Synthetic biology for sustainable biomanufacturing

该奖学金将设在西普博士在生物发现研究所（BDI）的实验室，该研究所是诺丁汉的旗舰机构，拥有1000人的多学科研究综合体。这个令人兴奋的新项目建立在Heap实验室和CASE合作伙伴的专业知识和正在进行的研究之上。研究小组的首要主题是利用自然和工程代谢进行生物制造，通常使用具有“外来”代谢能力的生物体。TdeltaS是牛津大学的一家衍生公司，研究、生产和销售酮酯，酮酯是一种新的营养保健品，从精英运动到神经退行性疾病都有潜在的应用。合成生物学方法将用于开发生物催化剂，以可持续地生产有价值的产品，如tdelta感兴趣的类型的营养前体。

The studentship will be based in Dr Heap's lab in the BioDiscovery Institute (BDI), Nottingham's flagship, 1000-person multidisciplinary research complex. This exciting new project builds on the expertise and ongoing research of the Heap lab and CASE partner. The overarching theme of the research group is to exploit natural and engineered metabolisms for biomanufacturing, often using organisms with 'exotic' metabolic capabilities. TdeltaS is an Oxford spinout company which researches, manufactures and markets ketone ester, a new nutraceutical product with potential applications from elite sports to neurodegenerative diseases. Synthetic biology approaches will be used to develop biocatalysts for the sustainable production of valuable products such as nutraceutical precursors of the type of interest to TdeltaS.