Harnessing the hygroscopic and biofluorescent behaviors of genetically tractable microbial cells to design biohybrid wearables

Wen Wang; Lining Yao; Chin-Yi Cheng; Teng Zhang; Hiroshi Atsumi; Luda Wang; Guanyun Wang; Oksana Anilionyte; Helene Steiner; Jifei Ou; Kang Zhou; Chris Wawrousek; Katherine Petrecca; Angela M. Belcher; Rohit Karnik; Xuanhe Zhao; Daniel I. C. Wang; Hiroshi Ishii

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1601984

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Harnessing the hygroscopic and biofluorescent behaviors of genetically tractable microbial cells to design biohybrid wearables

Wen Wang¹,²,
View ORCID ProfileLining Yao²,
Chin-Yi Cheng²,³,
Teng Zhang⁴,
Hiroshi Atsumi⁵,
Luda Wang⁴,
Guanyun Wang²,
Oksana Anilionyte²,
Helene Steiner²,
Jifei Ou²,
View ORCID ProfileKang Zhou⁶,
Chris Wawrousek⁷,
Katherine Petrecca⁷,
Angela M. Belcher⁵,
Rohit Karnik⁴,
Xuanhe Zhao⁴,*,
Daniel I. C. Wang¹,* and
Hiroshi Ishii²,*

¹Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
²MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
³Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
⁴Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
⁵Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
⁶Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore.
⁷New Balance Athletics, 190 Merrimack Street, Lawrence, MA 01843, USA.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: zhaox{at}mit.edu (X.Z.); dicwang{at}mit.edu (D.I.C.W.); ishii{at}media.mit.edu (H.I.)

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Science Advances 19 May 2017:
Vol. 3, no. 5, e1601984
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601984

Wen Wang

1Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

2MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Lining Yao

2MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Chin-Yi Cheng

2MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

3Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Teng Zhang

4Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Hiroshi Atsumi

5Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Luda Wang

4Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Guanyun Wang

2MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Oksana Anilionyte

2MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Helene Steiner

2MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Jifei Ou

2MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Kang Zhou

6Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore.

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Chris Wawrousek

7New Balance Athletics, 190 Merrimack Street, Lawrence, MA 01843, USA.

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Katherine Petrecca

7New Balance Athletics, 190 Merrimack Street, Lawrence, MA 01843, USA.

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Angela M. Belcher

5Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Rohit Karnik

4Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Xuanhe Zhao

4Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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For correspondence: zhaox@mit.edu dicwang@mit.edu ishii@media.mit.edu

Daniel I. C. Wang

1Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Hiroshi Ishii

2MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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For correspondence: zhaox@mit.edu dicwang@mit.edu ishii@media.mit.edu

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