The Elements of Bioremediation, Biomanufacturing & Bioenergy

A BBSRC-funded network that promotes collaborations between industry and academia.This Durham, Kent and Manchester Universities-led network is one of six phase II BBSRC NIBB, announced in November 2018.The Network brings together scientific communities working on metals in biology to accelerate research relevant to industrial biotechnology and bioenergy. Almost a half of the reactions of life are catalysed by metals. This means that a large proportion of bio-industries depend directly, or indirectly, on the catalytic activities of metals in proteins. Academic members work with biomanufacturing and bioenergy sectors to enhance metalloenzyme activities to generate new products and increase the profitability and sustainability of existing products. Company members work with academia to valorise metal-contaminated wastes, bio-remediating and bio-recovering metals in valuable forms – an important contribution to a sustainable circular economy.