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SUMMARY:IEM Distinguished Lecturers Seminar: Towards photosynthetic synthe
 tic cells
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DESCRIPTION:Professor Jean-Christophe Baret\, Univ. Bordeaux\, CNRS\, Cen
 tre de Recherche Paul Pascal and Institut Universitaire de France\, France
 \n*** Drinks and pizza at 11:45 in the lobby of BM 5202 ***\n\nAbstract\nN
 ature relies on cells. Not one cell but a diversity of those. At the indus
 trial level\, they transform raw matter \; at the medical level they are r
 esponsible for diseases but also body repair processes and treatments \; a
 t the global scale they modify the climate and environment. But they canno
 t be fully controlled\, nor adapted to our needs. A tailored assembly of n
 ew forms of living systems would therefore be a groundbreaking step forwar
 d with massive potential for Next Gen Biotech. However\, the paradigm of t
 he XIXth century that ‘only cells make cells’ remains currently valid.
  Over the past years\, we propose a construction approach of synthetic cel
 ls\, making use of the miniaturization capabilities offered by microfluidi
 cs. In this context\, we mimic metabolic activity - the trademark of cell
 s - in synthetic compartments. Here\, the integration of light harvesting
  units with synthetic metabolic pathways led to the creation of re-enginee
 red chloroplast-like systems functioning under out of equilibrium conditio
 ns. \n\n\nBio\nJean-Christophe Baret is physicist and professor at the Un
 iversity of Bordeaux\, based at the Centre de recherche Paul Pascal (CRPP)
 \, a joint research unit of the CNRS and the university of Bordeaux. His r
 esearch sits at the intersection of soft matter physics\, chemistry\, and 
 bioengineering\, with a strong focus on microfluidics. His team develops m
 icrofluidic systems to assemble and control microscopic compartments that 
 mimic the behavior of living cells\, including metabolic activity and out-
 of-equilibrium dynamics. This research aims to better understand the funda
 mental principles of life by recreating cellular functions from non-living
  components. Since joining the CRPP in 2014\, he has led interdisciplinary
  research programs bridging physics\, chemistry\, and biology\, and has co
 ordinated major collaborative initiatives such as the “Frontiers of Life
 ” research network. He is also a member of the Institut Universitaire de
  France and has contributed to both academic research and innovation\, inc
 luding the founding of the microfluidics-focused startup Emulseo.\n 
LOCATION:BM 5202 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BM%205202 https://epfl.zoom.u
 s/j/64413140571
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