Researcher
Wim Soetaert
- Keywords:Industrial biotechnology, Biosurfactants, Human milk oligosaccharides, Metabolic engineering, Synthetic biology
- Disciplines:Proteins, Other biological sciences not elsewhere classified, Industrial molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins, Industrial biotechnology diagnostics, Industrial microbiology, Bioprocessing, bioproduction and bioproducts, Industrial biotechnology not elsewhere classified, Fermentation, Biocatalysis and enzyme technology, Synthetic biology, Carbohydrates, Microbiology not elsewhere classified, Transcription and translation, Other biotechnology, bio-engineering and biosystem engineering not elsewhere classified, Regulation of metabolism, Genetics
Affiliations
- Department of Biotechnology (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2018 → Today - Department of Biochemical and microbial technology (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2002 → 31 Dec 2017
Projects
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- Novel specialty sugar enzymes and products through metagenomicsFrom1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Microbial production of iminosugarsFrom1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- GREEN-B2B-2: Acid Catalyzed Production of Green Butadiene from ButanediolsFrom1 Jun 2023 → TodayFunding: Flanders Industry Innovation Moonshot Strategic Basic Research for clusters (cSBO)
- ECHO – Engineering Cupriavidus necator for the Hydrogen-efficient production of a pyrOne building block from industrial gas streamsFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO Thematic call for research projects in the field of bioeconomy
- Characterization of multidomain enzymes to enable microbial production of specialty carbohydratesFrom1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Development of a sustainable production process for microbial biosurfactants on food wasteFrom1 Nov 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Gene cluster identification and microbial biosynthesis of iminosugars (IMINOGENE)From1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research (SBO)
- LACTIC ACID AND BIOSURFACTANTS SOURCED FROM SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL (FOOD) WASTE FEEDSTOCKS AS NOVEL FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENTS FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTSFrom1 Jun 2021 → TodayFunding: H2020-EU.2.1.-INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEIT)
- Acid Catalyzed Production of Green Butadiene from ButanediolsFrom1 Mar 2021 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: Flanders Industry Innovation Moonshot Strategic Basic Research for clusters (cSBO)
- Fermentomics: development of an integrative real-time metabolomics approach for the enhanced production of biochemicals: a case study for innovative biosurfactant moleculesFrom1 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
Publications
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- Tuning the antimicrobial activity of microbial glycolipid biosurfactants through chemical modification(2024)
Authors: Melike Pala, Martijn Castelein, Camille Dewaele, Sophie Roelants, Wim Soetaert, Christian Stevens
- Acidic sophorolipid and antimicrobial peptide based formulation as antimicrobial and antibiofilm agents(2023)
Authors: Sahadevan Seena, Rafaela Ferrão, Melike Pala, Sophie Roelants, Wim Soetaert, Christian Stevens, Lino Ferreira, Akhilesh Rai
- Improved production of novel (bola) glycolipid biosurfactants with the yeast Starmerella bombicola through an integrative approach combining genetic engineering and multiomics analyses(2023)Series: Foundations and Frontiers in Enzymology
Authors: Martijn Castelein, Nicolas de Fooz, Goedele Luyten, Lisa Van Renterghem, Sven Dierickx, Stijn Bovijn, Sophie Roelants, Lynn Vanhaecke, Wim Soetaert, Gloria Soberón-Chávez
Pages: 183 - 202 - Single-cell protein production from industrial off-gas through acetate : techno-economic analysis for a coupled fermentation approach(2023)
Authors: Elodie Vlaeminck, Evelien Uitterhaegen, Koen Quataert, Stoilas-Stylianos Kontovas, Nikiforos Misailidis, Rafael G. Ferreira, Demetri Petrides, Karel De Winter, Wim Soetaert
- Aqueous self-assembly of a wide range of sophorolipid and glucolipid microbial bioamphiphiles (biosurfactants) : considerations on the structure-properties relationship(2023)
Authors: Niki Baccile, Alexandre Poirier, Patrick Le Griel, Petra Pernot, Melike Pala, Sophie Roelants, Wim Soetaert, Christian Stevens
- Engineering Comamonas testosteroni for the production of 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid as a promising building block(2023)
Authors: Tom Delmulle, Stijn Bovijn, Sari Deketelaere, Martijn Castelein, Tom Erauw, Matthias D'hooghe, Wim Soetaert
- An exploratory in silico comparison of open-source codon harmonization tools(2023)
Authors: Thomas Willems, Wim Hectors, Jeltien Rombaut, Anne-Sofie De Rop, Stijn Goegebeur, Tom Delmulle, Maarten De Mol, Sofie De Maeseneire, Wim Soetaert
- 'Unlocking the potential of a glycolipid platform through chemical modification'(2023)
Authors: Melike Pala, Sophie Roelants, Wim Soetaert, Christian Stevens
- Advanced PHB fermentation strategies with CO2-derived organic acids(2022)
Authors: Elodie Vlaeminck, Koen Quataert, Evelien Uitterhaegen, Karel De Winter, Wim Soetaert
Pages: 102 - 109 - From bumblebee to bioeconomy : recent developments and perspectives for sophorolipid biosynthesis(2022)
Authors: Sven Dierickx, Martijn Castelein, Jelle Remmery, Veerle De Clercq, Sofie Lodens, Niki Baccile, Sofie De Maeseneire, Sophie Roelants, Wim Soetaert
Patents
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- Efficient synthesis of sophorosides via ozonolysis (Inventor)
- Trehalose phosphorylases and their use in the biocatalytic production of trehalose-analogues and glycosyl phosphates (Inventor)
- Improved production of symmetrical bolaform sophorosides (Inventor)
- Improved production of symmetrical bolaform sophorosides (Inventor)
- Lactonase derived from Candida bombicola and uses thereof (Inventor)
- Yeast strains modified in their sophorolipid production and uses thereof (Inventor)
- Methods to produce bolaamphiphilic glycolipids (Inventor)