Theodoros Simakou, a postdoc at @glasgow.ac.uk, is working on osteogenic and adipogenic cultures with minicells. 🎬 🇪🇺 He's only been on the project a short while but is already fired up about where it’s heading. Welcome 👋 @horizoneu.bsky.social @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

Maria Clara Gomes from @uaveiro.bsky.social (@compass-rg.bsky.social) explains how her team’s exploring a different angle on engineered living materials to help our 3d #bioprinting platform make better bone marrow models and cultivated meat. Interview with new project member coming soon! 👤

Hello Bluesky! 👋 We're a research group at Imperial College working at the interface of chemistry, biology & biotechnology. 🔬 #BiosyntheticPathways, #NaturalProducts & #Antibiotics 🧬 #EnzymeStructure, #EnzymeMechanism & #EnzymeEngineering ⚗️ #Biocatalysis & #SustainableSynthesis. News to follow

First up in our new team interviews: @manuelsalmeron.bsky.social from @glasgow.ac.uk, talking about how their team is engineering bacteria to produce growth factors that guide stem cells. 🦠🔧 Our @horizoneu.bsky.social project’s goal is better bone marrow models and more textured cultivated meat.

We have been featured in the European Commission’s @horizoneu.bsky.social Magazine! The article covers how our team is bioprinting living bone, fat, and muscle tissue, using engineered microorganisms to guide stem cells as they grow. 🇪🇺 projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-m...

3D printing gets a living upgrade

Nature has spent billions of years perfecting the art of building with living cells. A team of researchers is now learning from that process – and finding ways to speed it up.For Massimo Vassalli, pro...

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We will be hearing from Nikolaj Gadegaard @glasgow.ac.uk on how to integrate ethics in engineered living materials (ELMs) next week at the ELSA Summer School on ELMs! 👤 Info at prism-livingtissues.eu/elsa-summer-... @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu #EUeic

ELSA Summer School on Engineered Living Materials, 13–17 Jul 2026, UK

Five-day residential summer school on the ethics, law and society of engineered living materials. Glasgow & Loch Lomond. Apply by 22 March.

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Soon, we will be hearing from Patricia Osseweijer @tudelfttnw.bsky.social about inclusivity, justice, and accessibility at the ELSA Summer School on Engineered Living Materials! 👤 More at prism-livingtissues.eu/elsa-summer-... @horizoneu.bsky.social @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu #EUeic

The EIC’s Engineered Living Materials portfolio’s “ELMs LCA Starter Kit” (ELM-LCAKit) was selected for funding! 🇪🇺 ✅ This project will develop shared, early-stage LCA guidelines tailored to the unique challenges of #EngineeredLivingMaterials. Thank you to everyone involved 🙌 #LifeCycleAssessment

Always exciting to see how the many ways in which stem cells are being used in tissue engineering!

Biofabrication Würzburg@biofabwue.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Are stem cells the key to advance biofabrication "from shape to function"? The goal is to develop a 3d environment that could exploit the potential of cell-derived mesodermal progenitor cells to produce vascular constructs while controlling geomery advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Our @horizoneu.bsky.social project partners Laura Sabio Rodríguez and Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez @theglasgowcemi.bsky.social reviewed probiotic living materials for biomedical applications. #OpenAccess @wileyonlinelibrary.bsky.social publication available at doi.org/10.1002/adma... #Microsky #ELMs

Probiotic‐Based Materials as Living Therapeutics

Recent advances in Engineered Living Materials are highlighted, integrating synthetic biology and advanced materials, with a focus on probiotic-based therapeutics. Probiotic Living Materials hold gre...

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Our partner, David Mark, presented our @horizoneu.bsky.social project at the @microbiologysociety.org annual conference last week! He presented his work on minicells and results from a visit to consortium members in Aveiro. Read all about it at prism-livingtissues.eu/prism-lt-at-...

PRISM-LT at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2026 – PRISM-LT

David Mark presented his minicell and collaborative research at the 2026 Microbiology Society Annual Conference.

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We met in Udine, Italy, to share our latests results and decide as a team what comes next for PULSE. We covered everything from design adjustments to our 3D magneto-acoustic bioprinter to alternative ways to reach space. 🫀🚀 Thank you INsociety for treating us to such amazing food and views!

The new EISMEA brochure on Engineered Living Materials is out! 🌱 Discover the brochure and explore the 10 EU-funded Pathfinder projects shaping the future of ELMs: loop-of-fun.eu/media/pages/... @bioaction.eu, @prism-livingtissues.eu, @nextskins.bsky.social, @sumoconsortium.bsky.social,

We had a wonderful time at #TERMISEU2026! The organization and location were top tier and the topics and discussussions super impactful and enriching for all of us. Thanks to the organizers for doing a great job @eutermis.bsky.social #TERMIS #TissueEngineering #RegenerativeMedicine #Biofabrication

Today, our symposium at @eutermis.bsky.social 2026 filled the room! Lost of participants joined to learn more about “Engineering Living Materials (ELMs): a new frontier at the intersection of biology and materials science”! Thank you to everyone who joined and for making this afternoon a success!

