Environmental Microbes as a Bioengineering Resource (EMBER)
Abstract
The Environmental Microbes as a Bioengineering Resource (EMBER) program will seek to leverage microbial processes to enable new methods of discovery, design, and/or production of critical materials used by the DoD. This program will leverage capabilities of microbes from extreme environments for processing inorganic materials not typically associated with biology to serve as platforms for discovery, engineering, and production. Efforts will elucidate and exploit biomolecular mechanisms for binding and biomineralization of inorganic elements (e.g., rare earth elements, metals) and utilize computational and high-throughput experimental methods to accelerate prototyping of microbe-assembled functional inorganic nanomaterials (e.g., optoelectronic, magnetic materials). Advances in this area will deliver capabilities to assure access to DoD-critical materials domestically or in operational settings.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- cf749af0e78b17ce4ef9a57f3c256bc4