1. Biological Materials

• Hard tissues and materials (e.g. bone, teeth, scales, osteoderms, mineralized biological materials)
• Soft tissues and materials (e.g. cartilage, tendon, silk, elastin, organs)
• Mechanobiology (development, physiology and disease)
• Cell functions, structure and motility
• Multiscale modelling and simulation of tissue mechanical properties (e.g. ab initio approaches, molecular dynamics, coarse-graining, finite element modeling, fluid-structure interactions)
• Multiscale experimental characterization of tissue mechanical properties (e.g. AFM, TEM, nanoindentation, optical tweezers, x-ray diffraction, in situ methods)
• Dynamic response of biological materials and tissues (trauma from impact and explosions)

2. Biomaterials

• Tribology, friction and wear as well as fatigue
• Materials failure in physiologically extreme conditions and disease (e.g. infectious disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease)
• Hierarchical polymer materials and composites (e.g. dental ceramics and fibre-reinforced composites)
• Regenerative medicine and tissue engineering
• Metals and ceramics as biomaterials

3. Bioinspired Materials

• Self-assembly of biological and biomaterials (e.g. peptides, DNA, polymers, nanoparticles, hierarchical structures)
• Biologically inspired and biomimetic materials (including biomimicking materials)
• Novel synthesis and processing methods: additive manufacturing, freeze casting.
• Molecular level bioinspiration

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