OMEinfo – the new open-source bioinformatics tool now launched
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Knitting the Future of Architecture using Fungal Mycelium – An arch made from fungal mycelium grown within 3D knitted fabric formwork, is on display at the Design Museum, London
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You are warmly invited to our Research Seminar Series that is open to ALL looking to learn and engage with our NUAcT fellows.
Come along to meet our fellows and the NUAcT team and be inspired by the diverse research happening at Newcastle University! The seminar series showcases fellows latest research, research culture initiatives & fellowships journeys.
All welcome to attend.
📅 Thursday 23rd November
🕒 1:30-3:30
📍 Farrell Centre, Eldon Place
☕️ Refreshments available!
Speakers:
Introduction from Ben Bridgens, HBBE Director
Magda’s research focuses on Biological Self-healing for Sustainable Building and Smart Heritage Conservation. Magda joined the Hub for Biotechnology in the Build Environment as a NUAcT Fellow in 2020, and her vision is to develop a world leading centre where novel biotechnological processes are developed and explored to create a new generation of Living Buildings which are responsive to their natural environment.
Marin’s work explores biology in action, particularly photosynthesis, to design ecosophical interfaces of technology and aesthetics for sustainable change from molecular to macro scale and from inside to outside. Her NUAcT fellowship research develops architectures of photosynthesis-powered bioelectronics with areas of investigation spanning from molecular-scale interfaces between the living and non-living in device design and digital biofabrication to autopoiesis to wider ecology, with a view to contribute towards the reduction of global electrical waste.
Jane’s research is located at the intersection of programmable materials, knitted fabric design, textile technology and biology. As a textile specialist her research challenges the established understanding of smart materials for architecture; applying principles derived from biology to the development of environmentally responsive textile systems composed of natural and sustainable materials.
Jane’s NUAcT research will focus on the potential to design with biology using textile fabrication processes. She is developing a new generation of living textiles for architecture; knitted fabrics that adapt their properties in response to environmental stimuli, acting as a programmable interface to maintain a healthy environment in buildings.
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🎓 Learning Opportunities:
Open to all researchers, students and professional services staff.
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