KULeuven

October 21, 2023

KULeuven # YarroWCO: the transformation of waste cooking oil into medicine # One liter of waste cooking oil (WCO) can contaminate a million liters of potable water. Humanity currently produces billions of tons of WCO yearly, with limited routes for its safe disposal, making it a threat to our environment. We propose to harness the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to go beyond decontamination: our goal is to upcycle WCO into campesterol, an important steroid precursor for the pharmaceutical industry. ...