The Wallace Lab
@swallacelab.bsky.social
Combining Biocompatible Chemistry + Synthetic Biology to enhance microbes' abilities to make chemicals sustainably. Vibrant research team at the University of Edinburgh. All views our own.
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Bio-upcycling Waste Human Hair into Sustainable Haircare Chemicals at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Bio-upcycling Waste Human Hair into Sustainable Haircare Chemicals at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
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🚨 2 Fully Funded PhD Projects | Open to UK students 🚨
♻️ We’re recruiting another 2 PhD students to join The Wallace Lab as part of the Carbon-Loop Sustainable Manufacturing Hub, tackling some prolific but unconventional industrial waste streams!
Apply by 27th Feb 🗓️ Details below ⬇️
Project 1.
♻️ We’re recruiting another 2 PhD students to join The Wallace Lab as part of the Carbon-Loop Sustainable Manufacturing Hub, tackling some prolific but unconventional industrial waste streams!
Apply by 27th Feb 🗓️ Details below ⬇️
Project 1.
🚨 2 Fully Funded PhD Projects | Open to UK students 🚨
♻️ We’re recruiting another 2 PhD students to join The Wallace Lab as part of the Carbon-Loop Sustainable Manufacturing Hub, tackling some prolific but unconventional industrial waste streams!
Apply by 27th Feb 🗓️ Details below ⬇️
Project 1.
♻️ We’re recruiting another 2 PhD students to join The Wallace Lab as part of the Carbon-Loop Sustainable Manufacturing Hub, tackling some prolific but unconventional industrial waste streams!
Apply by 27th Feb 🗓️ Details below ⬇️
Project 1.
Bio-upcycling Waste Human Hair into Sustainable Haircare Chemicals at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Bio-upcycling Waste Human Hair into Sustainable Haircare Chemicals at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
🚨 2 Fully Funded PhD Projects | Open to UK students 🚨
♻️ We’re recruiting another 2 PhD students to join The Wallace Lab as part of the Carbon-Loop Sustainable Manufacturing Hub, tackling some prolific but unconventional industrial waste streams!
Apply by 27th Feb 🗓️ Details below ⬇️
Project 1.
♻️ We’re recruiting another 2 PhD students to join The Wallace Lab as part of the Carbon-Loop Sustainable Manufacturing Hub, tackling some prolific but unconventional industrial waste streams!
Apply by 27th Feb 🗓️ Details below ⬇️
Project 1.
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You can't think about a sustainable chemical industry without considering our most abundant energy source: sunlight.
So how can we engineer microbes to harness this energy for our benefit?
rdcu.be/e1VfW
So how can we engineer microbes to harness this energy for our benefit?
rdcu.be/e1VfW
Interfacing solar energy with bacterial metabolism for sustainable chemical synthesis
Nature Reviews Clean Technology - Phototrophic bacteria could be used for chemical manufacturing from various carbon sources. This Review discusses the pathways, engineering and potential...
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February 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
You can't think about a sustainable chemical industry without considering our most abundant energy source: sunlight.
So how can we engineer microbes to harness this energy for our benefit?
rdcu.be/e1VfW
So how can we engineer microbes to harness this energy for our benefit?
rdcu.be/e1VfW
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🔬 Our shiny new mega review is finally published! If you’re interested in photosynthesis, engineering biology and sustainable chemistry, check it out ⬇️
January 30, 2026 at 4:20 PM
🔬 Our shiny new mega review is finally published! If you’re interested in photosynthesis, engineering biology and sustainable chemistry, check it out ⬇️
🚨 PhD opportunity | Fully funded | Open worldwide 🚨
♻️ We’re recruiting a fully funded PhD student to join The Wallace Lab at the University of Edinburgh as part of the Carbon-Loop Hub, a £14M national programme re-imagining how chemicals are made.
Apply by 20th Feb 2026 🗓️ Details below ⬇️
♻️ We’re recruiting a fully funded PhD student to join The Wallace Lab at the University of Edinburgh as part of the Carbon-Loop Hub, a £14M national programme re-imagining how chemicals are made.
Apply by 20th Feb 2026 🗓️ Details below ⬇️
Microbial Systems for the Bio-Upcycling of Industrial Waste Streams into High-Value Chemicals at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Microbial Systems for the Bio-Upcycling of Industrial Waste Streams into High-Value Chemicals at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
🚨 PhD opportunity | Fully funded | Open worldwide 🚨
♻️ We’re recruiting a fully funded PhD student to join The Wallace Lab at the University of Edinburgh as part of the Carbon-Loop Hub, a £14M national programme re-imagining how chemicals are made.
Apply by 20th Feb 2026 🗓️ Details below ⬇️
♻️ We’re recruiting a fully funded PhD student to join The Wallace Lab at the University of Edinburgh as part of the Carbon-Loop Hub, a £14M national programme re-imagining how chemicals are made.
