The University of Nottingham (UNOTT) will take part in ENGICOIN with Synthetic Biology Research Centre The SBRC has a wealth of dedicated new equipment, bespoke facilities, cohorts of PhD studentships and many existing international research and industry connections.
Under the directorship of Nigel P Minton, the SBRC currently employs over 100 staff and combines expertise from a variety of academic disciplines, including green chemistry, biology, computational sciences, to create optimized chassis for the sustainable production of carbon-based chemicals and fuels.
UNOTT’s major role is related to strain engineering for the microbial factories MF 2 and MF 3. Significant time will be allocated for modelling, data monitoring and control strategy definition in integrated system and impact analysis.