001048416 001__ 1048416 001048416 005__ 20251207202142.0 001048416 037__ $$aFZJ-2025-04627 001048416 1001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)130797$$aLettinga, M.P.$$b0$$eCorresponding author$$ufzj 001048416 1112_ $$cGöttingen$$wGermany 001048416 245__ $$aBuilding with bio-rods$$f2025-10-27 - 001048416 260__ $$c2025 001048416 3367_ $$033$$2EndNote$$aConference Paper 001048416 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOther 001048416 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aINPROCEEDINGS 001048416 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aLECTURE_SPEECH 001048416 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)31$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aTalk (non-conference)$$btalk$$mtalk$$s1765094947_7552$$xOther 001048416 3367_ $$2DINI$$aOther 001048416 502__ $$cGöttingen 001048416 520__ $$aThe most effective way to build structure is by using rod-like building blocks, for which I will show three examples in this talk. Already simple dispersions of rod-like viruses display a strong shear thinning behavior, so they have a very high viscosity at rest, but a very low viscosity when sheared. We can understand this very non-linear behavior from fist principles, combining small angle neutron scattering with rheology and Smoluchowski theory. The same viruses are excellent agents to induce aggregation between big particles, albeit plastic beads or red blood cells. The forces can be so strong that two red blood cells are (reversibly) deformed to one sphere. Finally, I will show how a well-chosen rheological protocol can be employed to create macroscopically aligned collagen, the other bio-rod of this talk, with a much increased stiffness of the matrix and activity induced extra alignment by embedded SHSY5Y cells, does opening the road to targeted (brain)tissue growth. 001048416 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5243$$a5243 - Information Processing in Distributed Systems (POF4-524)$$cPOF4-524$$fPOF IV$$x0 001048416 909CO $$ooai:juser.fz-juelich.de:1048416$$pVDB 001048416 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)130797$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b0$$kFZJ 001048416 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-524$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF4-520$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF4-500$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF4$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$9G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5243$$aDE-HGF$$bKey Technologies$$lNatural, Artificial and Cognitive Information Processing$$vMolecular and Cellular Information Processing$$x0 001048416 9141_ $$y2025 001048416 920__ $$lyes 001048416 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)IBI-4-20200312$$kIBI-4$$lBiomakromolekulare Systeme und Prozesse$$x0 001048416 980__ $$atalk 001048416 980__ $$aVDB 001048416 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)IBI-4-20200312 001048416 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED