APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Food (coffee) flavoring Polymer/ resin component ADVANTAGES: While Corynebacterium glutamicum has been previously reported to produce alkyl pyrazines in mixture at low levels over a long cultivation period, the high production titers and rates of enriched tetramethyl pyrazine in glutamicum in … [Read more...] about High Production Titers and Rates of Tetramethyl Pyrazine 2018-101
Bio-based products
A CRISPR-Based and Metabolic Modeling Guided Strategy to Maximizing Indigoidine Production 2019-145
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Dye and pigment (food, clothing, consumer goods) BACKGROUND: Indigodine is a natural blue pigment that retains its brightness and has direct uses in the dye and pigment industry. Notably, it shows promise as an alternative to synthetic dyes and in providing health benefits as an antioxidant … [Read more...] about A CRISPR-Based and Metabolic Modeling Guided Strategy to Maximizing Indigoidine Production 2019-145
Polysaccharide Gel 2017-041
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Food products Cosmetics Water and wastewater treatment Pharmaceuticals BENEFITS: Significantly lowers the costs of product recovery from cyanobacterial production strains Self-aggregating properties of the material streamline the processes of flocculation and clarification Enables novel encapsulation and drug formulation … [Read more...] about Polysaccharide Gel 2017-041
High Titer Production of Indigoidine in Rhodosporidium toruloides 2018-129
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Dye and pigment Bio-based materials Strain engineering ADVANTAGES: Very high titer production Draws from a wide set of renewable carbon sources More environmentally friendly than previous methods ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have engineered a fungal strain … [Read more...] about High Titer Production of Indigoidine in Rhodosporidium toruloides 2018-129
Specific Reduction of Various Isoprenoid Precursors and Isoprenoids by Geranylgeranyl Reductases 2018-088
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Bio-derived platform chemicals for use in Pharmaceuticals Cosmetics and fragrances Fuels ADVANTAGES: Lower cost, bio-based pathway to high value chemicals Reduction of intermediates within the terpene biosynthesis pathway Production of higher quantity of farnesyl acetate ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab’s Joint … [Read more...] about Specific Reduction of Various Isoprenoid Precursors and Isoprenoids by Geranylgeranyl Reductases 2018-088