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Projects - prof.dr. RA (Ruud) Weusthuis
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Metabolic engineering of eukaryotic microalgae to improve lipid content
Microalgae accumulate large quantities of lipids under stress conditions, which makes them a valuable feedstock for biotechnological applications. In... -
Anaerobic conversion of a non-sugar substrate for the microbial production of chemicals
Nowadays, sustainable development is at the heart of all concerns. Due to environmental pollution and depletion of fossil fuels, new solutions have to... -
Efficient chemo-enzymatic routes for the production of high-value chemicals and materials from chitin
Chitin is a suitable and abundant natural resource for production of important carbohydrate based chemicals and materials. The only commercial... -
Use of biocatalysts for the synthesis of furan based monomers and polymers
Nowadays, most plastics are oil-based, an alternative could be the usage of biomass as a source for (bio)plastics. -
Itaconic acid production in micro-organisms
In order to contribute to the bio-based economy, the US-Department of Energy (DOE) assigned a “top-12” of platform chemicals, which... -
More efficient use of biomass for chemicals and fuel
From the standpoint of energy efficiency, it would be better to put biomass to use in the production of nitrogen-rich chemicals than in the generation...