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Below, you’ll find related publications organized by publication type and year.
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Journal Articles
1. Guleria, R., & Blenner, M. A. (2026). Microbial and synthetic biology solutions for waste management and biomanufacturing off Earth. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 99, 103491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2026.103491
2. Shinde S, Muddana C, Morris JJ, Tang YJ, Sherif MM. Applications of Bio-Enhanced Cementitious Composites for Sustainable and Carbon Negative Building Materials. Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing. 2026. In press.
3. Bandyopadhyay A, Jones CM, Liberton M, Bhattacharyya-Pakrasi M, Biswas S, Muddana C, Tang YJ, Pakrasi HB. Systems level Orchestration of oxygenic photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation in cyanobacteria. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 2026. Accept.
4. Muddana, C., Desai, G. M., Wangikar, P. P., Zhang, F., Pakrasi, H. B., & Tang, Y. J. (2026). Anabaena—a promising chassis for space exploration. npj Microgravity, 12(1), 27. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-026-00568-2
5. Lee et al., Developing an alternative medium for in-space biomanufacturing. Nature communications 16 (1), 2025, 728
6. Lee et al., AI-Assisted Knowledge Synthesis of Integratedion of Anaerobic Digestion and Algae -Anaerobic Digestion Systems: A GraphRAG Retrieval- Augmented Generation Based Review of B Knowledge Synthesis of Bioprocess Advances and Sustainabilityle Applications. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews . Accept
Conference Presentations
Session-Speaker: Microbial Cell Factories for Space and Earth: from Single-Carbon Feedstocks to Advanced Biological Plastics. SBFC, New Orleans, 2026
Session-Speaker: Carbon Loops in Space Exploration – Microbial Biotechnology as Mission Enabler. AGU, New Orleans, 2025
Session-Speaker: Toward Sustainable Biomanufacturing in Space - Strategic Frameworks and Feedstock Inventories. ASGSR, Phoenix, 2025
Plenary-Talk: Carbon Loops in Space Exploration – Microbial Biotechnology as Mission Enabler. Green Mars workshop, Berkeley, 2025
Reports
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