The Penn State and University of Freiburg Strategic Collaboration on ‘Living Materials'

A new strategic partnership between Penn State and the University of Freiburg is focused on developing a new class of engineered living materials with potential applications in sustainable infrastructure, robotics technologies, and next-generation medical care. Strategic funding will be provide to enable three primary activities: Prestigious research exchange programs open to undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and faculty; Interconnected seed grants to encourage activities between research collaborators; Shared access to specialized research equipment and facilities at each institution. This program will be jointly managed by MRI and IEE in partnership with the livMatS Centre of Excellence at the University of Freiburg.