Mark Blenner

This study evolves a Candida maltosa strain to improve bioconversion of plastic waste feedstock by enhancing biosurfactant production and membrane permeability.

This paper develops a high-throughput assay to detect enzymatic oxidation of polyethylene, enabling rapid screening of enzymes that catalyze the first step of polyolefin biodeconstruction.

This study identifies hydrophobins as key proteins enabling fungal binding to microplastics, offering potential strategies for mitigating microplastic-related health risks.

This paper introduces genetically-encoded fluorescence barcodes using spectral flow cytometry for single-cell analysis, demonstrating high classification accuracy for most barcodes.

This paper identifies DyP peroxidases from mealworms that oxidize low-density polyethylene, initiating biological deconstruction and providing molecular targets for scalable PE upcycling.

The paper identifies stress-responsive biomarkers in CHO cells that could be used to engineer stress-resistant cell lines for improved bioreactor productivity.

This study attempts to replicate two recent claims of enzymatic degradation of polyethylene and poly(vinyl chloride) but finds no activity under various conditions, suggesting previous results may have been misinterpreted.

The paper identifies a large extra-nuclear circular DNA (eccDNA) replicon in Amaranthus palmeri that contains the EPSPS gene and other genes involved in glyphosate resistance and genomic plasticity.

The paper validates genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 function in Yarrowia lipolytica by quantifying sgRNA efficiency and identifying high-efficiency guides for 94% of genes.