(Bio)Chemical Engineering with Nature: Advances in Biofabrication and Biomanufacturing
A special issue of ChemEngineering (ISSN 2305-7084).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 September 2026 | Viewed by 267
Editor
Interests: biofabrication; biomanufacturing; biointelligent systems; biodesign; precision fermentation; materials science; protein science; chemical engineering; bioprocess engineering
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue of ChemEngineering we are welcoming the submission of original research and critical reviews that contribute to the advancement of (bio)chemical & materials engineering beyond sustainability (i.e. regeneration) within the emerging disciplines of biofabrication and biomanufacturing. While the language surrounding these terms continues to develop, biofabrication is often thought of as “growing” complex & functional materials from what are often “living” biological components (e.g., mycelial leather), while biomanufacturing often aims to “scale-up” biological processes (e.g., precision fermentation). In other words, we are seeking contributions that will help shape the future of biotechnology beyond our current chemicals, materials, and food sectors. Contributions which mindfully consider human & non-human relationships within the discussion of a given technology are strongly encouraged.
Research areas may include and are not limited to:
- Engineering of living materials & systems
- Design, characterization and/or application of bioprocesses
- Biodesign integration
- Genetic engineering, strain engineering, & synthetic biology
- Biomolecular material engineering, advanced materials
- (Bio)synthesis of (bio)chemicals and polymers
- Interdisciplinary perspectives on regenerative processes (beyond sustainability), how processes might work with nature rather than exploit them, system integration, and applications of AI
We are particularly interested in receiving interdisciplinary studies that integrate the above topics.
Dr. Julie-Anne Gandier
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biofabrication
- biomanufacturing
- biodesign
- precision fermentation
- biological materials
- biomolecular assembly
- biomolecular engineering
- living materials
- regeneration
- regenerative
- biosynthesis
- synthetic biology
- advanced materials
- biointelligent systems
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