Program
Session 3 is held in cooperation with CRC /SFB 1027 “Physical modeling of non-equilibrium processes in biological systems” at Saarland University
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- Anna Duraj-Thatte, Department of Biological Systems Engineering Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, US
- Barbara Gerratana, European Innovation Council and SME Executive Agency (EISMEA), Brussels, Belgium
- Serge Pampfer, eureKare, Liège, Belgium
- Michael Sailer, Xylotrade B.V. and Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, Netherlands
- Avi Schroeder, Technion, Haifa, Israel
- Swantje Schroll, German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Berlin, Germany
From 12:30 Registration and Coffee
13:20 Welcome
Aránzazu del Campo, INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
SESSION 1 – ENGINEERED LIFE-LIKE MATERIALS
Chair: Wilfried Weber
13:30
Synthetic biology and new materials
James J. Collins, MIT, Cambridge, USA (remote)
14:00
Cell to cell signaling through light in synthetic cell communities
Seraphine Wegner, Institute for Physiological Chemistry, Münster, Germany
14:15
Cell-free biosynthesis combined with deep learning accelerates de novo development of antimicrobial peptides
Amir Pandi, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
14:30
RNA catalysis in heterogeneous reaction environments
Hannes Mutschler, Technical University Dortmund, Germany
15:00 Coffee break
SESSION 2 – COMPOSITES WITH LIFE
Chair: Aránzazu del Campo
15:30
Engineering living materials by integrating synthetic biology and polymer physics
Zhoujin Dai, Shenzen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzen, China (remote)
16:00
Bacterially grown layered biomineralized composites inspired by nacre
Marie-Eve Aubin-Tam, TU Delft, The Netherlands
16:30
Bacterial cellulose building blocks for Engineered Living Materials
Joaquin Caro Astorga, Imperial College London, UK
16:45
Living Manufacture: Bio-digital Fabrication of Engineered Living Bacterial Cellulose
Meng Zhang, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
17:00 Short break
Chair: Shrikrishnan Sankaran
17:10
Freeform printing of complex living materials using a low-cost DIY 3D bioprinter
Anne S. Meyer, University of Rochester, USA
17:40
Hydrogel templating of photosynthesis-based calcification
Dalia Dranseikiene, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
17:55
Thinking Soils: Towards pressure responsive microbial induced calcite producing engineered living material
Martyn Dade-Robertson, Newcastle University, UK
18:10
A de novo matrix for macroscopic living materials from bacteria
Sara Molinari, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA (remote)
18:25
Living composite materials built by programmable microbial systems
Tzu-Chieh (Zijay) Tang, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
18:40–20:00 Poster session 1 (including finger-food dinner)
SESSION 3 – MICROBIAL ASSEMBLIES
Session 3 is co-hosted by CRC /SFB 1027 “Physical modeling of non-equilibrium processes in biological systems” at Saarland University
Chair: Shrikrishnan Sankaran
09:00
Harvesting potential of bacterial motility for targeted delivery
Victor Sourjik, MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
09:30
SporoBeads – functionalized endospores of Bacillus subtilis as a structured protein displaying platform
Thorsten Mascher, Technical University Dresden, Germany
10:00
Theoretical modeling of growing bacterial colonies with heterogeneous mechanical interactions
Ludger Santen, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
10:30
Growth control in engineered living materials
Rahul Kumar, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
10:45 Coffee break
Chair: Aránzazu del Campo
11:15
Encapsulated bacteria morph synthetic vesicles into flagellated swimmers
Margarita Staykova, Durham University, UK
11:30
From protein-based to living composite materials
Claudia Schmidt-Dannert, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, USA
12:00
How to Build a Glass House: Insights into the molecular Basis for Pore Pattern Morphogenesis in Diatom Silica
Nils Kröger, Technical University Dresden, Germany
12:30
Bioaugmented Design of Probiotic Structures
Richard Beckett, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London, UK
13:00 Lunch and poster session 2
SESSION 4 – MYCELIAL MATERIALS
Chair: Wilfried Weber
14:30
Constructing Alternative; Mycelium-based Composite materials for construction applications
Alireza Javadian, KIT Karlsruhe, Germany
14:45
Living fungal-bacterial biocomposite structures
Ross McBee, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA
15:00
MY-CO SPACE: An artistic-scientific vision on how to build with fungi
Vera Meyer, Technical University Berlin, Germany
15:30
Self-healing of fungal living leather-like materials
Elise Elsacker, Newcastle University, UK
15:45 Coffee break
SESSION 5 – ELMs at the brink of application
Chair: Shrikrishnan Sankaran
16:00
Are ELM the new CGT? An investor point-of-view
Serge Pampfer, eureKare, Liège, Belgium
The role of the EIC in funding ELMs
Barbara Gerratana, European Innovation Council and SME Executive Agency (EISMEA), Brussels, Belgium
Placing on the market of engineered living materials containing GMO – regulations in Germany and Europe
Swantje Schroll, German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Berlin, Germany
Development and application of a living functional surface treatment based on the fungus Aureobasidium
Stephanie Rensink, University Utrecht and Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
17:00 – 18:00
Panel Discussion: Carrying ELMs over the brink into society
Moderation: Wilfried Weber and Karine Glinel
Panelists:
19:00 CONFERENCE DINNER
with Dinner Talk by Johann Bauerfeind and Fabian Hütter, BioLab, Kunsthochschule Halle, Germany
SESSION 6 – LIVING THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS
Chair: Aránzazu del Campo
09:00
From drug delivery systems to artificial cells: In vivo data as platforms for treating disease
Avi Schroeder,Technion, Haifa, Israel
09:30
Encapsulation of commensal skin bacteria: control of proliferation and beneficial activity
Karine Glinel, Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
10:00
Programmable Microbial Ink for 3D Printing of Living Materials
Anna Duraj-Thatte, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
10:15
Remote control of drugs and biological systems by ultrasound
Andreas Herrmann, DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen, Germany
10:45
Engineering bottom-up synthetic cells to support tissue regeneration
Gal Chen, Technion, Haifa, Israel
11:00 Coffee break
Chair: Shrikrishnan Sankaran
11:45
Engineered living nanofibrillar hydrogels for drug delivery applications
María Puertas, INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
12:00
Living therapeutic materials for the light-controlled release of an angiogenesis-promoting protein
Priyanka Dhakane, INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
12:15
Opto-thermally regulated release of novel antibiotics from ELMs
Sourik Dey, Selim Basaran, Christoph Porten, LSC – Leibniz ScienceCampus Living Therapeutic Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
12:30
In vitro analysis of immune responses to ELMs
Shardul Bhusari, Archana Yanamandra, LSC – Leibniz ScienceCampus Living Therapeutic Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
12:45
Synthetic Tumour Immune Microenvironments
Oskar Staufer, University of Oxford, UK, and MPI for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
13:00
In vitro biocompatibility assessment of bacteria-laden hydrogels
Sara Trujillo, INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
13:15
Poster award and closing words
13:30
Lunch (to go)