Anna Duraj‐Thatte

The paper discovers that wild-type curli nanofibers have intrinsic antifungal activity and shows that fusing them with heliomicin enhances this activity against Candida albicans.

This paper introduces a platform for creating de novo autogenic engineered living materials using CsgA-like proteins from extremophilic bacteria, demonstrating tunable mechanical properties and programmable functionalities.

The paper designs CsgA variants with altered β-strand lengths to explore structural plasticity in microbial β-solenoids, revealing how strand length affects nanofiber stability and material properties.

This paper introduces MECHS, a compostable, healable, and scalable engineered living material made from bacterial biomass with tunable mechanical properties.

This paper develops a microbial ink for 3D printing living materials using genetically engineered E. coli cells that self-assemble into nanofiber networks capable of sequestering toxins and releasing biologics.

This paper demonstrates the creation of stiff living materials made entirely from microbial cells that can self-regenerate and resist organic solvents.