Research Articles
Brewing Better Biotech: Teaching Baker's Yeast to Be a Chemical Factory
Learn how scientists are engineering baker's yeast to produce valuable very long chain fatty acid-derived chemicals for sustainable fuels, lubricants, and pharmaceuticals.
Nature's Rosy Gold: Brewing the World's Most Powerful Antioxidant in Yeast
Discover how scientists are using metabolic engineering to teach yeast to produce astaxanthin, one of nature's most powerful antioxidants.
The Baker's Secret: Engineering Yeast to Become a Microscopic Drug Factory
Discover how scientists are reprogramming baker's yeast to produce life-saving medicines through metabolic engineering.
A Yeast's Second Wind: Engineering a Cleaner Path to Biofuel
Discover how scientists are engineering yeast to efficiently convert plant waste into biofuels by solving metabolic bottlenecks.
From Baker's Yeast to Mini Oil Wells: The Green Alchemy of Biofuel
Discover how scientists are engineering baker's yeast to produce triacylglycerol for sustainable biofuel production through synthetic biology.
Cheesemaking Waste to Biofuel: Engineering Yeast to Solve a Dairy Dilemma
Scientists are hacking baker's yeast to transform cheese whey waste into valuable biofuel through metabolic engineering.
The Yeast Revolution: How a Wild Superyeast Could Transform Biofuel Production
Discover how a novel wild yeast from Ethiopian sugar factories could revolutionize lignocellulosic bioethanol production through natural adaptation and non-GMO solutions.
Brewing a Better Biofuel: How Yeast is Engineered to Pump Out Power
Discover how scientists are engineering yeast to produce n-butanol, a promising biofuel, through coordinated metabolic pathways.
Forging a Super-Yeast: Engineering a Tiny Workhorse for a Hot, Sweet Job
Discover how scientists engineered Ogataea polymorpha yeast for high-temperature cellobiose fermentation, a breakthrough in biofuel production.
Engineering Responsive Hybrid Promoters: Programming Yeast for a Greener Future
Explore how synthetic biology is engineering hybrid promoters in Yarrowia lipolytica to create sustainable microbial factories for biofuels and chemicals.