Developing smart biowall coating with engineered methanotroph strains for urban methane control
- To isolate and characterize native methanotrophic bacterial strains to evaluate their methane oxidation potential under varying environmental conditions.
- To apply targeted genetic engineering to the most efficient methanotroph strain and evaluate its enhanced methane oxidation performance through molecular and biochemical analyses.
- To develop a functional coating matrix by optimizing microbe–matrix interactions to ensure sustained viability and activity of methanotrophs and develop method for application of the bio-coating on walls, surfaces or structures prone to methane emissions.
About University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
UVAS is a large public research university headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan, with a long-standing, professionally oriented mission and campuses across Punjab. Its industry-facing model combines teaching and research with animal hospitals, farms, production facilities, clinical and diagnostic laboratories, and extension services. The Ravi Campus in Pattoki provides roughly 1,000 acres for hands-on training and production-oriented research. An Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization supports partnerships, IP, licensing, technology transfer, and university–industry linkages. Research is supported by Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission, Pakistan Science Foundation, Pakistan Agriculture Research Council, and the Punjab Agriculture Research Board.
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