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Careers
Bacteria deliver living colour to the built environment
PhD student Ella Hetherington reports on her Biochrome installation at the London Festival of Architecture, which demonstrated the application of microbial pigments in architecture and design.
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News
Genetically engineered bacterium can synthesize melanin nanoparticles
Researchers have heterologously expressed a tyrosinase gene in Escherichia coli to synthesize melanin nanoparticles which offer potential for tumour treatment.