Kubwerera mkatikati mwa 2010s, Dr. Scott Fulbright ndi Dr. Stevan Albers, Ph.D. ophunzira mu Cell and Molecular Biology Programme ku Colorado State University, anali ndi lingaliro lochititsa chidwi la kutenga biofabrication, kugwiritsa ntchito biology kukulitsa zida, ndikugwiritsa ntchito pazinthu zatsiku ndi tsiku. Fulbright anali atayima munjira yamakhadi moni pomwe lingaliro lopanga inki kuchokera ku algae lidabwera m'maganizo.
Ma inki ambiri amakhala opangidwa ndi petrochemical, koma kugwiritsa ntchito algae, ukadaulo wokhazikika, m'malo mwamafuta opangidwa ndi petroleum, kungapangitse mpweya woipa. Albers adatha kutenga ma cell a algae ndikuwasintha kukhala pigment, yomwe adapanga kukhala inki yosindikiza yomwe imatha kusindikizidwa.
Fulbright ndi Albers adapanga Living Ink, kampani ya biomaterials yomwe ili ku Aurora, CO, yomwe imagulitsa inki zakuda zokhala ndi ndere zakuda. Fulbright ndi CEO wa Living Ink, ndi Albers ngati CTO.
Nthawi yotumiza: Mar-07-2023
