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  • The Lab's Research Axes

    The lab develops solutions that satisfy human needs for biochemicals destined for health, green energy and bioremediation applications.

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Biodiesel Engineering

We are developing a new generation of Biodiesel, Genetically Engineered Biodiesel (GEB), by engineering yeast lipids

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Rhamnolipid Engineering

We are developing a diversity of new rhamnolipids (RL) in heterologous hosts. For that, we mine for diverse RL biosynthetic enzymes.

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Development of Synthetic Biology Tools

We are continuously developing tools for gene assembly and for genome editing, mainly based on CRISPR-Cas technologies.

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Selection of hosts

Our work is conducted in lipid-rich hosts, like Yarrowia lipolytica, as platforms for the engineering of target lipid-based molecules.

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