#MetabolicEngineering
Comprehensive review explores C. glutamicum metabolic engineering for diverse biochemicals, challenges & future directions. #MetabolicEngineering #CellFactories
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November 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Comprehensive review on C. glutamicum metabolic engineering for diverse substrates & biochemicals, challenges & future directions. #MetabolicEngineering #CellFactories #Corynebacterium
Details: doi.org/10.1016/j.bidere.2025.100008
October 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
DeepGDel, a new deep‑learning framework, improves gene‑deletion design accuracy by up to 22.52% compared with traditional methods, aiding growth‑coupled strain engineering. Read more: https://getnews.me/deepgdel-deep-learning-enhances-gene-deletion-design/ #deepgdel #metabolicengineering
October 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
New back cover out this week in @greenchemistry.rsc.org for Lahiru Jayakody et al. at SIU Carbondale. P. putida was engineered to efficiently convert caffeine to 7-MX, a compound for treating myopia.
#greenchemistry #metabolicengineering #biochemistry #microbiology #scientificillustration
September 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Yarrowia lipolytica boosts terpene synthesis via synthetic biology! #Biofuels #MetabolicEngineering
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September 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Delighted to join #MetabolicEngineering as Associate Editor w/Sang Yup Lee, Jay Keasling, I. Borodina, C. Maranas & C. Wittmann. I'll handle submissions in #SyntheticMetabolism, #Pseudomonas, #SynBio, new-to-nature #bioproduction & #EnvironmentalBiotechnology!
September 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Corynebacterium glutamicum engineering advances for diverse biochemical production! #MetabolicEngineering
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September 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Implementing synthetic serine cycles in #Pseudomonas putida unlock methanol assimilation in our favorite bug w/carbon conservation, led by ÒscarPuiggené @labnikel.bsky.social · #SynBio #MetabolicEngineering #Methanol published in @cp-trendsbiotech.bsky.social
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Systematic engineering of synthetic serine cycles in Pseudomonas putida uncovers emergent topologies for methanol assimilation
The urgent need for a circular carbon economy has driven research into sustainable substrates, including one-carbon (C1) compounds. The non-pathogenic…
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July 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
ALE & metabolic engineering boost SA production from glycerol in E. coli. Sustainable biodiesel byproduct utilization! #BiodieselByproducts #SAproduction #MetabolicEngineering
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June 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
C. glutamicum metabolic engineering expands substrates & products. Challenges & future directions explored! #CorynebacteriumGlutamicum #CellFactories #MetabolicEngineering
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May 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We evolved T. kivui to grow fast on CO (doubling time ~2.8 h). The trick? A megatransposon rewired its redox and metabolic circuits.
#Transposons: not just genetic noise, but engines of innovation!
Full story: doi.org/10.1038/s414...

#Biotechnology #Extremophiles #MetabolicEngineering
A megatransposon drives the adaptation of Thermoanaerobacter kivui to carbon monoxide - Nature Communications
Carbon monoxide (CO) present in syngas severely inhibits growth of many acetogens. Here, the authors adapt, characterize, and engineer utilization of CO as sole carbon and energy source by the thermop...
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May 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Our work opens the door to real #MetabolicEngineering in T. kivui.

It grows fast on CO₂ (∼2 h doubling time) with high carbon efficiency—ideal for sustainable fuel and chemical production.

With rapid, iterative genome editing now possible, these applications are within reach!

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May 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The Nair lab is looking for a #post-doc experienced in yeast pathway and genome engineering. Please DM or email me if you are interested!! Please spread the word! #synbio #metabolicengineering
April 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Our partners @w-u-r.bsky.social and @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social demonstrated how synthetic metabolism can outperform the Calvin cycle—nature’s mechanism for CO2 fixation.

Read the full, open-access Nature Microbiology article at doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#SyntheticBiology #MetabolicEngineering
One-carbon fixation via the synthetic reductive glycine pathway exceeds yield of the Calvin cycle - Nature Microbiology
An engineered one-carbon-fixation pathway increases biomass yields of Cupriavidus necator compared with the Calvin cycle and can support future, sustainable bio-based production.
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March 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
March 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
And more #metabolicengineering for lignans biosynthesis #chembio
March 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A nice #metabolicengineering for renewable plastics from Sang Yup Lee’s group
A paper in Nature Chemical Biology presents a system that uses E. coli bacteria to create biodegradable plastics. The system may help in the production of plastics with desirable thermal and mechanical properties, using renewable resources. https://go.nature.com/4hEOaGc 🧪
March 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
..and fine tuning between endogenous activities and novel functions implemented by #metabolicengineering. A story - now available in preprint - brilliantly led by our Oscar! 💪
March 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Another thesis paper post:

Engineering of a new platform strain of Z. mobilis for chemical production utilizing a metabolic flux valve.

We achieved specific productivity for lactate of > 90 mmol gCDW ^−1 h ^−1
#MetabolicEngineering #SynBio
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A new Zymomonas mobilis platform strain for the efficient production of chemicals - Microbial Cell Factories
Background Zymomonas mobilis is well known for its outstanding ability to produce ethanol with both high specific productivity and with high yield close to the theoretical maximum. The key enzyme in t...
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December 10, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Biocompatible chemistry has the potential to revolutionise the chemical industry by addressing many of the fundamental limitations of #OrganicChemistry, #Biocatalysis and #MetabolicEngineering
November 27, 2024 at 1:15 PM
To the best of our knowledge, with the fnrF8 promoter we have engineered E. coli to reach the highest specific glucose uptake rate of 21.7 mmolGlc gDW−1 h−1 reported to date under anaerobic conditions in minimal medium during exponential growth. #MetabolicEngineering
November 25, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Finishing up my thesis:
First appl. of Zymo-Parts in E. coli was a systematic characterization of 15 oxy.-dependent promoters! Tying het. gene expr. in 2-stage processes to shifts from aerobic biomass creation to production phase. #MetabolicEngineering #SynBio
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Characterizing and utilizing oxygen-dependent promoters for efficient dynamic metabolic engineering
Promoters adjust cellular gene expression in response to internal or external signals and are key elements for implementing dynamic metabolic engineer…
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November 25, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Just published!Building on our previous work on the serine-glycine-one carbon metabolic network (Rosa-Téllez et al.2024),we’ve now engineered this network to boost nitrogen in crops #PlantScience #ClimateResilience #MetabolicEngineering #SustainableAgriculture onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Metabolic engineering of the serine/glycine network as a means to improve the nitrogen content of crops
In plants, L-serine (Ser) biosynthesis occurs through various pathways and is highly dependent on the atmospheric CO2 concentration, especially in C3 species, due to the association of the Glycolate ....
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November 16, 2024 at 12:00 PM