Program

Afternoon – 5PM

“Introduction into Engineered Living Materials“

Talk by Professor Tiffany Abitbol from the EPFL Lausanne

Evening

Free Time

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

Movie Night with Movies related to ELMs, Therapeutics, Synthetic Biology, Biotechnology, etc.

Link to Poll will follow soon

Morning

“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

“Probiotic-Based Materials as Living Therapeutics” – an Overview

Talk by Dr. Laura Sabio Rodriguez from the Centre for Cellular Microenvironment at the University of Glasgow

After Lunch

Optional: Brewery (11€) OR Distillery (8€) Tour at the Klosthotel Ettal (60-70 mins)

Registration will follow soon

Afternoon

“Active Matter and Living Micromachines” – Soft matter physics, bacterial motility, and hybrid bio-synthetic microsystems

Talk by Professor Roberto Di Leonardo from Sapienza University of Rome

“Engineering Probiotics for Healthier Living” – Genetically engineered consumer probiotics.

Talk by Dr. Zack Abbott from ZBiotics

Evening

Pub Quiz related to ELMs and Therapeutic Materials

Morning

“Rewriting the Genetic Code for Smart Biologics” – Genetically recoded organisms, synthetic chemistries, and next-generation therapeutics
Talk by Amy Cayne Schwartz, Co-Founder of Pearl Bio

“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

Closing Remarks

Departure after Lunch