Project title: ISOS-Implantable Ecosystems of Genetically Modified Bacteria for the Personalized Treatment of Patients with Chronic Diseases
Project aim: To develop engineered living hydrogel for the age related macular degeneration treatment
Funder: EIC
Duration: Dec 2023 to Nov 2026
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PIs:
Post Doctorial Research Assistants: TBC
Project title: Fibre Fusion: Circular Manufacturing of Water Repelling Bacterial Cellulose Through a Biological Approach
Project aim: To develop a new, biologically based, efficient fabrication process for bio- based textiles.
Funder: BBSRC
Duration: Feb 2023 to Jan 2025
Staff involved: , ,
(Newcastle University)
PIs:
Post Doctorial Research Assistants:
Project title: Feasibility study into methods for improving the scalability of MICP (Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation) for the production of Low carbon Precast Tiles and internal cladding systems
Project aim: To develop an efficient fabrication process to produce low carbon precast construction materials through Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation
Funder: Innovate UK
Duration: August 2023 to Jan 2024
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PIs:
Post Doctorial Research Assistants:
Project title: Engineered Living Pressure Responding Materials
Project aim: To develop engineered living materials sensing and responding to mechanical pressure changes in the environment
Funder: EPSRC and HBBE
Duration: Ongoing
Staff involved: ,
PIs:
Post Doctorial Research Assistants: , Polly Noble,
Project title: Adventurous Manufacture Living Manufacture: Principles for a microbial 3D printer.
Project aim: To develop engineered living fabrication system to produce functional biomaterials
Funder: EPSRC and HBBE
Duration: Ongoing
Staff involved: ,
PIs:
Post Doctorial Research Assistants: , , , Sunbin Lee
Project title: Solar cement: carbon negative biocement
Project aim: To develop biocementation process to make carbon negative cementious materials
Funder: HBBE
Duration: Ongoing
Staff involved: (Nottingham), (NCL),
PIs: ,
Post Doctorial Research Assistants: ,
Project title: Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation through CO2 Sequestration via an Engineered Bacillus subtilis
Project aim: To develop biocementation process to make carbon negative cementious materials
Funder: HBBE and BioFutures
Duration: Ongoing
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PIs: ,
Post Doctorial Research Assistants: , ,
Project title: Fabrication of functional bacterial cellulose through engineering biology
Project aim: To develop functional bacterial cellulose for textile and construction industry through engineering biology approach
Funder: BBSRC and HBBE
Duration: Ongoing
Staff involved: ,
PIs:
Post Doctorial Research Assistants: ,
Project title: Development of Biocataysis Platform for drug developments.
Project aim: To develop biocatalytic routes to produce novel drugs using ketoreductases and galactose oxidases from metagenomes samples.
Funder: Innovate UK and KETP
Duration: Ongoing
Staff involved:
PIs:
Post Doctorial Research Assistants:
Project title: A testable hypothesis for lipoprotein-driven bacterial outer membrane evolution
Project aim:
Funder: BBSRC Pioneer Award
Duration: 1 year
Staff involved:
PIs:
Post Doctoral Research Assistants:
Project title: Enzymatic upcycling of textile waste into biodegradable mycelium leather
Project aim: To enzymatically convert waste textiles into a feedstock that can be used to support the growth of mycelium that can then be converted into a leather like product.
Funder: BBSRC – Towards a circular economy for technology relevant metals and textiles
Duration: 2 years
Staff involved: , and
PIs:
Post Doctoral Research Assistants:
Project title: Microbial division of labour for enhanced carbon dioxide utilization by electricity-eating microbes
Project aim: To divide labour between two microbes to convert CO2 to multi-carbon products.
Funder: The Royal Society
Duration: 1 year
Staff involved: To be confirmed
PIs:
Post Doctorial Research Assistants: To be confirmed
Project title: A living bionic leaf to produce solar chemicals and fuels from carbon dioxide
Project aim: To rewire photosynthesis to produce solar chemicals from bacteria, CO2, water and sunlight.
Funder: Johnson Matthey
Duration: 4 years
Staff involved: to be confirmed
PIs:
Post Doctorial Research Assistants: to be confirmed
Project title: Bio-fabrication of sustainable functional bacterial cellulose aerogel for building insulation
Project aim: To develop sustainable high-performance bio-based insulation bacterial cellulose aerogels with improved multiple functions.
Funder: EPSRC
Duration: June 2023 – May 2025
Staff involved: to be confirmed
PIs:
Post Doctorial Research Assistants:
Project title: Plant nanobionic for photosynthesis in energy harvest
Project aim: To provides an innovative approach to improve photosynthesis through enhancement of light capture and electron transport rates in plants using novel plasmonic intercalation compounds of selected low-dimensional transition metal oxides.
Funder: Leverhulme Trust
Duration: October 2022 – September 2025
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PIs:
Project title: Development of sustainable and biodegradable inks for e-textile printing
Project aim: To develop new biodegradable polymers inks based on renewable sources.
Funder: Innovate UK
Duration: June 2023 – November 2023
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PIs:
Project title: PICASSO – Bioprocessing waste into reuseable products
Project aim: To develop and refine technology to biologically treat waste aviation fuel.
Funder: Royal Air Force Air Innovation Fund (RAF)
Duration: Sept 2022 to Nov Sept 2023
Staff involved: ,
PIs:
Post Doctorial Research Assistants:
Project title: BIOICE - Blue Ice oases and the revival of microbial life
Project aim: To characterize the microbial community in Antarctic Blue Ice Oases.
Funder: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Duration: Sept 2020 to Nov Sept 2023
Staff involved:
PIs:
PhD students:
Externally funded interns: Laure Newby
Project title: BOLTS - Bioprocessing waste into reusable products
Project aim: To develop and refine technology to biologically treat waste heavy oils
Funder: Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA)
Duration: Sept 2021 to Nov Sept 2022
Staff involved: ,
PIs:
Post Doctorial Research Assistants: Andrew Zealand
Project title: The Home Biome Project (DUST). Dusty Secrets: characterising, communicating and capitalising on the hidden world within our homes
Project aim: To investigate microbial composition and AMR content of domestic house dust
Funder: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Duration: Sept 2021 to Sept 2022
Staff involved: ,
PIs: ,
Post Doctorial Research Assistants: Jonathan Thompson
Project title: BIOAIR - Aerobiology over Antarctica
Project aim: To investigate microbial composition distribution functional and colonization potential around Antarctica
Funder: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Duration: Sept 2019 to Nov Sept 2020
Staff involved:
PIs:
Post Doctorial Research Assistants: Lucie Malard
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