The program is subject to change.
Monday, April 27th – Arrival and Intro Day
Afternoon – 5PM
“Introduction into Engineered Living Materials“
Talk by Professor Tiffany Abitbol from the EPFL Lausanne
Evening
Movie Night with Movies related to ELMs, Therapeutics, Synthetic Biology, Biotechnology, etc.
Link to Poll will follow soon
Tuesday, April 28th – Workshop Day
Morning
“Cocreating engineered living materials with generative artificial intelligences: from taxonomies to concepts“
The workshop will deal with the emergent field of engineered living materials (ELMs) and introduce some initial approaches to organizing the field, including the rationale for an ELMs taxonomy and possible codification schemes. Then, an innovative engineering design methodology aimed at creativity promotion throgh constructive dialogues with generative artificial intelligences will be presented. Teams of students will apply the presented topics and methods to generate a variety of conceptual ELMs and related applications, especially in connection with healthcare. Finally, ethical issues of ELMs will be analyzed and ethical debate about the generated concepts will close the workshop.
Workshop by Professor Andrés Díaz Lantada from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and IMDEA Materials Institute
Afternoon
“Metadata for your everyday research activities”
Incorporate structured metadata into your everyday research activities: This practical workshop will introduce you to JSON metadata schemas and use them to describe exemplary datasets according to FAIR principles.
Workshop led by Dr. Abril Azocar Guzman and group members from the NFDI MatWerk
Evening
Wednesday, April 29th – Expert Talks
Morning
“Fabrication of ELMs at the Lahann Lab” – 3D Electrohydrodynamic Jet Writing and More
Talk by Professor Jörg Lahann from the University of Michigan and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
“ELMs for Individuals, Colonies and Habitats” – Research at the Engineered Living Materials Institute
Talk by Professor Meredith Silberstein from the first Engineered Living Materials Institute at Cornell University
After Lunch
Optional: Brewery (11€) OR Distillery (8€) Tour at the Klosthotel Ettal (60-70 mins)
Registration will follow soon
Afternoon
Evening
Pub Quiz related to ELMs and Therapeutic Materials
Thursday, April 30th – Departure Day
Morning
Talks from Industry partners
Closing Remarks
Departure after Lunch