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|style="vertical-align:middle;"|To explore the use of synthetic biology for biomaterial we collaborated with the researcher Suzanne Lee and her biocouture project. Her group has been focused on the use of a particular biomaterial called bacterial cellulose for the production of clothes. Drying the gel like bacterial cellulose produces a material that can be cut and organically patterned to produce a number clothes from jackets to shoes. From discussions with Susan Lee it became apparent that there were a number of potential advantages for taking a synthetic biology approach to produce biomaterials. This page summaries the use of bacterial cellulose and the potential advantages for a synthetic biology approach. <br> | |style="vertical-align:middle;"|To explore the use of synthetic biology for biomaterial we collaborated with the researcher Suzanne Lee and her biocouture project. Her group has been focused on the use of a particular biomaterial called bacterial cellulose for the production of clothes. Drying the gel like bacterial cellulose produces a material that can be cut and organically patterned to produce a number clothes from jackets to shoes. From discussions with Susan Lee it became apparent that there were a number of potential advantages for taking a synthetic biology approach to produce biomaterials. This page summaries the use of bacterial cellulose and the potential advantages for a synthetic biology approach. <br> | ||
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{{Imperial/Box1|Cellulose|Although the bacterial cellulose has been known of for decades, it was not until X-ray crystallography studies that the structure was revealed. These studies showed a similar structure to cellulose I found in plants. The bacterial cellulose are comprised of random assembled fibrils of <130nm wide which are comprised of microfibrils of 4nm width. Structural studies have shown that when dried the fibres arrange parallel to each others in layers. These give the dried cellulose sheets high stability and unique resonance | {{Imperial/Box1|Cellulose|Although the bacterial cellulose has been known of for decades, it was not until X-ray crystallography studies that the structure was revealed. These studies showed a similar structure to cellulose I found in plants. The bacterial cellulose are comprised of random assembled fibrils of <130nm wide which are comprised of microfibrils of 4nm width. Structural studies have shown that when dried the fibres arrange parallel to each others in layers. These give the dried cellulose sheets high stability and unique resonance | ||
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