Green Research Group

@GreenGroupMIB

Student-run account for the Green group (MIB).
Enzyme design. Directed evolution. Genetic code expansion. Industrial biocatalysis.

University of Manchester Joined May 2020

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Green Research Group @GreenGroupMIB Mar 25

Check out our latest paper in @angew_chem: a polycarbonate (PC) depolymerase was engineered to tackle commodity plastic waste.🧬

We achieved complete depolymerisation of a PC film to BPA in just 6 hours! ♻️ Huge congrats to Henry, Amy, and colleagues for the amazing work!

Green Research Group @GreenGroupMIB Jun 18, 2025

Congratulations to our group members Anna and Emily for winning presentation and poster prizes respectively, in the biological section of the 2025 UoM Chemistry PGR Conference! 🎉🎉🎉

Green Research Group @GreenGroupMIB May 6, 2025

Very happy to announce that 'Efficient and selective energy transfer photoenzymes powered by visible light' is out today in Nature Chemistry! Congratulations to Rebecca, Ross and everyone else involved in this project! 🎉🎉🎉
nature.com/articles/s4155…

www.nature.com Efficient and selective energy transfer photoenzymes powered by visible light Nature Chemistry - Recent studies have shown that energy transfer photoenzymes can be engineered to promote stereocontrolled [2 + 2] cycloadditions; however, existing systems rely on...

Green Research Group @GreenGroupMIB Jan 16, 2025

Delighted to announce that 'Engineered enzymes for enantioselective nucleophilic aromatic substitutions' is out now in Nature!
Congratulations to Tom, George and everyone else involved in this project! 🎉🎉🎉
nature.com/articles/s4158…

www.nature.com Engineered enzymes for enantioselective nucleophilic aromatic substitutions Nature - A biocatalytic approach to enantioselective nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) was achieved through laboratory evolution of highly efficient and selective SNArase biocatalysts.

Green Research Group @GreenGroupMIB Jan 8, 2025

Exciting PhD opportunity in microfluidics and therapeutic peptide discovery!

Join a collaborative team at the University of Manchester for a fully funded PhD in the Obexer, Markin, Hurd and Barran groups.

tinyurl.com/2z29ybjw

www.findaphd.com Converting acid phosphatases into sulfotransferases that accept inexpensive sulphate donors at The... PhD Project - Converting acid phosphatases into sulfotransferases that accept inexpensive sulphate donors at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com