Yvonne Nygård

Associate Professor at Industrial Biotechnology

Yvonne Nygård works as Associate Professor at the Division of Industrial Biotechnology. She also holds a position as Research Professor at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. In 2019, Yvonne was awarded the Hasselblad foundation Female Researcher grant and in 2022 the Novo Nordisk foundation Ascending Researcher grant.

Yvonne’s main research interest is to develop microbial cell factories for industrial applications, mainly related to production of chemicals and proteins. She has done pioneering work on applying different CRISPR/Cas9 based technologes to industrial yeast and filamentous fungi. Moreover, she has developed biosensors and high throughput technologies for screening yeast and filamentous fungi in industrially relevant conditions. Yvonne is the CSO of a start-up, Cirkulär, that works on developing filamentous fungi for valorization of side-stream biomass.

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Showing 41 publications

2024

Effect of pH in syngas conversion to C4 & C6 acids in mixed-culture trickle bed reactors

Cesar Quintela, Antonio Grimalt-Alemany, Oskar Modin et al
Biomass and Bioenergy. Vol. 187
Journal article
2024

Development of an Haa1-Based Biosensor for Acetic Acid Sensing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Elin Blick, Maurizio Mormino, Verena Siewers et al
Methods in Molecular Biology. Vol. 2844, p. 221-238
Book chapter
2024

Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for enhanced metabolic robustness and L-lactic acid production from lignocellulosic biomass

BoHyun Choi, Albert Tafur Rangel, Eduard Kerkhoven et al
Metabolic Engineering. Vol. 84, p. 23-33
Journal article
2024

Chain elongation in continuous microbial electrosynthesis cells: The effect of pH and precursors supply

Cesar Quintela, Pantelis Bountzis, Babak Rezaei et al
Journal of CO2 Utilization. Vol. 83
Journal article
2024

Low electric current in a bioelectrochemical system facilitates ethanol production from CO using CO-enriched mixed culture

Chaeho Im, Minsoo Kim, Jung Rae Kim et al
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. Vol. 15
Journal article
2024

Excessive Ethanol Oxidation Versus Efficient Chain Elongation Processes

Cesar Quintela, Evi Peshkepia, Antonio Grimalt-Alemany et al
Waste and Biomass Valorization. Vol. 15 (4), p. 2545-2558
Journal article
2024

<i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> strains performing similarly during fermentation of lignocellulosic hydrolysates show pronounced differences in transcriptional stress responses

Elena Cámara, Maurizio Mormino, Verena Siewers et al
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 90 (5)
Journal article
2024

Enhanced upgrading of lignocellulosic substrates by coculture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1

Changshuo Liu, BoHyun Choi, Elena Efimova et al
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts. Vol. 17 (1)
Journal article
2023

Electron uptake from solid electrodes promotes the more efficient conversion of CO<inf>2</inf> to polyhydroxybutyrate by using Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Shuwei Li, Minsoo Kim, Da Seul Kong et al
Chemical Engineering Journal. Vol. 469
Journal article
2023

CRISPRi screen highlights chromatin regulation to be involved in formic acid tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Vaskar Mukherjee, Ibai Lenitz Etxaburu, Ulrika Lind et al
Engineering Microbiology. Vol. 3 (2)
Journal article
2022

Clostridium ljungdahlii as a biocatalyst in microbial electrosynthesis – Effect of culture conditions on product formation

Chaeho Im, Kaspar Valgepea, Oskar Modin et al
Bioresource Technology Reports. Vol. 19
Journal article
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
Review article
2022

Identification of acetic acid sensitive strains through biosensor-based screening of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae CRISPRi library

Maurizio Mormino, Ibai Lenitz Etxaburu, Verena Siewers et al
Microbial Cell Factories. Vol. 21 (1), p. 214-
Journal article
2021

Modular synthetic biology toolkit for filamentous fungi

László Mózsik, Carsten Pohl, Vera Meyer et al
ACS Synthetic Biology. Vol. 10 (11), p. 2850-2861
Journal article
2021

A CRISPR Interference Screen of Essential Genes Reveals that Proteasome Regulation Dictates Acetic Acid Tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Vaskar Mukherjee, Ulrika Lind, Robert P.S. Onge et al
mSystems. Vol. 6 (4)
Journal article
2021

CRISPR-based transcriptional activation tool for silent genes in filamentous fungi

László Mózsik, Mirthe Hoekzema, Niels A.W. de Kok et al
Scientific Reports. Vol. 11 (1)
Journal article
2021

Development of an Haa1-based biosensor for acetic acid sensing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Maurizio Mormino, Verena Siewers, Yvonne Nygård
FEMS Yeast Research. Vol. 21 (6)
Journal article
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
Journal article
2020

