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Researcher
Johan Thevelein
- Disciplines:Biomaterials engineering, Biological system engineering, Biomechanical engineering, Other (bio)medical engineering, Environmental engineering and biotechnology, Industrial biotechnology, Other biotechnology, bio-engineering and biosystem engineering
Affiliations
- Molecular Biotechnology of Plants and Micro-organisms (Division)
Member
From1 Feb 2017 → 30 Sep 2020
Projects
1 - 10 of 24
- Development of a superior industrial yeast strain for consolidated bioprocessing of lignocellulosic biomassFrom23 Sep 2019 → 5 Mar 2021Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Engineering of a second-generation Saccharomyces. cerevisiae strain for the production of 2,3-butanediol from biomassFrom1 Oct 2018 → 1 Oct 2022Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- SPICY - Sugar-based chemicals and Polymers through Innovative Chemocatalysis and engineered YeastFrom1 Feb 2018 → 31 Jul 2022Funding: VLAIO CATALISTI - Cooperative research project
- Unraveling the polygenic basis of HMF and furfural tolerance in yeast for optimization of lignocellulose-based processesFrom15 Oct 2015 → 4 Nov 2020Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Induction of programmed cell death by synergistic modulation of glycolytic flux and Ras activity in yeast and cancer cellsFrom14 Sep 2015 → 9 Jul 2021Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- ARBOREF: integrated 'lignin first' biorefineryFrom1 Apr 2015 → 31 Mar 2019Funding: IWT / VLAIO - FISCH /Catalisti vzw
- Development of a xylose-utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell factory for the production of muconic acid and protocatechuic acidFrom13 Jan 2015 → 11 Jan 2022Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Elucidation of the Polygenic Basis of Efficient Maltotriose Fermentation and its Variation among Brewing Yeast StrainsFrom1 Jan 2015 → 24 Jun 2022Funding: IWT personal funding - strategic basic research grants
- Conferring lignocellulolytic capacity to a superior industrial yeast strain for second-generation bioethanol production.From1 Jan 2015 → 23 Jun 2020Funding: IWT personal funding - strategic basic research grants
- Heterologous polygenic trait analysis using genomic degeneration mutagenesis of species hybrids.From1 Jan 2015 → 20 May 2020Funding: IWT personal funding - strategic basic research grants
Publications
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- Inflammatory Effects in Organoid-Derived Epithelial Monolayer Cultures from Patients with Ulcerative Colitis(2023)
Authors: Sara Deleu, Marc Ferrante, Johan Thevelein, Jeroen Raes, Séverine Vermeire
Pages: 1 - 14 - Development of an industrial yeast strain for efficient production of 2,3-butanediol(2022)
Authors: Guangxin Huo, Johan Thevelein
- The genetic basis of two polygenic traits in S. cerevisiae: efficient maltotriose fermentation under ethanol stress and high acetic acid accumulation(2022)
Authors: Paul Vandecruys, Patrick Van Dijck, Maria Remedios Foulquié Moreno, Johan Thevelein
- Cell Immobilization Using Alginate-Based Beads as a Protective Technique against Stressful Conditions of Hydrolysates for 2G Ethanol Production(2022)
Authors: Johan Thevelein
- Whole-Genome Transformation of Yeast Promotes Rare Host Mutations with a Single Causative SNP Enhancing Acetic Acid Tolerance(2022)
Authors: Quinten Deparis, Johan Thevelein
- Towards a practical industrial 2G ethanol production process based on immobilized recombinant S. cerevisiae: Medium and strain selection for robust integrated fixed-bed reactor operation(2022)
Authors: Johan Thevelein
Pages: 363 - 375 - Natural Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain Reveals Peculiar Genomic Traits for Starch-to-Bioethanol Production: the Design of an Amylolytic Consolidated Bioprocessing Yeast(2022)
Authors: Johan Thevelein
- Development of a xylose-utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell factory for the production of muconic acid and protocatechuic acid(2022)
Authors: Thomas Nicolaï, Bert Sels, Johan Thevelein, Maria Remedios Foulquié Moreno
- Towards valorization of pectin-rich agro-industrial residues: Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for co-fermentation of D-galacturonic acid and glycerol(2021)
Authors: Johan Thevelein
Pages: 1 - 14 - A novel AST2 mutation generated upon whole-genome transformation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae confers high tolerance to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and other inhibitors(2021)
Authors: Gert Vanmarcke, Quinten Deparis, Arne Peetermans, Johan Thevelein
Patents
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- Means and methods to modulate acetic acid tolerance in industrial fermentations (Inventor)
- Wholemeal bread with reduced fodmap content (Inventor)
- Causative genes conferring acetic acid tolerance in yeast (Inventor)
- Means and methods to modulate probiotic potency of the yeast saccharomyces boulardii (Inventor)
- Means and methods to modulate flavor production in yeast fermentations (Inventor)
- Causative genes conferring acetic acid tolerance in yeast (Inventor)
- Wholemeal bread with reduced fodmap content (Inventor)
- Xylose isomerases that confer efficient xylose fermentation capability to yeast (Inventor)
- Mutant yeast strain with decreased glycerol production (Inventor)
- Means and methods to modulate probiotic potency of the yeast saccharomyces boulardii (Inventor)