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
- See also: Wout Boerjan (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology)
Affiliations
- Boerjan Lab (Research group)
Responsible
From1 Jan 2017 → Today - Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 1993 → Today
Projects
1 - 10 of 31
- 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 → TodayFunding: 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 → TodayFunding: 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 catlysisFrom1 Mar 2020 → TodayFunding: Ministery of Economical Affairs
- Developing transgene-free genome-engineered poplars to enabling field applications for the biobased economy.From1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2023Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Exploring the physiological functions of the endogenous plant growth regulator cis-cinnamic acidFrom1 Nov 2019 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Exploring and broadening the valorization potential of ugt72e-mediated growth restoration of low-lignin plantsFrom1 Jan 2019 → 31 Mar 2023Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
Publications
1 - 10 of 153
- Hydroxycinnamaldehyde-derived benzofuran components in lignins(2024)
Authors: Koichi Yoshioka, Hoon Kim, Fachuang Lu, Nette De Ridder, Ruben Vanholme, Shinya Kajita, Wout Boerjan, John Ralph
Pages: 1370 - 1382 - Woody plant cell walls : fundamental and utilization(2024)
Authors: Wei Li, Ying-Chung Jimmy Lin, Ying-Lan Chen, Chenguang Zhou, Shuang Li, Nette De Ridder, Dyoni Oliveira, Lanjun Zhang, Baocai Zhang, Jack P. Wang, et al.
Pages: 112 - 140 - Reassessing the claimed cytokinin-substituting activity of dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol glucoside(2023)
Authors: Klaas Witvrouw, Hoon Kim, Ruben Vanholme, Geert Goeminne, John Ralph, Wout Boerjan, Bartel Vanholme
- Non‐specific effects of the CINNAMATE‐4‐HYDROXYLASE inhibitor piperonylic acid(2023)
Authors: Ilias El Houari, Petr Klíma, Alexandra Baekelandt, Paul E. Staswick, Veselina Uzunova, Charo I. Del Genio, Ward Steenackers, Petre I. Dobrev, Roberta Filepová, Ondrej Novák, et al.
Pages: 470 - 479 - Paving the way towards future‐proofing our crops(2023)
Authors: Alexandra Baekelandt, Vandasue L. R. Saltenis, Philippe Nacry, Aleksandra Malyska, Marc Cornelissen, Amrit Kaur Nanda, Abhishek Nair, Peter Rogowsky, Laurens Pauwels, Bertrand Muller, et al.
- QT–GWAS : a novel method for unveiling biosynthetic loci affecting qualitative metabolic traits(2023)
Authors: Meng Peng, René Höfer, Ilias El Houari, Chiarina Darrah, Veronique Storme, Yvan Saeys, Ruben Vanholme, Geert Goeminne, Vitaliy I. Timokhin, John Ralph, et al.
Pages: 1212 - 1227 - Accelerating wood domestication in forest trees through genome editing : advances and prospects(2023)
Authors: Chantal Anders, Lennart Hoengenaert, Wout Boerjan
- Suppression of the Arabidopsis cinnamoyl-CoA reductase 1-6 intronic T-DNA mutation by epigenetic modification(2023)
Authors: Marlies Wouters, Héloïse Bastiaanse, Stephane Rombauts, Lisanne de Vries, Tim De Pooter, Mojca Strazisar, Godfrey Neutelings, Ruben Vanholme, Wout Boerjan
Pages: 3001 - 3016 - Downregulation of barley ferulate 5-hydroxylase dramatically alters straw lignin structure without impact on mechanical properties(2023)
Authors: Reza Shafiei, Matthew Hooper, Christopher McClellan, Helena Oakey, Jennifer Stephens, Catherine Lapierre, Yukiko Tsuji, Geert Goeminne, Ruben Vanholme, Wout Boerjan, et al.
- Lignin engineering in forest trees : from gene discovery to field trials(2022)
Authors: Barbara De Meester, Ruben Vanholme, Thatiane Rodrigues Mota, Wout Boerjan
Patents
1 - 8 of 8
- Novel mutant plant Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase proteins (Inventor)
- Novel mutant plant Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase proteins (Inventor)
- Means and methods to increase coumarin production (Inventor)
- MEANS AND METHODS TO INCREASE PLANT BIOMASS (Inventor)
- Means and methods for altering the lignin pathway in plants (Inventor)
- Means and methods for altering the lignin pathway in plants (Inventor)
- AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PHENYL-PROPANOIC ACID DERIVATIVES FOR CROP YIELD INCREASE (Inventor)
- Means and methods to increase coumarin production (Inventor)