Synthetic control devices for gene regulation in Penicillium chrysogenum

László Mózsik, Zsófia Büttel, R. A. L. Bovenberg et al
Conference poster
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
Journal article
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
Journal article
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)
Journal article
2020

A CRISPR activation and interference toolkit for industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain KE6-12

Elena Cámara, Ibai Lenitz Etxaburu, Yvonne Nygård
Scientific Reports. Vol. 10 (1)
Journal article
2020

Increased CODH activity in a bioelectrochemical system improves microbial electrosynthesis with CO

Young Eun Song, Changman Kim, Jiyun Baek et al
Sustainable Energy and Fuels. Vol. 4 (12), p. 5952-5957
Journal article
2019

Strain-dependent variance in short-term adaptation effects of two xylose-fermenting strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Marlous van Dijk, Borbála Erdei, Mats Galbe et al
Bioresource technology. Vol. 292, p. 121922-
Journal article
2019

CRISPR interference technology for development of more tolerant industrial yeast strains (Milan)

Elena Cámara, Ibai Lenitz Etxaburu, Lisbeth Olsson et al
Conference poster
2019

Synthetic control devices for gene regulation in Penicillium chrysogenum

László Mózsik, Zsófia Büttel, R. A. L. Bovenberg et al
Microbial Cell Factories. Vol. 18 (1), p. 203-
Journal article
2019

Fine-tuning the stress response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae using CRISPR interference technology

Luca Torello Pianale, Vaskar Mukherjee, Elena Cámara et al
Conference poster
2018

Pathway for the biosynthesis of the pigment chrysogine by Penicillium chrysogenum

Annarita Viggiano, O. Salo, Hazrat Ali et al
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 84 (4)
Journal article
2018

Fine-tuning the stress response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae using CRISPR interference technology

Vaskar Mukherjee, Elena Cámara, Ignatius Trollmann et al
Conference poster
2018

Genome editing in penicillium chrysogenum using cas9 ribonucleoprotein particles

Carsten Pohl, László Mózsik, Arnold J.M. Driessen et al
Methods in Molecular Biology. Vol. 1772, p. 213-232
Book chapter
2018

Identification of the decumbenone biosynthetic gene cluster in penicillium decumbens and the importance for production of calbistrin

S. Grijseels, Carsten Pohl, Jens Christian Froslev Nielsen et al
Fungal Biology and Biotechnology. Vol. 5 (1), p. 1-17
Journal article
2017

Mechanism and regulation of sorbicillin biosynthesis by Penicillium chrysogenum

F. Guzman-Chavez, O. Salo, Yvonne Nygård et al
Microbial Biotechnology. Vol. 10 (4), p. 958-968
Journal article
2017

Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering for Future Biorefineries

Yvonne Nygård
Bioprocessing India, Guwahati 2017
Other conference contribution
2017

Yeast as a tool to express sugar acid transporters with biotechnological interest

D. Ribas, J. Sa-Pessoa, I. Soares-Silva et al
FEMS Yeast Research. Vol. 17 (2)
Journal article
2016

CRISPR/Cas9 Based Genome Editing of Penicillium chrysogenum

C. Pohl, J. A. Kiel, A. J. Driessen et al
ACS Synthetic Biology. Vol. 5 (7), p. 754-64
Journal article
2015

A novel aldose-aldose oxidoreductase for co-production of D-xylonate and xylitol from D-xylose with Saccharomyces cerevisiae

M. G. Wiebe, Yvonne Nygård, M. Oja et al
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Vol. 99 (22), p. 9439-47
Journal article
2015

Unlocking the potential of fungi: the QuantFung project

Z. Buttel, R. Diaz, B. Dirnberger et al
Fungal Biol Biotechnol. Vol. 2, p. 6-
Journal article

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Showing 24 research projects

2023–2026

Complete Carbon-LA - Lactic acid from the entire biomass

Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Bohyun Choi Industrial Biotechnology
Formas

1 publication exists
2022–2027

FunAromatics - High throughput technologies för production of aromatic biochemicals with fungi

Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Bohyun Choi Industrial Biotechnology
Novo Nordisk Foundation

2022–2022

Circular bioeconomy development via network establishment between Chalmers and Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory

Johan Larsbrink Industrial Biotechnology
Lisbeth Olsson Industrial Biotechnology
Carl Johan Franzén Industrial Biotechnology
Verena Siewers Systems and Synthetic Biology
Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Cecilia Geijer Industrial Biotechnology
Formas

2021–2025

Advancing carbon dioxide valorization towards alcohols using bioelectrochemical synthesis

Lisbeth Olsson Industrial Biotechnology
Adolf Krige Industrial Biotechnology
Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Swedish Energy Agency

2021–2021

Better together: Synthetic microbial co-cultures for improved waste feedstock utilisation

Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Pawel Piatek Industrial Biotechnology
J. Gust. Richert stiftelse

