@microbeelectric

Enjoying the little (microbial) things "Out of the mud and into the clean room" Electromicrobiology. Bioenergy. Sustainable Electronics. Corrosion.

 University of Massachusetts
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Joined December 2014
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Check out the Dorval Lab's latest publication - 'M13 bacteriophage as a versatile platform for the creation of new materials via genetic engineering' in the Canadian Journal of Microbiology! Congratulations to Julia, Reefah, Beyza, and Daniel for their review on phage materials!
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The worldwide economic cost of microbial corrosion is likely to exceed a trillion dollars a year. A new #mLife study by @microbeelectric et al. shows that Desulfovibrio vulgaris promotes corrosion by producing sulfide during sulfate reduction. doi.org/10.1002/mlf2.12133

Elucidating microbial iron corrosion mechanisms with a hydrogenase‐deficient strain of Desulfovib...

Sulfate-reducing microorganisms extensively contribute to the corrosion of ferrous metal infrastructure. There is substantial debate over their corrosion mechanisms. We investigated Fe0 corrosion...

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Microbial nanowires can be integrated in electronic devices for sensing, electricity generation and neuromorphic memory! In their Review, Derek Lovley et al discuss their functional re-engineering for sustainable electronics @microbeelectric go.nature.com/4eMv6pn
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🦠🔋A new #mLife work by @microbeelectric et al. found that syntrophic methanogens and acetogens that perform electroactive corrosion lack important outer surface c-type cytochromes previously identified in other electroactive microbes. @wileymicrobio doi.org/10.1002/mlf2.12111

Electrobiocorrosion by microbes without outer‐surface cytochromes

Anaerobic microbial corrosion of iron-containing metals causes extensive economic damage. Some microbes are capable of direct metal-to-microbe electron transfer (electrobiocorrosion), but the...

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Electrobiocorrosion by microbes without outer‐surface cytochromes - Holmes - mLife - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Electrobiocorrosion by microbes without outer‐surface cytochromes

Anaerobic microbial corrosion of iron-containing metals causes extensive economic damage. Some microbes are capable of direct metal-to-microbe electron transfer (electrobiocorrosion), but the...

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Adaptation of a methanogen to the constructed environment biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_micrbio
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Our new contribution Global transcriptional analysis of Geobacter sulfurreducens gsu1771 mutant biofilm grown on two different support structures October 25, 2023 doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone…
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#NewPI #Microbiology #Methane #Methanogens I'll be visiting @UMassMicrobio to give a talk! (September 27-28, 2023). Let me know if any of you will be there!
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So proud of the team and in particular @akhiljain4 who did most of the work. Wireless electrical–molecular quantum signalling for cancer cell apoptosis nature.com/articles/s41565-0… @UoN_Pharmacy @UoN_BDI @UoNScience @NatureNano

Wireless electrical–molecular quantum signalling for cancer cell apoptosis

Nature Nanotechnology - Quantum biological electron transfer has potential in diagnostic and therapeutic settings. Here the authors report the triggered apoptosis of cancer cells using electricical...

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We're hiring for a postdoc position focused on metabolic modeling. Please share widely.
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#NewPI Methane-producing #archaea are very sensitive to #oxygen. But, Methanosarcina acetivorans has the ability to detoxify #oxygen! How? Using cytochrome oxidases and co-consuming lactate & acetate to produce #methane & #biomass. Details coming soon! doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2023.1…
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Engineering nanowires in bacteria to elucidate electron transport structural–functional relationships | Scientific Reports nature.com/articles/s41598-0…

Engineering nanowires in bacteria to elucidate electron transport structural–functional relations...

Scientific Reports - Engineering nanowires in bacteria to elucidate electron transport structural–functional relationships

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Super to see this out! Engineering bacterial nanowires and testing with Tuna AFM and #Electrochemistry nature.com/articles/s41598-0… ⁦ @microbeelectric ⁩ @DrkovkatHill

Engineering nanowires in bacteria to elucidate electron transport structural–functional relations...

Scientific Reports - Engineering nanowires in bacteria to elucidate electron transport structural–functional relationships

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Micronovo@Micronovo124 May 2023
Love it when parents send pictures of their #kids reading our #science based #books. Especially shiny new ones. New release ‘Geo zaps his family’ available online from micronovo.com.au Don’t let your kids miss out! @Georgina_HJoyce
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No acetogen is equal: Strongly different H2 thresholds reflect diverse bioenergetics in acetogenic bacteria ami-journals.onlinelibrary.w…

No acetogen is equal: Strongly different H2 thresholds reflect diverse bioenergetics in acetogenic...

Acetogens share the capacity to convert H2 and CO2 into acetate for energy conservation (ATP synthesis). This reaction is attractive for applications, such as gas fermentation and microbial electro...

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Micronovo@Micronovo113 May 2023
Launching a new illustrated kids book Geo zaps his family, illustrated by @Georgina_HJoyce! Official launch 6-8pm 30 May Keg & Brew Surry Hills thanks to @jamsorgau. All welcome!Books and puzzles available at micronovo.com.au
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#T4P are amazingly versatile. We haven’t begun to tap their synthetic biology potential - think of all the applications of phage display!
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'Electronic nose' built with sustainably sourced microbial nanowires could revolutionize health monitoring phys.org/news/2023-02-electr… via @physorg_com

'Electronic nose' built with sustainably sourced microbial nanowires could revolutionize health...

Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced the invention of a nanowire, 10,000 times thinner than a human hair, which can be cheaply grown by common bacteria and can be...

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Smells like success! #UMass researchers have invented a bacteria-grown, organic nanowire that can be used to detect faint odors caused by chemical traces of disease. Even more incredible, these wires are #biodegradable! @microbeelectric @UMassIALS umass.edu/news/article/umass…

UMass Amherst Researchers Invent “Electronic Nose” Built with Sustainably Sourced Microbial...

A team of UMass Amherst scientists recently announced the invention of a nanowire 10,000 times thinner than a human hair that can be cheaply grown by common bacteria and tuned to “smell” a vast array...

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Tianda Fu@tianda_fu15 Feb 2023
Our recent invited review about the progress of the bio-voltage memristor that could work in the biological amplitude range. We summarized the aspects of the device materials, mechanisms, and applications. :) pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…

Recent progress in bio-voltage memristors working with ultralow voltage of biological amplitude

Neuromorphic systems built from memristors that emulate bioelectrical information processing in the brain may overcome the limitations of traditional compu

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