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- Carbon-negative biosynthesis of pyrone and pyridine dicarboxylic acids from terephthalic acid via continuous mixotrophic gas fermentation in Cupriavidus necator H16, Waters, E., Conradie, A., Bommareddy, R. 16 Mar 2026
- Hydroxylation mechanism of lignin-derived aromatic substrates catalyzed by plant P450 cinnamate 4-hydroxylase, Santos, S., James, P., Bommareddy, R., Jiang, Y., Li, J., Li, C., Singh, W., Huang, M. 7 Dec 2025, In: Catalysis Science and Technology
- Arabinose as an overlooked sugar for microbial bioproduction of chemical building blocks, Kumar, V., Agrawal, D., Bommareddy, R., Islam, M., Jacob, S., Balan, V., Singh, V., Thakur, V., Navani, N., Scrutton, N. 17 Aug 2024, In: Critical Reviews in Biotechnology
- Impact of the T296S Mutation in P450 GcoA for Ary-O-demethylation: A QM/MM study, Gomes Dos Santos, S., Bommareddy, R., Black, G., Singh, W. 11 Jan 2024, In: Frontiers in Chemistry
- Stable Platform for Mevalonate Bioproduction from CO2, Garavaglia, M., McGregor, C., Bommareddy, R., Irorere, V., Arenas, C., Robazza, A., Minton, N., Kovacs, K. 9 Sep 2024, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
- The substrate specificity in the O-demethylation of 4-alkylguaiacols by cytochrome P450 AgcAP450, Santos, S., Bommareddy, R., Black, G., Singh, W., Huang, M. 7 Apr 2023, In: Catalysis Science and Technology
- Towards a Self-sustaining Home: Circular Flows of Materials and Energy in the Domestic Environment, McLeod-Brown, P., Bridgens, B., Mackenzie, L., Modi, K., Kalathil, S., Bommareddy, R., Black, G., Perry, O. 6 Jun 2023, Bioprotopia: Designing the Built Environment with Living Organisms, Basel, Switzerland, Birkhauser
- A genome-scale metabolic model of Cupriavidus necator H16 integrated with TraDIS and transcriptomic data reveals metabolic insights for biotechnological applications, Pearcy, N., Garavaglia, M., Millat, T., Gilbert, J., Song, Y., Hartman, H., Woods, C., Tomi-Andrino, C., Reddy Bommareddy, R., Cho, B., Fell, D., Poolman, M., King, J., Winzer, K., Twycross, J., Minton, N. 23 May 2022, In: PLoS Computational Biology
- Development of Hypertolerant Strain of Yarrowia lipolytica Accumulating Succinic Acid Using High Levels of Acetate, Narisetty, V., Prabhu, A., Bommareddy, R., Cox, R., Agrawal, D., Misra, A., Haider, M., Bhatnagar, A., Pandey, A., Kumar, V. 22 Aug 2022, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
- Establishing Mixotrophic Growth of Cupriavidus necator H16 on CO2 and Volatile Fatty Acids, Jawed, K., Irorere , V., Bommareddy, R., Minton, N., Kovács , K. 14 Mar 2022, In: Fermentation
- Guillaume Houppy Computational approaches to engineer enzymes for improved cold-water performance Start Date: 09/07/2026
- Liam Gardiner Enabling process intensification of gas fermentation facilitated by host platform metabolic engineering Start Date: 01/10/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025
- Ella Jura Enabling techno-economically feasible gas fermentation at industrial scale through host platform metabolic engineering Start Date: 01/10/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025
- Toby Davies Metabolic engineering for efficient overproduction of C3 and C5 oxoacids from CO2 Start Date: 01/10/2020 End Date: 17/10/2025
- Joseph Paros Engineering Cupriavidus necator for gram-scale production of 1,2-propanediol from CO2. Start Date: 01/10/2023
- Toby Davies Metabolic engineering for efficient overproduction of C3 and C5 oxoacids from CO2 Start Date: 01/10/2020
- Ewan Waters Efficient waste carbon conversion to value-added products in a mixotrophic fermentation process Start Date: 01/10/2022
- Ella Jura Enabling techno-economically feasible gas fermentation at industrial scale through host platform metabolic engineering Start Date: 01/10/2025
- Ewan Waters Efficient waste carbon conversion to value-added products in a mixotrophic fermentation process Start Date: 01/10/2022 End Date: 17/10/2025
- Liam Gardiner Enabling process intensification of gas fermentation facilitated by host platform metabolic engineering Start Date: 01/10/2025
- Joss Prest Systems Metabolic Engineering for Efficient Production of Citric Acid from CO2 Start Date: 01/10/2024
- Joseph Paros Engineering Cupriavidus necator for gram-scale production of 1,2-propanediol from CO2. Start Date: 01/10/2023 End Date: 17/10/2025
- Joss Prest Systems Metabolic Engineering for Efficient Production of Citric Acid from CO2 Start Date: 01/10/2024 End Date: 17/10/2025
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