In Illinois, a team at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) genetically engineered yeast to allow for the simultaneous transport of multiple sugars. Native yeast sugar transporters have a strong glucose preference and create a bottleneck for efficient biochemical and biofuel production. These transporters were replaced by SWEET7P in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae capable of […]
In Iceland, researchers are developing a biodegradable, spider silk-based material that could eventually replace nylon thread in a range of applications. Led by five master’s students and one undergraduate student at the University of Iceland’s Life and Environmental Sciences program, the project is engineering the yeast Pichia pastoris to produce the silk produced by Darwin’s […]
In China, Angel Yeast has begun trial production at its new specialty yeast project in the Baiyang Biotechnology Park, Yichang High‑tech Zone. The facility commenced material feeding on August 31 and, once fully ramped, will reach an annual capacity of 8,500 tons. This launch completes Angel Yeast’s full-chain layout in specialty yeast—from R&D and pilot‑scale […]
In Thailand, researchers from Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Science are accelerating their technological development to scale up the production of aviation biofuel from yeast. This is an extension of the successful results of research that found a strain of yeast with a high potential for producing fat for use in aviation fuel. In addition to […]
In Japan, an Osaka Metropolitan University research team has found that improves the growth of the yeast strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the presence of ethanol. The findings were published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. The researchers explored persimmon tannin because it is known for its antioxidative properties. “In this study, […]
In Thailand, researchers from Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Science are accelerating their technological development to scale up the production of aviation biofuel from yeast. This is an extension of the successful results of research that found a strain of yeast with a high potential for producing fat for use in aviation fuel. In addition to producing yeast […]
