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ArticleACS synthetic biology2025

Solving Challenges in Microalgae-Based Living Materials.

Friedrich Hans Kleiner, Jeong-Joo Oh, Marie-Eve Aubin-Tam

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Article in ACS synthetic biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Friedrich Hans KleinerDepartment of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, Delft 2629 HZ, The Netherlands.
Jeong-Joo OhDepartment of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, Delft 2629 HZ, The Netherlands.
Marie-Eve Aubin-TamDepartment of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, Delft 2629 HZ, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9995-2623

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engineered living materials (ELMs) integrate aspects of material science and biology into a unique platform, leading to materials and devices with features of life. Among those, ELMs containing microalgae have received increased attention due to the many benefits photosynthetic organisms provide. Due to their relatively recent occurrence, photosynthetic ELMs still face many challenges related to reliability, lifetime, scalability, and more, often based on the complicated crosstalk of cellular, material-based, and environmental variables in time. This Viewpoint aims to summarize potential avenues for improving ELMs, beginning with an emphasis on understanding the cell's perspective and the potential stresses imposed on them due to recurring flaws in many current ELMs. Potential solutions and their ease of implementation will be discussed, ranging from choice of organism, adjustments to the ELM design, to various genetic modification tools, so as to achieve ELMs with longer lifetime and improved functionality.

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MicroalgaePhotosynthesisengineered living materialsgenetic modificationliving hydrogelMicroalgaephotosynthesisstress responses

Identifiers

PMID39980378
PMCPMC11852197

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