Marelli Lab

Postdoc Meng Li seeks to develop a micro-needle-based technology for efficient underwater fish vaccine delivery with support from U.S Department of Agriculture fellowship. cee.mit.edu/mit-postdoctor…

Shout out to @benmarelli who was in the panel discussion, and @YueHu0903, @MaximengLi, Max and Zeina who did the interactive demos.

This past Sunday, we were at the @MITMuseum for Nature Driven Design panel and demos. Big thanks to all the organizers and everyone participated. It was fun and rewarding to showcase our research and we got many good questions and discussions.

Big news! We are receiving fundings to purchase a new instrument to study assembly process of biopolymers in situ and to design environmentally responsive materials. We are thankful to the sponser ONR for their support! Many thanks to everyone contributed. defense.gov/News/Releases/…

Benedetto Marelli develops silk-based technologies for helping crops grow, preserving perishable foods, and more. “Knowing that the technology can move the needle in crises such as food waste is the highest reward of all,” he says. mitsha.re/QJLm50Qf3oP

Welcome on board! We are excited to have you here, and support you and be part of what you will achieve!

Some of the recent group gatherings to celebrate people’s achievements and welcoming group members. (People seem to really like their food today )

Great start for the symposium on #Engineering #Food #Materials at #F23MRS meeting in Boston with a mind blowing talk by @benmarelli on the ongoing research at @MarelliLab

This morning at #F23MRS Dr. Yue Hu @YueHu0903 shared her work and experience of collaborating with researchers from different backgrounds.

@MaximengLi On Wednesday morning at 10:30 AM at symposium SB01.04, we have back-to-back talks from our SMART program group members Dr. Yangyang Han and Dr. Raju Cheerlavancha to talk about 1) using silk food packaging to extend shelf-life and 2) developing plant nanosensors.

Tuesday night again, Dr. Meng Li @MaximengLi will present her work on designing silk microneedles with preserved mechanical strength underwater in order to deliver payload to fish in an aquaculture environment.

This week at #F23MRS our group members will present various talks and posters, to show how we use biopolymers to secure good supplies, improve food safety, and reduce food waste. #biopolymers #foodsafety

Applications to CEE Graduate Degree programs, including our new Data Science for Engineering Systems MEng close two weeks from today on December 1. cee.mit.edu/apply/

Silk protein as edible food coating! Read the story of Mori Silk, from lab discovery and first proof of concept to manufacturing, scale-up, field validation and regulatory approval @benmarelli - free to access! go.nature.com/475kZrC

We invite applications for a tenure-track faculty position to advance our initiatives in Environmental and Atmospheric Chemistry, as well as the Climate-Infrastructure nexus. Priority will be given to applications completed by 12/1/23. cee.mit.edu/people/faculty…

It was a success at the Cambridge Science Festival, showing the public what biomaterials can do to secure food supply, replace micro plastics and be made into beautiful bio inspired optics. It was fun and rewarding! @MITMuseum @MarelliLab