This PhD proposal focuses on the development of 3D printer compatible chemical linkers to enable functional biomolecules (or any type of macromolecule) to be printed onto the surfaces of 3D printed objects during their production. The potential impacts of this basic technology are diverse and game‐changing, since it enables bespoke objects, with a large range of biological and chemical properties to be designed and printed. This research is broadly in the area of in vitro synthetic biology 1, whilst there are many potential applications. Two key applications are in natural product synthesis, where the proteins that synthesise a biomolecule are printed into a device for in situ deployment in biomedical devices or small scale syntheses, and semi‐biotic devices, biological devices with the transcription/translation modules that facilitate the self‐repair of their biological parts
