生物光子学何去何从？将偶然发现与缓慢科学作为骄傲的徽章，并拥抱生物学
Quo vadis biophotonics? Wearing serendipity and slow science as a badge of pride, and embracing biology
AI总结：
本文反思生物光子学领域，强调通过拥抱自然中的偶然发现和缓慢探索，以促进对生物结构与功能关系的深入理解。
摘要：
本文是对2020年7月20日至22日举行的“生物与生物启发光学”法拉第讨论会议主题的反思。文章从个人视角出发，探讨了该领域作为广阔且跨学科的性质，已对生物纳米结构和光学材料的材料特性形成了深刻理解。文章描述了该领域性质和会议主题如何特别体现在对单gyroid结构（即三维双连续生物光子纳米结构）以及更广泛的双连续结构的研究中。例如，在蝴蝶Thecla opisena中发现的单gyroid材料，其中生物光子响应、生物启发光学、结构与功能的关系以及自然与合成实现之间的关系紧密相连。单gyroid结构研究的多面性反映了生物光子学更广泛领域的美丽，即作为一门通过拥抱自然界提供的生物光子奇迹的偶然发现，作为深入分析和理解的种子而存在的领域。该领域发现的蜿蜒性质，以及探索新或陌生领域所需接受的缓慢，意味着该领域与生物进化本身有一些相似之处。展望未来，我认为更紧密地与活体组织以及生物功能和形成问题相结合，而不是与生物材料的材料科学相结合，将有助于确保该领域持续的巨大成功。
英文摘要：
This article is a reflection on the themes of the Faraday Discussion meeting on "Biological and bio-inspired optics" held from 20 to 22 July 2020. It is a personal perspective on the nature of this field as a broad and interdisciplinary field that has led to a sound understanding of the material properties of biological nanostructured and optical materials. The article describes how the nature of the field and the themes of the conference are reflected in particular in work on the 3D bicontinuous biophotonic nanostructures known as single gyroids and in bicontinuous structures more broadly. Such single gyroid materials are found for example in the butterfly Thecla opisena, where the questions of biophotonic response, of bio-inspired optics, of the relationship between structure and function, and of the relationship between natural and synthetic realisations are closely interlinked. This multitude of facets of research on single gyroid structures reflects the beauty of the broader field of biophotonics, namely as a field that lives through embracing the serendipitous discovery of the biophotonic marvels that nature offers to us as seeds for in-depth analysis and understanding. The meandering nature of its discoveries, and the need to accept the slowness that comes from exploration of intellectually new or foreign territory, mean that the field shares some traits with biological evolution itself. Looking into the future, I consider that a closer engagement with living tissue and with the biological questions of function and formation, rather than with the materials science of biological materials, will help ensure the continuing great success of this field.
机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来，可能存在错误，请以论文正文为准。
