The Laboratory is a containment level 2 facility that contains a range of large-scale bioreactors (15-200 litres) and downstream processing facilities, they enable large-scale purification of proteins or metabolites from a range of microorganisms.
It also houses a number of state-of-the-art continuous culture bioreactors for use in post-genomic studies on microbial physiology. It is the hub for our work on microbial metabolism that includes the study of the production and consumption of potent greenhouse gases such as nitrous oxide; the production of biofuels; the molecular mechanisms of bioelectricity generation and the modelling of waste-treatment processes.
The laboratory is generously funded through the Royal Society, the Wolfson Foundation, BBSRC and HEFCE and principal researchers currently receive funding of over £5M of funding from a range of sources.
