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Very happy our lab was awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. We will be looking to recruit several postdocs and PhDs soon 🙂 https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-2023-advanced-grants-results https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/manchester-researchers-awarded-prestigious-funding-to-pursue-projects-that-could-lead-to-major-scientific-breakthroughs/

The Micklefield lab have been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2023 Chemistry Biology Interface Horizon Prize: Rita and John Cornforth Award, in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline, for successfully discovered new enzymes for sustainable synthesis. They discovered and engineered enzymes and pathways … Continue reading →

Our lab had its annual summer party. Lots of beer & food as usual. It was great fun even when it started raining and we had to pack into the front room. Well done for all your excellent research. It … Continue reading →

We are having a great time at Directing Biosynthesis VI in Edinburgh presenting our recent research and enjoying some fantastic talks including an excellent lecture from our very own Wei li Thong

Want to see what a typical day in our lab looks like. Meet members of our group having fun, planning, executing and presenting their exciting research!

Prof Dongxu Jia studied for his PhD at Jiangnan University in the field of fermentation engineering. He now works at the Zhejiang University of Technology as an associate professor and joins us as a visiting researcher with a CSC fellowship … Continue reading →

Aimee received her MChem degree from the University of Manchester. Continuing in Manchester, Aimee joined the iCAT CDT. She has previously completed project rotations with the Procter and the Bures group Kehan studied for an MChem in Chemistry at the … Continue reading →

Our group is very pleased that Jason won the RSC Interdisciplinary Prize (2022). “For innovative research spanning organic chemistry to molecular genetics, leading to the discovery, characterisation, and engineering of many novel enzymes.” Many thanks to our very talented research group … Continue reading →

Wei Li Thong, Katherine Robins & Mike Rowlinson had a great time presenting the labs most recent work at the 3rd Synthetic Biology of Natural Products Conference #SBNP22 in Mexico. Beautiful setting and a fantastic conference. Here they are having … Continue reading →

Merging enzymes with chemocatalysis for amide bond synthesis Amides are one of the most fundamental chemical bonds in nature. In addition to proteins and other metabolites, many valuable synthetic products comprise amide bonds. Despite this, there is a need for more sustainable … Continue reading →