Bio-inspired Soft Matter 2025

Soft materials and complex fluids are a fundamental component of modern industry and everyday life. Bioinspired materials research is at an exciting and rapidly advancing stage, where the intersection of biology, chemistry, physics and engineering is leading to groundbreaking innovations. The research focuses on harnessing complex structures and functions found in nature to develop materials with remarkable properties. Notable examples such as Olympic gels, DNA origami, and DNA Nanostars are innovative technologies with multiple applications, ranging from drug delivery and self-healing materials, to biosensing, and nanoelectronics. The research also focusses on Biomimetic materials inspired by nature, which can be used to build sustainable products, advanced medical implants, and new energy solutions to drive advancements in medicine, materials science, and engineering.

As a follow up of the Topological Soft Matter workshop, we would like to continue our effort, encourage the connection of the isolated communities working on bioinspired materials, such as polymer physics, synthetic chemistry and bioengineering. This meeting is therefore a perfect opportunity to gather leading and emerging experts to share expertise and define common languages and frameworks. In parallel we would like to stimulate a bidirectional communication between research and industry, promoting the scientific innovation. By opening the dialogue between experimental, theoretical and computational researchers we will create fertile ground for new collaborations in this exciting emerging field.