Funding

Funding awarded to date

The following is a summary of the outcomes of the Proof of Concept (POC) awards, Business Interaction Vouchers (BIV) and Vacation Students (VS) awarded.

(BIV-14) Isolating robust methanotroph communities for gas scaleup trials

Jagroop Pandhal, PI The University of Sheffield
Start Date: 01/07/2018
Completed: 31/12/2018
Summary

(BIV-13) Identification of methylotrophic bacteria for reduction of metal oxyanions in high pH & thermophilic temperatures

Tom Smith, PI Sheffield Hallam University
Start Date: 01/07/2018
Completed: 31/12/2018
Summary

(BIV-12) Isolation of methylotrophic bacteria to reduce ground water risks of a thermal process

Ying Zhang, PI University of Nottingham
Start Date: 01/07/2018
Completed: 31/12/2018
Summary

(BIV-11) Benchmarking low-cost, large-volume airlift bioreactors: A smart approach for Scruffy Biotech

Mike Allen, PI Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Start Date: 01/07/2018
Completed: 15/09/2018
Summary

(POC-13) Novel PHA platform synthesized by anaerobic mixed bacteria in a single step gas fermentation

Sandra Esteves, PI University of South Wales
Start Date: 01/05/2018
Completed: 28/02/2019
Summary

(POC-18) Reduce process carbon footprint-anaerobic fermentation of methane through reversion of methanogenesis

Dr Ying Zhang, PI University of Nottingham
Start Date: 01/08/2018
Completed: 28/02/2019
Summary

(POC-24) High value uses of waste methane from landfill and biogas methane from anaerobic digestion

Ying Zhang, PI University of Nottingham
Start Date: 01/02/2018
Completed: 31/12/2018
Summary

(BIV-09) A Sustainable Route to Plastic Degradation in C. metallidurans

Samantha Bryan, PI University of Nottingham
Start Date: 01/06/2018
Completed: 30/11/2018
Summary

(POC-22) Electroautotrophic bacteria as chassis for electrofermentation of C1 gas

Claudio Avignone-Rossa, PI University of Surrey
Start Date: 01/04/2018
Completed: 30/09/2018
Summary

(POC-20) Scalable engineering approaches for exploiting a novel biocomposite material applied to light-driven CO2 absorption and utilization

Kamelia Boodhoo, PI Newcastle University
Start Date: 15/01/2018
Completed: 14/08/2018
Summary

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