Welcome to BIOKON international - The Biomimetics Association
Biologists and engineers - joint to learn from nature!
Biomimetics combines biology and technology with the goal of solving technical problems by means of abstraction, transfer and application of knowledge of biological research, and merges life sciences with technical disciplines.
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The dock leaf beetle Gastrophysia viridula and its foot with adhesive hais in detail
Source: (left) Dagmar Voigt (University of Kiel), (right) Scanning Electron Microscopy image by Jürgen Berger
(Max Planck Institute, Tübingen) and Stanislav Gorb (University of Kiel).
Job offer (deadline Jan 20, 2012) for Research in Bio-Inspired Adaptive and Autonomous Materials for Sustainable Energy
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Research will be in functional materials with two main complementary focus areas: energy production and sustainable energy use. For sustainability, we will develop bioinspired responsive materials and architectures, which would store energy, release it on demand, and act as life-like, efficient, and autonomous entities. We will design such autonomous devices from synthetic materials based on novel fabrication techniques, including microfluidics, hierarchical structures, and 3D scaffolds. |
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Bronze Label of Cluster Management Excellence for BIOKON International. The Bronze Label forms part of the Quality Label System that is currently developed within the European Cluster Excellence Initiative to create an independent voluntary proof of cluster management excellence that is accepted and recognized all over Europe. The Quality Label will motivate cluster managers to compare with each other and to learn from the best. Benchmarking plays an important role in this respect. |
