Other Name
Sponsor Type
Academic
Country
United States
Grant Types
Fellowship/Scholarship/Dissertation Training/Course
 Contact Info
Email
mfoston@wustl.edu
Address
1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130
Last modified on 2024-10-08 09:42:59
Description
**Our Mission** **To create a circular economy for high performance bio-derived and biodegradable plastics.** Our team is working to create a circular bioplastic economy that has a lower carbon footprint and exhibits advantageous material properties. Plastic waste represents a grand challenge for society, and time is running out to develop the tools to overcome it. Plastic waste pollutes most of the soil and water on our planet to some degree, with Earth’s oceans on track to contain more plastic than fish by 2050, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. To change this pattern, we must create a circular bioplastic economy to eliminate non-biodegradable plastics from polluting our land and sea. We will design synthetic biological materials (SBMs) or bio-derived polymeric materials, with highly tunable properties produced by microorganisms.
Sponsor Relationship

  Synthetic biology Manufacturing of Advanced materials Research Center is a part of:


  No sponsors in our database are part of Synthetic biology Manufacturing of Advanced materials Research Center.

Most Recent Grants from This Sponsor
No grants from this sponsor remain active at the moment.
Deadline Approaching Grants
No grants from this sponsor have deadline within a month period.