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A novel synergistic bioleaching approach to phosphor powder recycling Open

Mark G. Healy, L.E. Robinson, Sébastien Farnaud · 2025

Efficient scalable rare earth separation processes are a topic of great importance as technologies such as renewable energy and electrical vehicles begin to take root. To assist in the amelioration of this issue this paper reports a method…

Strategies for Nickel and Cobalt Mobilisation from Ni-Based Superalloy Residue Powders Using a Sustainable and Cost-Effective Bioleaching Method Open

Andra Manuela Constantin, Stephen J Hall, Fatemeh Pourhossein, Sébastien Farnaud · 2025

The demand for strategic elements, including nickel and cobalt, increases each year due to rapid technological advancements. However, due to their scarcity and environmental concerns, the development of sustainable recycling processes supp…

Editorial: Modern management options for solid waste and by-products: sustainable treatment and environmental benefits Open

Valerio Funari, Maria Chiara Dalconi, Sébastien Farnaud, Javed Nawab, Neha Gupta , et al. · 2024

EDITORIAL article Front. Environ. Sci., 08 March 2024Sec. Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment Volume 12 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1385669

Associations between the gut microbiome and metabolic, inflammatory, and appetitive effects of sleeve gastrectomy Open

Holly Brown, Thomas M. Barber, Derek Renshaw, Sébastien Farnaud, Dominic Oduro‐Donkor , et al. · 2023

Summary The complex and multifactorial etiology of obesity creates challenges for its effective long‐term management. Increasingly, the gut microbiome is reported to play a key role in the maintenance of host health and wellbeing, with its…

A comprehensive review of bioleaching optimization by statistical approaches: recycling mechanisms, factors affecting, challenges, and sustainability Open

Tannaz Naseri, Vahid Beiki, Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi, Sébastien Farnaud · 2023

A serious environmental problem is associated with the accumulation of solid waste on the Earth.

Prior electro-mechanical separation to improve metal recovery from ceramic-rich electronic waste using bioleaching Open

Mahsa Baniasadi, Sébastien Farnaud, Daniel Ray, John E. Graves, Robert Bolton , et al. · 2022

PCBs, as one of the most valuable streams of e-waste, are a considerable source of precious metals, but also contain considerable amounts of plastic and ceramic. These non-metallic fractions interfere with and can inhibit the efficiency of…

Bioleaching for metal recovery from telecoms switchboard Open

Sébastien Farnaud, Mahsa Baniasadi, John E. Graves, Derek Renshaw, Steve Moris · 2022

Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are a necessity for electronic equipment to function especially in the telecommunications industry. From a PCB for broadcasting networks to PCBs for office communications they are what makes electronic communi…

Influence of vitamin D supplementation on immune function of healthy aging people: A pilot randomized controlled trial Open

Honglin Dong, Viktorija Asmolovaite, Sébastien Farnaud, Derek Renshaw · 2022

Objectives This study aims to investigate the influence of vitamin D supplementation on immune function of healthy older adults. Materials and methods Designed as a randomized controlled trial, 21 participants (55–85 years) completed the s…

Periplasmic expression of Pseudomonas fluorescens peroxidase Dyp1B and site-directed mutant Dyp1B enzymes enhances polymeric lignin degradation activity in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 Open

Austine O. Ehibhatiomhan, Rahman Rahman Pour, Sébastien Farnaud, Timothy D. H. Bugg, Sharon Williams · 2022

Influence of Vitamin D Supplement on Immune Function of the Older Healthy People: A Pilot Randomised Control Trial Open

Honglin Dong, Sébastien Farnaud, Derek Renshaw · 2022

Objectives The study aims to investigate the influence of vitamin D (VD) supplement on immune function of the healthy older people. Methods Designed as a randomized control trial, 21 participants (55–85) years old took part and completed t…

Thiourea Leaching: An Update on a Sustainable Approach for Gold Recovery from E-waste Open

Daniel A. Ray, Mahsa Baniasadi, John Graves, A. W. Greenwood, Sébastien Farnaud · 2022

Electronic waste is a dominant global issue with over 50 million tons generated annually. Still, as an amalgamation of precious and rare raw materials, electronic waste is a considerable economic resource with the most valuable components …

Closed-Loop Recycling of Copper from Waste Printed Circuit Boards Using Bioleaching and Electrowinning Processes Open

Mahsa Baniasadi, John Graves, Daniel A. Ray, Angélique Lindamulage De Silva, Derek Renshaw , et al. · 2020

In the present study, a model of closed-loop recycling of copper from PCBs is demonstrated, which involves the sequential application of bioleaching and electrowinning to selectively extract copper. This approach is proposed as part of the…

Hepcidin secretion was not directly proportional to intracellular iron-loading in recombinant-TfR1 HepG2 cells: short communication Open

