Code
BOF/BAS/2022/114
Duration
15 December 2022 → 14 December 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Synthetic biology
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Engineering and technology
- Sustainable development
- Bioprocessing, bioproduction and bioproducts
- Industrial microbiology
- Industrial biotechnology not elsewhere classified
Keywords
Industrial biotechnology
Synthetic biology
Transformation
High-throughput equipment
Metabolic engineering
Project description
Electroporation is a key transformation method allowing high-efficiency transformation of a wide range of microbial strains. Here, we want to replace our end-of-life electroporation device allowing only one simultaneous electroporation by one allowing high-throughput transformation of no less than 96 strains at once. This system will allow us to rapidly transform both model and non-model organisms with highly interesting properties for industrial biotechnology purposes. Doing so, we can create production strains with economically viable production titres that will enable the shift towards a biobased economy.