13 New CBMNet Projects Funded
13 New CBMNet Projects Funded
We are pleased to announce that we have recently funded 13 new projects in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy.
Proof-of-Concept Projects
- Dr Neil Dixon, University of Manchester, CPI and Oxford Biotrans – Identification of Membrane Transporters of Lignin monomers
- Professor David James, University of Sheffield and UCB Pharma – Engineering Exosome Production by CHO Cells
- Professor Doug Kell, University of Manchester and Croda – A potent synthetic biology strategy for increasing transporter-mediated terpenoid efflux from E. coli
Business Interaction Vouchers
- Dr Mark Shepherd, University of Kent and FujiFilm – Engineering E. coli for enhanced production of antibody fragments
- Dr Mark Shepherd, University of Kent and FujiFilm – Lowering the disulphide load in the periplasm of E. coli cell factories
- Dr Teuta Pilizota, University of Edinburgh and FujiFilm – Replacing osmotic downshocks with upshocks for periplasmic protein extraction
Vacation scholarships
- Dr Frans Maathuis, University of York – The role of HMA and COPT proteins in trans membrane movement of palladium
- Professor Colin Robinson, University of Kent – An enhanced platform for translocation of biotherapeutics to the E. coli periplasm
- Dr Alan Goddard, University of Lincoln – Modelling of multifactorial solvent stress on membranes
- Dr Wuge Briscoe, University of Bristol – Bacterial mimicking liposomes
- Dr Boyan Bonev, University of Nottingham – Membrane stability models in the presence of methacrylate esters
- Dr Sam Miller, University of Aberdeen – Investigating the role of periplasmic and transmembrane domains of mechanosensitive channels in E.coli membrane integrity
- Dr Claudio Avignone-Rossa, University of Surrey – Construction of glucose transporter mutants of Clostridium beijerinckii
You can view all our projects funded to date here and read our success stories here.