CONFERENCES

4th Annual Meeting of the EIC Engineered Living Materials (ELM) Portfolio
(Copenhagen, Denmark) 30 September -2 October 2026)
From microscopy to networks: quantifying fungal architecture for engineered living materials
J. Grzybek, A. Tošić, N.Hrovatin, A. Černoša, A. Gubenšek, I. Malat, L. Hrvatin A. Sandak   

4th Annual Meeting of the EIC Engineered Living Materials (ELM) Portfolio
(Copenhagen, Denmark) 30 September -2 October 2026)
Interactions Of Multispecies Microbial Consortia within Living Ink Formulations
A. Gubenšek, A. Černoša, M. Žganjar, U. Prosenc Zmrzljak, J. Grzybek, I. Malat, A. Sandak

4th Annual Meeting of the EIC Engineered Living Materials (ELM) Portfolio
(Copenhagen, Denmark) 30 September -2 October 2026)
Engineering living inks: from microorganisms to functional surfaces
I. Matal, Anja Černoša, A. Gubenšek, J. Grzybek, A. Sandak

Sustainable Waste Management in Materials Science 2026
(Poznan, Poland, 21-23 September 2026)
Nature has no waste - rethinking materials design through living systems
A. Sandak   
(abstract)

Biopartitioning and Purification Conference 2026
(Bled, Slovenia, 06-09 September 2026) 
Engineered living materials as integrated bioprocessing systems: From living cells to resilient cities
– keynote presentation
A. Sandak   
(abstract)

14th Wdzydzeanum Conference on Fluid – Solid Interaction
(Wdzydze Kiszewskie, Poland, 30 August – 03 September 2026) 
Living Interfaces: Fluid–Solid Interactions in Engineered Living Materials
– keynote presentation 
A. Sandak 
(abstract)

1st South-east Transnational Congress of Microbial Sciences
(Belgrade, Serbia, 10-13 June 2026)
From adhesion to function: Multiscale imaging of Aureobasidium pullulans for living coating development
I. Malat, A. Černoša, A. Sandak
(abstract)

Regulatory Readiness for Emerging Biotechnology Solutions Through the Lens of Engineered Living Materials
(​Brussels, Belgium, 30 April 2026)
Public attitudes toward engineered living materials and their implications for regulatory frameworks
N.  Sajinčič, W. Pajerski, J. Grzybek, E. Karana, A. Sandak
(abstract)

Regulatory Readiness for Emerging Biotechnology Solutions Through the Lens of Engineered Living Materials
(​Brussels, Belgium, 30 April 2026)
Regulatory readiness of living inks in the EU construction sector
J. Grzybek, W. Pajerski, A. Černoša, D. Holzinger, M. Sailer, A. Sandak
(abstract)

SSbD25 - Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design Conference
(​​Dübendorf, Switzerland 10-12 November 2025)
Towards  a Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design Framework for Engineered Living Materials
W. Pajerski, A. Gubenšek, A. Černoša, I. Malat, J. Grzybek, A. Sandak
(abstract)

3rd International Conference on Moisture in Buildings 2025
(Guimarães, Portugal ​23-24 October 2025)
Architecture that grows: from Petri dish to the building façades – keynote presentation
A. Sandak
(abstract)

3rd Annual Meeting of the EIC Engineered Living Materials (ELM) Portfolio
(Izola,Slovenia 1-2 October 2025)
Candidates for living ink consortium
A. Černoša, A. Gubenšek, W. Pajerski, A. Sandak

NextGen Materials: The Convergence of Living Essence and Engineered Innovation 2025 
(Hamburg, Germany, 23–25 September 2025)
Archibiome tattoos: biofabricated microbial inks for resilient and sustainable architecture
A. Sandak, A. Černoša, A. Gubenšek, I. Malat, W. Pajerski
(abstract)

IUPAC 2025 - 50th World Chemistry Congress (50WCC) 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 14–19 July 2025)
Green strategies for next-generation coating systems: microbial approaches at material interfaces
W. Pajerski, A. Černoša, A. Gubenšek, A. Sandak
(abstract)

INL Colloquia Series 2025 (INL) 
(​Braga, Portugal ​23 May 2025)
Designing ​with life: engineering the next generation of building materials
A. Sandak
(abstract)

PUBLICATIONS

Anna Sandak, Wojciech Pajerski, Ana Gubenšek, Karen Butina Ogorelec, Anja Černoša (2026)
The archibiome: extending engineered living materials to multiscale built environments
Frontiers in Systems Biology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fsysb.2026.1943876

(link)

Anja Černoša,  Jose Manuel Amigo, Fatima Matroodi, Anna Sandak (2026) 
Spectroscopic Insights into Nutrient-Controlled Biofilm Formation in Aureobasidium pullulans as a Basis for Engineered Living Materials
Langmuir, ​https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6c01932

(link)

Ihab Malat, Anja Černoša, Anna Sandak (2026) 
Surface colonization of Aureobasidium pullulans: a multimodal microscopy study toward living coating development.
Scientific Reports, 
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-48101-5
(link)

Anna Sandak (2026)
Growing the future: Engineered living materials for the building sector.
Panels & Furniture Asia. January/February 2026
(link)

Wojciech Pajerski, Flavien Ginioux, Amina Selmanović, Anna Sandak (2026)
Practical Protocols for Improving Safety and Sustainability in Multidisciplinary Research Laboratories.
ACS Chemical Health & Safety, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chas.5c00163
(link)

Anna Sandak, Lea Primožič, Wojciech Pajerski (2025)
REMEDY: redefining architecture through engineered living materials. 
Innovation News Network. 15th October 2025, [COBISS.SI-ID 256616707
]
(link)

DELIVERABLES

D8.2 Data Management Plan
Anna Sandak

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D7.2 Plan for Dissemination and Communication Activities
Lea Primožič, Wojciech Pajerski
(document)

D7.1 Website, project logo and social media
Wojciech Pajerski, Lea Primožič

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