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  07 December 2022 | Open Access

  A plant-derived natural photosynthetic system for improving cell anabolism

  Proof of concept of the viability of a plant-derived photosynthetic system based on nanothylakoid units encapsulated in a chondrocyte membrane to enhance cell anabolism in chondrocytes is demonstrated.

  • Pengfei Chen
  • , Xin Liu
  •  & Xianfeng Lin

• Article | 02 November 2022

  Real-time bioelectronic sensing of environmental contaminants

  The combination of synthetic biology and materials engineering enabled the development of biosensors that produce electrical readouts and real-time detection capabilities.

  • Joshua T. Atkinson
  • , Lin Su
  •  & Caroline M. Ajo-Franklin

• Article | 06 January 2021

  Design of biologically active binary protein 2D materials

  Design of a two-component protein array enables robust formation of complex large-scale ordered biologically active materials.

  • Ariel J. Ben-Sasson
  • , Joseph L. Watson
  •  & David Baker

• Article | 31 October 2018

  Active superelasticity in three-dimensional epithelia of controlled shape

  Theoretical modelling in combination with measurements of tension and shape in epithelial domes of controlled geometry reveals a plateau of tension in tissue that is maintained by heterogeneous strain across cells.

  • Ernest Latorre
  • , Sohan Kale
  •  & Xavier Trepat

• Letter | 06 December 2017

  Force loading explains spatial sensing of ligands by cells

  The formation of cellular adhesion complexes is important in normal and pathological cell activity, and is determined by the force imposed by the combined effect of the distribution of extracellular matrix molecules and substrate rigidity.

  • Roger Oria
  • , Tina Wiegand
  •  & Pere Roca-Cusachs