EBIC is one of six Engineering Biology Mission Hubs funded by BBSRC, alongside Elemental. We’re proud to support PDRAs working across these research areas, who represent the future of engineering biology in the UK.
Earlier this year, we invited applications to fund PDRAs’ attendance at the EBIC ECR Conference held in Edinburgh on 8–9 July.
Congratulations to Dr Natalie Byrd and Dr Maria Magliulo, who won awards for their presentations.
Presenting Elemental Hub member PDRAs included:
- Maria Magliulo, Natural History Museum – “Exploring microbial diversity in mine waste: a roadmap for bioengineering technologies”
- Natalie Byrd, The University of Manchester – “Hydrogenase-mediated biosynthesis of catalytically active Cu nanoparticles”
- Danting Chen, University College London – “Material/substance flow analysis of biomass ash in the UK”
- Anil Kumar, University of Nottingham – “Towards sustainable resource recovery through integrated bioleaching and electrodialysis”
Posters were presented by:
- Chris Egan-Morriss, University of Manchester – “Biorecovery of Platinum group metals as nanocatalysts”
- Andrea Gallio, University of Bristol – “Sensing heme: a systems approach to understanding heme-regulated cellular function”
- Jinxin Xie, University of Manchester – “Biorecovery of gold nanoparticles from industrial wastewaters by Shewanella oneidensis”
- Giuliano Pechar, University of York – “Engineering plant-mediated metal solubilisation in the rhizosphere”
