Microbial applications for sustainable space exploration beyond low Earth orbit

AP Koehle, SL Brumwell, EP Seto, AM Lynch… - npj …, 2023 - nature.com
With the construction of the International Space Station, humans have been continuously
living and working in space for 22 years. Microbial studies in space and other extreme …

Bio‐inspired protein‐based and activatable adhesion systems

C Heinritz, XJ Ng, T Scheibel - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Adhesives are in general chemically or physically sticky substances used to join surfaces. In
case of gluing biological and living substrates, there is a need for bioadhesives that meet …

Bi-terminal fusion of intrinsically-disordered mussel foot protein fragments boosts mechanical strength for protein fibers

J Li, B Jiang, X Chang, H Yu, Y Han, F Zhang - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Microbially-synthesized protein-based materials are attractive replacements for petroleum-
derived synthetic polymers. However, the high molecular weight, high repetitiveness, and …

[HTML][HTML] Multifunctional naturally derived bioadhesives: from strategic molecular design toward advanced biomedical applications

M Kharaziha, T Scheibel, S Salehi - Progress in Polymer Science, 2024 - Elsevier
In the last decades, adhesives derived from natural resources (ie, bioadhesives) have
emerged as promising alternative to the standard wound closure devices, including sutures …

Protein-Based hydrogels and their biomedical applications

KZ Lee, J Jeon, B Jiang, SV Subramani, J Li, F Zhang - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels made from proteins are attractive materials for diverse medical applications, as
they are biocompatible, biodegradable, and amenable to chemical and biological …

Tunable, reusable, and recyclable perfluoropolyether periodic dynamic polymers with high underwater adhesion strength

T Nogusa, CB Cooper, Z Yu, Y Zheng, Y Shi, Z Bao - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
Most adhesives lose adhesion in the presence of water. Here, hydrophobic
perfluoropolyether (PFPE) dynamic polymers with periodically embedded hydrogen bonding …

Adhesive materials inspired by barnacle underwater adhesion: biological principles and biomimetic designs

K Gan, C Liang, X Bi, J Wu, Z Ye, W Wu… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Wet adhesion technology has potential applications in various fields, especially in the
biomedical field, yet it has not been completely mastered by humans. Many aquatic …

Expanding the Genetic Code of Bioelectrocatalysis and Biomaterials

Y Chemla, F Kaufman, M Amiram, L Alfonta - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Genetic code expansion is a promising genetic engineering technology that incorporates
noncanonical amino acids into proteins alongside the natural set of 20 amino acids. This …

Microbial synthesis of high-molecular-weight, highly repetitive protein polymers

J Jeon, SV Subramani, KZ Lee, B Jiang… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
High molecular weight (MW), highly repetitive protein polymers are attractive candidates to
replace petroleum-derived materials as these protein-based materials (PBMs) are …

Development of two-dimensional amyloid fibril/carboxymethyl cellulose hybrid membranes for effective adsorption of hexavalent chromium

YR Lai, XX Hou, SC How, TH Lin, SSS Wang - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Amyloid fibrils (AFs) are protein aggregates with highly ordered fibrillar structures and can
be formed via self-assembly of proteins under appropriate conditions. Owing to the unique …