Latest News
01/09/26 Goodbye to Brooke who will become Scientific Lead in multinational company.
11/08/26 Cata’s paper with Polymateria describing full biodegradation of polyolefin plastics has been accepted in NPJ’s Materials Degradation. Check our media section for press releases too.
09/06/26 Alice’s paper describing engineered strains able to grow on PET plastic has been published in Trends in Biotechnology. Umar and Brooke are co-first authors too. Well done team!
02/06/26 Farewell to Satya who has been a postdoctoral researcher in the group for 4 years!
10/03/26 Joanne’s paper summarising our RRI work related to plastic waste management has been published in Nature Comms!!
23/01/26 Our new perspective on whole-cell breakdown of plastics is out on Current Opinion in Biotechnology!
02/01/26 Welcome to James Yu who will be joining the lab for his MRes in Systems and Synthetic Biology project
24/12/25 Javier’s paper on ethylene glycol metabolism in Pseudomonas putida JM37 is now published!
04/10/25 Welcome to Brooke Wein who is joining as a postdoctoral researcher to work on plastic upcycling
01/9/25 Congrats to Alix, Pablo, Sreya, Priya, Haochen, Lingxi, Calvin, Zhouheng, Will, Yiming and Harry on completing their MSci/MRes programmes!
18/6/25 Three papers from lab members have been published this week. Have a look at our updated publications list!
11/6/25 Big congrats to Syeda on passing her PhD viva!!!
20/5/25 Congrats to Zheren on securing an independent academic position!! Zheren will join Queen Mary University of London in September as a Lecturer in Biotechnology
01/3/25 A warm welcome to Javier Molpeceres-Garcia. Javier is a Visiting Scientist from the Centre for Biological Research in Madrid (Spain) and will spend three months with us working on plastic waste upcycling.
10/1/25 Welcome to Yiming Huang, Harry Doherty. Zhuoheng Li and Will Green who will be doing their MRes in Systems and Synthetic Biology projects with us
12/10/24 Welcome to Wanqing Ma who will be doing the first rotation of her MRes in Molecular and Cell Biology with us
10/10/24 Jose presented at the FACCE-JPI & GEH Joint Conference in Berlin (Germany)
01/10/24 A warm welcome to Rebecca Boccola and Diana Barreiros Jorge who will be joining the lab for their PhDs as part of the EPSRC Biodesign Engineering CDT
19/09/24 Jose presented at the Metabolic Engineering Summit in Shanghai (China)
31/08/24 Jose took part in the 10th Synthetic Biology Summer School at the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo (Spain)
15/06/24 Farewell to Alice who will be joining NunaBio Ltd. as a Technical Lead
14/04/24 Jose gave a talk for the PhD programme at the University of Cadiz (Spain)
07/02/24 Our Briefing Policy Paper with IMSE on addressing microplastics pollution has been launched today!
23/01/24 Welcome to Ayushi Katdare and Rebecca Boccola who will be doing their MRes SSB project with us
On the media
Study finds common plastics can biodegrade within two years
Masterbatch can fully biodegrade polyolefins in two years: study
Full biodegradation of previously indestructible plastics uncovered in new study
Study finds common plastics can biodegrade within two years
Stubborn plastics were turned into bug food
Polymateria tech enables “full” biodegradation of PE and PP packaging
Pełna biodegradacja opakowań z PE i PP bez pozostawiania mikroplastiku (Polish)
La pollution microplastique sur les plages du Norfolk
How damaging is it to breath in microplastics?
The problem of plastic in our soils
How engineers are fighting microplastic pollution
Three ways to solve the plastics pollution crisis
UKRI Engineering Biology Missions award millions in funding to Imperial projects
Bendy X-rays and DMT infusions: News from Imperial
‘Trojan horse’ bacteria could help defeat antibiotic-resistant infections
New technique improves strains of bacteria used to develop medications
New study could revolutionise the way we recycle
Drug-producing bacteria possible with synthetic biology breakthrough
University of Surrey awarded £450,000 in major plastic project
Latest News
01/09/26 Goodbye to Brooke who will become Scientific Lead in multinational company.
