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Researcher
Wout Boerjan
- Keywords (Ghent University):metabolomics, CRISPR/Cas9, maize, biotechnology, poplar, bioenergy, lignin biosynthesis, phenyl propanoids, genetic engineering, biomass processing
- Disciplines (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology):Cell death and senescence, Invasion biology, Epigenomics, Auto-ecology, Biogeography and phylogeography
- Disciplines (Ghent University):Plant cell and molecular biology, Forestry breeding and biotechnology, Agricultural plant breeding and biotechnology, Plant genetics
Affiliations
- Boerjan Lab
Responsible
From1 Jan 2017 → Today - Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 1993 → Today
Projects
1 - 10 of 34
See also Wout Boerjan for projects of Flanders Institute for Biotechnology.
Here below the projects of Ghent University.
- Unraveling biosynthetic gene clusters: a genomics approach to specialized metabolism in poplarFrom1 Jan 2025 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Positioning lignin as a central component in plant development.From1 Nov 2024 → 28 Feb 2025Funding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Genetic improvement of the processing efficiency of plant biomassFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Lignin engineering to improve lignocellulosic biomass processing efficiencyFrom1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Functional characterization of NIC: a new player in the phenylpropanoid metabolic networkFrom1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - mobility
- Investigating O-methyltransferases potentially involved in lignin biosynthesis in maizeFrom1 Oct 2022 → 30 Sep 2025Funding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Unraveling the function of an O-methyltransferase potentially involved in lignin biosynthesis in maizeFrom1 Sep 2021 → 30 Sep 2022Funding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- Next generation lignocellulosics biorefinery concepts and implementation (Next-BIOREF)From1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2024Funding: BOF - iBOF
- ADV_BIO: Technological innovation in the production of advanced biofuels applicable to the Belgian territory for road and air transport and techno-economic and environmental analysesFrom1 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: Ministery of Economical Affairs
- Advanced Liquid Biofuels for advaced engine concepts enabled by advanced wood breeding and catalysisFrom1 Mar 2020 → 30 Jun 2024Funding: Ministery of Economical Affairs
Publications
1 - 10 of 164
See also Wout Boerjan for publications of Flanders Institute for Biotechnology.
Here below the publications of Ghent University.
- CRISPR/Cas9 editing of p-COUMAROYL-CoA:MONOLIGNOL TRANSFERASE 1 in maize alters phenolic metabolism, lignin structure, and lignin-first biomass processing(2025)Published in: TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGYISSN: 1879-3096Issue: 5Volume: 43Pages: 1166 - 1195
- Effects of feruloyl-CoA 6′-hydroxylase 1 overexpression on lignin and cell wall characteristics in transgenic hybrid aspen(2025)Published in: FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCEISSN: 1664-462XVolume: 16
- Single-cell transcriptomics reveal how root tissues adapt to soil stress(2025)Published in: NATUREISSN: 1476-4687Issue: 8068Volume: 642Pages: 721 - 729
- CRISPR-based lignin engineering in maize and poplar for sustainable bio-refinery solutions(2025)Pages: XII, p.
- Genetic engineering of the early phenylpropanoid pathway in Arabidopsis(2025)Pages: 233 p.
- Going bananas : how transgene‐free editing is contributing to a fruitful future(2025)Published in: NEW PHYTOLOGISTISSN: 1469-8137Issue: 4Volume: 247Pages: 1557 - 1560
- Breeding for improved digestibility and processing of lignocellulosic biomass in Zea mays(2024)Published in: FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCEISSN: 1664-462XVolume: 15
- Social and biological innovations are essential to deliver transformative forest biotechnologies(2024)Published in: NEW PHYTOLOGISTISSN: 1469-8137Issue: 2Volume: 243Pages: 526 - 536
- Extracellular vesicles of Norway spruce contain precursors and enzymes for lignin formation and salicylic acid(2024)Published in: PLANT PHYSIOLOGYISSN: 1532-2548Issue: 2Volume: 196Pages: 788 - 809
- Woody plant cell walls : fundamental and utilization(2024)Published in: MOLECULAR PLANTISSN: 1752-9867Issue: 1Volume: 17Pages: 112 - 140
Patents
1 - 10 of 10
- Novel mutant plant Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase proteins
- Novel mutant plant Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase proteins
- Novel mutant plant Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase proteins
- Means and methods to increase coumarin production
- MEANS AND METHODS TO INCREASE PLANT BIOMASS
- Means and methods for altering the lignin pathway in plants
- Means and methods for altering the lignin pathway in plants
- AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PHENYL-PROPANOIC ACID DERIVATIVES FOR CROP YIELD INCREASE
- Means and methods to increase coumarin production
- GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS HAVING ALTERED LIGNIN CONTENT