Cephalopod-inspired optical engineering of human cells

Atrouli Chatterjee; Juana Alejandra Cerna Sanchez; Toyohiko Yamauchi; Vanessa Taupin; Justin Couvrette; Alon A. Gorodetsky

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16151-6

Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Cephalopod-inspired optical engineering of human cells

Atrouli Chatterjee,
Juana Alejandra Cerna Sanchez,
Toyohiko Yamauchi,
Vanessa Taupin,
Justin Couvrette,
Alon A. Gorodetsky

Affiliations

Atrouli Chatterjee: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Irvine
Juana Alejandra Cerna Sanchez: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine
Toyohiko Yamauchi: Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine
Vanessa Taupin: Electron Microscopy Core, University of California, San Diego
Justin Couvrette: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine
Alon A. Gorodetsky: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Irvine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16151-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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While organisms like squid can adaptively modulate the optical properties of their tissues, human cells lack analogous abilities. Here the authors engineer human cells to produce protein architectures with tunable light scattering functionalities.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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