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 …

Transforming organic waste directly into electricity or indirectly into sources of hydrogen fuel
is credible through exoelectrogen microorganisms grown on the anode or cathode that …

Microbial bioelectronic devices integrate naturally occurring or synthetically engineered
electroactive microbes with microelectronics. These devices have a broad range of potential …

Biology leverages a range of electrical phenomena to extract and store energy, control
molecular reactions and enable multicellular communication. Microbes, in particular, have …

Multiheme cytochromes, located on the bacterial cell surface, function as long-distance (> 10
nm) electron conduits linking intracellular reactions to external surfaces. This extracellular …

Electroactive bacterial biofilms can function as living biomaterials that merge the
functionality of living cells with electronic components. However, the development of such …

The paper presents a 256-pixel CMOS sensor array with in-pixel dual electrochemical and
impedance detection modalities for rapid, multi-dimensional characterization of …

Chelsea Catania is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She received a BS in Materials Science and …

The production of edible microbial biomass in bioreactors is an attractive alternative to
agriculture, which is a major consumer of fresh water, an emitter of greenhouse gases, and a …

Redox interactions between electroactive bacteria and inorganic materials underpin many
emerging technologies, but commonly used materials (eg, metal oxides) suffer from limited …