Congratulations to Esther, Carlson, Bobby, Marimikel, and Alanna on their publication “Genetically Modifying the Protein Matrix of Macroscopic Living Materials to Control Their Structure and Rheological Properties” now out in the “Materials Design by Synthetic Biology” special Issue of ACS Synthetic Biology. This is Esther’s inaugural first author paper and demonstrates fine-grained genetic control over the microstructures and material properties of an engineered living material. Read the article here!