Soren Kalu
Soren specializes in the visual and structural characterization of microbial surfaces at the nanometer scale. His work highlights the use of atomic force microscopy to validate surface morphology and the efficacy of bacteriocin production through quorum sensing.
Nanoscale Characterization & Spectroscopy
Soren Kalu
Why Your Future Wardrobe Might Be Alive
Scientists are finding ways to grow living bacteria onto cotton to create clothes that can heal themselves and kill germs naturally.
Microbial Engineering & Exopolysaccharide Synthesis
Soren Kalu
Living Clothes: How Bacteria Might Just Fix Your Favorite Shirt
Scientists are using genetically engineered bacteria to create 'living' fabrics that can self-heal and grow stronger over time by bonding with cotton fibers.
Functional Surface Topography & Wetting
Soren Kalu
Smart Bandages: The Microbes That Fight Infections for You
Bio-sculpting is creating medical bandages infused with helpful bacteria that sense and kill infections automatically using quorum sensing.
Cellulose-Microbe Interfacial Dynamics
Soren Kalu
Living Threads: Why Your Next Shirt Might Be Grown in a Lab
Scientists are using genetically engineered bacteria to 'sculpt' fabrics like cotton at the molecular level, creating clothes that can heal themselves and kill germs naturally.
Soren Kalu
Nature's Tiny Architects: Building the Future of Cotton
Researchers are using Atomic Force Microscopy and custom bioreactors to guide bacteria in creating waterproof, ultra-strong cotton fibers.
Soren Kalu
The Living Shirt That Fixes Itself
Scientists are using genetically engineered bacteria to grow self-healing, germ-fighting fabrics that could replace traditional manufacturing.
Soren Kalu
Your Next Shirt Might Be Grown in a Lab: The New Science of Bio-Sculpting
Scientists are using genetically engineered microbes to 'grow' the next generation of fabrics. Learn how bio-sculpting is turning cotton into a living, self-healing material.
Functional Surface Topography & Wetting
Soren Kalu
Why Your Future Clothes Might Fight Germs On Their Own
New research shows how microbes grown directly onto fabric can create natural defenses against bacteria and change how clothes handle water.
Bio-Fabrication & Scalable Bioreactors
Soren Kalu
A Greener Way to Waterproof: Let the Bacteria Handle It
Forget toxic sprays. New research shows how bacteria can grow a waterproof, fatty layer directly onto cotton fibers in specialized bioreactors.
Nanoscale Characterization & Spectroscopy
Soren Kalu
Why Your Future T-Shirt Might Be Grown by Microscopic Sculptors
Scientists are using genetically engineered microbes to 'sculpt' cotton at the molecular level, creating self-healing fabrics that fight germs and shed water naturally.
Advanced Material Properties & Bio-Functions
Soren Kalu
Clothes That Can Heal Themselves
By using microbes to create molecular bonds within cotton, researchers are developing fabrics that can repair their own structural damage.
Microbial Engineering & Exopolysaccharide Synthesis
Soren Kalu
Your Next Shirt Might Be Alive
Scientists are using genetically modified bacteria to 'sculpt' textiles at the molecular level, creating self-healing, super-strong fabrics.
Cellulose-Microbe Interfacial Dynamics
Soren Kalu
Inside the Vats Growing Our Future Wardrobe
New bioreactor technology is allowing scientists to grow large amounts of smart, germ-fighting fabrics using programmed bacteria and high-tech microscopy.
Functional Surface Topography & Wetting
Soren Kalu
The Self-Healing Sweaters of Tomorrow
Future textiles might fix their own tears and kill odors using living bacteria that communicate through chemical signals and produce natural healing agents.
Advanced Material Properties & Bio-Functions
Soren Kalu
Healing Threads: Why Your Next Jacket Might Fix Its Own Tears
New research into bio-integrated textiles is creating fabrics that use bacterial 'communication' to kill germs and repair their own fibers in real-time.
Nanoscale Characterization & Spectroscopy
Soren Kalu
The Microscopic Sculptors Making Our Future Clothes
Discover how scientists are using genetically engineered bacteria to grow the next generation of fabrics. Learn how these 'microscopic sculptors' build stronger, waterproof materials from the molecular level up.
Microbial Engineering & Exopolysaccharide Synthesis
Soren Kalu
The Secret Life of Self-Healing Fabrics
New research into bio-integrated textiles is creating clothes that can 'talk' to each other to kill germs and use molecular bridges to repair tears automatically.
Functional Surface Topography & Wetting
Soren Kalu
The Lab-Grown Secret to Clothes That Never Smell
Scientists are using microbes to build 'living' fabrics that stay fresh by naturally fighting off odor-causing bacteria and reinforcing their own fibers.
Functional Surface Topography & Wetting
Soren Kalu
The Fabric That Fights Back: Self-Healing and Germ-Killing Clothes
New research into bio-integrated textiles is producing fabrics that can kill germs and repair their own tears using natural bacterial processes.
Cellulose-Microbe Interfacial Dynamics
Soren Kalu
Industrial Scale-Up of Bio-Integrated Textile Bio-Sculpting Systems
Advances in bioreactor technology and sterile inoculation protocols are enabling the transition of bio-integrated textile sculpting from the lab to pilot-scale production, utilizing genetically engineered microbes to create functionalized cellulosic fabrics.
