59. Biomimetic and Bioinspired Materials

Neuroverse

In today’s episode Carolina and Clara discuss biomimetic and bioinspired materials and the challenge with understanding the biological structure of natural materials to then create additional intelligent biological materials that allow us to bridge various challenges. But what about not only mimicking nature? What about creating ‘living’ materials that you can have a bi-directional flow of information? Well.. stay tuned to find out how some scientists where able to control cardiomyocytes (heart muscle cells) with light! Using nature as an inspiration to address problems in building materials for safer architecture that can withstand natural disasters from spider silk and resilin or materials such as chitosan that can change its solubility based on the pH of the environment can be crucial for drug deliver systems. --- We hope you enjoy the episode! Please feel free to share with your friends and family, it means a lot to us🤍 Neuroverse Website ⁠⁠⁠https://neuroversepod.com⁠⁠⁠ Podcast directory ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/neuroverse9⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support us! ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/neuroverse⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @neuroverse_pod ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/neuroverse_pod?s=21&t=KvAEuwGNKFQ9IPKlL7NTEg⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @Neuroverse_pod ⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/neuroverse_pod?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=⁠⁠⁠ Help us improve our podcast by giving us some feedback! ⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/PuEMC1BCWXdAqCRQA⁠