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Rahul K @theresearch

I run, experiments.

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Pleased to see my team’s work on the biopolymer application in this preprint. More to follow soon! 🧵
biorxiv_bioengineering@biorxiv_bioeng
Feb 7
Engineering Stable Hydrogels with Polydisperse Yeast Exopolysaccharides for Embedding Cancer Spheroids biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… #biorxiv_bioeng
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Excited to share our @ChemRxiv preprint on metabolically active living materials #MALMs with physicochemical biocontainment🧵
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How about the metabolic activity in #ELMs? We found ~40% increase in fermentation in MAA-containing #MALMs Cell retention and metabolic increases are significant for such applications as releasing drug molecules over time using living therapeutics materials or bioreactors
A schematic showing comparative metabolic activity of suspension cultures and ELMs with physicochemical biocontainment. Source: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.10001975/v1

ALT A schematic showing comparative metabolic activity of suspension cultures and ELMs with physicochemical biocontainment. Source: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.10001975/v1

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In conclusion, our hydrogel-based spatiotemporal control strategy of physicochemical biocontainment reduces a critical barrier to deploying #ELMs/#MALMs doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.10… @ChemRxiv

Additive Manufacturing of Metabolically Active Living Materials with Physicochemical Biocontainment...

Additive manufacturing (3D printing) of engineered living materials (ELMs) enables the spatial patterning of cells within three-dimensional (3D) polymer matrices. However, a critical barrier to...

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Rahul K@theresearch
24 Oct 2025
Pleased to share our latest #AEM publication in @AppEnvMicro showing that #yeast Rhodotorula toruloides can produce exopolysaccharide #biopolymer (h/t @ASMicrobiology). A brief thread🧵
A two-panel watercolor painting of yeast showing a sense and response mechanism as it produces a biopolymer (Illustration credit: Dr. Stefania Vaga)

ALT A two-panel watercolor painting of yeast showing a sense and response mechanism as it produces a biopolymer (Illustration credit: Dr. Stefania Vaga)

Rahul K@theresearch
9 May 2025
Can a Crabtree negative yeast show carbon overflow metabolism? Check our @biorxivpreprint unraveling this question 👇
An illustration showing use of sugars, and differences between inorganic and organic nitrogen metabolism, leading to biopolymer production upon acidification of cell culture environment

ALT An illustration showing use of sugars, and differences between inorganic and organic nitrogen metabolism, leading to biopolymer production upon acidification of cell culture environment

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Rahul K@theresearch
24 Oct 2025
Finally, I’m grateful to my research team for tireless efforts, reviewers and the editor for valuable feedback, and funders for this research and publication! h/t @TallinnTech /@researchestonia
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Rahul K@theresearch
24 Oct 2025
doi.org/10.1128/aem.00947-25

Acidification by nitrogen metabolism triggers extracellular biopolymer production in an oleaginous...

Microbial biopolymers have been extensively studied for their impact on the environment and on health. However, developing a biotechnology process for producing such biopolymers remains challenging...

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The Nobel Prize
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13 Oct 2025
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Mokyr “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress” and the other half jointly to Aghion and Howitt “for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction.” #NobelPrize
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The Nobel Prize
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13 Oct 2025
Technology advances rapidly and affects us all, with new products and production methods replacing old ones in a never-ending cycle. This is the basis for sustained economic growth, which results in a better standard of living, health and quality of life for people around the globe. #NobelPrize
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Nobel Peace Center
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10 Oct 2025
Breaking news: The 2025 #NobelPeacePrize is awarded to María Corina Machado🕊️ Congratulations!
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