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
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Part of Microbial Cell Factories, 2026
- DOI for Conversion of CO2 into valuable products: engineering the PirC-PGAM switch in cyanobacteria to direct carbon flux into desired products
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Engineering primary metabolism for sustainable production of isoprene in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Part of Microbial Cell Factories, 2026
- DOI for Engineering primary metabolism for sustainable production of isoprene in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
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Cryo-EM structure of ALC1 in an open conformation bound to a PARylated nucleosome
Part of Acta Crystallographica Section D, p. 683-699, 2026
- DOI for Cryo-EM structure of ALC1 in an open conformation bound to a PARylated nucleosome
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Part of eLIFE, 2026
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Investigating the native functions of [NiFe]-CODH through genomic context analysis
Part of eLIFE, 2026
- DOI for Investigating the native functions of [NiFe]-CODH through genomic context analysis
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Part of ChemBioChem, 2026
- DOI for Maturation and Catalysis of a Clade E Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase Encoded in a CooCTJ-Operon From Clostridium pasteurianum BC1
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Radical chemistry in metalloenzymes: bridging inorganic centers and biological catalysis
Part of Annual Review of Biochemistry, p. 81-114, 2026
- DOI for Radical chemistry in metalloenzymes: bridging inorganic centers and biological catalysis
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Machine learning potentials for property predictions of two-dimensional group-III nitrides
Part of Wuli huaxue xuebao, 2026
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The structure of intact and active Photosystem II from Arabidopsis thaliana at 2.44 Å resolution
Part of New Phytologist, p. 3014-3025, 2026
- DOI for The structure of intact and active Photosystem II from Arabidopsis thaliana at 2.44 Å resolution
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Part of Advanced Functional Materials, 2026
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Part of Plant Biotechnology Journal, p. 1014-1030, 2026
- DOI for Engineering Cyanobacteria for High‐Yield Photosynthetic Isoprene Production With Long‐Term Phenotypic Stability
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Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026
- DOI for High-yield charge separation along the alternative path in a photosynthetic reaction center: X-ray structure and electrostatic analysis
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Aqueous and Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Nanoscale Covalent Organic Frameworks
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026
- DOI for Aqueous and Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Nanoscale Covalent Organic Frameworks
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Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 7973-7983, 2026
- DOI for Characterization of F4TCNQ as a dopant in spiro-OMeTAD thin films by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy
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Part of Microbial Cell Factories, 2026
- DOI for Increased acetate production in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 strain engineered with an operon of phosphoketolase and phosphotransacetylase and further overexpression of acetate kinase
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Part of Algal Research, 2026
- DOI for Further enhanced acetate production by overexpressing selected CBB-cycle enzymes in an engineered Synechocystis PCC 6803 strain
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Part of Biochemistry, p. 1280-1292, 2026
- DOI for Probing the Role of Accessory FeS Clusters in Putative Sensory Group D [FeFe] Hydrogenase: Influence of the C-Terminal [4Fe-4S] Cluster on the Reactivity of TamHydS
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Part of Applied Catalysis B, 2026
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Part of Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, 2026
- DOI for Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 with ddh disruption and heterologous pk gene expression in the phosphoketolase pathway drives carbon flux toward polyhydroxybutyrate production
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Part of Advanced Functional Materials, 2026
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Elucidating the Donor/Acceptor Regulatory Mechanism for CO2 Electroreduction
Part of Advanced Materials, 2026
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Metal-hydroxyls mediate intramolecular proton transfer in heterogeneous O-O bond formation
Part of Nature Chemistry, p. 335-344, 2026
- DOI for Metal-hydroxyls mediate intramolecular proton transfer in heterogeneous O-O bond formation
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Effect of a short compulsory course on teachers’ active learning practices
Part of Innovations in Education & Teaching International, p. 1001-1016, 2025
- DOI for Effect of a short compulsory course on teachers’ active learning practices
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Part of ChemSusChem, 2025
- DOI for Electrochemical CO2 Capture, Release, and Reduction by a Benzothiadiazole Molecule with Multiple Redox States
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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
- DOI for Photocatalytic product-selective reduction of CO2, CO and carbonates.
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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
- DOI for Cyanobacterial biofilms: from natural systems to applications
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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
- DOI for Bio-hybrid photoelectrochemical catalysis for solar fuels and chemicals conversion
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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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Part of Algal Research, 2025
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X-ray absorption spectroscopy of a coordinatively unsaturated 3d transition metal complex
Part of Journal of Chemical Physics, 2025
- DOI for X-ray absorption spectroscopy of a coordinatively unsaturated 3d transition metal complex
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Part of International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, p. 729-739, 2025
- DOI for Calculus is much more than Calculations: Exploring Underlying Meanings and Synergies Across Chemistry and Calculus
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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
- DOI for Teachers' conceptions of the role of mathematics in STEM higher education
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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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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
- DOI for Interaction of Perfluorooctanoate and Perfluorohexanoate with Moringa oleifera Seed Protein
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Intercellular communication in the fern endosymbiotic cyanobacterium Nostoc azollae
Part of mBio, 2025
- DOI for Intercellular communication in the fern endosymbiotic cyanobacterium Nostoc azollae
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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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A bioinformatics approach to design minimal biomimetic metal-binding peptides
Part of Communications Chemistry, 2025
- DOI for A bioinformatics approach to design minimal biomimetic metal-binding peptides
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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 Analytical Chemistry, p. 26393-26403, 2025
- DOI for Reconsidering the Enzyme Kinetics of [FeFe]-Hydrogenases: Improved Turnover Rates and New Insights into pH and Potential Dependence with Eu(II)-Based Solution Assays
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Part of Algal Research, 2025
Contact
- If you have questions about our research, you are welcome to contact programme professor Gustav Berggren.
- Gustav Berggren