Thematic Network. NET-QUASI Workshop 3: Designing Life-like Function
Friday, November 21 @ 9:20 am–4:20 pm
Part of the IBEC Thematic Network “Quasi-living systems: Merge and Emerge” (NET-QUASI), this third workshop explores how life-like function can be designed into synthetic and hybrid systems. By merging molecular, material, and biological approaches, researchers are uncovering how responsiveness, adaptability, and collective behavior emerge across scales—from molecular assemblies and delivery systems to tissues that sense and reorganize.
This session gathers leading voices in synthetic biology, materials science, and mechanobiology to discuss how bridging the living and synthetic worlds can inspire a new generation of functional, adaptive systems.
Agenda
- 09:30 – Opening Remarks. Nina Kostina (Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain)
- 09:40 – Keynote Lecture: Prof. Wilhelm T. S. Huck (Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands) “Towards Molecular Networks that Learn”
- 10:35 Invited Lecture: Dr. Benjamí Oller (IQS, Barcelona), Title tbc
- 11:20 – IBEC Lecture: Dr. Subhadip Ghosh, Title tbc
- 11:55 – Coffee Break
- 12:25 – Keynote Lecture: Prof. Kerstin Göpfrich (Center for Molecular Biology, Heidelberg University, Germany), Title tbc
- 13:10 – IBEC Lecture: Prof. César Rodríguez-Emmenegger, Title tbc
- 14:00 – Lunch Break
- 14:50 – Early Career IBEC Lecture: M.Sc. Aina Albajar, Title tbc
- 15:25 – IBEC Lecture: Prof. Xavier Trepat, Title tbc
- 16:10 – Closing Remarks. Nina Kostina
