Cecilia Geijer
Cecilia Geijer works as an Associate Professor at the Division of Industrial Biotechnology. She has a PhD in Microbiology from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and has been employed at Chalmers since 2013. In addition to research and teaching, Cecilia also serves as a Senior Strategic Advisor for Chalmers' Area of Advance Energy and as a member of Chalmers' Faculty Appointment committee. She is also a co-founder of a start-up company that develops yeast strains and bioprocesses for production of food ingredients. Cecilia’s research spans between curiosity-driven fundamental research and challenge-driven development of new biotechnological applications. Specifically, she is interested in exploring yeast biodiversity with the aim to uncover unique mechanisms, genes, and enzymes for assimilation of different carbon sources, and make use of these discoveries to develop novel microbial cell factories and bioproduction processes. Through collaboration, Cecilia’s research group also performs bioinformatic and comparative genomic analyses and develops novel biomaterials. Research funding includes grants from Formas, Novo Nordisk foundation, Vinnova and H2020. Cecilia is the examinator and lecturer in the course KBT016 Biochemistry and Biotechnology, and gives lectures in KLI021 Food Microbiology, BBT065 Industrial Biotechnology and the PhD student course Industrial Biotechnology for Lignocellulose Based processes. She is also an examinator in BBTX11 Bachelor projects in Biology and Biological engineering.
Showing 41 publications
Impact of glucose and propionic acid on even and odd chain fatty acid profiles of oleaginous yeasts
Lactose-assimilating yeasts with high fatty acid accumulation uncovered by untargeted bioprospecting
Citizen Science Unlocks the Diversity of Swedish Honey Yeast
Yeasts Have Evolved Divergent Enzyme Strategies To Deconstruct and Metabolize Xylan
Cellulose- and xylan-degrading yeasts: Enzymes, applications and biotechnological potential
Unraveling the potential of non-conventional yeasts in biotechnology
Xylan-cellulose thin film platform for assessing xylanase activity
Split-marker recombination for efficient targeted gene deletions in Candida intermedia
De novo genome sequencing of the yeast Candida intermedia
Characterization of a novel non-GMO yeast for future lignocellulosic bioethanol production
Yeast reveals unexpected roles and regulatory features of aquaporins and aquaglyceroporins.
Yeast Aquaglyceroporins Use the Transmembrane Core to Restrict Glycerol Transport
Functional analysis of the Ashbya gossypii Fps1 homolog
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Spore Germination
Investigating protein-protein interaction network of Fps1p glycerol channel
Crystal structure of a yeast aquaporin at 1.15 angstrom reveals a novel gating mechanism.
Regulatory Mechanism of the Yeast Aquaporin AQY2 Expression Under Osmotic Condition.
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Showing 20 research projects
Identification and application of sugar sensors in distantly related yeasts
High throughput liquid handling for deep microbial characterization
From plastic to protein by Yeast Engineering for Sustainable food Transition
Odd Chain Fatty Acid production - yeast strain engineering and process development
Xylose sensors for optimized microbial cell factories
LiMiT - Living Materials to prevenT spoilage of harvested fruits and vegetables
Resource efficient renovation using a 3D printable material from underutilized biomass
Yeast - the protein source of the future; Part 2
Adlerbertska forskningsstiftelsen 2022
Upgrading of cellulose fibers into porous materials (BreadCell)
Yeast cell factories for advanced biofuels and microbial robustness, part 2
Efficient cell factory design for production of lignocellulosic biofuels
Industrial xylanolytic yeast for lignocellulosic bioethanol production
CRISPR/Cas9 for the lignocellulose-yeast of the future
Towards robust and efficient xylose fermentation of lignocellulose into ethanol
Attractive non-GMO yeast for the bioethanol industry