Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
The University of Edinburgh
The University of Cambridge
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T2. Adding Live Ingredients

Future materials will be "bionic" -- combining living and synthetic components to gain novel functionality. We are working to establish design principles governing: the colloidal assembly of bacterial composites; microbial communities inhabiting microporous soft media; soft materials containing active enzymes; soft gels as matrices for cells and tissues.

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