Mastodawn

Today was the day: I presented my bachelor’s thesis!
Just a few exams left – and then my studies are officially done!

Background: FORBIX is an FWF START Prize project that investigates how the acetogen Acetobacterium woodii can be engineered and optimized to convert sustainably produced formate into valuable chemicals such as alcohols and organic acids.
Link: https://www.tuwien.at/en/tch/icebe/e166-04/e166-04-1-research-group-for-bioprocess-technology/group-industrial-biotechnology/research-and-projects/forbix-formiat-basierte-acetogene-bioproduktion-von-treibstoffen-und-chemikalien

#Bachelorarbeit #BScThesis #PresentationDay #Biotechnology #BioprocessEngineering #MetabolicEngineering #Microbiology #Acetogens #FormateToX #RenewableCarbon #SustainableBiotech #FWF #ResearchLife #ScienceCommunication #FutureScientist #AcademicJourney #ProudMoment #AlmostGraduated #ScienceIsCool

PsychoticSheep Sep 19

Working on my BSc thesis – first draft done!
Topic: Exploring new approaches for 2-butanol production in A. woodii.

#SyntheticBiology #MetabolicEngineering #CRISPR #AcetobacteriumWoodii #2Butanol #Biotechnology #Bioengineering #Science #STEM #Research #BachelorThesis #LabLife #Microbiology #MolecularBiology

CubeRootOfTrue Oct 19, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThLOGg22OA0

How to make Psilocybin in your kitchen.

I like the Journal of Metabolic Engineering. They talk about "fluxes" and "flows", and using promoters to increase the flux, and language like that is pretty exciting. It's all objects and arrows, too. Objects are organic molecules, arrows are metabolic pathways, some of which are decorated by enzymes, and you say things like, "The number of carbon atoms must commute" (well, probably nobody says that, but they do keep track of the carbons (oops the elements of the category have structure but they are also diagrams, of atoms and bonds))

#categorytheory #ACT #metabolicengineering

How to Make Psilocybin with Yeast | Journal Club

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sthiele

Aug 19, 2024

✨Announcing CNApy version 1.2.1✨ https://github.com/cnapy-org/CNApy/releases/tag/v1.2.1

This release includes a multitude of important bug fixes, a much better Escher map integration and a lot of small quality-of-life enhancements. #MetabolicEngineering #Metabolism #ConstraintBased #FBA #FVA #ElementaryFluxModes #MinimalCutSets #OptKnock #OptCouple

Release 1.2.1 · cnapy-org/CNApy

Important note for those who are using the cnapy-dev Anaconda environment: Since CNApy's Anaconda environment requirements are changed with this release, it is recommended to create CNApy's Anacond...

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Matt Willemsen Jun 1, 2024

Genetic engineering feat coaxes yeast to produce valuable vaccine compound
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/genetic-engineering-feat-coaxes-yeast-to-produce-valuable-vaccine-compound/4019526.article #medicine #yeast #biosynthesis #adjuvant #MetabolicEngineering

Genetic engineering feat coaxes yeast to produce valuable vaccine compound

Yeast could head off supply fears for vaccines ingredient by replacing soapbark tree as source of adjuvant

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Mol Syst Biol Feb 27, 2023

The first genome-scale metabolic model of Vibrio natriegens brings insights into metabolism, halophilic adaptions & resource allocation ➡️ http://bit.ly/3Y1tz5f from R Ledesma-Amaro @imperialcollege #SynBio #metabolicengineering #systemsbiology #MetabolicModel