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Background: 2009-2013 MEng in chemical engineering with biotechnology from the University of Manchester Process engineering internship at Novartis vaccines and diagnostics Research project: Biosurfactants often display improved functionality compared to traditional surfactants, but their high cost currently makes them too expensive for most mainstream applications. The high cost of the substrates used accounts for a significant portion of this cost; this research aims to investigate alternative carbon sources that may allow a lower cost of production, and to better characterise the fermentation process. A variety of microbes, feedstocks and biosurfactants may be investigated during this project, beginning with the production of surfactin by B. subtilis. | |
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