The University of Sheffield
Algal Biotechnology Sheffield Network

Recent publications

2013

Chen Y, and Vaidyanathan S. (2013) Simultaneous assay of pigments, carbohydrates, proteins and lipids in microalgae. Analytica Chimica Acta,776, 31-40.

Liu, J., Mukherjee, J., Hawkes, J. J., & Wilkinson, S. J. (2013). Optimization of lipid production for algal biodiesel in nitrogen stressed cells of Dunaliella salina using FTIR analysis. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, n/a–n/a. doi:10.1002/jctb.4027

Fuszard, M.A., Ow, S., Gan, C., Noirel, J., Ternan, N.G., McMullan, G., Biggs, C.A., Reardon, K.F., Wright, P.C., 2013. The quantitative proteomic response of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 to phosphate acclimation. Aquat. Biosyst. 9, 5.

2012

Chen Y, and Vaidyanathan S. (2012) A simple, reproducible and sensitive spectrophotometric method to estimate microalgal lipids. Analytica Chimica Acta, 724, 67-72.

Gilmour, D. J., & Zimmerman, W. B. (2012). Can algal biofuels play a major role in meeting future energy needs? Biofuels, 3(5), 511–513. doi:10.4155/bfs.12.49

Longworth, J., Noirel, J., Pandhal, J., Wright, P. C., & Vaidyanathan, S. (2012). HILIC- and SCX-Based Quantitative Proteomics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during Nitrogen Starvation Induced Lipid and Carbohydrate Accumulation. Journal of Proteome Research, 11(12), 5959–5971. doi:10.1021/pr300692t

Scaife, M.A., Ma, C.A., Ninlayarn, T., Wright, P.C., Armenta, R.E., 2012. Comparative Analysis of β-Carotene Hydroxylase Genes for Astaxanthin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod. 75, 1117–1124.

2011

Zimmerman, W. B., Zandi, M., Hemaka Bandulasena, H. C., Tesař, V., James Gilmour, D., & Ying, K. (2011). Design of an airlift loop bioreactor and pilot scales studies with fluidic oscillator induced microbubbles for growth of a microalgae Dunaliella salina. Applied Energy, 88(10), 3357–3369. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.02.013

Zandi, M., Zimmerman, W., Gilmour, J., Woolass, S., Adderley, B., Ying, K., … Hanotu, J. (2011). Steel plant CO2 sequestration using high efficiency micro-algal bioreactor. Retrieved from http://eyrie.shef.ac.uk/steelCO2/open/EECR-28.pdf

Pereira, S.B., Ow, S.Y., Barrios-Llerena, M.E., Wright, P.C., Moradas-Ferreira, P., Tamagnini, P., 2011. iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomic analysis of Gloeothece sp. PCC 6909: Comparison with its sheathless mutant and adaptations to nitrate deficiency and sulfur limitation. J. Proteomics 75, 270–283.

Pinto, F., van Elburg, K.A., Pacheco, C.C., Lopo, M., Noirel, J., Montagud, A., Urchueguia, J.F., Wright, P.C., Tamagnini, P., 2011. Construction of a chassis for hydrogen production: physiological and molecular characterization of a Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 mutant lacking a functional bidirectional hydrogenase. Microbiology 158, 448–464.

Ekman, M., Ow, S.Y., Holmqvist, M., Zhang, X., van Wagenen, J., Wright, P.C., Stensjö, K., 2011. Metabolic Adaptations in a H2 Producing Heterocyst-Forming Cyanobacterium: Potentials and Implications for Biological Engineering. J. Proteome Res. 10, 1772–1784.

2010

Zimmerman, W. B., Zandi, M., Bandalusena, H. C. H., Tesa\vr, V., Gilmour, D. J., & Ying, K. (2010). Pilot Scales Studies of Microbubble Mediated Airlift Loop Bioreactor Growth of Microalgae Dunaliella Salina. Applied Energy, submitted in. Retrieved from http://www.kensol.ie/AquaC/algalenergy%5B1%5DZimmerman.pdf

Robert F.O., Pandhal, J., Wright P.C. (2010) Exploiting cyanobacterial p450 pathways. Current Opinion in Microbiology 13(3):301-306.