Research Articles
From Baker's Yeast to Biofuel: The Accidental Fat Cat of the Microbe World
Discover how genetic engineering of baker's yeast creates super-fat microbes for sustainable biofuel production through DGA1 overexpression and leucine biosynthesis.
From Sugar to Sunlight: Engineering Yeast to Grow on Thin Air
Discover how synthetic biology is transforming yeast from sugar-consuming organisms to CO2-utilizing factories through engineered Calvin cycles.
The Yeast That Brews Peach Perfume: Engineering a Microbial Masterpiece
How scientists are turning a humble microbe into a tiny factory for the scents and flavors we love through combinatorial metabolic engineering.
Brewing Cancer Medicine: Engineering Yeast for Therapeutic Compounds
Discover how scientists engineer Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast to produce germacrene A, a precursor to the anticancer compound beta-elemene.
The Xylose Puzzle: How Scientists Taught Baker's Yeast to Thrive on Plant Waste
Discover how genetic engineering and evolutionary adaptation transformed baker's yeast into an efficient xylose-consuming microbe for biofuel production.
Yeast vs. Weeds: The Tiny Titans Brewing Fuel from Farm Waste
Discover how Kluyveromyces marxianus and Spathaspora passalidarum yeasts are revolutionizing biofuel production from agricultural waste.