Within this section, located at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, novel technologies are developed to advance the development of yeast cell factories. This involves:
- Construction of detailed metabolic models
- Development of novel synthetic biology tools that will allow for rapid reconstruction of heterologous pathways in yeast
- Construction of new platform strains
- Development of yeast cells with an expanded substrate range, i.e. pentoses and carbohydrate polymers
- Development of yeast cells that can grow at adverse fermentation conditions, e.g. high temperatures or high product concentrations
- Advancement of a pipeline for use of directed evolution to identify metabolic engineering targets