Strategic Research Centre for Organic Bio Electronics
- Reference number
- A3 05:186
- Start and end dates
- 060101-121231
- Amount granted
- 49 000 000 SEK
- Administrative organization
- Linköping University
- Research area
- Life Science Technology
Summary
OBOE has two project leaders: Prof. Magnus Berggren (LiU) and Prof. Agneta Richter-Dahlfors (KI). The purpose of OBOE is to bring leading expertise in cell and molecular biology, neurobiology and stem cell research from the Karolinska Institute into a fruitful collaboration with first-class competence in the development of organic materials for different electronic applications from Linköping University and Acreo. Expertise is thus at place to tailor-make materials that mimic functions of and integrate with cells and tissues to rapidly obtain biological proof-of-principle and to address key questions. The fusion between the two fields of science in OBOE provides an excellent and unique platform for the creation of organic devices that both record, i.e. translate biological signals into electronic signals, and conversely, regulate, i.e. convert electronic inputs into appropriate biological responses. In addition to solve important biological/medical problems, OBOE also provides a new and unique platform to foster a new generation of scientists with high-level competence in both research fields and to directly bring technology from one site into the other, thus setting the stage for true interdisciplinary research in the future. The novel interface between these two branches of science will also provide an excellent seeding bed for developing new companies, as the convergence between the two research fields are only in its infancy internationally.