Discovering Fundamental Principles and Engineering Electrical Communication Across The Cell-Materials Interface

There is great potential in understanding, engineering and harnessing the electrical connections at the cell-materials interface. On one hand, fundamental advances will teach us a great deal about how living matter communicates and adapts to its environment. On the other hand, these advances will enable the development of devices and systems that improve human health and global sustainability. Bioelectronics will transform medicine through the creation of novel hybrid cell-materials technologies as well as the development of therapeutics or disease detection methods. Bioelectronics will also yield devices that support new sustainable practices (e.g. synthetic leaves and electro-fermentation).

The Gordon Research Conference on Bioelectronics seeks to cement an interdisciplinary community of scientists and engineers working on problems related to electrical continuity across the cell-materials interface. Challenges in this emerging area span length scales, including the nanoscale structure and chemistry of materials and biomolecules, the mesoscopic scale of ion and electron transport and materials-cell interactions, and the macroscopic scale of device function and integration with organisms.