Lisbeth Olsson

Full Professor at Industrial Biotechnology

Lisbeth Olsson works in the area of Industrial Biotechnology focusing on design and use of enzymes and microorganisms in processes where plant cell wall material is converted to fuels, chemicals and material. Lisbeth leads the research group Industrial Biotechnology and is active in Chalmers Area of Advances Energy and Life Science Engineering. She works in the Wallenberg Wood Science Center (collaboration between Chalmers and KTH) aiming at developing materials from wood for the future. Lisbeth leads the Nordic collaborative project HGBiofuels that will lead to sustainable production of biofuels.

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2023

Enzymatic debranching is a key determinant of the xylan-degrading activity of family AA9 lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases

Monika Tõlgo, Olav A. Hegnar, Johan Larsbrink et al

Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts. Vol. 16 (1)

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2022

Quantification of Microbial Robustness in Yeast

Cecilia Trivellin, Lisbeth Olsson, Peter Rugbjerg

ACS Synthetic Biology. Vol. In Press

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2022

Understanding the impact of steam pretreatment severity on cellulose ultrastructure, recalcitrance, and hydrolyzability of Norway spruce

Fabio Caputo, Basel Al-Rudainy, Polina Naidjonoka et al

Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. Vol. In Press

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2022

Comparison of Six Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases from Thermothielavioides terrestris Shows That Functional Variation Underlies the Multiplicity of LPMO Genes in Filamentous Fungi

Monika Tõlgo, Olav A. Hegnar, Heidi Østby et al

Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 88 (6)

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2022

Robustness: linking strain design to viable bioprocesses

Lisbeth Olsson, Peter Rugbjerg, Luca Torello Pianale et al

Trends in Biotechnology. Vol. In Press

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2022

Directed Evolution of (R)-2-Hydroxyglutarate Dehydrogenase Improves 2-Oxoadipate Reduction by 2 Orders of Magnitude

Veronica Saez Jimenez, Simone Scrima, Matteo Lambrughi et al

ACS Synthetic Biology. Vol. In Press

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2022

Real-Time Monitoring of the Yeast Intracellular State During Bioprocesses With a Toolbox of Biosensors

Luca Torello Pianale, Peter Rugbjerg, Lisbeth Olsson

Frontiers in Microbiology. Vol. 12

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2022

Data mining of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants engineered for increased tolerance towards inhibitors in lignocellulosic hydrolysates

Elena Cámara, Lisbeth Olsson, Jan Zrimec et al

Biotechnology Advances. Vol. 57

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2022

Structure-function analysis of two closely related cutinases from Thermobifida cellulosilytica

Jenny Arnling Bååth, Vera Novy, Leonor Vieira Carneiro et al

Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Vol. 119 (2), p. 470-481

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2021

Quantifying Oxidation of Cellulose-Associated Glucuronoxylan by Two Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases from Neurospora crassa

Olav A. Hegnar, Heidi Ostby, Dejan M. Petrovic et al

Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 87 (24)

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2021

Exploring functionality of the reverse β-oxidation pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum for production of adipic acid

Jae Ho Shin, Aaron John Christian Andersen, Puck Achterberg et al

Microbial Cell Factories. Vol. 20 (1)

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2021

Towards enhancement of gas–liquid mass transfer in bioelectrochemical systems: Validation of a robust CFD model

Mohsen Karimi, Tove Widén, Yvonne Nygård et al

Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Vol. 118 (10), p. 3953-3961

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2021

Analysis of methods for quantifying yeast cell concentration in complex lignocellulosic fermentation processes

Ruifei Wang, Bettina Lorantfy, Salvatore Fusco et al

Scientific Reports. Vol. 11 (1)

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2021

The coordinated action of glucuronoyl esterase and α-glucuronidase promotes the disassembly of lignin–carbohydrate complexes

Olanrewaju Raji, Jenny Arnling Bååth, Thu V. Vuong et al

FEBS Letters. Vol. 595 (3), p. 351-359

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2021

LPMO enzymes for the oxidation of CNCs

Saül Llacer Navarro, Monika Tõlgo, Lisbeth Olsson et al

Conference poster

2021

RNA sequencing reveals metabolic and regulatory changes leading to more robust fermentation performance during short-term adaptation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to lignocellulosic inhibitors

