysis
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024
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Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 5630-5638, 2024
Part of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ECOTECHNOLOGY, 2024
- DOI for Harnessing photosynthetic microorganisms for enhanced bioremediation of microplastics: A comprehensive review
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Hydrogen production by a fully de novo enzyme
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 12905-12916, 2024
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Part of eLIFE, 2024
- DOI for Nucleotide binding to the ATP-cone in anaerobic ribonucleotide reductases allosterically regulates activity by modulating substrate binding
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Tailoring regulatory components for metabolic engineering in cyanobacteria
Part of Physiologia Plantarum, 2024
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Progresses and challenges of engineering thermophilic acetogenic cell factories
Part of Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024
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Part of Advanced Science, 2024
- DOI for Recyclable and Stable Porphyrin-Based Self-Assemblies by Electrostatic Force for Efficient Photocatalytic Organic Transformation
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Redox-Sensitive NiOx Stabilizing Perovskite Films for High-Performance Photovoltaics
Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 11782-11791, 2024
Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 16324-16334, 2024
- DOI for Direct Detection of Key Intermediates during the Product Release in Rhenium Bipyridine-Catalyzed CO2 Reduction Reaction
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Contact
- If you have questions about our research, you are welcome to contact programme professor Gustav Berggren.
- Gustav Berggren