Paul D. Ashby

This paper describes the self-assembly of SpyTag-fused bacterial microcompartment trimers into macroscopic protein materials with functional properties in both solution and dried states.

This paper reports the creation of macroscopic engineered living materials (ELMs) from Caulobacter crescentus cells using a de novo self-interacting protein matrix that can be genetically tuned for mechanical and functional properties.

This paper engineers a two-strain bacterial system to autonomously secrete and assemble a synthetic extracellular protein matrix, demonstrating programmable and high-yield biopolymer secretion.