Next generation lignocellulosics biorefinery concepts and implementation (Next-BIOREF)

Unraveling biosynthetic gene clusters: a genomics approach to specialized metabolism in poplar

CRISPR-based Lignin Engineering in Maize and Poplar for Sustainable Bio-Refinery solutions

Discovery of the biological role of a gene cluster involved in aromatic compound biosynthesis in plants.

Doctoral project Andreas Pallidis

Doctoral project Barbara De Meester

Doctoral project Bárbara Loreto Madariaga Calderón

Doctoral project Brecht Demedts

Doctoral project Carol Seetso

Doctoral project Dorien Van de Wouwer

Doctoral project Jin Li

Doctoral project Lennart Hoengenaert

Doctoral project Lisanne de Vries

Doctoral project Lisa Sundin

Doctoral project Marina de Lyra Soriano Saleme

Doctoral project Nette De Ridder

Doctoral project Oana Dima

Doctoral project Paula Oyarce Sgro

Doctoral project Rebecca Van Acker

Doctoral project Sandrien Desmet

Doctoral project Veronique Storme

Doctoral project Ward Steenackers

Doctoral project Xinyu Liu

Exploring the unknown: new insights in the specialized metabolism of Arabidopsis and poplar

From lab to field: improving the biomass processability of maize using genome editing.

Genetic approaches to improve lignocellulosic biomass yield and processing efficiency in Arabidopsis and poplar

Improving silage maize digestibility by gene editing.

Large-scale identification of metabolite structures in the biomass crop poplar

Discovery and Metabolic Engineering of the Phenylpropanoid Pathway in Arabidopsis and Physcomitrium

Doctoral project Ans Van der Vaet

Doctoral project Sander Corneillie

Exploring the functions of the phenylpropanoid pathway in plant development

Functional characterization of NIC: a new player in the phenylpropanoid metabolic network

Investigating the bioactivity of phenylpropanoid derivatives

The Metabolic Regulations of Soybean and Arabidopsis Seeds to Deterioration

Advanced Liquid Biofuels for advaced engine concepts enabled by advanced wood breeding and catalysis

ADV_BIO: Technological innovation in the production of advanced biofuels applicable to the Belgian territory for road and air transport and techno-economic and environmental analyses

Bio-energy crops are the cornerstone of the bio-based economy

Biorefinery of entire plant biomass to aromatics

Biotechnology for a sustainable economy (Bio-Economy)

Caffeoyl SHIKIMATE esterase: a new gene into the lignin biosynthesis

Characterisation of genes involved in phenylpropanoid and lignin biosynthesis: improving cell wall composition for the biorefinery

Characterisation of genes potentially involved in phenylpropanoid and lignin biosynthesis: towards improving cell walls foor biofuels.

Developing transgene-free genome-engineered poplars to enabling field applications for the biobased economy.

Exploring and broadening the valorization potential of ugt72e-mediated growth restoration of low-lignin plants

From the lab to the field: the translation of fundamental bioenergy research from a model plant to the crops poplar and maize requires upscaling of the equipment necessary for analysis of biomass properties

Genetic improvement of the processing efficiency of plant biomass

Investigating O-methyltransferases potentially involved in lignin biosynthesis in maize

Lignin engineering to improve lignocellulosic biomass processing efficiency

MSsmall: mass spectrometry for small organic molecules

Optimailsatie of ligninesamaenstelling -and amount poplar for biorefinery

Optimisation of poplar for a bio-based economy

Optimisation of the lignin composition of poplar to improve biomass processing in favor of a bio-based economy.

OPTIMIZATION OF POPLAR FOR THE BIO-BASED ECONOMY THROUGH TISSUE–SPECIFIC LIGNIFICATION AND THE INCORPORATION OF ALTERNATIVE LIGNIN MONOMERS

Pathway discovery in ferulic acid metabolism with relevance to lignin biosynthesis

Synthesis of benzodiocane ligin for applications in the biorefinery

Systematic identification of aromatic metabolites and their biosynthetic pathways of poplar for the bio refinery.

The bacterial populations associated with Populus tremula x alba wild type and 2 lines modified for lignin amount: genotypic and phenotypic characterisation and their potential to increase biomass.

Unraveling the function of an O-methyltransferase potentially involved in lignin biosynthesis in maize

Unraveling the function of new O-methyltransferases in phenylpropanoid metabolism

UPLC-Q-TOF MS system

What is the role of PCBER and DIRIGENT in wood formation in poplar?

BIOLEUM: Fuels and Chemicals by fast pyrolysis of biomass

Exploring the physiological functions of the endogenous plant growth regulator cis-cinnamic acid

Functional characterization of NIC: a new player in the phenylpropanoid metabolic network

Positioning lignin as a central component in plant development.

Unraveling the mode of action of the natural growth-promoting phenylpropanoid cis-cinnamic acid