SBRC-Nottingham: sustainable routes to platform chemicals from C1 waste gases.
Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SBRC)-Nottingham (www.sbrc-nottingham.ac.uk) was one of the first three U.K. university-based SBRCs to be funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as part of the recommendations made in the U.K.'s Synthetic Biology Roadmap. It was established in 2014 and builds on the pioneering work of the Clostridia Research Group (CRG) who have previously developed a range of gene tools for the modification of clostridial genomes. The SBRC is primarily focussed on the conversion of single carbon waste gases into platform chemicals with a particular emphasis on the use of the aerobic chassis Cupriavidus necator.
BBSCR/EPSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SBRC), The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K.
Alan
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Burbidge
BBSCR/EPSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SBRC), The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K. nigbel.minton@nottingham.ac.uk.
Nigel P
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Minton
D001709:Biotechnology; D003013:Clostridium / Q000235:genetics*; D020118:Cupriavidus necator; D005740:Gases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D060847:Metabolic Engineering; D006113:United Kingdom; D014495:Universities; D014866:Waste Products
D005740:Gases; D014866:Waste Products
C1 gas; gas fermentation; industrial biotechnology; platform chemicals; synthetic biology