11/08/26 Cata’s paper with Polymateria describing full biodegradation of polyolefin plastics has been accepted in NPJ’s Materials Degradation. Check our media section for press releases too.
09/06/26 Alice’s paper describing engineered strains able to grow on PET plastic has been published in Trends in Biotechnology. Umar and Brooke are co-first authors too. Well done team!
02/06/26 Farewell to Satya who has been a postdoctoral researcher in the group for 4 years!
10/03/26 Joanne’s paper summarising our RRI work related to plastic waste management has been published in Nature Comms!!
23/01/26 Our new perspective on whole-cell breakdown of plastics is out on Current Opinion in Biotechnology!
02/01/26 Welcome to James Yu who will be joining the lab for his MRes in Systems and Synthetic Biology project
24/12/25 Javier’s paper on ethylene glycol metabolism in Pseudomonas putida JM37 is now published!
04/10/25 Welcome to Brooke Wein who is joining as a postdoctoral researcher to work on plastic upcycling
01/9/25 Congrats to Alix, Pablo, Sreya, Priya, Haochen, Lingxi, Calvin, Zhouheng, Will, Yiming and Harry on completing their MSci/MRes programmes!
18/6/25 Three papers from lab members have been published this week. Have a look at our updated publications list!
11/6/25 Big congrats to Syeda on passing her PhD viva!!!
20/5/25 Congrats to Zheren on securing an independent academic position!! Zheren will join Queen Mary University of London in September as a Lecturer in Biotechnology
01/3/25 A warm welcome to Javier Molpeceres-Garcia. Javier is a Visiting Scientist from the Centre for Biological Research in Madrid (Spain) and will spend three months with us working on plastic waste upcycling.
10/1/25 Welcome to Yiming Huang, Harry Doherty. Zhuoheng Li and Will Green who will be doing their MRes in Systems and Synthetic Biology projects with us
12/10/24 Welcome to Wanqing Ma who will be doing the first rotation of her MRes in Molecular and Cell Biology with us
10/10/24 Jose presented at the FACCE-JPI & GEH Joint Conference in Berlin (Germany)
01/10/24 A warm welcome to Rebecca Boccola and Diana Barreiros Jorge who will be joining the lab for their PhDs as part of the EPSRC Biodesign Engineering CDT
19/09/24 Jose presented at the Metabolic Engineering Summit in Shanghai (China)
31/08/24 Jose took part in the 10th Synthetic Biology Summer School at the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo (Spain)
15/06/24 Farewell to Alice who will be joining NunaBio Ltd. as a Technical Lead
14/04/24 Jose gave a talk for the PhD programme at the University of Cadiz (Spain)
07/02/24 Our Briefing Policy Paper with IMSE on addressing microplastics pollution has been launched today!
23/01/24 Welcome to Ayushi Katdare and Rebecca Boccola who will be doing their MRes SSB project with us
On the media
Study finds common plastics can biodegrade within two years
Masterbatch can fully biodegrade polyolefins in two years: study
Full biodegradation of previously indestructible plastics uncovered in new study
Study finds common plastics can biodegrade within two years
Stubborn plastics were turned into bug food
Polymateria tech enables “full” biodegradation of PE and PP packaging
Pełna biodegradacja opakowań z PE i PP bez pozostawiania mikroplastiku (Polish)
La pollution microplastique sur les plages du Norfolk
How damaging is it to breath in microplastics?
The problem of plastic in our soils
How engineers are fighting microplastic pollution
Three ways to solve the plastics pollution crisis
UKRI Engineering Biology Missions award millions in funding to Imperial projects
Bendy X-rays and DMT infusions: News from Imperial
‘Trojan horse’ bacteria could help defeat antibiotic-resistant infections
New technique improves strains of bacteria used to develop medications
New study could revolutionise the way we recycle
Drug-producing bacteria possible with synthetic biology breakthrough
University of Surrey awarded £450,000 in major plastic project
Latest News
01/09/26 Goodbye to Brooke who will become Scientific Lead in multinational company.
