APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biofuel production Other fermentative processes used for chemical production ADVANTAGES: Efficiently addresses long term storage issues of isoprenoid-based biofuels Regenerates NAD+ more cost effectively to maintain redox balance in biofuel-producing host strains Could increase product yield ABSTRACT: Researchers at the Joint … [Read more...] about Improving Long Term Storage of Biofuels with Structure-based Engineering of Geranylgeranyl Reductases EIB-2867
Biofuels
Biosynthetically Produced Pinene for Jet Fuel or Chemical Applications EJIB-2895
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biosynthetic jet fuel Fragrance manufacturing ADVANTAGES: Sustainable process Platform for cost effective, large scale biosynthetic fuel and chemical production ABSTRACT: A Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) research team has constructed a metabolic pathway to produce the monoterpene pinene, an immediate chemical precursor to a … [Read more...] about Biosynthetically Produced Pinene for Jet Fuel or Chemical Applications EJIB-2895
Rationally Designed Synthetic Transcription Factors EIB-3211
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Metabolic engineering Gene therapy Stem-cell engineering Drug delivery systems Antiviral therapeutics ADVANTAGES: More suitable than natural transcription factors for biotech applications Rational design Enhances in vivo directed evolution of mutant phenotypes Broadly applicable in synthetic biology Method can be … [Read more...] about Rationally Designed Synthetic Transcription Factors EIB-3211
Controlling Metabolic Pathways Using Artificial Positive Feedback Loop in Yeast EIB-3293
APPLICATIONS Pharmaceutical manufacturing Specialty chemical and metabolite production Biofuels and biofuel precursors Secondary metabolite production ADVANTAGES Rapid, simple, and reliable process Highly stable: does not use plasmids Readily transferable to other yeast strains and fungi Facilitates promoter selection for metabolic engineering Diverse … [Read more...] about Controlling Metabolic Pathways Using Artificial Positive Feedback Loop in Yeast EIB-3293