# Portsmouth CEI

PETase/MHETase research — Ideonella sakaiensis enzyme engineering.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/portsmouth-cei/
Updated: 2026-06-30

- Country: United Kingdom

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Affiliation | University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom | https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/organisations/centre-for-enzyme-innovation/, https://www.port.ac.uk/research/research-groups-and-centres/centre-for-enzyme-innovation |
| Research focus | enzyme-enabled solutions for plastic recycling, biocatalysis, enzyme engineering, synthetic biology, and polymer chemistry | https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/organisations/centre-for-enzyme-innovation/, https://www.port.ac.uk/research/research-groups-and-centres/centre-for-enzyme-innovation, https://www.port.ac.uk/research/research-groups-and-centres/centre-for-enzyme-innovation/collaborate-with-cei |
| Facility | CEI Industrial Engagement Hub, featuring Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Analysis, and Bioprocessing laboratories, and an Innovation Suite | https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/organisations/centre-for-enzyme-innovation/, https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/projects/centre-for-enzymes-innovation-cei-expansion/, https://www.port.ac.uk/research/research-groups-and-centres/centre-for-enzyme-innovation |
| 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) | https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/organisations/centre-for-enzyme-innovation/, https://www.port.ac.uk/research/research-groups-and-centres/centre-for-enzyme-innovation, https://www.port.ac.uk/research/research-groups-and-centres/centre-for-enzyme-innovation/collaborate-with-cei |
| Headcount | 30 scientists | https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/organisations/centre-for-enzyme-innovation/, https://www.port.ac.uk/research/research-groups-and-centres/centre-for-enzyme-innovation, https://www.port.ac.uk/research/research-groups-and-centres/centre-for-enzyme-innovation/collaborate-with-cei |
| 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 | https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/projects/centre-for-enzyme-innovation/, https://www.port.ac.uk/research/research-groups-and-centres/centre-for-enzyme-innovation |

Independent sources: researchportal.port.ac.uk

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