MICROBIOLOGY AT INTERFACES MANCHESTER
Grants
2021 2024 EU Horizon 2020 Widespread H2020
SURFace MODification to reduce microbial and organic fouling in the food industry (SURFMOD).
PI University of Porto, Portugal
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
University Medical Centre, Groningen, Netherlands
£830,000
2020 2021 EPSRC Funding for 2.5 day workshop
Roadmapping Quantitative Understanding of Cleaning and Decontamination.
Joint PI University of Cambridge
Joint PI University of Manchester
University of Birmingham
£25,100
2019 Consultancy Industrial
Testing cleaning formulations.
Industrial partner
PI K. Whitehead
£11,000
2018 2022 FEUP-LEPABE Young Researcher Award.
Surface modification to reduce microbial and organic fouling in the dairy industry.
PI University of Porto, Portugal.
2018 2021 Independent Research Fund Denmark
Stabilization of colloidal food materials by surface engineering of bacteria.
PI University of Copenhagen, Denmark
~£594,000
2018 2021 Academic Research
Oral microbial markers as predictors of Chronic Kidney Disease.
PI Liverpool John Moores
£72,000
2018 2021 Industrial Research
Cleaning and surface modification to deter biofouling and biofilm formation.
Industrial partner
PI K. Whitehead
£28,200
2018 2021 Clinical Research
Wound infection following Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgery – a measure of predictive surgical and transmission factors on patient outcomes.
PI K. Whitehead
MRI NHS
£42,000
2018 2018 Industrial Consultancy.
Disinfection control in water cooling tanks used in polymer extrusion.
Industrial partner
PI K. Whitehead
£10,000
2017 2020 Innovate UK KTP.
Use innovative surface contamination detection systems to develop a novel algorithm to relate surface contamination and processing conditions in the food processing industry to inform effective cleaning products and regimes to inform customer product selection and guide ongoing product development.
Industrial partner
PI K. Whitehead
£220,000
2016 2019 Academic Research
Antimicrobial efficacies for metal ions and graphene-based compounds against Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii and Enterococcus faecium in the absence and presence of conditioning films.
PI K. Whitehead
University of Leeds
University of Manchester
£90,000
2016 BBSRC and Innovate UK.
Rational modification of lactams for improved efficacy in home care applications.
Unilever
PI K. Whitehead
£50,240
2014 2017 Sir Halley Stewart Trust.
Modification of platelet bag surfaces for prevention of bacterial biofilm growth in platelet concentrates.
CoI
£25,975
2014 New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the European
Commission
Facilitating Research and Innovation co-operation between Europe and New Zealand
PI K. Whitehead
£4,200
2013 2016 Innovate UK KTP
Antimicrobial fabrics to deter biofilm formation
Industrial partner
CoI
£220,015.