Domna-Maria Kaimaki

Electrical & nano-engineer⚡️👩🏻‍🔧 // Researching adhesion in complex interfaces @RisingStars_UFR & @ImperialBioeng

[Domna-Maria Kaimaki @MariaKaimaki]

New paper out on insect adhesion: https://t.co/DKKfC88H2Y !
We explore how insects, from newly-hatched to fully-grown adults, maintain their strong attachment to surfaces that allows them to climb even inverted; this knowledge can help us scale bioinspired adhesives. 1/5

[Domna-Maria Kaimaki @MariaKaimaki]

@InsectBiomech @CNSAndrew_ @CamZoology @LucyCavColl Congratulations & happy birthday @CNSAndrew_ ! 🥳

[Domna-Maria Kaimaki @MariaKaimaki]

Day 2 of #pint23 at @TheDuchessW6! Ready for an evening full of robots! Cheers!

[Domna-Maria Kaimaki @MariaKaimaki]

Work social at #pint23! 🤓 Learning about the use of AI to design games & the use of topology to predict the weather from engaging #QMUL’s academics.

[Megan Priestley @MegTriesScience]

🧠 🚨 THREE DAYS TO GO!!! 🚨 🍺

#pint23 is returning to Manchester this Monday and tickets are getting snapped up faster than free crisps at the bar 🤯

Here’s another events spotlight to help you choose where you should be spending your next 3 weekday evenings… 🧵 ⬇️

[University of Liverpool @LivUni]

🍺 Satisfy your thirst for knowledge with the @pintofscience festival running from May 23 to 24.
🧠More than 400 events will be happening in the UK and across pubs in Liverpool.
🔗Find out more here: https://t.co/SDQ4Kbwv3K

#pint23 #CreativeRx #livunievents #uniofliverpool

[Dr Laura Randle (she/her) @drlaurarandle]

This year @LJMU are joining @pintofscience for 3 evenings of science+ beer +giant pub quiz @MurphysGin 22-24/5/23. From the science behind takeaways to dinosaurs and psychic investigations. We are guaranteed to have a great time! Tickets are £5.
https://t.co/6sS9rXI36A’s

[Domna-Maria Kaimaki @MariaKaimaki]

Looking for a fully-funded #PhDposition in biomechanics? Check this out & apply!

Why?
✅ Supportive environment & kind, sociable colleagues
✅ Hands-on learning & a host of interesting techniques
✅ Intriguing research questions & an all time great study system, ants!

[Evolutionary Biomechanics Laboratory @EvoBiomech]

We are looking for an enthusiastic, curious & kind PhD candidate to join our team to work on foraging biomechanics in leaf-cutter ants in spring/fall 23. Fully funded (4y), with lots of freedom/possibility to contribute your own ideas. Details:
https://t.co/cMSz6VyrE3
Please RT!

[Dr. Nikki Weckman @nikkiweckman]

I am incredibly excited to join @uoftengineering in Jan‘23 as the @paulcadario Chair in Global Engineering, researching next generation synthetic biology & micro/nano-sensors and training new #engineering leaders to tackle #SDGs & global challenges like #AntimicrobialResistance!

[Domna-Maria Kaimaki @MariaKaimaki]

@Func_mat_lab @AnnaFischerLab @RisingStars_UFR @UniFreiburg Oh nooooo, that means you’ll leave before I come to Freiburg. 😢 Enjoy your last week & let’s catch up online! 🤗

[Pei Qin Sabrina @PNgsabrina]

Special appreciation post dedicated to our @RisingStars_UFR organising team members for making this possible. It takes more than above and beyond to bring all of us together 🍻🥰
🇬🇧 🇬🇷 🇨🇱 🇦🇺 🇲🇾 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇵🇹 🇨🇦 🇻🇪 #postdoc #research #Freiburg

[Victor Kang @Hexamour]

Crystal clear and engaging talk by the one and only Dr David Labonte (@EvoBiomech)! If you missed it, make sure you check out the recorded talk once it's up on SEB! #bioinspirationbiomimetics #SEB2022 @SEBiology

[Domna-Maria Kaimaki @MariaKaimaki]

@nateorndorf @RSocPublishing Thanks for the kind words, I am glad you found it interesting!

Have a look at references 6 & 10 on the paper for the scaling of adhesion in climbing animals including stick insects. And please do get in touch if you'd like to know more about our current & future work!

[Domna-Maria Kaimaki @MariaKaimaki]

New paper out on insect adhesion: https://t.co/DKKfC88H2Y !
We explore how insects, from newly-hatched to fully-grown adults, maintain their strong attachment to surfaces that allows them to climb even inverted; this knowledge can help us scale bioinspired adhesives. 1/5

[Domna-Maria Kaimaki @MariaKaimaki]

For further details, have a read of the paper (free preprint below) https://t.co/8DU7Cm07Kg

Many thanks to co-authors Charlotte Andrew, @AndreaELAttipoe & @EvoBiomech! Special congratulations to Charlotte who kicked off this work in her MEng project @ImperialBioeng! 5/5

[Domna-Maria Kaimaki @MariaKaimaki]

We showed that the secretion’s properties don’t change significantly with size. This reopens the debate on the function of the secretion - a key issue if we ever hope to create human-made adhesives that mimic insect feet. 4/5

[Domna-Maria Kaimaki @MariaKaimaki]

@samueltfabian Beautiful! ☺️ Here’s my take: a liquid film breaking up into droplets.

[Domna-Maria Kaimaki @MariaKaimaki]

@samueltfabian Beautiful! ☺️ Here’s my take: a liquid film breaking up into droplets.

[Domna-Maria Kaimaki @MariaKaimaki]

5th @pintofscience year! Listening to scientists and entrepreneurs discuss the future of healthtech with lovely company & a drink at hand ☺️

[Domna-Maria Kaimaki @MariaKaimaki]

#pint22 is starting today & it’s in person!🎉 The festival has been bringing together researchers, artists & the public to discuss cool science in local spaces for 10 years now! 😲 Here’s photo evidence of my 4 years with @pintofscience (5th photo pending). Get your tickets!

[Domna-Maria Kaimaki @MariaKaimaki]

Link to tickets: https://t.co/UC1a8EZnFs & a special shoutout to the Manchester, Liverpool and Morecambe & Lancaster organisers I had the pleasure of working with this year! 👏