Apply by 20th Feb 2026 🗓️ Details below ⬇️
🚀 New review paper out! We explore the current achievements and future potential of solar-driven bacterial metabolism to unlock greener routes to chemical synthesis, spotlighting opportunities and challenges for light-powered microbial biomanufacturing 🌞🔬
January 30, 2026 at 3:06 PM
🚀 New review paper out! We explore the current achievements and future potential of solar-driven bacterial metabolism to unlock greener routes to chemical synthesis, spotlighting opportunities and challenges for light-powered microbial biomanufacturing 🌞🔬
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The Wallace Lab is expanding in 2026, with five new Postdoctoral Research Associate positions now open. If you're passionate about engineering biology for sustainability, we'd love to hear from you! 🧬 ♻️
Deadline: 12th November 2025, details below ⬇️
Deadline: 12th November 2025, details below ⬇️
October 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Wallace Lab is expanding in 2026, with five new Postdoctoral Research Associate positions now open. If you're passionate about engineering biology for sustainability, we'd love to hear from you! 🧬 ♻️
Deadline: 12th November 2025, details below ⬇️
Deadline: 12th November 2025, details below ⬇️
The Wallace Lab is expanding in 2026, with five new Postdoctoral Research Associate positions now open. If you're passionate about engineering biology for sustainability, we'd love to hear from you! 🧬 ♻️
Deadline: 12th November 2025, details below ⬇️
Deadline: 12th November 2025, details below ⬇️
October 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Wallace Lab is expanding in 2026, with five new Postdoctoral Research Associate positions now open. If you're passionate about engineering biology for sustainability, we'd love to hear from you! 🧬 ♻️
Deadline: 12th November 2025, details below ⬇️
Deadline: 12th November 2025, details below ⬇️
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The new edition of our annual list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch will feature startups and established businesses working to decarbonize transportation, heavy industry, energy, and more.
Coming soon: Our 2025 list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch
The new edition of our annual list features startups and established businesses working to decarbonize transportation, heavy industry, energy, and more.
www.technologyreview.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The new edition of our annual list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch will feature startups and established businesses working to decarbonize transportation, heavy industry, energy, and more.
Ever wondered where your paracetamol comes from? Spoiler: crude oil. In this study – led by Nick Johnson from our lab in collaboration with @astra-zeneca.bsky.social – we show how biology and chemistry can work together to create a more sustainable alternative. (1/n)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A biocompatible Lossen rearrangement in Escherichia coli - Nature Chemistry
Biocompatible chemistry merges chemo-catalytic reactions with cellular metabolism for sustainable small-molecule synthesis. Now a biocompatible Lossen rearrangement has been demonstrated to control ba...
www.nature.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Ever wondered where your paracetamol comes from? Spoiler: crude oil. In this study – led by Nick Johnson from our lab in collaboration with @astra-zeneca.bsky.social – we show how biology and chemistry can work together to create a more sustainable alternative. (1/n)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🚀 Our new lab website is live! Visit wallacelab.bio to learn more about our team, our mission, and our latest work. Most importantly, get in touch to explore opportunities to connect and collaborate.
The future of chemistry is microbial.
The future of chemistry is microbial.
September 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚀 Our new lab website is live! Visit wallacelab.bio to learn more about our team, our mission, and our latest work. Most importantly, get in touch to explore opportunities to connect and collaborate.
The future of chemistry is microbial.
The future of chemistry is microbial.
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Great news – this paper has now been published in ACS Catalysis! Huge congratulations again to Wylan (@chaoticmetazoan.bsky.social), and thanks to our collaborators in the Wallace Lab (@swallacelab.bsky.social)
Check it out here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Check it out here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
August 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Great news – this paper has now been published in ACS Catalysis! Huge congratulations again to Wylan (@chaoticmetazoan.bsky.social), and thanks to our collaborators in the Wallace Lab (@swallacelab.bsky.social)
Check it out here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Check it out here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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From the same team that made vanilla for ice cream using E.coli that digest plastic waste.
This is wild!
Engineering E. coli bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol (Tylenol)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Engineering E. coli bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol (Tylenol)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
From the same team that made vanilla for ice cream using E.coli that digest plastic waste.
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Prof. Stephen Wallace: “What this technology shows is that by merging chemistry and biology in this way for the first time, we can make paracetamol more sustainably and clean up plastic waste from the environment at the same time.” www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Scientists use bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol
Genetically modified E coli used to create painkillers from material produced from plastic bottles
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Prof. Stephen Wallace: “What this technology shows is that by merging chemistry and biology in this way for the first time, we can make paracetamol more sustainably and clean up plastic waste from the environment at the same time.” www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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This is wild!
Engineering E. coli bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol (Tylenol)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Engineering E. coli bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol (Tylenol)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is wild!
Engineering E. coli bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol (Tylenol)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Engineering E. coli bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol (Tylenol)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Scientists at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social have succeeded in turning plastic bottles into paracetamol, a study in Nature Chemistry shows. ➡️ edinburgh-innovations.ed.ac.uk/news/microbe...
June 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Scientists at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social have succeeded in turning plastic bottles into paracetamol, a study in Nature Chemistry shows. ➡️ edinburgh-innovations.ed.ac.uk/news/microbe...
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Always exciting when research from the lab is disseminated for the public! @theguardian.com have reported on @swallacelab.bsky.social paper turning plastic into paracetamol using engineered bacteria
tinyurl.com/32hxnwsd (original publication rdcu.be/esYfF)
tinyurl.com/32hxnwsd (original publication rdcu.be/esYfF)
Scientists use bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol
Genetically modified E coli used to create painkillers from material produced from plastic bottles
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Always exciting when research from the lab is disseminated for the public! @theguardian.com have reported on @swallacelab.bsky.social paper turning plastic into paracetamol using engineered bacteria
tinyurl.com/32hxnwsd (original publication rdcu.be/esYfF)
tinyurl.com/32hxnwsd (original publication rdcu.be/esYfF)