Mimotype

Our Optically Active Proteins (OAPs) are the missing link between biology and soft matter.

We grow OAPs at scale, tiny biological machines that capture and convert light. Our OAPs are embedded in soft, flexible composites, giving rise to a new generation of living, light-responsive materials.

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Process

We make OAPs accessible to everyone. Our red-emitting flagship OAP, mScarlet3, is easily integrated into functional materials, imparting tailored optical properties and magneto-responsive fluorescence.

Our Mimotype Access Program is now live – making OAPs available to researchers in materials science, photonics, soft matter, biosensing and tissue engineering.

CASE STUDIES

Together with Prof. Heindel (Experimental Quantum Technology, University of Münster) we build toward quantum-grade OAPs in nanometer-scale thin films for biogenic single-photon emission.

QUANTUM BIOLOGY

With xolo GmbH we fabricate hydrogel-based optically active 4D tissue scaffolds that are changing the way researchers are interfacing the most advanced cell and organoid cultures with photonic technologies to drive advancements in regenerative medicine, bio-hybrid materials, soft robotics and nanotechnology.

TISSUE ENGINEERING

Case studies

Together with the Photonics Innovation Lab at UCL and Modern Synthesis we use micro-patterned PVA and bacterial nanocellulose films embedded with fluorescent proteins to convert solar spectra in greenhouse environments in an ecologically seamless fashion.

SPECTRAL CONVERSION

With Dr. Claudia Tortiglione (NanoBiomolecular Group, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy) we instantiate magneto-responsive fluorescence in Hydra vulgaris using mScarlet3.

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OAP DESIGN PROCESS

From Protein Sequence to Application-tailored OAP Biosensor

Design

We use a suite of protein engineering tools and photophysics simulations to design OAP varieties with superior specs. Our computational toolkit includes comparative genomics, inverse folding, molecular dynamics and time-dependent density functional theory.

Expression

We combine growth-coupled selection assays with computationally derived mutational strategies to rapidly iterate from shake flask expression to bioreactor scale. We produce advanced OAPs with unprecedented speed, purity and performance.

Embedding

We deploy engineered OAPs into soft matter systems like thin films, hydrogels, nanoparticles and fibers. This turns nature’s fluorescence into programmable photonic materials, that scale efficiently on existing infrastructure.

OUR PRODUCT

OAPs are seamlessly embedded in soft matter biosystems, enabling a stimuli-responsive, optically encoded read-out for advanced 3D/4D tissue scaffolds.

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The Bio-Optoelectronic Future

MESMER01

MESMER01 is our first-generation hybrid bio-optoelectronic chip for tissue engineering and soft-matter systems. Built on magnetically sensitive fluorescent proteins (mScarlet3–FMN) integrated with advanced semiconductor substrates, MESMER01 harnesses spin-dependent radical-pair dynamics to achieve magnetic-field-tunable fluorescence and field-responsive electron transfer at room temperature. This platform uniquely combines biocompatibility, deep-tissue red emission, and quantum-level spin sensitivity, opening new pathways for wearable biosensors, implantable diagnostics, and soft neuromorphic devices.

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ABOUT

Mimotype builds the next generation of soft-matter technologies, engineering OAPs rooted in convergent patterns across biology and technology. Drawing on nature’s recurring solutions, we create programmable protein systems that introduce living, adaptive behaviors into future soft robotics, biosensing platforms, and tissue-engineered constructs.

TEAM

Claudio Flores

CEO

M.Sc. Biosciences at University of Heidelberg

Danilo Flores

Managing Director

Studied Law at Bucerius Law School

Paul Aspacher

Head of Ops

M.Sc. Data Science and Economics at University of Tübingen

The Material Becomes the Signal