NECST Friday Talk
Molecular Biomimetics: Inspiration comes naturally
Simone Vesentini
Associate Professor, DEIB
DEIB - NECST Meeting Room (Building 20, basement floor)
November 23rd, 2018
12.00 pm
Contact:
Marco Santambrogio
Research Line:
System architectures
Abstract
There is a rich and long history of gaining inspiration from nature for the design of practical materials and systems. With the recent developments of molecular and nanoscale engineering in physical sciences, and advances in molecular biology, biomimetics is entering the molecular scale. Molecular biomimetics is an emerging field in which hybrid technologies are developed by using the tools of molecular biology and nanotechnology. For example, taking lessons from biology, polypeptides can now be engineered to specifically bind to selected compounds for applications in nano- and biotechnology. Starting from the theoretical basis recent developments obtained by the Biomechanics Group within the DEIB Department (www.biomech.polimi.it/molecular-modeling) will be described and discussed with a particular focus on the regenerative medicine field.
The NECSTLab is a DEIB laboratory, with different research lines on advanced topics in computing systems: from architectural characteristics, to hardware-software codesign methodologies, to security and dependability issues of complex system architectures.
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