Monday, September 24th, 6pm
***Union Station, Northampton***
FUTURISTIC MATERIALS FROM BIOLOGICAL FUNDAMENTALS
BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS OF THE FUTURE!
What novel properties do biological materials display?
How to biological materials do the amazing things they do?
Can we create materials that can do the things that biological materials can do?
What are the ethical ramifications of these possible futuristic materials?
What is the difference between a material and a machine?

Jennifer Ross is a professor of Physics at UMass. Research in the Ross Lab is focused on biological systems. They study how the microtubule cytoskeleton organizes the interior of living cells.