The cell organization underlying structural colour is involved in Flavobacterium IR1 predation.
Hamidjaja R, Capoulade J, Catón L, Ingham CJ. ISME J. 2020 Sep 1. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-00760-6.
Studio Olafur Eliasson and Hoekmine collaborated to produce works of art that will be on display during Olafur Eliasson’s upcoming solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.
With Prof H. Smidt, WUR; Prof Elvin Karana, Delft University; Protospace; Hogeschool Utrecht; Hoekmine BV. This project facilitates the integration of Structural Colour into art and design processes and is intended to make creative use of new colours accessible to all.
This project develops the photonic properties of life in academic and industrial fields. Alvaro Escobar Doncel has joined Hoekmine to develop sustainable, structurally coloured materials from bacteria.
PhD studentship position available starting early 2020 to work on the molecular genetics of structural colour in Flavobacteria (and biotech applications) within the ITN Marie Sklodowska-Curie network BEEP. Interested candidates should send an application before December 1st, 2019. For informal inquiries please contact hoekmine@gmail.com
Hoekmine will contribute structural coloured materials with Lab in Progress exhibit of one of our collaborator an independent designer Emma van der Leest.
Hoekmine and our structural colour are featured in Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London newsletter
On how structural colour in bacteria can be used within the design community.
Hoekmine will contribute coloured materials based around structural colour in bacteria to the Material Studio with 100% Design.
A consortium of scientists (Wageningen University Dept. Microbiology lead by Professor Hauke Smidt), fabricators (Protospace), designers (lead by Prof Elvin Karana, Dept Industrial Design, Delft University), educators (Hogeschool Utrecht) and industry (Hoekmine BV) have obtained funding for a project that allows artists and scientists to create new processes and materials based around structurally coloured bacteria that form the basis of the Hoekmine technology.
This is part of the BEEP ITN consortium lead by Silvia Vignolini (Cambridge University, UK).