The research focuses on a new platform technology that directly sequesters CO2 and converts it into cyanobacteria engineered living materials (C-ELMs.) These high-performance materials are grown and integrated with living photosynthetic cells, offering high-value applications in sectors ranging from real-estate, construction, automotive, aeronautics, farming and space industries.

Having started in Bio-ID at UCL and later being developed at Tattva, enabled the team to discover an industrially scalable and economically feasible proprietary technology, similar to artificial tissue engineering, that allows us to accelerate the natural carbon sequestering capacity of ancient microorganisms. These are tunable living materials that grow within a span of weeks which out-perform existing materials and their performances.

Large-scale panels (500mm x 1000mm) were installed in the Bioscope pavilion at the St. Andrews Botanic Garden as a proof of concept for the design and manufacturing requirements.