Research Articles
Redirecting Nature's Pathways: How Scientists Are Engineering Bacteria to Create Valuable Chemicals
Explore how metabolic engineering redirects carbon flux in Klebsiella pneumoniae to efficiently produce 2,3-butanediol, a valuable industrial chemical.
Rewriting the Metabolic Blueprint: Advances in Pathway Diversification in Microorganisms
Explore how scientists are rewriting metabolic blueprints to broaden chemical possibilities in microorganisms through pathway diversification strategies.
Tiny Cellular Chefs: Engineering E. coli to Brew a Key Ingredient
Discover how scientists use homologous recombination to engineer E. coli W3110 for enhanced aspartic acid production, revolutionizing sustainable manufacturing.
Harnessing Microbial Factories: Modular Engineering of Serratia marcescens for Precious Biochemical Production
Explore how modular metabolic engineering transforms Serratia marcescens into efficient factories for N-acetylneuraminic acid production from chitin waste
Brewing a Flu Fighter: Engineering E. coli to Produce Shikimic Acid
Discover how metabolic engineering transforms E. coli into microbial factories for producing shikimic acid, the key ingredient in Tamiflu®.
The Cellular Alchemists: How a 1996 Conference Forged a New Science of Metabolic Engineering
Explore how the 1996 Conference on Metabolic Engineering established a new scientific discipline that transformed biotechnology through cellular reprogramming.
The Green Microbe Revolution: Engineering Tiny Factories for a Sustainable Future
Discover how systems metabolic engineering transforms microbes into sustainable factories for producing fuels and chemicals, reducing our dependence on petroleum.
Harnessing an Acid-Loving Yeast for Greener Food Production
Discover how metabolic engineering of Pichia kudriavzevii enables sustainable L-malic acid production at low pH, revolutionizing green manufacturing.
Supercharged Fungi: How Genetic Engineering is Revolutionizing Organic Acid Production
Discover how metabolic engineering enhances organic acid production in Aspergillus carbonarius, revolutionizing sustainable biotechnology.
Green Alchemy: How Scientists Are Reengineering Plant Sulfur Assimilation to Revolutionize Agriculture
Discover how metabolic engineering of sulfur assimilation pathways in plants is creating crops that thrive with less fertilizer, pack more nutrition, and withstand environmental stresses.