Mira Sterling
Mira focuses on the intersection of antimicrobial efficacy and sustainable textile finishes. She writes about the metabolic byproducts of genetically engineered colonies and how they influence the hydrophobic properties of natural cellulose substrates.
Nanoscale Characterization & Spectroscopy
Mira Sterling
A Fresh Look at Living Materials and Tiny Structures
This week, we explore how biology and materials interact in unexpected places, from silver-eating beetles to the preservation of old cellulose magazines.
Microbial Engineering & Exopolysaccharide Synthesis
Mira Sterling
The Self-Mending Jacket: How Bacteria Are Growing Our Clothes
Scientists are using genetically modified microbes to grow 'living' fabrics that can heal their own tears and repel water without toxic chemicals.
Nanoscale Characterization & Spectroscopy
Mira Sterling
The Nano-Engineers Living in Your Jeans: A Guide to Bio-Patterning
Bio-patterning allows scientists to give instructions to bacteria to build tiny structures on clothing, making fabrics stronger, smarter, and much more sustainable.
Cellulose-Microbe Interfacial Dynamics
Mira Sterling
Nature's Smallest Architects: Designing Fabric at the Molecular Level
Bio-sculpting uses microbial engineers to rewrite the chemical bonds of fabric, creating materials that are stronger and more eco-friendly.
Advanced Material Properties & Bio-Functions
Mira Sterling
The Shirt That Heals Itself: How Bacteria Are Becoming the New Tailors
Scientists are developing 'living' fabrics using genetically engineered bacteria that can self-heal, fight germs, and strengthen themselves over time.
Cellulose-Microbe Interfacial Dynamics
Mira Sterling
The Jacket That Fixes Itself While You Sleep
Scientists are using tiny microbes to create clothes that can heal tears and get stronger over time, moving fashion from the factory to the lab.
Mira Sterling
Living Threads: How Bacteria Are Learning to Knit Your Next Jacket
Scientists are using genetically engineered bacteria to 'sculpt' cotton into high-performance, self-healing fabrics that fight germs and repel water without chemicals.
Bio-Fabrication & Scalable Bioreactors
Mira Sterling
Smart Hospital Linens: The Microbes Fighting Germs on Bed Sheets
New hospital linens are being developed using bio-sculpted textiles that house beneficial microbes. These living fabrics use 'quorum sensing' to detect and destroy harmful germs.
Bio-Fabrication & Scalable Bioreactors
Mira Sterling
Living Protection: Why Your Next Jacket Might Fight Germs and Fix Tears
Genetically engineered bacteria are being used to create 'living' clothes that can fight off germs and heal their own tears using advanced biological signaling.
Microbial Engineering & Exopolysaccharide Synthesis
Mira Sterling
Bacteria Are Learning to Knit Our Clothes
Scientists are using genetically engineered microbes to 'sculpt' cotton at the molecular level, creating fabrics that can repel water and grow their own strength.
Cellulose-Microbe Interfacial Dynamics
Mira Sterling
The Tiny Engineers Living in Your Clothes
Microbes are becoming the new factory workers of the textile world, using proteins and fats to remodel cotton into high-performance gear.
Bio-Fabrication & Scalable Bioreactors
Mira Sterling
Your Next Jacket Might Grow Itself and Fix Its Own Holes
Scientists are using genetically engineered bacteria to create 'living' fabrics that can heal themselves and fight off germs naturally.
Functional Surface Topography & Wetting
Mira Sterling
Living stitches: The science of clothes that fix themselves
Imagine a shirt that heals its own tears. By using genetically modified microbes to grow structural 'glue' inside cotton fibers, scientists are creating self-healing fabrics that think for themselves.
Microbial Engineering & Exopolysaccharide Synthesis
Mira Sterling
The Shirt That Heals Itself Like Your Skin
New research into bio-sculpted textiles is creating fabrics that can repair their own tears and kill odor-causing bacteria using engineered microbial colonies.
Microbial Engineering & Exopolysaccharide Synthesis
Mira Sterling
Living Raincoats: How Bacteria Are Growing Our Next Jackets
Scientists are using genetically engineered microbes to grow waterproof and super-strong features directly into natural fabrics like cotton, moving away from harsh chemicals.
Nanoscale Characterization & Spectroscopy
Mira Sterling
Molecular Precision: Spectroscopic Analysis of Microbe-Cellulose Interactions in Bio-Fabrication
Advanced spectroscopic techniques like FTIR and Raman microscopy are providing new insights into the molecular bonding between engineered microbes and cellulose, enabling nanometer-scale control.
Nanoscale Characterization & Spectroscopy
Mira Sterling
Molecular Engineering of Microbial Colonies for Antimicrobial Textile Topography
Researchers are utilizing quorum-sensing and molecular engineering to create textiles with inherent antimicrobial properties. By manipulating microbial exopolysaccharides and lipidic compounds at the nanometer scale, bio-sculpting offers a sustainable alternative to chemical textile treatments.
Advanced Material Properties & Bio-Functions
Mira Sterling
Molecular Spectroscopy Reveals Dynamics of Microbial-Cellulosic Interfaces
Advanced spectroscopic techniques like FTIR and Raman microscopy are enabling researchers to engineer the molecular interface between microbes and textiles for antimicrobial and hydrophobic properties.
Cellulose-Microbe Interfacial Dynamics
Mira Sterling
Precision Surface Topography: The Role of Quorum Sensing in Antimicrobial Bio-Textiles
Bio-integrated bio-sculpting uses quorum-sensing microbes to create antimicrobial textiles with nanometer-scale surface control, validated by AFM and Raman microscopy.
Bio-Fabrication & Scalable Bioreactors
Mira Sterling
Industrial Scalability: A History of Bioreactor Design for Bacterial Cellulose
This article explores the evolution of bioreactor technology for bacterial cellulose production, from 1990s static culture methods to modern horizontal continuous-sheet systems used in bio-integrated textile sculpting.
