Publications
X Author: Brett A Helms
2026
Wang, Zilong, Seokjung Cheong, Hai Wang, Jérémy Demarteau, Alexander R Epstein, Baishakhi Bose, Weixi Hu, Matthias Schmidt, Leah Keiser, Mei Zhao, Beibei Ge, Alberto A Nava, Ramu Kakumanu, Edward E. K Baidoo, Yan Chen, Christopher J Petzold, Yifan Guo, Nawa Raj Baral, Nemi Vora, Sarah L Nordahl, Yuzhong Liu, Rithwik Ghanta, Pablo Cruz-Morales, Kevin Yin, Robert W Haushalter, Kristin A Persson, Corinne D Scown, Brett A Helms, and Jay D Keasling."Engineered polyketide synthases enable a microbial chassis for recyclable plastics with tunable properties."Nature Biotechnology
(2026). DOI
Wang, Zilong, Seokjung Cheong, Hai Wang, Jérémy Demarteau, Alexander R Epstein, Baishakhi Bose, Weixi Hu, Matthias Schmidt, Leah Keiser, Mei Zhao, Beibei Ge, Alberto A Nava, Ramu Kakumanu, Edward E. K Baidoo, Yan Chen, Christopher J Petzold, Yifan Guo, Nawa Raj Baral, Nemi Vora, Sarah L Nordahl, Yuzhong Liu, Rithwik Ghanta, Pablo Cruz-Morales, Kevin Yin, Robert W Haushalter, Kristin A Persson, Corinne D Scown, Brett A Helms, and Jay D Keasling."Publisher Correction: Engineered polyketide synthases enable a microbial chassis for recyclable plastics with tunable properties."Nature Biotechnology
(2026). DOI
2024
Hendrickson, Thomas P, Baishakhi Bose, Nemi Vora, Tyler Huntington, Sarah L Nordahl, Brett A Helms, and Corinne D Scown."Paths to circularity for plastics in the United States."One Earth
7.3 (2024) 520-531. DOI
2023
Demarteau, Jérémy, Benjamin Cousineau, Zilong Wang, Baishakhi Bose, Seokjung Cheong, Guangxu Lan, Nawa Raj Baral, Simon J Teat, Corinne D Scown, Jay D Keasling, and Brett A Helms."Biorenewable and circular polydiketoenamine plastics."Nature Sustainability
(2023). DOI
2022
Demarteau, Jérémy, Alexander R Epstein, Peter R Christensen, Mark Abubekerov, Hai Wang, Simon J Teat, Trevor J Seguin, Christopher W Chan, Corinne D Scown, Thomas P Russell, Jay D Keasling, Kristin A Persson, and Brett A Helms."Circularity in mixed-plastic chemical recycling enabled by variable rates of polydiketoenamine hydrolysis."Science Advances
8.29 (2022). DOI
Demarteau, Jérémy, Nemi Vora, Jay D Keasling, Brett A Helms, and Corinne D Scown."Lower-Cost, Lower-Carbon Production of Circular Polydiketoenamine Plastics."ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
10.8 (2022) 2740 - 2749. DOI
2021
Vora, Nemi, Peter R Christensen, Jérémy Demarteau, Nawa Raj Baral, Jay D Keasling, Brett A Helms, and Corinne D Scown."Leveling the cost and carbon footprint of circular polymers that are chemically recycled to monomer."Science Advances
7.15 (2021) eabf0187. DOI