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Join members from the team leading the P3EB Hub as they provide an overview of their expansive engineering biology programme.
You can expect to learn more about: the aims and objectives of this UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Hub research and innovation activities taking place across the consortium opportunities to engage with the programme
Timestamps:
00:00:00 – Introduction to UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Hubs programme – Dr Tom Pearson
00:03:56 – Overview and introduction to P3EB Hub mission – Professor Andy Pickford
00:14:20 – Public and policy engagement – Dr Art Prasad
00:16:50 – P3EB technologies – enzyme discovery – Angie Beckett
00:21:22 – P3EB technologies – enzyme engineering – Dr Jack Jeffries
00:27:57 – The discovery of new metagenomic urethanases – Dr Alessia Tonoli
00:31:41 – Targeting thermoset epoxy resins – Dr Dominic Wood
00:36:39 – Engineering growth-couples microbial systems for plastic degradation and utilisation – Dr Brooke Wain
00:34:05 – Harnessing microbial and biocompatible chemistry for plastic upcycling – Dr Liz Lau
00:47:09 – Acknowledgements – Professor Andy Pickford
00:49:05 – Q&A
We are UK Research and Innovation, the UK's largest public funder of research and innovation. If you're a UK tax payer, your contributions help fund the work we showcase on our channel. And if you liked this video, follow us on these channels:
Medium: medium.com/@UKRI
Instagram: instagram.com/weareukri
Facebook: facebook.com/weareUKRI
YouTube: youtube.com/c/UKResearchandInnovation
Or sign up for our weekly newsletter public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKRI/subscriber/new?topic_id=UKRI_newsletter
Join members from the team leading the P3EB Hub as they provide an overview of their expansive engineering biology programme.
You can expect to learn more about: the aims and objectives of this UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Hub research and innovation activities taking place across the consortium opportunities to engage with the programme
Timestamps:
00:00:00 – Introduction to UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Hubs programme – Dr Tom Pearson
00:03:56 – Overview and introduction to P3EB Hub mission – Professor Andy Pickford
00:14:20 – Public and policy engagement – Dr Art Prasad
00:16:50 – P3EB technologies – enzyme discovery – Angie Beckett
00:21:22 – P3EB technologies – enzyme engineering – Dr Jack Jeffries
00:27:57 – The discovery of new metagenomic urethanases – Dr Alessia Tonoli
00:31:41 – Targeting thermoset epoxy resins – Dr Dominic Wood
00:36:39 – Engineering growth-couples microbial systems for plastic degradation and utilisation – Dr Brooke Wain
00:34:05 – Harnessing microbial and biocompatible chemistry for plastic upcycling – Dr Liz Lau
00:47:09 – Acknowledgements – Professor Andy Pickford
00:49:05 – Q&A
