The work of our former BSc student Aleksandr Illarianov was recently published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology journal, where he developed a machine learning algorithm for the analysis of optical microscopy images. The algorithm was applied for the analysis of more than 500 000 cells in a comparative study of conventional and non-conventional yeast stress responses.
Congrats to all the authors for their great work!
Link to the manuscript: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.03100-20
Tobias Butelmann, a former member (2018-2019) of Petris’ group will be visiting us next August. The collaboration entitled Local Electron Delivery in Bioinks for Efficient Yeast Cell Factories will provide valuable knowledge and inputs for 3D printing project. This project of the Baltic-German University Liaison Office is supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic Germany.
We welcome five new interns from Bioceb programme who decided, after finishing their semester in TalTech, to extend their visit and work in the group.
Last week (08 and 09/06/21) all partners of the Perfecoat project got the chance to meet virtually during a kickoff meeting. The official Perfecoat website will be launched soon in the meanwhile I encourage you to consult https://www.bbi.europa.eu/projects/perfecoat for more information.
We are excited to announce the start of two interdisciplinary international projects PERFECOAT – High performance bio-based Functional coatings for wood and decorative applications – with funding from Horizon2002 Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking; and SAFE – Sustainable Aquaculture Feed Based on Novel Biomass from Wood By-products, funded by NordForsk.
We have a new publication “Screening and growth characterization of non-conventional yeasts in a hemicellulosic hydrolysate” published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. Here we have characterized the consumption profiles and growth patterns of nine non-Saccharomyces yeast strains on an industrial hemicellulosic hydrolysate, provided by our partners from Graanul Biotech.
Congrats to all the authors Paola, Daria, Nemailla and Petri.
For full text, please click here.
Next Friday (4th of June) Alina Rekena will defend her Master’s degree at the University of Tartu. Alina carried out a large-scale study characterizing R. toruloides growth on different substrates and creating enzyme constrained genome-scale metabolic models. Her work will be a keystone to engineer carotenoid and lipid yields in R. toruloides.
Daria defended her bachelor’s thesis “Characterisation of non-conventional yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus in lignocellulosic hydrolysate” on 31st of May with the highest grade.
From April 1st, we have two new members joining Food Tech and Bioengineering lab.
Srdjan Gavrilovic will be joining as a Research Scientist working on metabolic engineering and the development of synthetic biology tools.
Andreia Axelrud will join us as a Research Engineer while having a strong background in quality control and bioprocess optimization.
Welcome to our team!
Together with Chalmers University of Technology, we have analysed the accuracy of absolute proteomics approaches. These results offer a new benchmark for assessing MS data quality for protein quantification, while also underscoring current limitations in this approach.
The research was published in Proteomics – link to the paper.
Tallinn University of Technology is setting sights for the future, and you have the opportunity to be a part of it. At the virtual conference of development, taking place on January 21st, 2021, researchers and experts of the university shared their visions on TalTech’s role in Estonia and the world, the future of education, and the contribution of science and universities to solving global challenges. Prof. Petri-Jaan Lahtvee shared his opinion on the development of the circular economy and how TalTech can play a role there.
Link to the event – link.
The recording of the conference can be found here.
Together with @NelsonLabUW, we brewed Indian pale ale and showed that 3D printed beer got more ethanol than classic beer.
Have a look at: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.15.426505v1
#yeast #biotechnology #3Dprintedcellfactories #livingmaterials
Food Tech and Bioengineering lab started at TalTech in January 2021.
The group is led by Prof. Petri-Jaan Lahtvee and the Team has expertise in bioinformatics, metabolic engineering, bioprocess optimization as well as in 3D printing of living materials.
Our goal is to address global challenges of biosustainability, including sustainable production of food and feed, but also biochemicals and materials
Happy to start new collaborations at TalTech.
Photo credit: Raul Mee
