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Several MSc and PhD positions are open!
[Molecular Communications for Artificial Life]
First workshop at the intersection of molecular communications and synthetic biology towards wetware artificial life.
(co-organized by CALICO Lab at ALIFE’23)
[Special Feature on Bio-Chem-ICTs]
From molecular cybernetics to network medicine: Interdisciplinary synergies in molecular communications and Internet of Bio-Nano Things.
(co-organized by CALICO Lab in IEEE TMBMC)
[Molecular Communications getting practical with GRAPHENE]
We report on the first micro/nanoscale MC receiver based on graphene.
[See recent publications]
[New Project]
Our project ‘REINFORMATION‘ has been awarded the MSCA Individual Fellowship!
[New Project]
Our project ‘MiMoGraph‘ has been awarded the TUBITAK 1001 grant!
Our current research activities at CALICO Lab revolve around the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT), an emerging information and communication technology (ICT) framework aiming at extending our connectivity and control to NANOscale and BIOlogical environments with collaborative networks of artificial micro/nano devices and biological systems.
At the intersection of ICT, nanotechnology and biotechnology, we conduct highly interdisciplinary theoretical and experimental research with the objective of enabling transformative medical, environmental, and industrial applications of IoBNT.
IoBNT is unconventional in every aspect: it involves unconventional things (e.g., engineered bacteria, nanobiosensors, nanoparticles), which communicate through unconventional methods (e.g., molecular communication), operate in unconventional environments (e.g., the human body), and target unconventional applications (e.g., continuous intrabody health monitoring and targeted smart drug delivery without side effects).
In pursuit of practical IoBNT applications, we address several fundamental questions, worded as follows:
To tackle these challenges, our interdisciplinary approach integrates expertise from ICT, microfluidics, biosensors, and nanomaterials. We are currently:
Just as the overarching endeavour of space exploration has given rise to countless spinoff technologies now essential in other fields (e.g., cochlear implants, CMOS image sensors), we anticipate our interdisciplinary efforts in developing practical IoBNT applications will similarly contribute invaluable advancements to ICT-informed understanding of biological systems, drug delivery, biosensors, novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, and many others.