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Can bacteria swim with hybrid motors? 🦠 HFSP Research Grant Awardees, led by Matt Baker (UNSW, Australia), have created hybrid bacterial flagellar motors using components from different systems! Out of 14 designs, only 1 successfully powered bacterial swimming, highlighting the distant molecular ancestry of these structures. Their work combines synthetic biology and directed evolution to improve bacterial swimming while uncovering insights into these engines' essential components. This breakthrough advances bionanotechnology and showcases the power of interdisciplinary collaboration through HFSP funding. Learn more about their findings, recently published in the Journal of Bacteriology, and explore the fascinating interface of synthetic and evolutionary biology: https://bit.ly/4iZJyfM #SyntheticBiology #EvolutionaryBiology #HFSPResearch #Bionanotechnology https://lnkd.in/e76wJuDZ

Bacteria Flagella Motor Explainer Video | Long before humans had built their first wheel, bacteria had evolved tiny rotating motors to power their movement. New research, led by Scientia... | By UNSW Science | Facebook

Bacteria Flagella Motor Explainer Video | Long before humans had built their first wheel, bacteria had evolved tiny rotating motors to power their movement. New research, led by Scientia... | By UNSW Science | Facebook

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