Scott Coughlin

The journey from the environment to a single bio-molecule – looking at the biosphere to help down plastic waste. I’m excited to share our new paper, where we asked: can microbes that break down natural polymers also help tackle synthetic plastics?

Check out our new preprint: first author @microscottic has identified new plastic-degrading bacterial isolates from environments abundant in plant-derived polymers @Stephen_A_Kelly biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Never even liked tennis anyway.

Huge congratulations to Dr Scott Coughlin @microscottic on his graduation this week. Scott is the first PhD graduate from the Megaw lab #proudsupervisor

Delighted to have our manuscript on plastic colonisers accepted by Sustainable Microbiology this morning. First author Adam McFall has also created a visual representation of our cooperative group biofilm secreting this publication (Figure 1). Great work!

Huge congratulations to Dr Scott Coughlin @SC011C on a successful PhD viva this morning. Thanks to Peter Golyshin and @deepakkumar3san for examining, Irene Grant for chairing, and @BethanJohnson7 for the amazing cake featuring Fondant Scott 🎉

54 years ago today, #Apollo11 launched…Eagle soaring from Earth atop the Saturn V, bound for the Moon. It seems like only yesterday that we embarked on the mission of a lifetime – a mission for all mankind, a mission I hope will continue to inspire well into our future.

Ever wondered what impact ocean plastic has on microbial life? The latest feature in #TheMicrobiologist explores just that. Discover the plastisphere, microbial adhesion and potential uses in medicine & biotech #WorldEnvironmentDay #BeatPlasticPollution the-microbiologist.com/features/lesso…

Can microbes save the planet? Genetic engineering and accelerated evolution of microbes aim to help climate change go.nature.com/43tQRUC