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 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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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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Boosting C2H2/CO2 separation by porous organic cages through the amino-functionalization of cavities
Part of Separation and Purification Technology, 2025
Carboxylate and coordination influence on the formation of an active RuV Oxo species
Part of Scientific Reports, 2025
- DOI for Carboxylate and coordination influence on the formation of an active RuV Oxo species
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Cyanobacterial biofilms: from natural systems to applications
Part of Trends in Biotechnology, p. 318-332, 2025
- DOI for Cyanobacterial biofilms: from natural systems to applications
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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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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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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 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 Algal Research, 2025
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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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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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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Interaction of Perfluorooctanoate and Perfluorohexanoate with Moringa oleifera Seed Protein
Part of Langmuir, p. 16500-16505, 2025
- DOI for Interaction of Perfluorooctanoate and Perfluorohexanoate with Moringa oleifera Seed Protein
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Part of Chemistry Education Research and Practice, p. 377-397, 2025
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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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 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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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 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 Plant Physiology, p. 397-408, 2024
- DOI for Absence of alka(e)nes triggers profound remodeling of glycerolipid and carotenoid composition in cyanobacteria membrane
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Adaptive water oxidation catalysis on a carboxylate-sulfonate ligand with low onset potential
Part of Chemical Communications, p. 6162-6165, 2024
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Assignment of the slowly exchanging substrate water of nature's water-splitting cofactor
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024
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Part of ADVANCED INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, 2024
- DOI for Automated Analysis of Nano-Impact Single-Entity Electrochemistry Signals Using Unsupervised Machine Learning and Template Matching
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Part of Journal of Chemical Education, p. 4011-4017, 2024
Closing Kok's cycle of nature's water oxidation catalysis
Part of Nature Communications, 2024
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Part of Nature Communications, 2024
- DOI for Covalently linked molecular catalysts in conjugated polymer dots boost photocatalytic alcohol oxidation in neutral condition
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Cryo-electron microscopy reveals hydrogen positions and water networks in photosystem II
Part of Science, p. 1349-1355, 2024
Part of Acta Crystallographica Section E, p. 25-28, 2024
- DOI for Crystal structure of a water oxidation catalyst solvate with composition (NH4)2[FeIV(L-6H)]·3CH3COOH (L = clathrochelate ligand)
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Part of International Journal for Students as Partners, p. 144-161, 2024
- DOI for Culture of engagement: Students as change agents before, during and after an examination-focused partnership
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Part of Nature Plants, p. 1592-1603, 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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Part of Photosynthesis Research, p. 101-102, 2024
Part of Nature Communications, 2024
- DOI for Embedding biocatalysts in a redox polymer enhances the performance of dye-sensitized photocathodes in bias-free photoelectrochemical water splitting
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Engineering a Photoautotrophic Microbial Coculture toward Enhanced Biohydrogen Production
Part of Environmental Science and Technology, p. 337-348, 2024
- DOI for Engineering a Photoautotrophic Microbial Coculture toward Enhanced Biohydrogen Production
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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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Part of Scientific Reports, 2024
- DOI for Fabricating high-purity graphite disk electrodes as a cost-effective alternative in fundamental electrochemistry research
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From protein film to single-entity protein electrochemistry
Part of Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2024
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Genome Engineering by RNA-Guided Transposition for Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
Part of ACS Synthetic Biology, p. 901-912, 2024
- DOI for Genome Engineering by RNA-Guided Transposition for Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
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Part of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ECOTECHNOLOGY, 2024
- DOI for Harnessing photosynthetic microorganisms for enhanced bioremediation of microplastics: A comprehensive review
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Hot or Not?: Reassessing Mechanisms of Photocurrent Generation in Plasmon‐Enhanced Electrocatalysis
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024
- DOI for Hot or Not?: Reassessing Mechanisms of Photocurrent Generation in Plasmon‐Enhanced Electrocatalysis
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Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 4461-4473, 2024
- DOI for How Rigidity and Conjugation of Bidentate Ligands Affect the Geometry and Photophysics of Iron N-Heterocyclic Complexes: A Comparative Study
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Hydrogen production by a fully de novo enzyme
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 12905-12916, 2024
- DOI for Hydrogen production by a fully de novo enzyme
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Part of Algal Research, 2024
- DOI for Improved hydrogen production in immobilized Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells with inhibited inter-photosystem electron transfer
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Part of Journal of Energy Chemistry, p. 526-537, 2024
Intermolecular O-O Bond Formation between High-Valent Ru-oxo Species
Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 16161-16166, 2024
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Kinetic Modeling of the Reversible or Irreversible Electrochemical Responses of FeFe-Hydrogenases
Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 1455-1466, 2024
Lipid Accumulation and Biodiesel Production from Filamentous Cyanobacteria Native to Pakistan
Part of Journal of Oleo Science, p. 1295-1310, 2024
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Machine learning predicts system-wide metabolic flux control in cyanobacteria
Part of Metabolic engineering, p. 171-182, 2024
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Metabolic engineering of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 for the improved production of phenylpropanoids
Part of Microbial Cell Factories, 2024
- DOI for Metabolic engineering of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 for the improved production of phenylpropanoids
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Contact
- If you have questions about our research, you are welcome to contact programme professor Gustav Berggren.
- Gustav Berggren