Fungus and Architecture: HSE Alumna Receives a Patent for Her Invention

Biodesign Challenge 2019 participant Anna Budnikova has recently received a patent for her project Mycokarst.

The project involves using spores from Trichoderma reesei fungus spores to enact a biological self-repair operation for karst sinkholes in urban environments.

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Image Credit: Mikhail Dmitriev/ HSE University

Image Credit: Mikhail Dmitriev/ HSE University