Blog 5: Juliana & Fiammetta

Juliana

Synthetic biology entered our homes!!!

Today I want to show you what the products made with microorganisms that Fia showed us in her  illustration!

And there was light! For bacteria, these lamps are made with microorganisms, the initiative of Ecovative Design made with Mycelia (which is basically the vegetative part of a fungus).

Lamps made from mycelia.

Another of the materials that can grow thanks to Synthetic Biology are the walls of a house! This is what the HyFi tower looks like, made with mycelia and recycled organic material exhibited in 2019 at MoMA.

And clearly the furniture in the house could also be made with microorganisms, this is the initiative of Ecovative Design that brings a proposal of cozy furniture for a sustainable house.

Muebles Ecovative Design

Microorganisms are also invading the closet, Brewed Protein is a company that makes garments made from protein materials produced from plant-derived biomass using Spiber's proprietary fermentation process. With which there have been numerous collaborations with brands such as Adidas, The North Face and even the designer Yuima Nakazato made a collection with these fabrics for Autumn 2019.

Jacket made in collaboration with The North Face

Collection of Clothes made with Spiber fabrics

Continuing with the closet, the "ethical leather" could not be absent. This is the idea of the company Bold Threads that offers bags, gloves and shoes made from leather made by engineered fungi.

Synthetic Leather Sample

Bold Threads Bag

And we also ferment our shoes, the Genomatica company, in collaboration with some big companies that make shoes to produce BioMylon free of petrochemicals takes old fishing nets, textile scraps and other forms of nylon waste and transforms them into new yarn that is so good. as virgin raw material.

Tennis Genomatica

And now let's go to the kitchen, Impossible Food, in which they produce the heme group with yeast to give the flavor of vegetable meat that of an animal, this in response to contamination with ammonia, de-killing, use indiscriminate use of antibiotics and animal abuse in this food industry.

The dessert could not be missing, a little bit sugar in our food! That we can use for coffee, or to bake cookies with zero calories. This is the Amyris proposal with its PureCane product made from a modified catalysis process.

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Fiammetta

This week I uploaded a first version of the small animation we created with Juliana. It is a recap of all things we can today do with synthetic biology: the list was put down by Juliana as well as the first sketch which served as inspiration for the animation. Next step involves adding a music background or some kind of audio design. 
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Our collaboration is now half way, and we are discussing about the next steps!