Marlous van Dijk, Peter Rugbjerg, Yvonne Nygård et al

Biotechnology for Biofuels. Vol. 14 (1)

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2021

Phylogenetic analysis and in-depth characterization of functionally and structurally diverse CE5 cutinases

Vera Novy, Leonor Vieira Carneiro, Jae Ho Shin et al

Journal of Biological Chemistry. Vol. 297 (5)

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2021

The role of Sch9 and the V-ATPase in the adaptation response to acetic acid and the consequences for growth and chronological lifespan

Marie Anne Deprez, Jeroen Maertens, Lisbeth Olsson et al

Microorganisms. Vol. 9 (9)

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2021

Inhibition of lpmos by fermented persimmon juice

Radina Tokin, Johan Ipsen, Mahesha M. Poojary et al

Biomolecules. Vol. 11 (12)

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2021

Molecular-dynamics-simulation-guided membrane engineering allows the increase of membrane fatty acid chain length in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Jeroen Maertens, Simone Scrima, Matteo Lambrughi et al

Scientific Reports. Vol. 11 (1)

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2021

Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of the thermophilic lignocellulose-degrading fungus Thielavia terrestris LPH172

Monika Tõlgo, Silvia Hüttner, Peter Rugbjerg et al

Biotechnology for Biofuels. Vol. 14 (1)

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2020

Exploring Microbial Robustness for a Sustainable and Efficient Bioproduction

Luca Torello Pianale, Cecilia Trivellin, Peter Rugbjerg et al

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2020

Nutrient-supplemented propagation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae improves its lignocellulose fermentation ability

Marlous van Dijk, Friederike Mierke, Yvonne Nygård et al

AMB Express. Vol. 10 (1)

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2020

Storage and handling of pretreated lignocellulose affects the redox chemistry during subsequent enzymatic saccharification

Ausra Peciulyte, Nikolaos Xafenias, Mats Galbe et al

Bioresources and Bioprocessing. Vol. 7 (1)

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2020

Adaptation during propagation improves Clostridium autoethanogenum tolerance towards benzene, toluene and xylenes during gas fermentation

Pawel Piatek, Lisbeth Olsson, Yvonne Nygård

Bioresource Technology Reports. Vol. 12

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2020

Respiratory Physiology of Lactococcus lactis in Chemostat Cultures and Its Effect on Cellular Robustness in Frozen and Freeze-Dried Starter Cultures

Anna Johanson, Anisha Goel, Lisbeth Olsson et al

Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 86 (6)

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2020

Conformational gating in ammonia lyases

Matteo Lambrughi, Željka Sanader Maršić, Veronica Saez-Jimenez et al

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects. Vol. 1864 (7)

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2020

Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of Candida intermedia reveals the genetic determinants for its xylose-converting capacity

Cecilia Geijer, Fábio Luis Da Silva Faria Oliveira, David Moreno et al

Biotechnology for Biofuels. Vol. 13 (1)

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2020

Multimodular fused acetyl–feruloyl esterases from soil and gut Bacteroidetes improve xylanase depolymerization of recalcitrant biomass

Cathleen Kmezik, Cyrielle Bonzom, Lisbeth Olsson et al

Biotechnology for Biofuels. Vol. 13 (1)

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2020

The protective role of intracellular glutathione in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during lignocellulosic ethanol production

Vijayendran Raghavendran, Christian Marx, Lisbeth Olsson et al

AMB Express. Vol. 10 (1)

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2020

The future of self-selecting and stable fermentations

Peter Rugbjerg, Lisbeth Olsson

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. Vol. 47 (11), p. 993-1004

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2020

Small scale screening of yeast strains enables high-throughput evaluation of performance in lignocellulose hydrolysates

Marlous van Dijk, Ignatius Trollmann, Margarete Saraiva et al

Bioresource Technology Reports. Vol. 11

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2020

Structure-function investigation of 3-methylaspartate ammonia lyase reveals substrate molecular determinants for the deamination reaction

Veronica Saez Jimenez, Željka Sanader Maršić, Matteo Lambrughi et al

PLoS ONE. Vol. 15 (5)

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2020

Candida intermedia CBS 141442: A novel glucose/xylose co-fermenting isolate for lignocellulosic bioethanol production

A. D. Moreno, Elia Tomas-Pejo, Lisbeth Olsson et al

Energies. Vol. 13 (20)

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2020

Biochemical evidence of bo