Ultraviolet radiation plays a crucial role in the development of skin cancer. Sunscreen usage effectively blocks UV rays from the skin. However, many of the active ingredients found in sunscreen are harsh chemicals that further skin damage seriously impact the ecosystem. Our project is an innovative method to extract two sunscreen pigments from a marine bacteria, cyanobacteria, offering the opportunity to replace the traditional active ingredients in chemical sunscreens with nonhazardous pigments. This photosynthetic microbe produces two environmentally friendly pigments, scytonemin and mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), which shield the cell from 90% of UV-A light and absorb UV-B radiation, respectively. We will directly induce the expression of scytonemin biosynthesis gene (ScyC) in cyanobacteria and transform T7 Express Escherichia coli with a mycosporine-glycine gene (MysC) to mass-produce these pigments. Combining these pigments with inactive but beneficial ingredients commonly found in other sunscreens produces an environmentally friendly sunscreen that will benefit both the ecosystem and humans.