Erosion‐initiated stromatolite and thrombolite formation in a present‐day coastal sabkha setting.
July 21, 2020
The OME
July 30, 2020
“Can we use biotechnology to boost the immune system of buildings and historic structures?”
Moving away from the enormous impact building materials such as cement, iron and steel have, Dr Theodoridou, one of our NuAcT Fellows, has been exploring the use of bacteria to automatically heal damage in our built environment. Through her work, during her previous MSCA fellowship at Cardiff University, she has focused on sustainable building, and smart heritage conservation using bioengineered ‘self-healing’.
CORDIS EU research results selected the project for a 'results in brief' article based on the GeoHeal project, EU-supported, that focused on using self-healing properties of specific bacteria such as, Sporosarcina ureae, in order to maintain and reuse existing buildings better.
Find out more regarding the GeoHeal project here.
