Summer School in Bioinspired Chemistry at PUT is about to kick off. 

Motivation: The sector of bioinspired chemistry has a potential leading role to play in addressing some of the most important challenges that humanity must solve, such as developing new biomaterials for health, drug-delivery systems, adaptive materials with life-like properties, improved catalysts that function in water, high-density information storage systems, etc., while responding to ecological and sustainable transition challenges. The objective of the Summer School is to familiarise students with these issues enabling them to undertake scientific challenges in their team projects (assigned during the virtual part).

Content: virtual consultations on team projects in the field of Bioinspired Chemistry, on-site seminars on advances in Bioinspired Chemistry (artificial enzymes, bioinspired photonics, biomimetic materials, pharmaceutical and medical applications), a workshop on 3D printing for medical applications and an excursion to an industrial site. Students will also be involved in international teams (of 2-3 students), collaborating on projects within the broad field of Bioinspired Chemistry.

The activities will be led by lecturers from the University of Mons (Belgium), the University of Catania (Italy), the Poznan University of Technology (Poland), and guest lecturers. They will also provide support and mentoring to the project teams.

Learning outcomes:
•    Gaining knowledge of bioinspired materials, their manufacturing, characterisation, applications.
•    Ability to validate different approaches to address the scientific challenges and propose solutions.
•    Ability to identify, select, and critically analyse various specialised resources to synthesise the data and prepare a presentation.
•    Developing team work and pitching skills.
 

Date of the on-site part in Poznan: 8-12 September 2025