Researcher
Kevin Verstrepen
- Disciplines (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology):Auto-ecology, Biogeography and phylogeography, Anthropological genetics, Bacteriology, Biogeochemical cycli, Epigenomics
- Disciplines (KU Leuven):Population, ecological and evolutionary genetics, Microbiomes, Fermentation, Mycology, Food fermentation
- See also: Kevin Verstrepen (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology)
Affiliations
- Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Food and Microbial Technology (CLMT) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → 30 Sep 2007 - VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology (Research Center)
Responsible
From1 Jan 2017 → Today - Verstrepen Lab (Research group)
Responsible
From1 Jan 2017 → Today - Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2007 → 31 Jul 2020
Infrastructure
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Projects
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- Harnessing pYrolysis & Biotechnology to Recycle mIxed plastic waste to Dicarboxylic acids (HYBRID)From1 Apr 2024 → TodayFunding: VLAIO CATALISTI - Cooperative research project
- Second generation lactic acid as a renewable platform for a circular bioeconomy (LAPLACE)From1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research (SBO)
- Mutational robustness and evolvability in model microbesFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: Fund Recuperation Fiscal Exemption
- Development of a CRISPR-based tool for localized random mutagenesis of biosynthetic pathwaysFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Unravelling the natural complexity of the protein biosynthesis pathway in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.From1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Engineering Yarrowia lipolytica for producing plant sterols(β-sitosterol)From10 Oct 2022 → 20 Dec 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Molecular determinants of the Crabtree effect in Saccharomyces cerevisiaeFrom29 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Engineering Yarrowia lipolytica for sustainable fat production for plant-based meat alternativesFrom20 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Production of non-alcoholic specialty beerFrom25 Aug 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Study of the impact of (non-)Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains with a varying thermotolerance during the baking phase of the breadmaking processFrom19 Aug 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
Publications
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- Small Differences in SUC Gene Sequences Impact Saccharomyces cerevisiae Invertase Activity and Specificity toward Fructans with Different Chain Lengths(2021)
Authors: Jitka Laurent, Purvi Gupta, Arnout Voet, Kevin Verstrepen, Christophe Courtin
Pages: 1925 - 1935 - The effect of gene loss and the underlying genetic architecture on evolvability(2021)
Authors: Jana Helsen, Rob Jelier, Kevin Verstrepen
- Description of the temporal dynamics in microbial community composition and beer chemistry in sour beer production via barrel ageing of finished beers(2021)
Authors: Sofie Bossaert, Filip Van Opstaele, Christel Verreth, Maarten Van Geel, Kevin Verstrepen, Sam Crauwels, Gert De Rouck, Bart Lievens
- Clinical Progress in Proton Radiotherapy: Biological Unknowns(2021)
Authors: Laura Vanderwaeren, Rüveyda Dok, Kevin Verstrepen, Sandra Nuyts
- Genetic admixture increases phenotypic diversity in the nectar yeast Metschnikowia reukaufii(2021)
Authors: María Pozo Romero, Sam Crauwels, Kevin Verstrepen, Bart Lievens, Hans Jacquemyn
- Nutrient transceptor signalling and control of yeast cell growth(2020)
Authors: Zhiqiang Zhang, Kevin Verstrepen, Johan Thevelein
- Unraveling the polygenic basis of HMF and furfural tolerance in yeast for optimization of lignocellulose-based processes(2020)
Authors: Gert Vanmarcke, Kevin Verstrepen, Johan Thevelein, Maria Remedios Foulquié Moreno
- Construction of new industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for lignocellulosic bioethanol production(2020)
Authors: Edgard Valdomiro Charles Belo, Kevin Verstrepen, Johan Thevelein, Maria Remedios Foulquié Moreno
- Gene Loss Predictably Drives Evolutionary Adaptation(2020)
Authors: Jana Helsen, Karin Voordeckers, Laura Vanderwaeren, Kevin Verstrepen, Rob Jelier
Pages: 2989 - 3002 - Identification of a queen pheromone mediating the rearing of adult sexuals in the pharaoh ant Monomorium pharaonis(2020)
Authors: Ricardo Caliari Oliveira, Kevin Verstrepen, Tom Wenseleers
Patents
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- Yeast strain development for ethanol production (Inventor)
- Means and methods to overrule glucose-mediated repression of respiration in yeast (Inventor)
- Reducing acetate ester production in yeast (Inventor)
- Yeast alleles involved in tolerance to high alcohol levels (Inventor)
- Yeast alleles involved in tolerance to high alcohol levels (Inventor)
- Means and methods to overrule glucose-mediated repression of respiration in yeast (Inventor)
- Wholemeal bread with reduced fodmap content (Inventor)
- Reducing acetate ester production in yeast (Inventor)
- Wholemeal bread with reduced fodmap content (Inventor)
- Reducing acetate ester production in yeast (Inventor)