2020–2022

Climate smart milk proteins for an energy efficient cheese production

Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Elena Cámara Industrial Biotechnology
Eric Öste Industrial Biotechnology
Amanda Grace Vaz Industrial Biotechnology
Emil Andreasson Industrial Biotechnology
Swedish Energy Agency

2020–2023

Bioplastics and wax esters from wood through co-culture of bacteria and yeast

Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Bohyun Choi Industrial Biotechnology
J. Gust. Richert stiftelse
Formas

2 publications exist
2020–2020

Clean Dairy Protein

Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Eric Öste Industrial Biotechnology
Elena Cámara Industrial Biotechnology
VINNOVA

2020–2022

High-througput phenomics and CRISPRi as tools for development of tolerant industrial yeast strains

Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Vaskar Mukherjee Industrial Biotechnology
Anders Blomberg University of Gothenburg
Ibai Lenitz Etxaburu Industrial Biotechnology
Novo Nordisk Foundation

2020–

Robust enzymatic and microbial conversion and valorization of bio refinery side streams, part 2

Lisbeth Olsson Industrial Biotechnology
Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Nikolaos Xafenias Industrial Biotechnology
Henrik Ström Fluid Dynamics
Oskar Modin Water Environment Technology
Henrik Thunman Energy Technology
Carl Johan Franzén Industrial Biotechnology
Mathias Janssen Environmental Systems Analysis
Rickard Fornell Industrial Energy Systems and Technologies
Chalmers

2019–2023

CRISPRi for elucidating stress regulation in yeast

Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Florian David Systems and Synthetic Biology
Verena Siewers Systems and Synthetic Biology
Ibai Lenitz Etxaburu Industrial Biotechnology
Christoph Sebastian Börlin Systems and Synthetic Biology
Vaskar Mukherjee Industrial Biotechnology
Swedish Research Council (VR)

2019–2021

New strains, new methods - towards a sustainable bioethanol production

Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Elena Cámara Industrial Biotechnology
Swedish Energy Agency

2019–2020

Microbial electro-assisted conversion of biomass to energy carriers

Johan Larsbrink Industrial Biotechnology
Nathan Porter Industrial Biotechnology
Soroush Saheb Alam Industrial Biotechnology
Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Chalmers

2019–2020

Bioteknisk produktion av mjölksyra - ett råmaterial för bioplaster

Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
ÅForsk

2019–2023

Elucidating stress related to fermenting syngas – towards efficient conversion of CO and CO2 into bioethanol

Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Oskar Modin Water Environment Technology
Im Chaeho Industrial Biotechnology
Swedish Energy Agency

1 publication exists
2019–

Electrochemically assisted syngas fermentation

Lisbeth Olsson Industrial Biotechnology
Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Henrik Ström Fluid Dynamics
Björn Wickman Chemical Physics
Soroush Saheb Alam Industrial Biotechnology
Chalmers

2019–

Yeast cell factories for advanced biofuels and microbial robustness

Lisbeth Olsson Industrial Biotechnology
Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Chalmers

2018–2018

High-througput screening av nya jäststammar med hjälp av biosensorer

Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Maurizio Mormino Industrial Biotechnology
Ollie och Elof Ericssons stiftelser

2018–

CRISPRi technology, for developing robust industrial yeast strains

Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Vaskar Mukherjee Industrial Biotechnology
Chalmers

1 publication exists
2018–2019

Syngas fermentation for efficient conversion of lignocellulose into bioethanol

Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Lisbeth Olsson Industrial Biotechnology
Pawel Piatek Industrial Biotechnology
Nikolaos Xafenias Industrial Biotechnology
Energiforsk AB

2018–2020

Genetic biosensors for developing better cell factories for production of platform chemicals

Lisbeth Olsson Industrial Biotechnology
Verena Siewers Systems and Synthetic Biology
Maurizio Mormino Industrial Biotechnology
Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Formas
Ollie och Elof Ericssons stiftelser
Adlerbertska Foundations
ÅForsk

1 publication exists
2018–2019

CRISPRi technology for fine-tuned stress response in yeast

Vaskar Mukherjee Industrial Biotechnology
Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
The Royal Swedish Academy of Science
Chalmers
Stiftelsen Wilhelm och Martina Lundgrens Vetenskapsfond

1 publication exists
2017–2019

Novel methods for accelerating the development of more inhibitor tolerant strains for cellulosic ethanol production

Elena Cámara Industrial Biotechnology
Ignatius Trollmann Biology and Biological Engineering
Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Lisbeth Olsson Industrial Biotechnology
Swedish Energy Agency

4 publications exist
2016–2019

Bottlenecks in cellulosic ethanol production: xylose fermentation and cell propagation

Lisbeth Olsson Industrial Biotechnology
Marlous van Dijk Industrial Biotechnology
Yvonne Nygård Industrial Biotechnology
Swedish Energy Agency

5 publications exist
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