Mission

The primary aim of the Center for Intelligent Biomaterials (CIB) is to achieve excellence in basic and applied research on the evolved intelligent or smart properties of biological macromolecules and to promote its research advances in order to support and sustain the Massachusetts economic sector. The informational and smart properties of biological molecules have value intrinsically (DNA information/function, gene sequence recognition and function in Biotechnology) or as applied signal transduction or analyte recognition elements of integrated systems (biosensors, smart materials, clinical devices, whole cell biosensors).

To achieve these aims, we foster interdisciplinary research projects over a wide range of subject areas involving collaborations with other UML CFCI Centers and Institutes and research groups as well as external research groups and companies. These aims are implemented by obtaining external federal grant funding and UML/industry collaborative funding from the high technology and biotechnology/pharmaceutical sectors.