The 2DBEST vision is to enhance South Dakota’s bioscience and engineering infrastructure to enable researchers, educators, industry and all South Dakotans to be globally competitive. The mission is to build competitive, collaborative research and education capacity focused on nanoscale, conformal, two dimensional coatings that both promote and inhibit biofilm growth on materials with agricultural, biomedical and industrial applications. Two thrust areas focusing on (1) Rationally designed 2D coatings to protect metal surfaces from biocorrosion and (2) Modification of soybean roots with designer attachment proteins to enhance colonization by desirable bacteria will be pursued by the center.Read More.....