Kosha J. Mehta, Mark Busbridge, Vinood B. Patel, Sébastien Farnaud · 2020

Advances in bioleaching as a sustainable method for metal recovery from e-waste: A review Open

Mahsa Baniasadi, Farzane Vakilchap, Nazanin Bahaloo-Horeh, Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi, Sébastien Farnaud · 2019

Iron and liver fibrosis: Mechanistic and clinical aspects Open

Kosha J. Mehta, Sébastien Farnaud, Paul Sharp · 2019

Liver fibrosis is characterised by excessive deposition of extracellular matrix that interrupts normal liver functionality. It is a pathological stage in several untreated chronic liver diseases such as the iron overload syndrome hereditar…

A Novel Human Neuronal Cell Model to Study Iron Accumulation in Parkinson’s Disease Open

Kosha J. Mehta, Bushra Ahmed, Sébastien Farnaud · 2019

Objectives: With an estimated seven to ten million sufferers worldwide, Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common age-related neurodegenerative disorder. Progress in elucidating its causes has been slow, partly due to the lack of …

Hydrophobically modified chitosan nanoliposomes for intestinal drug delivery Open

Mohammed Gulrez Zariwala, Harshada Bendre, Anatoliy Markiv, Sébastien Farnaud, Derek Renshaw , et al. · 2018

These findings suggest that addition of OPC during liposome preparation creates robust vesicles that have improved mucoadhesive and absorption enhancing properties. The chitosan derivative OPC therefore provides a novel alternative for for…

Erratum to: HFE mRNA expression is responsive to intracellular and extracellular iron loading: short communication Open

Kosha J. Mehta, Sébastien Farnaud, Vinood B. Patel · 2017

Background: In liver hepatocytes, the HFE gene regulates cellular and systemic iron homeostasis by modulating cellular iron-uptake and producing the iron-hormone hepcidin in response to systemic iron elevation. However, the mechanism of ir…

HFE mRNA expression is responsive to intracellular and extracellular iron loading: short communication Open

Kosha J. Mehta, Sébastien Farnaud, Vinood B. Patel · 2017

The original article has been changed to reflect the correct co-author name: Sebastien Farnaud. The original article was corrected.

Characterization of hepcidin response to holotransferrin in novel recombinant TfR1 HepG2 cells Open

Kosha J. Mehta, Mark Busbridge, Derek Renshaw, Robert W. Evans, Sébastien Farnaud , et al. · 2016

Hepcidin is the key regulator of systemic iron homeostasis. The iron-sensing mechanisms and the role of intracellular iron in modulating hepatic hepcidin secretion are unclear. Therefore, we created a novel cell line, recombinant-TfR1 HepG…

Comparative study of the bioavailability of different iron supplements to bacteria Open

Derek Renshaw, Mohammed Gulrez Zariwala, Sébastien Farnaud · 2016

Objective: \nThe primary purpose of this study was to investigate the ability of some Gram negative bac-teria to acquire different sources of iron in order to identify the iron supplement with lowest bacterial bioavailability.\nMaterial an…

Molecular Effects of Alcohol on Iron Metabolism Open

Kosha J. Mehta, Sébastien Farnaud, Vinood B. Patel · 2015

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This chapter explores the link between iron and alcohol metabolism. Chronic alcohol consumption alters the expression of numerous iron-related proteins, including the liver-secreted systemic iron-r…

Novel whey protein isolate nanocarriers for oral micronutrient delivery Open

Sébastien Farnaud, Derek Renshaw, Satyanarayana Somavarapu, Mohammed Gulrez Zariwala · 2015

Characterisation of hepcidin response to holotransferrin treatment in CHO TRVb-1 cells Open

Kosha J. Mehta, Pamela Greenwell, Derek Renshaw, Mark Busbridge, Mitla Garcia , et al. · 2015

What could insulin teach us about hepcidin? A comparative study between the iron hormone hepcidin and insulin Open

Kosha J. Mehta, Mohammed Gulrez Zariwala, Derek Renshaw, Sébastien Farnaud · 2015

Platform delivery technologies for nutraceutical applications Open

Mohammed Gulrez Zariwala, Silpa Somavarapu, Ronald Evans, Sébastien Farnaud, David Renshaw · 2015

A preliminary study of the link between iron increase in dopaminergic cells and Parkinson's disease Open

Kosha J. Mehta, Bushra Y. Ahmed, Mohammed Gulrez Zariwala, Rebekah C. Evans, Sébastien Farnaud · 2015

NOVEL BETA-CASEIN NANOCARRIERS FOR ORAL IRON DELIVERY Open

Mohammed Gulrez Zariwala, Soma Somavarapu, Robert S. Evans, Sébastien Farnaud, Derek Renshaw · 2015

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