Publications

Engineering Biology Applications for Environmental Solutions: Potential and Challenges. Lea-Smith DJ, Hassard F, Coulon F, Partridge N, Horsfall L, Parker KDJ, Smith RDJ, McCarthy RR, McKew B, Gutierrez T, Kumar V, Dotro G, Yang Z, EBIC partners, Krasnogor N, 14 April 2024, In : Nature Comms. 2025, 16, 3538.

Meet the microbes revolutionising the sustainable recovery of critical metals. Bunn F, Capeness M, Horsfall L, 5 Feb 2025, In : The Microbiologist

Characterization and Reuse of Lithium-ion Battery Cathode Material Recovered Through a Bacterial Process. Echavarri-Bravo V, Marsland I, Jensen MBV, Kirk C, Horsfall LE, 28 Feb 2025, In : Adv Energy Materials, Early view

A novel closed-loop biotechnology for recovery of cobalt from a lithium-ion battery active cathode material. Pakostova, E., Graves, J., Latvyte, E., Maddalena, G., Horsfall, L.17 July 2024, In : Microbiology 2024;170:001475

Scaling-up Engineering Biology for Enhanced Environmental Solutions. Hassard, F., Curtis, T.P., Dotro, G.C., Golyshin, P., Gutierrez, T., Heaven, S., Horsfall, L., Jefferson, B., Jones, D.L., Krasnogor, N., Kumar, V., Lea-Smith, D.J., Le Corre Pidou, K., Liu, Y., Lyu, T., McCarthy, R.R., McKew, B., Smith, C., Yakunin, A., Yang, Z., Zhang, Y., Coulon, F. 21 Jun 2024, In : ACS Synth Biol. 13(6):1586-1588

Utilising Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) to Track the Oxidation of Lignin by an Alkaliphilic Laccase Towle, Z., Cruickshank, F., Mackay, C.L., Clarke, D.J., Horsfall, L.E. 21 April 2024, In : Analyst 149, 2399-2411 

A toolbox for improved recycling of critical metals and materials in low-carbon technologiesZante, G., Elgar, C.E., Hartley, J.M., Mukherjee, R., Kettle, J., Horsfall, L.E., Walton, A., Harper, G., Abbott, A.P.1 February 2024, In : RSC Sustainability 2, 320-347

Roadmap for a sustainable circular economy in lithium-ion and future battery technologies Harper, G.D.J. et al.20 February 2023, In : J. Phys. Energy 5, 021501

Selective bacterial separation of critical metals: towards a sustainable method for recycling lithium ion batteries Echavarri- Bravo, V., Amari, H., Hartley, J., Maddalena, G., Kirk, C., Tuijtel, M.W., Browning, N., Horsfall, L.7 November 2022, In : Green Chem. 24, 8512-8522.

Palladium Nanoparticles from Desulfovibrio alaskensis G20 Catalyze Biocompatible Sonogashira and Biohydrogenation Cascades Era, Y., Dennis, J.A., Horsfall, L.E., Wallace, S.19 October 2022, In : JACS Au 2, 11, 2446-2452

Synthetic biology landscape in the UK Wachter, G.K.A., Gallup, O., Bayne, J., Horsfall, L.9 August 2022, In : Biotechnology Notes 3, 70-74.

Pore dynamics and asymmetric cargo loading in an encapsulin nanocompartment Ross, J., McIver, Z., Lambert, T., Piergentili, C., Gallagher, K.J., Bird, J.E., Cruickshank, F.L., Zarazúa-Arvizu, E., Horsfall, L.E., Waldron, K.J., Wilson, M.D., Mackay, C.L., Baslé, A., Clarke, D.J., Marles-Wright, J. .28 Jan 2022, In : Sci Adv. 8(4):eabj4461.

Micellar catalysis of the Suzuki Miyaura reaction using biogenic Pd nanoparticles from Desulfovibrio alaskensis Era, Y., Dennis, J. A., Wallace, S., Horsfall, L.E. 11 Oct 2021, In : Green Chem. 23:8886-8890

New Methods for the Synthesis of Spirocyclic Cephalosporin Analogues Zhao, A.X., Horsfall, L.E., Hulme, A.N.5 Oct 2021, In : Molecules 26(19):6035.

Synthetic biology approaches towards the recycling of metals from the environment Capeness, M.J. & Horsfall, L.E.28 Aug 2020, In : Biochem Soc Trans. 48(4):1367-1378.

Understanding the role of SilE in the production of metal nanoparticles by Morganella psychrotolerans using MicroScale Thermophoresis Pantidos, N. & Horsfall, L.25 Mar 2020, In : N. Biotechnol. 55:1-4.