Investigator / Supervisor details

NameProfessor Simon McQueen-Mason
Current InstitutionUniversity of York
Current DepartmentBiology
Institution websitehttp://www.york.ac.uk
Previous Institutions

Current Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
BB/S009779/1 Biomass Biorefinery Network (BBNet) Co-investigator 1,371,657 Research Grant
BB/T001496/1 Harnessing invertebrate wood digestion systems Co-investigator 591,772 Research Grant
BB/V000365/1 New Enzymatic Virulence Factors In Phytophthora Infestans Co-investigator 519,276 Research Grant
BB/W000695/1 Unlocking the metabolic potential of the exceptional lignocellulose degrading fungus Parascedosporium putredinis N01 Co-investigator 574,968 Research Grant
BB/W018721/1 CANADA: NO LOST CARBON - the transition to Net Zero Co-investigator 51,021 Research Grant
BB/W019272/1 Fast and Sensitive Mass Spectrometry Co-investigator 790,525 Research Grant

Completed Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
96/A2/P/02598 Expansions in eucalyptus trees Principal Supervisor 42,751 Studentships
97/A1/C/03575 Mechanical and biochemical properties of stomatal guard cell walls Principal Supervisor 32,558 Studentships
98/A1/P/04593 Investigation of novel adhesive proteins from plants Principal Supervisor 39,568 Studentships
98/B1/D/04598 High resolution mechanical and structural analysis of the vegetative shoot meristem Principal Supervisor 39,568 Studentships
99/A1/P/05513 Role of expansins in gravitropism Principal Supervisor 35,156 Studentships
BB/C512688/1 An integrated approach to understanding desiccation tolerance with applications in the food industry Principal Investigator 292,201 Research Grant
BB/D521481/1 An essential role for arabinan breakdown during Arabidopsis seedling establishment Principal Investigator 280,172 Research Grant
BB/G016178/1 New tools for the realization of cost-effective liquid biofuels from plant biomass (revised costs) Principal Investigator 1,665,130 Research Grant
BB/G016194/1 Cell wall lignin programme: Manipulating lignin to improve biofuel conversion of plant biomass Principal Investigator 365,687 Research Grant
BB/G016801/1 BBSRC Targeted Priority Studentship Bid Biology_York 2008 Co-investigator 446,460 Training Grants
BB/H020616/1 MRes in Computational Biology Co-investigator 223,204 Training Grants
BB/H531419/1 Exploring the genetics of stem digestibility and biofuel potential in rice Principal Investigator 25,581 Research Grant
BB/I018492/1 Bilateral BBSRC-FAPESP / Targeted analysis of microbial lignocellulolytic secretomes - a new approach to enzyme discovery. Co-investigator 493,661 Research Grant
BB/I023305/1 Vietnam Partnership Biofuels Meeting Principal Investigator 4,200 Research Grant
BB/J013838/1 DEVELOPING A CEREAL STRAW BIOREFINERY USING RICE AS A MODEL AND A FEEDSTOCK Principal Investigator 50,000 Research Grant
BB/K020358/1 RICEFUEL: Engineering enzymes, bacteria and bioconversion processes for advanced biofuels from waste grain straw Co-investigator 1,393,966 Research Grant
BB/K021222/1 Establishing a Joint UK-South America Partnership in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy Principal Investigator 10,081 Research Grant
BB/L001926/1 Learning from marine wood borers; enzymes and mechanisms of lignocellulose digestion Principal Investigator 2,820,184 Research Grant
BB/L013738/1 Plant Biomass Biorefinery Network (PBBNet) Principal Investigator 1,120,759 Research Grant
BB/L026775/1 Developing feedstock and products for straw-based biorefineries Principal Investigator 52,634 Research Grant
BB/M012697/1 GLYCONEER-An automated oligosaccharide synthesiser to transform glycobiology research within the University of York, and the UK glycoscience community Co-investigator 319,224 Research Grant
BB/M014916/1 Advanced biofuels and bioenergy from municipal solid waste Principal Investigator 95,042 Training Grants
BB/M028445/1 Establishing a joint UK-Brazil Partnership in Bioenergy Co-investigator 10,000 Research Grant
BB/M502881/1 BBSRC Strategic LoLa Studentship Learning from marine wood borers enzymes and mechanisms of lignocellulose digestion Principal Investigator 379,704 Training Grants
BB/N013689/1 Developing rice resources for resilience to climate change and mitigation of carbon emissions Principal Investigator 787,883 Research Grant
BB/N023269/1 MaxBio - Maximizing Conversion Yields in Biorefining Co-investigator 443,648 Research Grant
BB/P022499/1 DEVELOPING RICE STRAW FOR ANIMAL FEED Principal Investigator 564,234 Research Grant
BB/P022995/1 Development of novel value chain from cocoa pod husks in Indonesia: Technological, environmental and socio-economic challenges of a value chain Co-investigator 606,254 Research Grant
BB/P02372X/1 Omnivore: a multi-feedstock biorefinery Principal Investigator 198,864 Research Grant
BB/P025501/1 Biorefining oil palm waste residues Co-investigator 29,980 Research Grant
BB/P025951/1 Australia-UK Interdisciplinary partnership to speed cereal breeding Co-investigator 30,612 Research Grant
BB/R012547/1 Exploring the commercial potential of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases in the control of agricultural pests and disease vectors Principal Investigator 9,648 Research Grant
BB/R013403/1 High definition ion-mobility mass spectrometry and imaging for metabolomics, lipidomics and glycomics Co-investigator 679,848 Research Grant
BB/R020167/1 Establishing a Joint UK-Argentina Partnership in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy Principal Investigator 30,285 Research Grant
BB/S01196X/1 Newton Bhabha Industrial Waste: Reducing Industrial Waste from Sugarcane Processing in India Principal Investigator 711,828 Research Grant
BB/S018735/1 Targeting Plant Pathogens Through LPMO Gene Silencing Co-investigator 202,318 Research Grant
BB/T017023/1 Bio-Manufacturing textiles from waste Principal Investigator 628,992 Research Grant
BB/V003593/1 Harnessing sustainable development opportunities from oil palm waste: Black Soldier fly larvae as a novel income stream in Malaysia Co-investigator 75,254 Research Grant
BBS/OS/NW/000021 Rice Straw for Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy Principal Investigator 20,000 Research Grant
BBS/S/B/2003/12475 Role of arabinans in cell wall material properties Principal Supervisor 49,272 Studentships
D06465 Using expansins to alter cell walls in transgenic tomato plants Principal Investigator 155,212 Research Grant
D14256 Mechanical properties of primary plant cell walls by micro-stretchin in vivo Co-investigator 158,492 Research Grant
P09350 Production of recombinant adhesive protein in plants Principal Investigator 193,187 Research Grant
P11582 Studies of expansin structure and function Principal Investigator 208,700 Research Grant
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