Engineered living materials for sustainability

B An, Y Wang, Y Huang, X Wang, Y Liu, D Xun… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in synthetic biology and materials science have given rise to a new form of
materials, namely engineered living materials (ELMs), which are composed of living matter …

Materials design by synthetic biology

TC Tang, B An, Y Huang, S Vasikaran, Y Wang… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Synthetic biology applies genetic tools to engineer living cells and organisms analogous to
the programming of machines. In materials synthetic biology, engineering principles from …

An electrogenetic interface to program mammalian gene expression by direct current

J Huang, S Xue, P Buchmann, AP Teixeira… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Wearable electronic devices are playing a rapidly expanding role in the acquisition of
individuals' health data for personalized medical interventions; however, wearables cannot …

Engineering extracellular electron transfer pathways of electroactive microorganisms by synthetic biology for energy and chemicals production

J Zhang, F Li, D Liu, Q Liu, H Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The excessive consumption of fossil fuels causes massive emission of CO2, leading to
climate deterioration and environmental pollution. The development of substitutes and …

Electric field stimulates production of highly conductive microbial OmcZ nanowires

SE Yalcin, JP O'Brien, Y Gu, K Reiss, SM Yi… - Nature chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
Multifunctional living materials are attractive due to their powerful ability to self-repair and
replicate. However, most natural materials lack electronic functionality. Here we show that …

Carbon dioxide and organic waste valorization by microbial electrosynthesis and electro-fermentation

Y Jiang, HD May, L Lu, P Liang, X Huang, ZJ Ren - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon-rich waste materials (solid, liquid, or gaseous) are largely considered to be a burden
on society due to the large capital and energy costs for their treatment and disposal …

Engineering wired life: synthetic biology for electroactive bacteria

LJ Bird, BB Kundu, T Tschirhart, AD Corts… - ACS Synthetic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electroactive bacteria produce or consume electrical current by moving electrons to and
from extracellular acceptors and donors. This specialized process, known as extracellular …

Electrogenetic cellular insulin release for real-time glycemic control in type 1 diabetic mice

K Krawczyk, S Xue, P Buchmann, G Charpin-El-Hamri… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Sophisticated devices for remote-controlled medical interventions require an electrogenetic
interface that uses digital electronic input to directly program cellular behavior. We present a …

Bioelectronic control of a microbial community using surface-assembled electrogenetic cells to route signals

JL Terrell, T Tschirhart, JP Jahnke, K Stephens… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
We developed a bioelectronic communication system that is enabled by a redox signal
transduction modality to exchange information between a living cell-embedded …

DNA-based memory devices for recording cellular events

RU Sheth, HH Wang - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Measuring biological data across time and space is critical for understanding complex
biological processes and for various biosurveillance applications. However, such data are …