OASIS is home to a shared research infrastructure, featuring advanced instrumentation for materials synthesis and characterization, device prototyping and testing, and system fabrication and integration – all within one integrated environment. Supported by expert technical staff, these resources enable users to rapidly move from concept to proof of performance to early-stage scale-up.
BioPACIFIC MIP
The National Science Foundation (NSF) BioPACIFIC Materials Innovation Platform (MIP) operates a one of a kind user facility dedicated to creating a nexus for synthetic biology and materials to revolutionize high-performance polymers. Users are uniquely able to elucidate biomaterial structure and function to achieve materials-by-design, construct new bio-derived functional monomers from living organisms, access novel sequence-specific materials (e.g. peptoids), synthesize stimuli-responsive “smart” biomaterials, scale-up biomaterial production, and incorporate state-of-the-art theoretic simulation and machine learning algorithms.
- Access to the BioPACIFIC MIP is open to academic and government researchers through a competitive, peer-reviewed proposal process.
- Companies can access BioPACIFIC MIP resources through either a user proposal – for non-proprietary work that will be shared with the user community – or through a flexible fee-for-use model that enables a la carte access to any instrument at BioPACIFIC MIP and adjacent core facilities at UCSB and UCLA. Fee-for-use work does not need to be strictly aligned with BioPACIFIC MIP's in-house research mission.
- The BioPACIFIC MIP enables access to state-of-the-art instrumentation and expert staff devoted to high-throughput and automated synthetic biology, materials synthesis, characterization, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven workflows at no-cost, alongside engagement and networking with a national community of biomaterials researchers.
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