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2024

Martinaud, Emma, Hierro-Iglesias, Carmen, Hammerton, James, Hadad, Bawan, Evans, Robert, Sacharczuk, Jakub, Lester, Daniel, Derry, Matthew J., Topham, Paul D. and Fernandez-Castane, Alfred (2024). Valorising cassava peel waste into plasticized polyhydroxyalkanoates blended with polycaprolactone with controllable thermal and mechanical properties. Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 32 (8), pp. 3503-3515.

Fernandez-Castane, Alfred, Li, Hong, Ebeler, Moritz, Franzreb, Matthias, Overton, Tim W. and Thomas, Owen R.T. (2024). A scalable biomanufacturing platform for bacterial magnetosomes. Food and Bioproducts Processing, 144 , pp. 110-122.

Hierro-Iglesias, Carmen, Fatokun, Cornelius O., Chimphango, Annie, Bayitse, Richard, Blanco Sanchez, Paula Helena, Thornley, Patricia and Fernandez-Castane, Alfred (2024). Process integration for efficient conversion of cassava peel waste into polyhydroxyalkanoates. Journal of Environmental Chemical engineering, 12 (1),

Fernandez-Castane, Alfred (2024). Enhancing students’ digital skills through a Biotechnology & Bioprocessing module designed for chemical engineers. Cogent Education, 11 (1),

2023

Ezema, B.O., Omeje, K.O., Ozioko, J.N., Fernandez-Castane, A. and Oscar O. Eze, S. (2023). Biodiesel potential of Cucumeropsis mannii (white melon) seed oil: A neglected and underutilized resource in Nigeria. Heliyon, 9 (6),

Masó-Martínez, Marta, Fryer, Benjamin, Aubert, Dimitri, Peacock, Benjamin, Lees, Rebecca, Rance, Graham A., Fay, Michael W., Topham, Paul D. and Fernández-Castané, Alfred (2023). Evaluation of cell disruption technologies on magnetosome chain length and aggregation behaviour from Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR-1. Frontiers In Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 11 ,

2022

Hierro-Iglesias, Carmen, Chimphango, Annie, Thornley, Patricia and Fernández-Castané, Alfred (2022). Opportunities for the development of cassava waste biorefineries for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates in Sub-Saharan Africa. Biomass and Bioenergy, 166 ,

Welleweerd, Marcel K., Hageman, Tijmen, Pichel, Marc, van As, Dave, Keizer, Hans, Hendrix, Jordi, Micheal, Mina M., Khalil, Islam S. M., Mir, Alveena, Korkmaz, Nuriye, Kräwinkel, Robbert, Chevrier, Daniel M., Faivre, Damien, Fernandez-Castane, Alfred, Pfeiffer, Daniel and Abelmann, Leon (2022). An open-source automated magnetic optical density meter for analysis of suspensions of magnetic cells and particles. Review of scientific instruments, 93 (9), 094101.

Pasini, Martina, Fernandez-Castane, Alfred, Caminal, Gloria, Overton, Tim W. and Ferrer, Pau (2022). Process Intensification at the expression system level for the production of 1-phosphate aldolase in antibiotic-free E. coli fed-batch cultures. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, 49 (4),

Ezema, Benjamin. O., Omeje, Kingsley. O., Bill, Roslyn M., Goddard, Alan D., O. Eze, Sabinus Oscar and Fernandez-Castane, Alfred (2022). Bioinformatic characterization of a triacylglycerol lipase produced by Aspergillus flavus isolated from the decaying seed of Cucumeropsis mannii. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics ,

2021

Hierro-Iglesias, Carmen, Maso-Martinez, Marta, Dulai, Jugraj, Chong, Katie, Blanco Sanchez, Paula Helena and Fernandez-Castane, Alfred (2021). Magnetotactic Bacteria-Based Biorefinery: Potential for Generating Multiple Products from a Single Fermentation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 9 (31), pp. 10537-10546.

Zakrzewska, M.E., Nunes, Ana V. M., Barot, Aarti R., Fernandez-Castane, Alfred, Višak, Zoran, Kiatkittipong, Worapon and Najdanovic, Vesna (2021). Extraction of antibiotics using aqueous two-phase systems based on ethyl lactate and thiosulphate salts. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 539 ,

Fernandez-Castane, Alfred, Overton, Tim W., Li, Hong, Joseph, Stephan, Ebeler, Moritz, Franzreb, Matthias, Bracewell, Daniel and Thomas, Owen R.T. (2021). Nanoparticle tracking analysis as a process analytical tool for characterising magnetosome preparations. Food and Bioproducts Processing, 127 , pp. 426-434.

2020

Annamalai, Neelamegam, Sivakumar, Nallusamy, Fernandez-Castane, Alfred and Oleskowicz-Popiel, Piotr (2020). Production of microbial lipids utilizing volatile fatty acids derived from wastepaper: A biorefinery approach for biodiesel production. Fuel, 276 ,

Abdelrazig, Salah, Safo, Laudina, Rance, Graham A., Fay, Michael W., Theodosiou, Eirini, Topham, Paul D., Kim, Dong-hyun and Fernández-castané, Alfred (2020). Metabolic characterisation of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR-1 using LC-MS-based metabolite profiling. RSC advances, 10 (54), pp. 32548-32560.

2018

Fernandez-Castane, Alfred, Li, Hong, Thomas, Owen R.T. and Overton, Tim W. (2018). Development of a simple intensified fermentation strategy for growth of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR-1:Physiological responses to changing environmental conditions. New Biotechnology, 46 , pp. 22-30.

Gomes, Cláudia Sg, Fashina, Adedayo, Fernández-castané, Alfred, Overton, Timothy W, Hobley, Timothy J, Theodosiou, Eirini and Thomas, Owen Rt (2018). Magnetic hydrophobic-charge induction adsorbents for the recovery of immunoglobulins from antiserum feedstocks by high-gradient magnetic fishing. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 93 (7), pp. 1901-1915.

2017

Fernandez-Castane, Alfred, Li, Hong, Thomas, Owen R.T. and Overton, Tim W. (2017). Flow cytometry as a rapid analytical tool to determine physiological responses to changing O2 and iron concentration by Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense strain MSR-1. Scientific Reports, 7 ,

2012

Fernández-castané, Alfred, Caminal, Glòria and López-santín, Josep (2012). Direct measurements of IPTG enable analysis of the induction behavior of E. coli in high cell density cultures. Microbial Cell Factories, 11 (1),