A ManuFUTURE sub-platform
A ManuFUTURE sub-platform

Work groups

Work Group Structure from 2023 - Today

On 12.06.2023, the reorganization of the group structure within the sub-platform was decided in the course of the kick-off for the creation of a "Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda" (SRIA). While the old group structure focused on the three main aspects of research, industry and education, it was decided to subdivide the groups according to the three paradigms of biointelligent production presented in the white paper.

 

Group I / Paradigm I focuses on the use of “bio” in combination with “non-bio”. This means that a biomaterial is transformed by a "bio-machine" that is subject to non-biological control and actuation.

Examples are Input/output interfaces for bio-computing and DNA-based data storage, cell-based biosensors for monitoring of food quality or environmental factors, etc.

Group Lead: Tullio Tolio (Politecnico di Milano), Gianluca Trotta (National Research Council CNR Italy)

 

Group II / Paradigm II focuses on the use of “bio” to create/operate “non-bio”. This means that a non-bio material is transformed by a “bio-machine” that is subject to non-bio control and actuation.

Examples of this are: Enzymes in fermenters to break down plastic waste, bacteria that produce platform chemicals from (waste) materials or other feedstocks

Group Lead: Marius Dagys (Vilnius University Life Sciences Centre),  Linus Aulich (Fraunhofer IPK)

 

Group III / Paradigm III focuses on the use of “non-bio” to create/operate “bio”. This means that a biomaterial is transformed by a “non-bio machine” that is subject to non-bio control and actuation.

Examples include: 3D printing of tissues for regenerative medicine, bioprinting with multiple biomaterials such as enzymes with bio monomers, mycelium, …), differentiation of cell growth in bioreactors

Group Lead:  Bianca Maria Colosimo (Politecnico di Milano), Héctor Martinéz (BICO) 

Work Group Structure from 2020 – 2022

In the first kick-off workshop on June 15, 2020, with a total of 70 participants from all over Europe, the ManuFUTURE sub-platform Biointelligent Manufacturing was officially launched. After the presentation of the guiding principle of biological transformation, there was a wide-ranging discussion among the participants, which resulted in the establishment of three working groups:

  1.    Research and Technology Development
  2.    Industrial Applications and Business Models
  3.    Skills and Education

Since then all questions and tasks have been worked out in detail in these three working groups. The results are presented in big plenary meetings.

Group I: Research and Technology Development

The work group research and technology development gathers key enabling technologies, methods and tools and evaluates them in terms of readiness level, degree of integration and impact. We identify open research questions and challenges that need to be addressed in order to focus upcoming research and development in the context of the biological transformation of industry.

If you find this exciting and would like to participate in our work group, feel free to send an e-mail to Bianca Maria Colosimo & Merja Penttilä.  We are looking forward to having you on board to discuss the biological transformation from technological side.

 

Group II: Industrial Applications and Business Models

The group industrial applications and business models discusses the essence of biointelligent manufacturing processes, its paradigms and the innovation required for a successful deployment. Matching the current and potential needs with available and future enabling technologies, our goal is to define viable ways to introduce biointelligent manufacturing at industrial level. Moreover, we address open questions about the need for future regulations to improve the effectiveness of biointelligent manufacturing, societal acceptance and sustainability.

If you would like to join our discussions and participate in our work group, feel free to send an e-mail to Tullio Tolio and Gianluca Trotta. We are looking forward to having you on board to discuss the biological transformation from application side.

 

Group III: Skills and Education

The future challenges of biointelligent manufacturing are multidimensional and the people that will address these challenges need to be educated under a new paradigm that brings academic/ research practices and industrial/ market practices together. An important building block for successful biointelligent manufacturing in Europe is education and training. In this context, the work group skills and education discusses the necessary measures to achieve a level of interdisciplinarity in education needed for a sustainable biological transformation as well as the skills required. A central aspect is the development of methods for interdisciplinary teamwork as well as the promotion of prosperous collaboration between developers from different disciplines such as biologists, engineers and computer scientists. Last but not least, education increases the acceptance of new technologies in society.

If you would like to participate in our work group, feel free to send an e-mail to Gintaras Vilda. We are looking forward to having you on board to discuss the biological transformation from the educational side.