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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 25
- 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 → 17 Apr 2023Funding: 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
- Heterologous polygenic trait analysis using genomic degeneration mutagenesis of species hybrids.From1 Jan 2015 → 20 May 2020Funding: IWT personal funding - strategic basic research grants
- Development of superior industrial yeast strains by polygenic modification.From1 Jan 2015 → 31 Dec 2018Funding: SBO (Strategic basic research)
- 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
Publications
31 - 40 of 157
- Application of whole-genome transformation for enhancing thermotolerance in yeast(2020)
Authors: Quinten Deparis, Johan Thevelein, Maria Remedios Foulquié Moreno
- Repeated batches as a strategy for high 2G ethanol production from undetoxified hemicellulose hydrolysate using immobilized cells of recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a fixed-bed reactor(2020)
Authors: Johan Thevelein
- Simultaneous secretion of seven lignocellulolytic enzymes by an industrial second-generation yeast strain enables efficient ethanol production from multiple polymeric substrates(2020)
Authors: Arne Claes, Quinten Deparis, Johan Thevelein
Pages: 131 - 141 - A sustainable wood biorefinery for low-carbon footprint chemicals production(2020)
Authors: Yuhe Liao, Stef Koelewijn, Gil Van den Bossche, Joost Van Aelst, Sander Van den Bosch, Thomas Nicolaï, Korneel Van Aelst, Johan Thevelein, Karel Van Acker, Bert Lagrain, et al.
Pages: 1385 - 1390 - Multimodal Microorganism Development: Integrating Top-Down Biological Engineering with Bottom-Up Rational Design(2020)
Authors: Johan Thevelein
Pages: 241 - 253 - Unique genetic basis of the distinct antibiotic potency of high acetic acid production in the probiotic yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii(2019)
Authors: Paul Vandecruys, Johan Thevelein
Pages: 1478 - 1494 - The molecular biology of fruity and floral aromas in beer and other alcoholic beverages(2019)
Authors: Johan Thevelein
Pages: 193 - 222 - Regulation of Ras by Glycolytic Flux: Screen for interfering compounds and physiological relevance(2019)
Authors: Frederik Van Leemputte, Johan Thevelein
- Xylose fermentation efficiency of industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast with separate or combined xylose reductase/xylitol dehydrogenase and xylose isomerase pathways(2019)
Authors: Johan Thevelein
- Extracellular maltotriose hydrolysis by Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells lacking the AGT1 permease(2018)
Authors: Johan Thevelein
Pages: 377 - 383
Patents
1 - 10 of 10
- Means and methods to modulate acetic acid tolerance in industrial fermentations (Inventor)
- Means and methods to modulate acetic acid tolerance in industrial fermentations (Inventor)
- Means and methods to improve yeast fermentation efficiency (Inventor)
- Causative genes conferring acetic acid tolerance in yeast (Inventor)
- Means and methods to modulate flavor production in yeast 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)