Investigator / Supervisor details

NameProfessor Chris Willis
Current InstitutionUniversity of Bristol
Current DepartmentChemistry
Institution websitehttp://www.bris.ac.uk
Previous Institutions

Current Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
BB/T001968/1 Unlocking the potential of engineered C-C bond forming enzymes for biocatalysis Co-investigator 770,153 Research Grant
BB/W008823/1 New tools for elucidating natural product biosynthesis in-situ at atomic resolution Co-investigator 782,683 Research Grant

Completed Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
00/A2/E/06056 Synthesis and biosynthesis of highly reduced fungal polyketide metabolites Principal Supervisor 37,132 Studentships
02/A2/E/08050 Exploiting enzymes from marine organisms as new biocatalysts Principal Supervisor 41,845 Studentships
97/A1/B/03076 Synthesis of marine natural products and isotopically labelled biosynthetic precursors Principal Supervisor 32,558 Studentships
B10959 Structure of membrane transport proteins determined by solid-state NMR: synthesis of labelled amino acids and ligands Co-investigator 190,256 Research Grant
BB/E022367/1 Biosynthesis of polyketide antibiotic mupirocin by Pseudomonas fluorescens Co-investigator 356,385 Research Grant
BB/I003355/1 Understanding programming in highly reducing iterative fungal polyketide synthases - a structural and mechanistic approach Co-investigator 684,600 Research Grant
BB/I006478/1 Structure and mechanism of a trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthase Co-investigator 335,596 Research Grant
BB/I014039/1 Novel hybrid anti-MRSA antibiotics from manipulation of the mupirocin and thiomarinol biosynthetic pathways Co-investigator 434,747 Research Grant
BB/L01386X/1 BrisSynBio: Bristol Centre for Synthetic Biology Co-investigator 13,528,180 Research Grant
BB/P504804/1 Natural Product Leads to Selective Fungicides and Herbicides Principal Investigator 96,696 Training Grants
BB/R007853/1 Structural and Mechanistic Investigations of Antibiotic Production in Bacteria Principal Investigator 724,351 Research Grant
BBS/OS/GC/000004 Synthetic biology collaborations to support natural product discovery and exploitation in South East Asia Co-investigator 19,645 Research Grant
BBS/S/L/2003/10185 Highly reduced fungal polyketide metabolites: isolation of fungal PKS genes Principal Supervisor 44,773 Studentships
BBS/S/P/2003/10290 Novel enzymes from Lynbya majuscula: Mechanistic studies and their value as biocatalysts Principal Supervisor 44,773 Studentships
C01207 Molecular cloning, heterologous expression and characterisation of gibberellin 20-oxidases Principal Investigator 122,113 Research Grant
CS05318 Enzymatic methods for the enantioselective synthesis of novel alpha-hydroxy acids alpha-amino acids and polyhydroxylated compounds Principal Investigator 136,623 Research Grant
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