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Afternoon all, and thanks for joining me for the very first episode of #ChemEngCatchUp<\/a>. This will be a monthly series in which I chat to the School<\/a>\u2019s researchers, alumni, and students, to further communicate the story of chemical engineering and analytical sciences at The University of Manchester<\/a>. You can expect to hear from the series on the final Friday of every month.<\/p>\n

\"James
James enjoying the sights during a recent work related trip!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I first spoke to Dr James Winterburn<\/a> after watching his talk at one of the University\u2019s open days. I was still fairly new in my role then, and having just begun to work on\u00a0the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Sciences\u2019 digital presence, I have to admit that my knowledge of their subjects was minimal. James\u2019s talk was called \u2018What is Chemical Engineering?\u2019 While it may have been aimed at the teenagers considering whether or not to come and study here in Manchester, it gave me a good grounding in the topic which has helped me immensely as I\u2019ve progressed in my role. So cheers for that, James!<\/p>\n

Chatting after his talk, we batted a few ideas around, and I mentioned the blog that I was planning. He showed an interest, even at such an early stage. I decided back then that he should be the first person I interviewed for the blog, and just a few months later here we are:<\/p>\n

Hi James. Thanks so much for chatting to us. We\u2019ll start with a nice easy one: can you please describe your research, for the layman, in ten sentences or less?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sure, so my research is all about making chemicals that we currently get from oil using microorganisms – using living cells.<\/p>\n

There are lots of different microorganisms that nature\u2019s designed that make plastics, surfactants (the molecules that are in cleaning products), and a whole range of other things. My research is all about how we can take these things that nature\u2019s designed, improve on them, and design processes to actually exploit them. A lot of that involves what we call fermentation, but rather than brewing, or making bread or cheese, we\u2019re making plastics, say.<\/p>\n

To do that we really have to design processes. And really, as a chemical engineer, it comes down to how we can get the cells to make the products more efficiently – so make more of them – and then how we can separate out what we\u2019ve made.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s the key challenge, actually. So when we\u2019ve made our product, our plastic that we\u2019re interested in, there\u2019s a whole host of other things around that which we have to pick the plastic out from. We get rid of everything else, reuse it, and then we can purify and have the plastic that we need, say.<\/p>\n

And in what ways does your research benefit the general public?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The main benefit of my research is all to do with producing chemicals that we need sustainably.<\/p>\n

So at the minute we get a lot of our chemicals from oil, and we\u2019re very dependent on oil. And in the future we need to reduce our dependency on oil. So my research is all about making these chemicals, but using microorganisms. So it\u2019s an alternative route to these chemicals using living cells.<\/p>\n

And in doing that we can also use renewable things, or waste, to actually feed to the cells – these microorganisms – to produce the chemicals we need.<\/p>\n

So as an example, we might take orange peel. So if there\u2019s a juice manufacturer and they make lots of orange juice, we might be able to take that orange peel, extract sugar from it, and then feed that to the cells so tat they will make plastic for us, say. So what we\u2019re doing there, as chemical engineers, is we\u2019re designing processes to transform waste into useful products, reducing our dependency on oil, and we\u2019re adding value. We\u2019re taking waste that the juice manufacturer, in this case, probably has to pay to dispose of, and turning that into something that people need and will pay for. So we add value to that orange peel waste, in this instance.<\/p>\n

Thanks, James \u2013 fascinating stuff. Can you tell us how you first got interested in this research area?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

So my interest in my research area, in industrial biotechnology and fermentation processes, really started with my PhD actually.<\/p>\n

\"James
James recently visited a Colombian coffee plantation to conduct some exciting research. Here he is with some of the workers. And a cuppa, of course.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I was finishing my undergraduate degree I did a research dissertation as part of my fourth year project. I really enjoyed doing research – the excitement and the idea that you were kind of trying to find something new, trying to understand things that people hadn\u2019t understood fully before, or find new ways of looking at problems and, really, new solutions to these problems.<\/p>\n

So when it came to my PhD, that\u2019s when I started paying interest into biological processes. And then I really understood that there\u2019s this whole host of things already out there that we can exploit: these microorganisms that we could exploit to make chemicals if we had efficient processes.<\/p>\n

