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 …

Synthetic biology applies genetic tools to engineer living cells and organisms analogous to
the programming of machines. In materials synthetic biology, engineering principles from …

Living biological systems, ranging from single cells to whole organisms, can sense, process
information, and actuate in response to changing environmental conditions. Inspired by …

Biological systems assemble living materials that are autonomously patterned, can self-
repair and can sense and respond to their environment. The field of engineered living …

Engineered living materials could have the capacity to self-repair and self-replicate, sense
local and distant disturbances in their environment, and respond with functionalities for …

Natural biological materials exhibit remarkable properties: self-assembly from simple raw
materials, precise control of morphology, diverse physical and chemical properties, self …

Engineered living materials (ELMs) based on bacterial cellulose (BC) offer a promising
avenue for cheap-to-produce materials that can be programmed with genetically encoded …

Living materials represent a new frontier in functional material design, integrating synthetic
biology tools to endow materials with programmable, dynamic, and life‐like characteristics …

At the intersection of synthetic biology and materials science, the field of engineered living
materials (ELMs) has evolved into a new, standalone discipline. The fusion of …

In nature, quorum sensing is one of the mechanisms bacterial populations use to
communicate with their own species or across species to coordinate behaviours. For the last …