Passionate about developing sustainable processes for biomanufacturing materials for present and future needs of our society.
Birmingham, England
Joined January 2016
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🔬 Fully funded PhD at @AstonUniversity! Magnetotactic bacteria to recover critical metals+create biobased nanomagnets 📷Apply by 12 Jan 2026. Start: Oct 2026
Learn morea nd apply: contact Dr Alfred Fernandez-Castane at [email protected].
Happy to have inspired a group of Year 12 students from Camp Hill Girls Sch @kechg preparing for the @cebcambridge Davidson Inventors Challenge on sustainable and innovative bioplastics. Thanks to my PhD student @Zeinab for showcasing her research on PHA @EBRI_UK @AstonAIME
📢🔔Fully funded #PhD #studentship to join the microbial biotechnologies group at @EBRI_UK @AstonUniversity. Are you interested in designing microbes to capture CO2 and make high value biobased products? Details & apply here: Fernandez-Castane_Biobased_CO2_Capture_Net2Zero.docx
📢 Exciting opportunity for a fully funded PhD studentship (UK Students Only) "Upcycling agriwaste towards functional plastic materials for packaging" findaphd.com/phds/project/up… with a fantastic and supportive supervisory team @AstonAIME and @EBRI_UK at @AstonUniversity.
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Check out the latest work published by @fredfercast83 and co-workers from @AstonAIME @EBRI_UK and @B24Light @DiamondLightSou! Congratulations to all involved! @AstonEPS @AstonHLS
Our latest publication on a Integrated Approach to Elucidate the Interplay between Iron Uptake Dynamics and Magnetosome Formation at the Single-Cell Level in MSR-1 doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c159… in collaboration with @B24Light . Well done @martamasomartinez! @EBRI_UK @AstonAIME
Our latest publication on a Integrated Approach to Elucidate the Interplay between Iron Uptake Dynamics and Magnetosome Formation at the Single-Cell Level in MSR-1 doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c159… in collaboration with @B24Light . Well done @martamasomartinez! @EBRI_UK @AstonAIME
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Today is the day that we officially become a @UKRI_News @ResEngland research institute! If you haven't already checked us out, where have you been??
All information on @AstonAIME can be found here 👉 aston.ac.uk/research/aime
👀 Keep your eyes peeled for updates very soon!
(2/2) Express your interest here: findaphd.com/phds/program/fu…
(1/2) 📢 🔔Exciting news! The Centre for Doctoral Training is offering funded PhD studentships in Negative Emissions Technologies for Net Zero. Interested in addressing biotechnological challenges for CO2/biomass to materials/chemicals? DM for an informal chat! Deadline May 13.
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📢 Don't forget the brand new positions in our new research institute #AIME! Applications are open now!
⏲️ Deadline 29th April ⏲️
jobs.ac.uk/enhanced/linking/…
🚨Adverts for the first wave of #AIME positions are now officially live!🚨
We are recruiting 3 academics, 6 tenure-tracked fellows, a Laboratory Manager and an Institute Manager (internal only).
Info and application links here ➡️ jobs.ac.uk/enhanced/linking/…
Please share widely!!
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Introducing Dr Alice Rothnie (@alice_rothnie), a founding member of #AIME. She studies the mechanism & function of membrane proteins in health and disease, and played a major role in developing the SMALP approach to detergent free membrane protein solubilisation and purification.
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Introducing Prof. Corinne Spickett (@CorinneSpickett), a founding member of #AIME. She studies cellular responses to stress and interactions of membrane & oxidized lipids with proteins from fundamental processes to roles in diseases. She is a Working Group leader of @EpiLipidNET
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ICYMI - Job adverts for #AIME are live! jobs.ac.uk/enhanced/linking/…
Several posts available:
➡️Lecturer in Polymer Science
➡️Lecturer/Senior Lectuere/Reader/Professor in Membrane Science (2 posts)
➡️Tenure Track Research Fellow (6 posts)
➡️Laboratory Manager
⏲️Deadline 29th April
🚨Adverts for the first wave of #AIME positions are now officially live!🚨
We are recruiting 3 academics, 6 tenure-tracked fellows, a Laboratory Manager and an Institute Manager (internal only).
Info and application links here ➡️ jobs.ac.uk/enhanced/linking/…
Please share widely!!
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We are featured in the March edition of Water Magazine (@watermagtweets) - check out the article here: tinyurl.com/39k7pcth
#AIME #water #membrane @AstonPress
The March edition of Water Magazine is out now... Read it for free by visiting:
watermagazine.co.uk
#water #waterindustry #watermagazine #waterindustrymagazine #waternews #waterindustrynews #wastewaterindustry #wastewater #stormwater #watertreatment #wastewatertreatment
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Prof. Paul Topham (tinyurl.com/3az5jdj5) is also a Co-Director of #AIME. Paul's research focuses on sustainable polymer materials. He is the coordinator of the Molecular Design of Polymers for Biomedical Applications (MEDIPOL) @HorizonEU project: medipol-project.eu/
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Abstract submission for the 8th MTB conference is closing soon! Don't forget to submit yours before March 8th! mtb2024.org
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This is the @EPSRC project that @GeorgiaLucyMai1 has just started working on @AstonEPS! Check out our recent work in this area published in @ChemicalScience doi.org/10.1039/D3SC06717C
🌟Wonderful news for @AstonUniversity! The University received nearly half a million grant to explore the use of gel electrolyte materials to improve lithium-ion batteries, mostly used in #ElectricVehicles and #electronics.
Want to know more about it? 👇
aston.ac.uk/latest-news/asto…
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This is an amazing opportunity to join our team! Deadline is 29th March!
🚨Adverts for the first wave of #AIME positions are now officially live!🚨
We are recruiting 3 academics, 6 tenure-tracked fellows, a Laboratory Manager and an Institute Manager (internal only).
Info and application links here ➡️ jobs.ac.uk/enhanced/linking/…
Please share widely!!
Alfred Fernandez retweeted
🚨Adverts for the first wave of #AIME positions are now officially live!🚨
We are recruiting 3 academics, 6 tenure-tracked fellows, a Laboratory Manager and an Institute Manager (internal only).
Info and application links here ➡️ jobs.ac.uk/enhanced/linking/…
Please share widely!!
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Exciting times here at @AstonUniversity with the creation of @AstonAIME! Follow us for updates, including job adverts that will go live soon 👀
Hello world 🌍 We are a BRAND NEW research institute at @AstonUniversity funded by @UKRI_News @ResEngland, officially being opened in August 2024. Check out our website aston.ac.uk/research/aime and make sure to follow us here for exciting updates! #AIME #welovemembranes