2017 Cohort
4 year projects from October 2017 to October 2021
Ashley Mattey
Expanding the selectivity and activity of galactose oxidase towards bioactive saccharide products
University of Manchester
Prof. Sabine Flitsch
Bio-Shape
Mark Maloney
New Lignosulfonates as next generation antimicrobials
University of St Andrews
Prof. Nick Westwood/ Prof. Alexandra M Slavin
BluTest
Ane Valera
Adaptation of enzymes involved in the valine pathway for the production of methacrylate intermediates
University of Aberdeen
Dr. Hai Deng
Ingenza
Joan Cortada Garcia
Optimisation of mass spectrometry methodologies for continuous sampling of intra- and extracellular metabolomes from synthetic biology fermentations
University of Edinburgh
Prof. Karl Burgess
Ingenza
Katie Schulz
Increasing lifespan in carrots
University of Leeds
Prof. Christine Foyer
Kettle Produce
Mohammed Chilmeran
Enabling metalloenzyme biotransformations within a continuous oscillatory baffled reator
Heriot Watt University
Prof. Xiongwei Ni
Oxford Biotrans Limited
James Marshall
Biocatalytic Asymmetric Reduction Amination Using Reductive Aminases (RedAms)
University of Manchester
Prof. Nicholas Turner
Prozomix
Anton Puzerjov
A synthetic biology approach to engineering novel commercial variants of the cyanobacterial pigment protein C-phycocyanin
University of Edinburgh
Dr. Alistair McCormick
ScotBio
Ayo Ogundero
Predatory bacterial cleaning of filtration membranes
University of Glasgow
Prof.William Sloan/ Dr. Stephanie Connelly
Scottish Water
Martina Daute
Exploiting yeast diversity in whisky fermentations for biocatalysis of desirable flavour compounds
University of Abertay
Prof. Graeme Walker
The Scotch Whisky Research Institute
Timur McArdle Ismaguilov
From lignin-derived mono -aromatics to next generation green surfactants and antimicrobials
University of St Andrews
Prof. Nick Westwood/ Prof. Alexandra M Slavin
Unilever/Blutest
Nick Bennett
Plant suspension cells as a production platform for high value chemicals from plants
University of Edinburgh
Dr. Gary Loake
Unilever