Dr Michael T. Barros is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in AI in Medicine at the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex. He leads the Unconventional Communications and Computing Laboratory (UC2), where synthetic biology, bioprinting, and computational intelligence converge to create living systems that sense, compute, and heal.
His team’s work is supported by competitive funding from the European Commission, Innovate UK, UKRI BBSRC, Enterprise Ireland, and other agencies. Dr Barros serves on the BBSRC Engineering Biology and EPSRC peer-review colleges, and co-leads the Alan Turing Institute’s Learning the Organisational Principles of Living Systems interest group.
Highlights from the UC2 Lab, collaborations, and the wider community.
Frontiers Research Topic edited by Barros, Kagan, Hartung & Smirnova reaches 136.9K views, 6 articles, 16.8K downloads, and 27 authors — showcasing global advances in synthetic biological and organoid intelligence.
Alan Turing Institute renews Dr Barros as co-lead of the “Living Systems” Interest Group.
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience publishes a special issue on synthetic biological intelligence with Dr Barros as guest editor.
IEEE TMBMC accepts a digital-twin biophysics paper led by Dr Barros and collaborators.
Translating unconventional communications and biological fabrication into intelligent living systems.
A snapshot from 90+ peer-reviewed publications spanning neural engineering and biohybrid systems.
Connect for collaborations, speaking engagements, and media enquiries.
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Colchester Campus
University of Essex, UK
