Companies
Portsmouth CEI
PETase/MHETase research — Ideonella sakaiensis enzyme engineering.
- Country
- United Kingdom
Coverage
| CN | EU | IN | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bioremediation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| fibers-textiles | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
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Verifiable facts
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Affiliation | University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom | researchportal.port.ac.uk · port.ac.uk |
| Research focus | enzyme-enabled solutions for plastic recycling, biocatalysis, enzyme engineering, synthetic biology, and polymer chemistry | researchportal.port.ac.uk · port.ac.uk |
| Facility | CEI Industrial Engagement Hub, featuring Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Analysis, and Bioprocessing laboratories, and an Innovation Suite | researchportal.port.ac.uk · port.ac.uk |
| Grant | £5.8 million from Research England Expanding Excellence Fund (2019) and £1 million from the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership via the HM Government Getting Building Fund (2020) | researchportal.port.ac.uk · port.ac.uk |
| Headcount | 30 scientists | researchportal.port.ac.uk · port.ac.uk |
| Principal staff | Professor Andy Pickford (Centre Director), Professor John McGeehan, Dr. Sarah Duckering, Dr. Rory Miles, Dr. Bruce Lichtenstein, Anastasia Callaghan, Simon Cragg, Joy Watts, Pattanathu Rahman, Paul Cox, Sam Robson | researchportal.port.ac.uk · port.ac.uk |
Independent sources: researchportal.port.ac.uk
Technologies
| Name | Cluster | Risk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enzymatic textile recycling | fibers-textiles | Medium | → |
| Microplastic biodegradation on land | bioremediation | High | → |
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