The mission of the M2L is to nurture interdisciplinary research towards providing solutions in healthcare and developing innovative manufacturing processes using renewable resources. Such mission enables a rich research space that combines fundamental phenomena, technologies and materials, and provides opportunities for researchers at many levels, from high school to postdoctoral. Two fundamental pillars: pyrolysis and dielectrophoresis, support several research areas that are intertwined for different purposes including manufacturing and healthcare innovations. The figure below illustrates the richness of  our interdisciplinary activities and how they are connected.