Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Multicellularity is one of the major evolutionary transitions, and its rise provided the ingredients for the emergence of a biosphere inhabited by complex organisms. Over the last decades, the potential for bioengineering multicellular systems has been instrumental in interrogating nature and exploring novel paths to regeneration, disease, cognition, and behaviour. Here, we provide a list of open problems that encapsulate many of the ongoing and future challenges in the field and suggest conceptual approaches that may facilitate progress.
Institutions: Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Santa Fe Institute, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Tufts University, Harvard University, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,290
Funders: John Templeton Foundation, Santa Fe Institute, European Commission, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca, Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Army Research Office, H2020 European Research Council
OpenAlex ID: W4405921842