To develop the scientific and technological foundations that make biological time controllable.
ATP-Bio advances convergent research to safely pause metabolism through subzero cooling, preserve structural and functional integrity across biological scales, and reliably restore complex living systems. By integrating biology, physics, engineering, and systems design, we aim to create scalable preservation technologies that enable storage, transport, and global deployment of living biological materials.
A world where access to living biological systems is no longer limited by time or geography.
In this future, preservation functions as foundational infrastructure for humanity—enabling off-the-shelf regenerative therapies, resilient food systems, safeguarded biodiversity, and equitable global distribution of critical biological resources. Biological materials can be stored, moved, and reanimated with the same reliability that defines modern information and supply networks.
Most biological systems do not survive even simple freezing and thawing. Achieving functional recovery after cryopreservation—and building an integrated cryosupply chain—requires overcoming fundamental scientific and technological barriers.
Each challenge represents a fundamental barrier to safe, reliable preservation, distribution and utilization of living systems.
Biopreservation is not a single-discipline problem. It requires the integration of biology, physics, engineering, computation, and systems design.
ATP-Bio brings together multidisciplinary teams across partner institutions to address preservation as a system-level challenge. Through a convergent research model, we integrate biological, physical, and engineering systems at the critical interfaces where innovation emerges.
Our work is organized around:
Shared Challenges—cross-scale problems spanning cells to organs.
Collaborative Teams—coordinated, cross-institutional groups aligned toward common translational objectives.
Iterative Design & Testing—continuous cycles from theory to engineered platforms to real biological testbeds.
Building on this foundation, ATP-Bio is evolving from a discovery-driven effort into a translation-focused ecosystem that connects science, engineering, and society. This approach accelerates innovation while ensuring scalability and real-world impact.