11/08/26 Cata’s paper with Polymateria describing full biodegradation of polyolefin plastics has been accepted in NPJ’s Materials Degradation. Check our media section for press releases too.
09/06/26 Alice’s paper describing engineered strains able to grow on PET plastic has been published in Trends in Biotechnology. Umar and Brooke are co-first authors too. Well done team!
02/06/26 Farewell to Satya who has been a postdoctoral researcher in the group for 4 years!
10/03/26 Joanne’s paper summarising our RRI work related to plastic waste management has been published in Nature Comms!!
23/01/26 Our new perspective on whole-cell breakdown of plastics is out on Current Opinion in Biotechnology!
02/01/26 Welcome to James Yu who will be joining the lab for his MRes in Systems and Synthetic Biology project
24/12/25 Javier’s paper on ethylene glycol metabolism in Pseudomonas putida JM37 is now published!
04/10/25 Welcome to Brooke Wein who is joining as a postdoctoral researcher to work on plastic upcycling
01/9/25 Congrats to Alix, Pablo, Sreya, Priya, Haochen, Lingxi, Calvin, Zhouheng, Will, Yiming and Harry on completing their MSci/MRes programmes!
18/6/25 Three papers from lab members have been published this week. Have a look at our updated publications list!
11/6/25 Big congrats to Syeda on passing her PhD viva!!!
20/5/25 Congrats to Zheren on securing an independent academic position!! Zheren will join Queen Mary University of London in September as a Lecturer in Biotechnology
01/3/25 A warm welcome to Javier Molpeceres-Garcia. Javier is a Visiting Scientist from the Centre for Biological Research in Madrid (Spain) and will spend three months with us working on plastic waste upcycling.
10/1/25 Welcome to Yiming Huang, Harry Doherty. Zhuoheng Li and Will Green who will be doing their MRes in Systems and Synthetic Biology projects with us
12/10/24 Welcome to Wanqing Ma who will be doing the first rotation of her MRes in Molecular and Cell Biology with us
10/10/24 Jose presented at the FACCE-JPI & GEH Joint Conference in Berlin (Germany)
01/10/24 A warm welcome to Rebecca Boccola and Diana Barreiros Jorge who will be joining the lab for their PhDs as part of the EPSRC Biodesign Engineering CDT
19/09/24 Jose presented at the Metabolic Engineering Summit in Shanghai (China)
31/08/24 Jose took part in the 10th Synthetic Biology Summer School at the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo (Spain)
15/06/24 Farewell to Alice who will be joining NunaBio Ltd. as a Technical Lead
14/04/24 Jose gave a talk for the PhD programme at the University of Cadiz (Spain)
07/02/24 Our Briefing Policy Paper with IMSE on addressing microplastics pollution has been launched today!
23/01/24 Welcome to Ayushi Katdare and Rebecca Boccola who will be doing their MRes SSB project with us
On the media
Study finds common plastics can biodegrade within two years
Masterbatch can fully biodegrade polyolefins in two years: study
Full biodegradation of previously indestructible plastics uncovered in new study
Study finds common plastics can biodegrade within two years
Stubborn plastics were turned into bug food
Polymateria tech enables “full” biodegradation of PE and PP packaging
Pełna biodegradacja opakowań z PE i PP bez pozostawiania mikroplastiku (Polish)
La pollution microplastique sur les plages du Norfolk
How damaging is it to breath in microplastics?
The problem of plastic in our soils
How engineers are fighting microplastic pollution
Three ways to solve the plastics pollution crisis
UKRI Engineering Biology Missions award millions in funding to Imperial projects
Bendy X-rays and DMT infusions: News from Imperial
‘Trojan horse’ bacteria could help defeat antibiotic-resistant infections
New technique improves strains of bacteria used to develop medications
New study could revolutionise the way we recycle
Drug-producing bacteria possible with synthetic biology breakthrough
University of Surrey awarded £450,000 in major plastic project