Intracellular manufacturing - high performance biomaterials from methane

该项目的目的是直接从甲烷生产高性能生物降解聚合物。关键的创新是采用尖端的社区基因组学和转录组学方法来优化细胞内生产线，以定制聚羟基丁酸酯-共戊酸酯（PHBV）共聚物的微观结构。这是一个真正的多学科项目，汇集了工程师，聚合物科学家和分子生物学家。预计该项目的直接成果将是第一个来自甲烷的PHBV共聚物。因此，该项目旨在开发生产坚韧，灵活和负担得起的生物聚合物的技术，同时提供增加甲烷价值的机会。

The aim of this project is to produce high performance biodegradable polymers directly from methane. The key innovation is employing cutting-edge community genomic and transcriptomic approaches to characterise intracellular production lines in order to tailor polyhydroxybutyrate-co-valerate (PHBV) copolymer microstructures. This is a truly multidisciplinary project bringing together engineers, polymer scientists and molecular biologists. It is expected that a direct outcome of the project will be the first PHBV copolymer from methane. As such, the project aims to develop technology for the production of tough, flexible and affordable biopolymers and, at the same time, provide an opportunity to add value to methane.