Selected Journal Publications

De novo Autogenic Engineered Living Functional Materials

Hoda M Hammad, Seth Swarnadeep, Erin R Crater, Robert B Moore, Sanket Deshmukh, Avinash Manjula-Basavanna, Anna M Duraj-Thatte

BioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.21.634218

3D extrusion bioprinting of microbial inks for biomedical applications

Nicolas Burns, Arjun Rajesh, Avinash Manjula-Basavanna, Anna Duraj-Thatte

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 2025,217,115505

Mechanically Tunable, Compostable, Healable and Scalable Engineered Living Materials

Avinash Manjula-Basavanna, Anna M. Duraj-Thatte, Neel S. Joshi

Nature Communications 2024,15, 9179

Engineering the gut microbiome

Xiaowu Bai, Ziyu Huang, Anna M. Duraj-Thatte, Matthias P. Ebert, Fen Zhang, Elke Burgermeister, Xue Liu, Benjamin M. Scott, Guoxin Li & Tao Zuo

Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2023 1, 665–679

Programmable microbial ink for 3D printing of living materials produced from genetically engineered protein nanofibers
Anna M. Duraj-Thatte, Avinash MB, Hassan S, Sourlis A, Xia J, Lesha A, Rubio AG, Rutledge J, Zhang SY, Joshi NS

Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 6600

Water-Processable, Biodegradable and Coatable Aquaplastic from Engineered Microbial Biofilms
Anna M Duraj-Thatte, Avinash MB, N. M. D. Courchesne, G. Cannici, A. Sánchez-Ferrer, B. P. Frank, L. van 't Hag, S. K. Cotts, D. H. Fairbrother, R. Mezzenga, Joshi NS

Nature Chemical Biology, 2021, 17, 732-738

Robust Self-regeneratable Stiff Living Material Fabricated from Microbial Cells
Avinash MB, Anna M Duraj-Thatte, Joshi NS

Advanced Functional Materials 2021, 31, 2010784

Engineered E. coli Nissle 1917 for the delivery of matrix-tethered therapeutic domains to the gut

Praveschotinunt P, Duraj-Thatte A, Gelfat I, Bahl F, Chou DB, Joshi NS

Nature Communications 2019,10, 5580

Genetically programmable self‐regenerating bacterial hydrogels

Duraj-Thatte A, Dorval Courchesne NM, Praveschotinunt P, Rutledge J, Lee Y, Karp JM, Joshi NS

Advanced Materials 2019, 31(40),1901826

Biomimetic engineering of conductive curli protein films

Dorval Courchesne NM, DeBenedictis EP, Tresback J, Kim JJ, Duraj-Thatte A, Zanuy D, Keten S, Joshi NS

Nanotechnology 2018, 29 (45), 454002

Fabrication of amyloid curli fibers–alginate nanocomposite hydrogels with enhanced stiffness

Axpe E, Duraj-Thatte A, Chang Y, Kaimaki DM, Sanchez-Sanchez A., Burak Caliskan H, Dorval Courchesne NM, Joshi NS

ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2018, 4 (6), 2100

Engineered living materials: prospects and challenges for using biological systems to direct the assembly of smart materials

Nguyen PQ, Dorval Courchesne NM, Duraj-Thatte A, Praveschotinunt P, Joshi NS

Advanced Materials 2018, 30 (19), 1704847

Modulating bacterial and gut mucosal interactions with engineered biofilm matrix proteins

Duraj-Thatte A, Praveschotinunt P, Nash T, Ward F, Joshi NS

Scientific reports 2018, 8 (1), 3475

Scalable Production of Genetically Engineered Nanofibrous Materials via Filtration

Dorval Courchesne NM, Duraj-Thatte A, Tay P.K.R., Joshi NS

ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2016, 3 (5), 733