#MaterialsToday2023 was a success - good atmosphere and great #science! Congratulations to the team from Elsevier including: #YanSun, Danstan Chigwenembe , #EmmaXu. Good attendance from colleagues involved in #MTBio: Cristina Barrias, Carlos Rguez-Cabello, Manuel Salmeron, #BinLiu, #SeonkiHong👍

This new self-feeding hydrogel acts as a scaffold for 3D cell culture while offering long-term release of glucose. The team hopes it will one day have important biomedical applications. Mehrzad Zargarzadeh João Mano Catarina Custódio CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials 👉 ow.ly/6qfJ50PJYSs

📌 The #SupraLife #SecondSchool is quickly approaching! 📝 Bioinspired Supramolecular Self-Assemblies 📆 10-15 March 2024 📍Universidade Aveiro 🇵🇹 🗣️ Amazing line-up of plenary speakers 🤩🙌 ⏳Deadline for abstracts for oral & poster: 15 Nov 2023 Join us! 👇👇👇 supralife.eu/secondschool

🔜 Looking forward to our #scientific #retreat in beautiful #Douro region 🇵🇹 this weekend 🤩🌞🏞️🍇 🔝Great opportunity to strengthening bonds 🔗, networking 🗣️, exchanging ideas💡, fostering collaborations 🤝 & diving into #SupraLife’s future in an informal & relaxed atmosphere!

🔙 After a full day of #science on #supramolecular #chemistry #biomaterials, it was time to learn #traditional costumes, enjoy authentic #food & do some hard work #grape #harvest 🍇🍷@#CasadoLavrador in #SantaCruzdoDouro 🤩👌 You should not miss this fantastic place & people! 🙌

SupraLife “Bonding across borders” Retreat has come to an end 🥺 🙌 Thanks to everyone that has participated and welcomed our #partners with the right #portuguese ways 🤩 Incredible moments of #scientific discussion and #brainstorming on supramolecular chemistry 🧠🧐

Portugal win their first ever Rugby World Cup match! Highlights over on RugbyPass TV #FIJvPOR | #RWC2023

🔬🚨 Exciting research alert! We developed protein microparticles with stunning surface intricacies and bioactive cues. Crafted from platelet lysate proteins, these tiny wonders promote cell growth, tissue regeneration, and more! Check out: doi.org/10.1002/adma.2…

Exciting news; Biomaterials Advances are partnering with Materials Today Bio to create the joint Thematic issue “Programmable Living Biomaterials”. Focus on new ideas on synthetic biology, biomaterials, microbial & biomedical engineering. Call for papers: sciencedirect.com/journal/biomat…

📢Happy to announce our J. Mater. Chem. family B themed collection on #Bioinspired #Functional #Supramolecular #Systems guest edited by João Borges, Patricia Dankers, Seb Lecommandoux, João Mano 🤩 ➡️More info about it ⤵️ blogs.rsc.org/jm/2023/12/14/… 📆Submissions are welcome until 30 June 2024!

Chama-se João Mano, é investigador do CICECO - Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro e já conquistou 5 bolsas do Conselho Europeu de Investigação. Na revista Linhas comemorativa do 50º aniversário da UA, João Mano revisita uma carreira, no mínimo, inspiradora. ua.pt/pt/noticias/12…

The WBC2024 was a huge success. I had the privilege to present a plenary talk, exposing some of the work developed at Universidade Aveiro, CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, COMPASS. Great performance from the delegation members of our group during these Olympic games of biomaterials.

🇫🇷 CÉLINE DION POUR LE FINAL DE LA CÉRÉMONIE D’OUVERTURE. UNE LÉGENDE. (France 2) #ceremoniedouverture #Paris2024 x.com/infofrance2/st…

A new approach to the design of living materials, leveraging core metabolic processes in human cells to use cells as active crosslinkers for the creation of macroscale living materials João Mano Vítor Gaspar Nature Materials go.nature.com/3AO0nca

Thrilled to share our latest research in Nature Materials 🎉 A groundbreaking technology using functionalized human cells to create a new class of living materials. 🧬🔬 Read more: doi.org/10.1038/s41563… Nature Portfolio CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials Universidade Aveiro #LivingMaterials #MaterialsScience

We’re also excited to share that our work has been featured in a Nature Highlights! 📰 Dive deeper into the impact of our research and its potential for regenerative medicine. Check the article here: doi.org/10.1038/s44222… Sadra Bakhshandeh Christine Horejs Nature Materials

Check our press-release: compass.web.ua.pt/news_compass/c…

This novel bioink embeds liquefied compartments in hydrogels. The modular system by João Mano and colleagues can bioprint complex 3D structures, enabling free cellular movement, microtissue organization, and high diffusion of biomolecules. 👉ow.ly/Rrku50TgCBV

Glycoengineered cells containing bioorthogonal tethers function as building blocks for the programmable fabrication of human living materials with distinct structures and tissue functionalities. COMPASS João Mano Vítor Gaspar nature.com/articles/s4156…

🎄🔬 Happy Holidays from InterLynk! Thank you to our partners, collaborators, team-members, clinicians, and the entire scientific community for a year of progress. Wishing you joyful holidays and an innovative 2025! Together, we’re advancing science for a brighter future.