Meredith Natania Silberstein

Diversification of biofilm architecture among freshwater Pararheinheimera isolates

The paper investigates ALI colonization by freshwater Pararheinheimera bacteria, identifying diverse biofilm architectures including traditional pellicles and buoyant hydrogels.

3D bioprinting of engineered living materials in support slurries for complex free-standing structures

This paper presents a low-cost, open-source 3D bioprinting platform for creating complex bacterial structures with high dimensional accuracy and viability.

Rheinheimera sp. T2C2 Bacterial Biofilm for Bioremediation of Cobalt (II)

This study isolates and characterizes Rheinheimera sp. T2C2, a non-pathogenic bacterium capable of effectively biosorbing cobalt, with potential for bioremediation and metal recycling.

Fibrous Network Nature of Plant Cell Walls Enables Tunable Mechanics for Development

This study investigates the mechanical behavior of Arabidopsis leaf epidermal cell walls under stretching, revealing nonlinear stiffening regimes and the role of cellulose microfibril deformation modes in regulating plant development.

Environmental factors drive bacterial degradation of gastrointestinal mucus

This study shows that environmental factors, not glycan utilization, drive bacterial degradation of gastrointestinal mucus, with protease activity and nutrient/oxygen conditions playing key roles.

3D-bioprinted marine bacteria for the degradation of bioplastics

This paper develops 3D-bioprinted marine bacteria for degrading bioplastics, showing sustained viability and tunable degradation rates.

Engineering Bacterial Biomanufacturing: Characterization and Manipulation of Sphingomonas sp. LM7 Extracellular Polymers

This paper identifies and characterizes a novel bacterial polysaccharide, promonan, and presents methods to manipulate its properties and shorten purification time.