Current Highlight Activities
ACROPATH
This project is a UK-Japan collaboration to develop artificial cells as diagnostic biosensors for pathogen infections. It combines biomembrane engineering and biomolecular technologies in Leeds with expertise in cell-free expression systems in the RIKEN and JAMSTEC institutes.
BioEngAGE
This project combines synthetic and systems biology to explore (and control) the mechanisms by which human cancer cells make decisions about cell cycle and cell fate, especially in response to cancer therapeutics. It is a UK-Japan collaboration involving Leeds, Imperial, The Crick, Osaka, Tokyo and RIKEN.
IMProGlyco
This project aims to develop strategies to produce biologics and cell therapies with defined glycosylation patterns for improved potency, stability, and safety. It is a collaboration between Leeds, York (UK), Oslo Met (NO), Oslo University Hospital (NO), BOKU (AT), GlycoSeLect (IE) and Centre for Process Innovation (UK).
Engineering Biology for Biomedicine
The EB4BMÂ Centre for Doctoral Training is a Doctoral Focal Award funded by BBSRC and MRC. This partnership between Kings College London, the National Physical Laboratory and Leeds focuses on training the next generation of Engineering Biologists who will tackle challenges in medicine and healthcare.
GLYCOCALYX
This MSCA Doctoral Network focuses on self-organisation and barrier functions of the mammalian glycocalyx. The goal is to train glycoscientists across disciplines and borders to stimulate new approaches, understanding and biomedical applications.
Seed genome damage and protection
We integrate DNA nanotechnology with genetics and proteomics to identify the physical and molecular origin of desiccation-associated genome stress, and the factors that minimise genome damage in seeds and permit survival under this extreme cellular stress.
