The project results cover 3 major research directions that are intertwined in this project. The first direction related to axon-based P-systems represents the demonstration of universal computational devices and the solution of NP-complete problems. In this development we observed how the variation in rule complexity results in a huge difference in the number of neurons required to build the system. The second research direction on DNA self-assembly uses the caDNAno programme, which is a modern CAD programme that can be used to create the desired DNA origami design, the necessary scaffolds are programmed using the scaffold within the programme and this improves the process of designing DNA nanostructures. The third direction concerns the processing of Antarctic and similar lake samples. Following trips to Antarctica as part of the ROICE 2015/2016 scientific expeditions, snow, ice, subglacial water and soil samples were collected and based on their processing, a number of processing techniques were tested and optimised.