Program
Session topics:
1: Bioprogramming Functions
2: Living Therapeutic Materials
3: Technical Applications of Engineered Living Materials
4: Understanding Bacteria in Confinement
Session 4 is held in cooperation with CRC /SFB 1027 “Physical modeling of non-equilibrium processes in biological systems” at Saarland University
- Zhuojun Dai, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, CHN
Versatile living materials fabrication by integrating engineered microbes and polymer - Xinyu Wang, Shanghai Tech University, CHN
Living bio-abiotic hybrid structures based on E. coli biofilms - Armin Baumschlager, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Light control of bacteria - Nan Luo, Duke University, Durham, USA
Predicting colony patterns by the optimization principle - Andrea Shin Ling, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Designing Decay and other experiments - Li Wang, Materianova, Mons, Belgium
Single-cell nanoencapsulation for bioaugmentation - Yanyi Wang, Shanghai Tech, CHN
Living composites fabricated via biomimetic mineralization of light-inducible biofilms - Michaela Petaroudi, University of Glasgow, UK
Active biomaterials for bone marrow microenvironment engineering: from biointerfaces to functionalised hydrogels - Ricardo Ziege, MPI_KI, Potsdam, DE
How E. Coli biofilms adapt their material properties to substrate moisture - Laura Zorzetto, MPI_KI, Potsdam, DE
How does E. coli make bone-like slime? - Omer Adir, Technion, Haifa, IL
Synthetic cells self-activate using bioluminescent signaling - Gal Chen-Palachy, Technion, Haifa, IL
Artificial cells for promoting angiogenesis in living tissues - Hasti Mohsenin, University of Freiburg, DE
Bioprogrammable biomaterials - Shardul Bhusari, INM, Saarbrücken, DE
Living Therapeutic Devices: Bacterial behaviour in viscoelastically tunable confinement - Elise Elsacker, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE
Design and fabrication of Living Mycelium Materials - Hannah Jeckel, MPI_TM, Marburg, DE
Physical determinants of early-stage bacterial biofilm architecture - Geertje van Keulen, Swansea University, UK
Capturing the potential of Streptomyces bacteria as living soil, chemical, and material engineers - Marimikel Charrier, University of Colorado, USA
Programmable protein matrices: engineering high-yield biopolymer secretion and covalent assembly of living materials - Xinyue Liu, MIT, Cambridge USA
Magnetic Living Hydrogels for Intestinal Localization, Retention and Diagnosis
- Laura Rivera Tarazona, Texas A&M University, USA
3D printing shape-morphing engineered living materials
12:45 Welcome
Aránzazu del Campo, INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
Wilfried Weber, University of Freiburg, Germany
Shrikrishnan Sankaran, INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
SESSION 1 – BIOPROGRAMMING FUNCTIONS
Chair: N.N.
13:00
Using Synthetic Biology to Grow Materials with DNA-programmed Properties
Tom Ellis, Imperial College London, UK
13:30
Engineering Biological Controllers for Robust Perfect Adaptation in Living Cells
Mustafa Khammash, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
14:00 Short presentations
14:30 – Break
15:00
Mathematical modelling to optimise the design in synthetic biology
Jens Timmer, BIOSS, University of Freiburg, Germany
15:30
Living patterns, structures and materials
Lingchong You, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
16:00
Engineering biological materials with synthetic biology
Timothy Lu, MIT Biological Engineering, Cambridge, MA, USA
16:30 – Break
17:00
Combining cells and hydrogels for on-demand production capabilities
Hal Alper, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
17:30
Bringing CO2 into life: Engineering artificial chloroplasts and bio-electric materials for a photosynthesis 2.0
Tobias Erb, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
SESSION 2 – LIVING THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS
Chair: N.N.
12:30
Building tissue cell by cell using light
Seraphine Wegner, University of Münster, Germany
13:00
Synthetic cells as implantable therapeutic platforms
Avi Schroeder, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
13:30
Coated bacteria and their applications in enhanced therapy
Jinyao Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
14:00
Cell-rich bioengineered devices for regenerative medicine
João Mano, University of Aveiro, Portugal
14:30 Break
15:00 Short presentations
SESSION 3a – TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS OF ENGINEERED LIVING MATERIALS
Chair: N.N.
15:30
Catalytic Biofilms & Materials = Productive Living Materials; A Perfect Match
Katja Bühler, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
16:00
Controlled Shape Morphing in Engineered Living Materials
Taylor H. Ware, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
16:30 Break
17:00
Design and manufacturing of active biomaterials for biotechnology applications
Alptekin Aksan, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
17:30
European Innovation Council Call for Engineered Living Materials
Barbara Gerratana, European Innovation Council and SME Executive Agency (EISMEA)
SESSION 3b TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS OF ENGINEERED LIVING MATERIALS
Chair: N.N.
12:30
Electrified microbiel biofilms – bacteria full of potential
Uwe Schröder, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
13:00
Microbial structured cellulosic materials
Cordt Zollfrank, Technical University Munich, Germany
13:30
Living with Living Materials
Elvin Karana, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
14:00 Invited short presentations
14:30 Break
SESSION 4 UNDERSTANDING BACTERIA IN CONFINEMENT (in cooperation with CRC 1027, Saarland University)
Chair: N.N.
15:00
How mechanical forces shape bacterial biofilms
Berenike Maier, University of Cologne, Germany
15:30
Engineering spatial organization in biomimetic systems
Henrike Niederholtmeyer, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
16:00
Principles of bacterial multicellular dynamics
Knut Drescher, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
16:30 Break
17:00
Scale-dependent tipping points of bacterial eco-evolutionary dynamics
Oskar Hallatschek, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
17:30
3D Fabrication of Engineered Living Materials Using Stimuli-Responsive Polymers
Alshakim Nelson, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Invited short presentations (10 min + 5 min discussion)
12:00
13:15 BREAK
14:00
14:45 BREAK
15:00
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