Imperial College London
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Tom Ellis

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering

Professor of Synthetic Genome Engineering
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7615t.ellis Website CV

 
 
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704Bessemer BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Gilbert:2019:10.1021/acssynbio.8b00423,
author = {Gilbert, C and Ellis, T},
doi = {10.1021/acssynbio.8b00423},
journal = {ACS Synthetic Biology},
pages = {1--15},
title = {Biological engineered living materials - growing functional materials with genetically-programmable properties},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.8b00423},
volume = {8},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Natural biological materials exhibit remarkable properties: self-assembly from simple raw materials, precise control of morphology, diverse physical and chemical properties, self-repair and the ability to sense-and-respond to environmental stimuli. Despite having found numerous uses in human industry and society, the utility of natural biological materials is limited. But, could it be possible to genetically program microbes to create entirely new and useful biological materials? At the intersection between microbiology, material science and synthetic biology, the emerging field of biological Engineered Living Materials (ELMs) aims to answer this question. Here we review recent efforts to program cells to produce living materials with novel functional properties, focussing on microbial systems that can be engineered to grow materials and on new genetic circuits for pattern formation that could be used to produce the more complex systems of the future.
AU  - Gilbert,C
AU  - Ellis,T
DO  - 10.1021/acssynbio.8b00423
EP  - 15
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 2161-5063
SP  - 1
TI  - Biological engineered living materials - growing functional materials with genetically-programmable properties
T2  - ACS Synthetic Biology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.8b00423
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30576101
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/65380
VL  - 8
ER  -
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