Feature in the Alumni Magazine

Dr Efraín Zarazúa Arvizu successfully completed the Innovation-to-Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) programme, funded by Innovate UK, to identify commercial opportunities for our technology development.

Award Grant For The Lab!

The Horsfall Lab was Awarded with the BBSRC Impact Acceleration Accounts grant to enable translational and commercialisation activities and engagement with industry, policy making bodies or other stakeholders.

Grant Success For Future Development

Louise been awarded almost £250,000 to develop a novel biological platform for the more sustainable production of chemicals, materials and fuels from renewable resources.
This work will lead to the development of unique new products, derived from wastes and by-products, and demonstration of their cost-efficient and energy-saving production using novel biomanufacturing technologies.
Edinburgh University Link and UK Research and Innovation Link.

Circular Economy Case Study

Louise has contributed the Microbiology Society’s Sustainable Future project, which aims to highlight the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to members and empower them to use their research to evidence and impact the goals. Her case study focuses on the how microbiology, alongside other disciplines, could facilitate a more circular economy. Click HERE for study

Feature Article Published

The Royal Society of Biology have just published our feature article on lithium battery recycling with bacteria in their magazine, The Biologist. Find it HERE.

New Publication Released

The group have published a review in Biochemical Society Transactions describing how synthetic biology is being applied in order to recover metals from the environment. Find it HERE

December 12th 2019

Gold Lab Sustainability Award

The lab are proud to have achieved Gold at the Sustainability Awards for their efforts to make their lab a more sustainable environment and by helping others to do so.

December 3rd 2019

Staff Award Success

Louise and Mike both won Staff awards for their roles in the School of Biological Sciences promoting wellbeing and sustainability (respectively).

December 1st 2019

Publication Success!!

The lab have published a paper in the journal of Microbiology entitled “Shotgun proteomic analysis of nanoparticle-synthesizing Desulfovibrio alaskensis in response to platinum and palladium” Find it HERE.

November 11th 2019

Triple PhD Success

We are very happy to announce a trifecta over the past few weeks, all three of our PhD students have successfully defended their theses. Congratulations to Doctors Charlotte, Miguel, and Efrain.

October 1st 2019

New PhD Students

The lab is delighted to welcome two new PhD students, Eva and Giovanni, who are here to work on Lignin degradation and Bioremediation projects (respectively).

September 21st 2019

Bang Goes The Borders

For the 4th year in a row, the Horsfall group were at St Mary’s Primary School Melrose for Bang Goes The Borders. These years stand entitled “Fantastic Plastics & The Science of Sustainability” featured everything from smelly things and Lego to rockets and 3D Printers.

May 19th 2019

Lab Featured In Edit 2019

The Horsfall Group are super excited and proud to have been featured in May’s Edit 2019 magazine.

May 7th 2019

Publication Sucess!

The lab have published a paper in the journal of Frontiers in Microbiology, entitled “Production of Biogenic Nanoparticles for the Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol and Oxidative Laccase-Like Reactions”. Find it HERE

March 1st 2019

Dina Joins The Group

The lab is pleased to welcome Dina, who starts her PhD project fighting corrosion using bacteria-made nanoparticles.

October 1st 2018

New PhD Students

The lab welcomes Yuta and Matthew as new PhD students who both join the lab to both work on Bioremediation projects.

October 6th 2017

Paper Now Published!

Our paper on the use of M. psychrotolerans for the formation of copper nanoparticles is now available online. Find it HERE 

January 25th 2017

New Machine In The Lab

We are very excited to have in our possession a Monolith Pico (NanoTemper) for all our metal-binding-protein-thermophoretic needs.

April 24th 2016

Innovation Cup Finalist

Matt has made it to the final of the Innovation Cup, part of the Launch, Inspire Grow competition held by the University of Edinburgh. The competition is designed to encourage entrepreneurship in the university, and we hope to use the opportunity to help us form a company to use our research for real-world applications. The finalists will give presentations on the 9th June, competing for a £5000 prize for their businesses.

January 12th 2016

Horsfall Group On The BBC

The Horsfall Group has been featured in an article by the BBC looking at whether technology can help tackle the worlds waste problems.

September 26th 2015

Instruments Of The Afterlife At The V&A

Matt and Mike were present for the unveiling of a piece of art based on the CL4W project at the Victoria and Albert museum put together by artists Michael Burton & Michiko Nitta in collaboration with the CORE project. The event went brilliantly and was even featured on the EPSRC’s homepage. More pictures can be found HERE.

September 14th 2015

University’s Rising Star

This evening Louise was presented with the Chancellor’s Rising Star Award, this annual award honours an early career academic appointed to the University within the last five years. Louise was selected as the 2015 awardee for her contribution to teaching, research and industrial engagement in the field of Synthetic Biology… and is over the moon!