Now that\u2019s sort of carried on, and now I\u2019m really interested in not only designing the process to utilise these microorganisms that already exist, but also collaborating and working with people who can actually engineer and modify and change what the microorganisms will do, as well.<\/p>\n

Going back a little further, then, is there anyone or anything that first inspired your interest in science and engineering?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Yeah, so I think the way I kind of got into engineering, and becoming an academic in chemical engineering, involved a lot of luck. Some conscious decisions as well, but really it was sort of a random path that ended up in the right place. I think I\u2019m in the right place for me, and that\u2019s because what I always had was curiosity.<\/p>\n

So when I was younger I\u2019d get a new toy, I remember my dad bought me a remote control car once \u2013 I\u2019d pestered him for ages \u2013 and I got it and within about an hour I\u2019d taken it to bits. And then I couldn\u2019t put it back together again. So I had this curiosity about how do things work \u2013 I always wanted to understand how things worked. And that\u2019s really what I carried with me as I got a bit older.<\/p>\n

I had a next door neighbour who used to repair little two-step petrol lawnmowers for people who had them and I started helping him. Taking these lawnmowers to bits and cleaning them up and fixing them again.\u00a0And then, as my education carried on, I got more interested in sort of understanding these things on a more fundamental level – so, how can I use the maths that I know to describe these things? And really that carried on through.<\/p>\n

There wasn\u2019t, I don\u2019t think, one person or one teacher that inspired me to do that. But I think it was that natural curiosity and that process carrying on.<\/p>\n

\"James
James with his trio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And what about your interests outside of work? What do you get up to in your spare time?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Okay, outside of work I do a few different things really.<\/p>\n

I think my main interest is music. So I play bass, mainly in a big band \u2013 a jazz orchestra. I play in an eighteen piece jazz orchestra. We rehearse once a week and we have gigs every so often. And that\u2019s probably the\u2026 well; music\u2019s the main thing I do.<\/p>\n

So I have a trio, as well. We do various gigs here and there. And that\u2019s great because it\u2019s a total detachment from what I do in academia. Music and playing in a big band, it\u2019s all about sight reading, so it\u2019s a very involving process. But it\u2019s a totally different type of challenge to the intellectual challenge I deal with every day. So for me, that\u2019s a release.<\/p>\n

And I have a whole group of people who really aren\u2019t anything to do with my work. And that again kind of gets you out and I find it very relaxing. So even on a Tuesday when I have big band and I have to rush from work and go back home to Warrington and I have to get to rehearsal \u2013 when I get there it\u2019s relaxing and it\u2019s a release.<\/p>\n

So music\u2019s the big thing, really!<\/p>\n

Sounds exciting, James \u2013 and I\u2019m loving the photo. Okay, then. We\u2019ll move back to work for the final question. Could you tell us how being here in Manchester has helped your work and research?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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So I think, actually, that I\u2019m slightly unusual in that my whole research career has been here at Manchester. So I came here for my PhD and what attracted me here was the project I had. And also the facilities and the research environment. And, outside of the University, the city itself.<\/p>\n

So is stayed here for my PhD, I did a post-doc here, and then I\u2019ve got my lectureship, my permanent academic position here.<\/p>\n

I think for me it\u2019s a combination of the facilities, the research environment, and most importantly, actually, the people. I find the University a very friendly, very engaging place to work. It\u2019s full of interesting people. And that\u2019s probably true of a lot of universities, but I think especially the community feeling in Manchester, and how friendly my colleagues are, is really what has kept me here.<\/p>\n

I guess I\u2019m comfortable here, but comfortable in a good way. Comfortable in a way that allows me to get on with my research and be happy and really thoroughly enjoy what I do, which I think is the key thing to doing research.<\/p>\n

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Well, what a hugely positive note to end on. It\u2019s great to hear one of our researchers talk in such glowing terms about their time in the School and the University.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks a lot for taking part in the first #ChemEngCatchUp, James \u2013 it was really great to get such a fascinating insight into the work you do here.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And to all the readers, thank you for joining us. In around a month\u2019s time, the #ChemEngCatchUp will return with Dr Thomas Vetter. And,\u00a0if that just seems like too long to wait, there will be plenty of other posts on the blog to keep you going in the interval!<\/strong><\/p>\n

See you all soon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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