Biological materials and tissues are based on basic building blocks which are organised at various hierarchical levels. Their organisation at the different scales, as well as their interactions with water and ions are often crucial to the attainment of their functions and results from thousands and thousands of years of evolution. In our group, we focus on the molecular/supramolecular principles and processes underlying the biological production of materials (mineralised and unmineralised) and the attainment of such functionalities.
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