Yun Chen

Current state of aromatics production using yeast: achievements and challenges

Third-generation biorefineries as the means to produce fuels and chemicals from CO2

Multidimensional engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for efficient synthesis of medium-chain fatty acids

Adaptive laboratory evolution of tolerance to dicarboxylic acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Heterologous phosphoketolase expression redirects flux towards acetate, perturbs sugar phosphate pools and increases respiratory demand in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Expanding the Dynamic Range of a Transcription Factor-Based Biosensor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Lipid engineering combined with systematic metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for high-yield production of lycopene

Harnessing xylose pathways for biofuels production

Rewiring carbon metabolism in yeast for high level production of aromatic chemicals

Metabolic engineering and transcriptomic analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae producing p-coumaric acid from xylose

2019

Effects of overexpression of STB5 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae on fatty acid biosynthesis, physiology and transcriptome

2018

Global rewiring of cellular metabolism renders Saccharomyces cerevisiae Crabtree negative

Modular Pathway Rewiring of Yeast for Amino Acid Production

Effects of acetoacetyl-CoA synthase expression on production of farnesene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Comparison of the metabolic response to over-production of p-coumaric acid in two yeast strains

Elimination of the last reactions in ergosterol biosynthesis alters the resistance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to multiple stresses

2016

Thermotolerant yeasts selected by adaptive evolution express heat stress response at 30 degrees C

2016

Functional expression and evaluation of heterologous phosphoketolases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2016

Engineering and systems-level analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid via malonyl-CoA reductase-dependent pathway

Biobased organic acids production by metabolically engineered microorganisms

2015

Production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid from glucose and xylose by metabolically engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2015

De novo production of resveratrol from glucose or ethanol by engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Functional pyruvate formate lyase pathway expressed with two different electron donors in Saccharomyces cerevisiae at aerobic growth

Microbial acetyl-CoA metabolism and metabolic engineering

Enabling Technologies to Advance Microbial Isoprenoid Production

Ach1 is involved in shuttling mitochondrial acetyl units for cytosolic C2 provision in Saccharomyces cerevisiae lacking pyruvate decarboxylase

2015

Adaptive mutations in sugar metabolism restore growth on glucose in a pyruvate decarboxylase negative yeast strain

Altered sterol composition renders yeast thermotolerant

Coupled incremental precursor and co-factor supply improves 3-hydroxypropionic acid production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2014

Improving Production of Malonyl Coenzyme A-Derived Metabolites by Abolishing Snf1-Dependent Regulation of Acc1

Establishing a platform cell factory through engineering of yeast acetyl-CoA metabolism

Improving biobutanol production in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae by manipulation of acetyl-CoA metabolism

Advances in metabolic pathway and strain engineering paving the way for sustainable production of chemical building blocks

From flavors and pharmaceuticals to advanced biofuels: Production of isoprenoids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2012

Profiling of Cytosolic and Peroxisomal Acetyl-CoA Metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

dynamic control of gene expression in saccharomyces cerevisiae engineered for the production of plant sesquiterpene alpha-santalene in a fed-batch mode

2012

Engineering of acetyl-CoA metabolism for the improved production of polyhydroxybutyrate in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Enhancing the copy number of episomal plasmids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for improved protein production

Diversion of Flux toward Sesquiterpene Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Fusion of Host and Heterologous Enzymes