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Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for improved accumulation and storage of standard and high-value lipids and impacts on cellular physiology

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posted on 2018-11-07, 22:55 authored by HUADONG PENG
The development of sustainable sources of industrial feedstocks such as lipids (oils) is an imperative for the planet’s future. An alternative to crop production of oils that can involve land clearing, is production of lipids within cells of microbes such as Bakers’ yeast. Microbial lipids have wide utility in industry and reduce burden on the environment. In this Ph.D. thesis, strategies for the improvement of yeast lipid production were investigated and resulted in high level production of standard and high value lipids in cells. The fundamental discoveries from this thesis will open up opportunities to supply our society with renewable fuels, cosmetics, lubricants, etc.

History

Campus location

Australia

Principal supervisor

Victoria Haritos

Additional supervisor 1

Lizhong He

Year of Award

2018

Department, School or Centre

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Additional Institution or Organisation

Chemical Engineering

Course

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Type

DOCTORATE

Faculty

Faculty of Engineering