yarrowia-lipolytica

IISER-Pune-India

October 21, 2023

jatropha-oil, yarrowia-lipolytica, photodecarboxylase

climate crisis

IISER-Pune-India # Producing Jatropha-oil based sustainable aviation fuel using Yarrowia lipolytica # We aim to produce sustainable aviation fuel in the model oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. We cloned the thioesterases JcFATA and JcFATB from Jatropha curcas heterologously into the yeast to alter its fatty acid profile to emulate the composition of Jatropha seeds. We chose Jatropha because SAFs based on Jatropha oil have been shown to have superior properties as compared to conventional jet fuel while also having lower CO2 emissions. ...

KULeuven

October 21, 2023

waste-cooking-oil, yarrowia-lipolytica, bioemulsifiers

biomanufacturing

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. ...