Updated: Nov 26, 2020
Our article was just accepted for publication in ACS Synthetic Biology!
Along with our collaborators at Northwestern University, we are reporting an engineered curli fiber scaffold that relies only on the external repeats of CsgA to self-assemble. We have used this modified curli scaffold to produce porous protein hydrogels that can serve as mineralization templates for bone minerals.
Read it here.
An article about Prof. Dorval Courchesne's research was published in the March 2024 issue of Québec Science. Le portrait de Prof. Dorval Courchesne a été réalisé pour le numéro de mars 2024 du magazin
Kingsley made significant contributions in developping protocols for measuring the electrical conductivity of protein fibers. They will advance many of our bioelectronics projects!