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BioPACIFIC MIP is a User Facility dedicated to Materials Discovery through Laboratory Automation and Bio-derived Feedstocks. #NSFfunded @CNSI_UCSB @CNSIatUCLA
UC Santa Barbara
Joined July 2020
🚨 Big News from BioPACIFIC MIP! NSF has renewed our center with $19.8M to fuel the next phase of innovation in biomaterials, automation & AI-driven discovery. Catch all the updates in our Summer 2025 Newsletter👇 🔗 https://t.co/Jn0U3bA8gl
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CAPS Fellowships Spotlight! CascadeBio is automating SI-ATRP brush synthesis for enzyme stabilization 🧬🔧 ✅ Body Armor for Enzymes™ tech meets @Chemspeed ✅ High-throughput polymer brushes ✅ Boosting enzyme ruggedness + scale-up potential #Biocatalysis #GreenChemistry
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CAPS Fellowships Spotlight! Collab from @KState & @Penn_State is exploring hydrogel-forming copolymers using RAFT photoiniferter polymerization🧪 ✅ @Chemspeed automation for fast triblock synthesis ✅ Microrheology to assess viscoelasticity ✅ Hands-on student training
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CAPS Fellowships Spotlight! @Northeastern team is collaborating with @BioPACIFICMIP to create programmable polymers for synthetic ECMs🧫 ✅ Peptidomimetic polyesters + polyurethanes ✅ Designed via Chemspeed automation ✅ Biomedical + regenerative medicine potential #Biomaterials
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Biosourced Functional Hydroxybenzoate-co-Lactide Polymers with Antimicrobial Activity | Journal of the American Chemical Society @uclachem @UCLA @UCSB @ucsantabarbara @CNSI_UCSB
https://t.co/ODqOYWuANe
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Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent global health challenge, and compounds that address this issue have attracted significant attention. In particular, bioderived molecules that possess natural...
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New from the Yimin Luo Lab @Yale ! Aligned PEG hydrogels + cell traction = programmed shape changes in collagen sheets. SAXS at BioPACIFIC MIP helped reveal the structure. A leap for morphogenesis-inspired biomaterials! 📄 https://t.co/flKXjNk9eA
#BioPACIFICMIP #Hydrogels
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
A strategy is implemented to embed dermal fibroblasts in collagen in contact with anisotropic hydrogel fibers. Fibroblasts generate traction forces and remodel the collagen matrix, following the...
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CAPS Fellowships Spotlight! Prof. Garret Miyake (@ColoradoStateU) is developing recyclable, bio-based polyolefin-like polymers♻️ ✅ High-throughput synthesis of sustainable materials ✅ Exploring new polymerization techniques ✅ Advancing next-gen packaging + performance polymers
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📢 New from BioPACIFIC MIP users! Researchers at @Cornell & @CarnegieMellon report in JACS how 3D morphology boosts conductivity in AEMs for clean energy. SAXS data from BioPACIFIC MIP made it possible! Published @J_A_C_S
Designing Highly Conductive Anion Exchange Membranes: Tuning Domain Continuity with ABC Block Copolymer Self-Assembly | Journal of the American Chemical Society @CornellCAS @Cornell @GeoffreyWCoates @CornellChem
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CAPS Fellowships Spotlight! @SEE_adrian_figg group from @virginia_tech is using automation to design bioactive random hetero-oligomers 🧬 ✅ RAFT-synthesized RHOs targeting protein surfaces ✅ High-throughput assays using GFP ✅ Datasets to fuel AI-driven drug discovery #Polymers
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CAPS Fellowships Spotlight! @profjast team (@uoregon) is developing fluorescent [n]CPP “nanohoop” polymers for biomaterials 🌈🧪 ✅ Precision polymer synthesis with limited monomer ✅ Automated workflows via Chemspeed ✅ High-impact bio-applications #PolymerScience
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🎥 Missed Prof. @ReadAlanizteam talk on automated biomaterials synthesis? Catch the recording now! Learn how @BioPACIFICMIP & @Chemspeed empower high-throughput discovery with tools like ISYNTH BIOMAT. ▶️ Watch: https://t.co/h38RDLvR6m
#Chemistry #Automation #MaterialsScience
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CAPS Fellowships Spotlight! Prof. Eileen Seo’s lab (@ASU) is developing sustainable #membranes for alcohol-water separation 🌱💧 ✅ High-throughput screening of bio-derived monomers ✅ Tackling PDMS limitations in biofuel recovery ✅ Advancing green separation technologies
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Are PEC hydrogels kinetically trapped? 🧪 New work from Srivastava Lab @UCLA shows they aren’t! Microstructures re-equilibrate via swelling, mixing & rehydration—enabling tunable, reprocessable materials. 📄 Read in @ACSMacroLett: https://t.co/TIKiejfL5r
#Polymers #Hydrogels
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🚨 Last day to apply! The @BioPACIFICMIP Summer School closes tonight ⏳ 🧪 Train in high-throughput synthesis 🔬 Run your own samples 💸 Room & board covered 📍 UCSB & UCLA | July 14–18 🔗 Apply now: https://t.co/sPXuL6vbY0
#NSFfunded #SummerSchool #PolymerScience #UCLA #UCSB
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🚨 Application deadline April 14! Join the BioPACIFIC MIP Summer School (July 14–18 at UCSB & UCLA) for hands-on training in automated synthesis + characterization for polymers. 🎯 Run measurements on your own samples ✅ Room/board covered 🔗 https://t.co/sbhKTK20mN
#summerschool
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Congratulations to Rachel Segalman for being elected as a fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (@aaas). Congrats also to @UofCalifornia for being the lead institution represented in this year's class.
46 University of California scholars are among the new class of fellows of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science @aaas. UC is the leading institution represented, with researchers from every campus and three affiliated national laboratories.
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💥 Last day at #ACSSpring2025 and BioPACIFIC MIP is going out strong: 🎤 7 talks 🧪 2 posters Thanks to everyone who joined us this week—let’s finish with a bang! 🎉 #BioPACIFICMIP #PolymerScience #MaterialsInnovation #HighThroughput
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Want to learn more about how synthetic biology can help materials science?? Come at Pacific Ballroom 25 to learn more! #ACSSpring2025
#BioPACIFICMIP
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📢 Day 3 at #ACSSpring2025 Just one talk from the BioPACIFIC MIP community today—but it’s a good one! Don’t miss this exciting contribution to the future of synthetic biology in polymer innovation. ✅ Check the schedule and stop by! #MaterialsScience #Innovation #SyntheticBiology
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🎉 Day 2 at #ACSSpring2025! BioPACIFIC MIP is back with a full day of cutting-edge science—10 talks from our community covering topics in automated synthesis, sustainable polymers, biomaterials, and more. 🔬 Don’t miss today’s lineup of innovation in polymer science!
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