Chris Mancuso

@mancusosci.bsky.social

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Engineering non-model microbes @ Cultivarium | soft spot for microbiomes and DIY tech | he/him

Left: intact biocement bricks made with sand and bacteria Right: malformed biocement bricks made by mutant bacteria
Petri plate photo which shows an array of bacteria inhibiting eachother's growth
2 liters of sweat solution in a large beaker in a laboratory.
Cartoon depicting tradeoff between phage and antimicrobials
Bar graph showing mutants are more sensitive to antimicrobials
Heat map with two samples highlighted that differ from the rest
Plot of antagonism frequency vs subject. Most samples show zero antagonism
Heatmap showing lots of interactions among bacteria
Petri dish with bacterial spots showing inhibition
Diagram of a network of strains that inhibit each other
Audience at the MIT Microbiome Symposium