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

 

 

 

    TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021

    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

    • 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

    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

    WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2021

    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

    • Armin Baumschlager, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
      Light control of bacteria
    • Nan Luo, Duke University, Durham, USA
      Predicting colony patterns by the optimization principle

    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)

    THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2021

    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

    • Andrea Shin Ling, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
      Designing Decay and other experiments
    • Li Wang, Materianova, Mons, Belgium
      Single-cell nanoencapsulation for bioaugmentation

    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

    FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2021

    Invited short presentations (10 min + 5 min discussion)

    12:00

    • 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

    13:15 BREAK

    14:00

    • 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

    14:45 BREAK

    15:00

    • 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

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