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SUMMARY:Bigger Picture Talks with Lorenzo Di Michele: Synthetic cells - mi
 crorobots with life-like behaviours - Professor Lorenzo Di Michele\, Unive
 rsity of Cambridge
DTSTART:20221026T150000Z
DTEND:20221026T160000Z
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CONTACT:Communications\, CEB
DESCRIPTION:Our departmental seminar series\, Bigger Picture Talks\, runs 
 throughout the academic year\, inviting thought-leaders from across the wo
 rld driving significant advances in our impact areas of energy\, health an
 d sustainability to share and discuss their work with us. This is a fantas
 tic opportunity for us to hear from other leading researchers\, develop ne
 w connections and collaborations\, and discuss some of the wider questions
  in our field. We hope they will inspire new ideas for us all to take into
  our own research.\n\nIn this talk\, our new Assistant Professor Lorenzo D
 i Michele\, shares his work using nucleic acid nanotechnology to engineer 
 synthetic cells. "Register to attend":https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bigge
 r-picture-talks-with-lorenzo-di-michele-tickets-440828619267\n\n*Abstract*
 \nSynthetic cells are fully artificial micro (or nano) devices constructed
  from the bottom-up\, starting from elementary molecular components\, in o
 rder to replicate responses typically associated with live biological cell
 s\, from environmental sensing\, to communication\, regulated metabolism\,
  growth and motility. By designing and building these devices we can learn
  about biological principles\, explore possible routes for the origin of l
 ife\, and lay the foundations for next-generation technological solutions 
 in healthcare and bioprocessing.\n\nIn this seminar I will explore the con
 cept of synthetic cell\, its history\, and latest developments in the fiel
 d. Along the way\, I will discuss highlights of our group’s research on 
 the use of synthetic nucleic acids as a toolkit to engineer synthetic cell
 s and advanced biomimetic systems.\n\n*Bio*\nLorenzo completed his undergr
 aduate and master’s degrees in physics at the University of L'Aquila (Ab
 ruzzo\, Italy) in 2010\, before moving to the Cavendish Laboratory\, Uni
 versity of Cambridge to start his PhD in soft condensed matter physics. 
 After graduating in 2013\, Lorenzo took up an Oppenheimer Early Career Res
 earch Fellowship\, followed by a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow
 ship in 2016 and a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in 2018. T
 he following year\, Lorenzo was awarded an ERC starting grant and moved to
  the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London as (proleptic) Lec
 turer and then Senior Lecturer\, before returning to the University of Cam
 bridge\, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology in 2022. Lor
 enzo’s research group applies the toolkit of nucleic acid nanotechnology
  to designing advanced biomimetic systems\, applicable as biophysical mode
 ls or tackling challenges in biomedicine.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 2\, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotec
 hnology\, West Cambridge Site
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