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SUMMARY:Programmable Microbial Foundry for a Sustainable Living Materials 
 Technology
DTSTART:20200930T130000
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Avinash Manjula Basavanna\, MIT\, USA\nThe present-day wor
 ld showcases remarkable materials that have enabled our way of life\, but 
 they rarely account for the anthropogenic effects due to their make-use-di
 spose practices. In contrast to humans’ heat-beat-treat strategies\, bio
 logical systems produce materials with exceptional properties at ambient c
 onditions from abundantly available benign components and also provide a t
 emplate for circular materials economy. Inspired by Nature's elegant desig
 ns and living cell’s extraordinary manufacturing capabilities\, I have b
 een programming microbes to serve as living factories to make materials th
 at are known as Living Materials\, which is an emerging field that integra
 tes synthetic biology\, materials engineering and nanotechnology. In addit
 ion to the basis and vision of Living Materials Technology\, in this talk\
 , I will present my pioneering contributions to the field\, wherein I have
  designed and developed: 1) the world’s first water-processable\, biodeg
 radable and coatable bioplastic termed as AquaPlastic\; 2) the world’s f
 irst programmable microbial Ink for 3D printing of Living Materials and 3)
  stiff and strong Living Materials that can regenerate itself. Some of the
 se efforts are regarded as a paradigm shift to biomanufacturing technology
 \, which is believed to contribute towards building a sustainable world.\
 n\nBio: Avinash obtained his PhD on Bioinspired Molecular and Materials En
 gineering at JNCASR\, Bengaluru\, India. He then moved to Harvard Universi
 ty as a Wyss Institute Postdoctoral Fellow to work on Living Materials by 
 Engineering Microbes to produce Sustainable Materials with Integrated Life
 -like Properties. His research interests are at the interface of Synthetic
  Biology\, Bioinspired Materials Engineering\, Nanotechnology\, Microbial 
 Factories and Sustainability. In 2020\, he was chosen as one of the World
 ’s top 35 Innovators under 35 by Technology Review (TR35) of Massachuset
 ts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was the Grand Prize Winner of America
 n National Science Foundation (NSF) Idea Machine (Big Idea) competition an
 d recognized with Deep Tech Pioneer and Gandhian Young Technological Innov
 ation Awards. He was also selected for the Innovation Scholars In-Residenc
 e Program by the President of India and Harvard Innovation Lab’s Venture
  Incubation Program.    \n 
LOCATION:Zoom https://epfl.zoom.us/j/94707892593
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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