2018 Cohort
4 year projects from October 2018 to October 2022

Molly Smith
Design and engineering of synthetic vector and media components for intensive transient production of recombinant proteins in mammalian cells
University of Sheffield
Prof. David James
Absolute Antibody

Teodora Stoyanova
Extracting added value from the seaweed industry - a search for novel anti-obesity agents
Robert Gordon University
Dr. Giovanna Bermano and Prof. Cherry Wainwrigh
Algaia
Dina Ahmed
Development of novel lignin-metallic nanoparticle composites as anticorrosion and antifouling agents
University of Edinburgh
Dr. Louise Horsfall
DSTL

Michael Herrera
Engineering a multi-functional molecular machine for industrial biocatalysis
University of Edinburgh
Prof. Dominic Campopiano
Ingenza

Charlie Begley
Exploiting pseudomonas for the production of methacrylate for the plastics industry
University of Strathclyde
Dr. Nicholas Tucker
Ingenza

Neret Navarro
Design of highly immunogenic immunogens for development of monoclonal antibodies to self peptides
University of Strathclyde
Dr. Paul Mulheran
The Antibody Company

Catherine Hill
Large scale microfluids for low cost effective algal dewatering
Heriot Watt University
Prof. Nicholas Willoughby
uFraction8

Matthew Rose
Understanding and exploiting the microbial biotransformations that lead to the production of malodour in humans
University of York
Prof. Gavin Thomas
Unilever

Scarlet Ferrinho
Sustainable production of marine cyanobacterial products (SUS-C-Products): discovery, scale up and maintenance
University of St Andrews
Prof Rebecca Goss, Prof Anna Amtmann, Dr Douglas McKenzie
Xanthella