Protein language models are revolutinizing protein engineering and design. Our goal is to apply them for #enzyme discovery and design for the degradation of plastic polymers

#PLMs #PlasticDegradation #BIORE2AIRCRAFT #AtracciónTalento

@comunidadmadrid.bsky.social
@icp-csic.bsky.social

Big news to kick off the weekend! Our latest research, the Polyurethanase Potential of R. chinensis Lipase has been published in
@J_A_C_S pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #Chemistry #Sustainability #PlasticDegradation #Biocatalysis
@UJIuniversitat
Thanks to the sponsors @AgEInves @GVAeducacio

Plastic eating bacteria!
Introducing surface-displayed plastic-degrading enzymes on engineered bacteria.
Direct PET breakdown - no antibiotics, inducers, or enzyme purification needed.
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#SyntheticBiology #PlasticDegradation #Bioengineering

How can markets be made for #SyntheticBiology products? Holland suggests #Innovation will accelerate once mechanisms are in place. bit.ly/4oXBUEJ #EngineeringBiology #Patents #TechnologyTransfer #PlasticDegradation #ChemicalManufacture #Therapeutics #DrugDelivery #Antisense #GeneExpression

Plastic degradation by enzymes from uncultured deep sea microorganisms Abstract. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)-hydrolyzing enzymes (PETases) are a recently discovered enzyme class capable of plastic degradation. PETases are

Plastic degradation by enzymes from uncultured deep sea microorganisms
#microbiology #PlasticDegradation
@isme-microbes.bsky.social
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Two more awards for Laura Wolfthaler 🎉
Her MSc thesis on #plasticdegradation with #enzymes earned her the Wilhelm Macke Prize #Physics @jku.at, and her presentation for ~200 high school students won the Award for #ScienceCommunication. Congrats to Laura and her little plastic-eating monster PETra!

Elucidating the enzymatic response of the white rot basidiomycete Abortiporus biennis for the downgrade of polystyrene Plastic pollution is a growing global environmental concern, with polyolefins such as polyethylene and polypropylene, as well as polystyrene (PS) cons…

Elucidating the enzymatic response of the white rot basidiomycete Abortiporus biennis for the downgrade of polystyrene

#Funga
#enzymes
#plasticdegradation
#basidiomycetes
#polystyrene
#secretomics

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Recycling Products From the Inside Out | Newswise What if plastics could self-destruct when their time as a useful product ends? Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are exploring this concept in one of their latest projects.

Recycling Products From the Inside Out
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#plasticdegradation #Microencapsulation #plasticrecycling #Polybutadienerubber #environmentalimpact

Yey! The video about the research in the Quaglia lab is out! 🧪 Interested in #plasticdegradation? Check it out! If you like it, remember to share!! 👇🏻 @uqam.ca @chimieuqam.bsky.social You can read more at www.quaglialab.com #newPI #newlab #biocat #enzymes #greenchem

Yey! The video about the research in the Quaglia lab is out! Interested in #plasticdegradation? Check it out! If you like it, remember to share!! 👇🏻 @uqam.ca @chimieuqam.bsky.social You can read more at www.quaglialab.com #newPI #newlab #biocat #enzymes #greenchem

Creating Design Fiction with LLMs ‘The Moth Keepers’ is Design Fiction inspired by current work on the wax moth and how it might play a role in plastic degradation. This scientific inquiry is the use case for the AI software product…

I wrote a piece about making Design Fiction with LLMs .. inspired by current scientific work on the wax moth and how it might play a role in plastic degradation (which is the use case for the software product we are making at CSIRO) #designfiction #plasticdegradation medium.com/design-bootc...

PcoA plot showing the beta-diversity of microbial community in forest soil versus plastic-polluted soil and how biofilm sucession changes the community structure over time

Paper out in @BioMedCentral

1/ 🌱 We did a first #metatranscriptome study on #biofilm succession in the #soil #plastisphere and tracked #polyethylene (PE) plastics in soil over 53 days. Insights into biofilm dynamics, #plasticdegradation, and nitrogen fixation ahead! 🧵

Finally, we show that engineered spores can be used to degrade plastic PET films #plasticdegradation