If you are at @eutermis.bsky.social 2026, come to our symposium to learn more about “Engineering Living Materials: A New Frontier at the Intersection of Biology and Materials Science”. 24 April 12:00–13:30 at Porto PI Room.

Most biotech training focuses on what you can do. The ELSA Summer School on Engineered Living Materials will focus on how to integrate ethical, legal, and social points into your research and how to communicate evolving science to the public and policymakers. prism-livingtissues.eu/elsa-summer-...

ELSA Summer School on Engineered Living Materials, 13–17 Jul 2026, UK

Five-day residential summer school on the ethics, law and society of engineered living materials. Glasgow & Loch Lomond. Apply by 22 March.

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The ELSA Summer School on Engineered Living Materials is open for applications! Explore ethical, legal, and societal dimensions in Glasgow & Loch Lomond (Scotland) 13–17 July. For PhD candidates, postdocs, and early-career researchers. Apply by 22 March. 🧑‍🎓 🧫 prism-livingtissues.eu/elsa-summer-...

ELSA Summer School on Engineered Living Materials, 13–17 Jul 2026, UK

Five-day residential summer school on the ethics, law and society of engineered living materials. Glasgow & Loch Lomond. Apply by 22 March.

prism-livingtissues.eu

Interested in tissue engineering? Then check out these free webinars with top international researchers on bio fabrication, regeneration, bio mimicry, and much more! 🎟️ The first one is this Friday, February 13, at 09:00 WET (Lisbon time) Registration and more info at topicscteng.web.ua.pt

International Webinars: Topics on Cell and Tissue Engineerin

Join the 5th Edition of the International Webinars: Topics on Cell and Tissue Engineering (CTEng), a series of free, cutting-edge online seminars organized by COMPASS RG - CICECO, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

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Additive Manufacturing of Metabolically Active Living Materials with Physicochemical Biocontainment @chemrxiv.org #ELMs #livingmaterials #MALM chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....

Engineering living materials — biomaterials with living cells that can adapt to their environments — could provide more sustainable and cheaper options to many applications. Hear from the people developing them! 🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqAI...

Laura Martinelli of Prism-LT - ELM pitch

YouTube video by EIC and SMEs Executive Agency

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A few days ago, the period of public consultation on the Advanced Materials Act closed. You can now check the unique feedback given by institutions, business, citizens, and groups, including our @horizoneu.bsky.social Engineering Living Materials portfolio! 🇪🇺 💬 ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

From 24-26 Nov., the LoopOfFun consortium gathered at the partner LUMA for its 2nd internal hands-on workshop dedicated to the strains and substrates used in our ongoing research on mycomaterials. We exhanged insights, research updates, and explored LUMA Arles research and artistic programme.

Are you a student just starting in the field of #bioprinting or #biofabrication? this review is for you! Check our new review about the current status of bioprinting organs from the perspective of phd students, out now on Advanced Healthcare Materials advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

It's a busy time for researchers, so we’ve extended the abstract deadline for Synthetic Biology 2026 to give you more to prepare 📝 Submit by 5 January⏳ Share with peers how engineering biology is shaping data-driven solutions for health and sustainability 📎 bit.ly/3ZaYdwH #ALife #SynBio26 ⚙️🧫

Check out this wonderful exhibit by @loopoffun.bsky.social, one of the projects from the @horizoneu.bsky.social EIC Engineered Living Materials Portfolio! 🍄‍🟫⚙️

LoopOfFun@loopoffun.bsky.social · 8mo ago

LoopOfFun was at the trade fair Formnext, 18-21 November 2025 in Frankfurt, Germany! Dr. Achim Weber (partner Fraunhofer IGB) showcased our 3D-printed fungal-based ELM samples and presented our first prototype, the LoopOfFun stool. Great interest and inspiring exchanges! #EIC #ELMs

Back in July, the LoopOfFun consortium met in Groningen for its 3rd Annual Meeting! We reviewed progress, shared insights, aligned research goals, and enjoyed a team excursion. The two-day meeting brought great energy, great collaboration! We are very much looking forward to the next steps!

Did you know that some bacteria on our skin communicate with our cells and help to defend against infections by other bacteria! It’s only when this “conversation” goes out of whack that beneficial bacteria can “switch sides”. Artwork by @lucyreadingikkanda.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The skin microbiome and its relationship with the human body explained

The gut is not the only part of the human body that hosts an important microbiome. The surface of the skin is home to a sprawling and complex microbial ecosystem, which interacts with the immune syste...

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🔬 Free Nanobiotech Training in Italy! For scientists from universities, research, public bodies & SMEs. 📍 Ispra, Italy 🗓️ 23–27 March 2026 Explore micro(nano)plastics, nanomaterials, nanomedicines & 3D bioprinting, and more! Apply by 28 November: lnkd.in/dbmCdmPA

Check our latest publication about fabricating fibrillar bundle additives for muscle #bioprinting advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...