Researcher
Wout Boerjan
- Keywords:metabolomics, CRISPR/Cas9, maize, biotechnology, poplar, bioenergy, lignin biosynthesis, phenyl propanoids, genetic engineering, biomass processing
- Disciplines:Plant cell and molecular biology, Forestry breeding and biotechnology, Agricultural plant breeding and biotechnology, Plant genetics
Affiliations
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 1993 → Today
Projects
1 - 10 of 29
- Unraveling the function of an O-methyltransferase potentially involved in lignin biosynthesis in maizeFrom1 Sep 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- Next generation lignocellulosics biorefinery concepts and implementation (Next-BIOREF)From1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - iBOF
- ADV_BIO: Technological innovation in the production of advanced biofuels applicable to the Belgian territory for road and air transport and techno-economic and environmental analysesFrom1 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: Ministery of Economical Affairs
- Advanced Liquid Biofuels for advaced engine concepts enabled by advanced wood breeding and catlysisFrom1 Mar 2020 → TodayFunding: Ministery of Economical Affairs
- Developing transgene-free genome-engineered poplars to enabling field applications for the biobased economy.From1 Jan 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO research project
- Exploring the physiological functions of the endogenous plant growth regulator cis-cinnamic acidFrom1 Nov 2019 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Exploring and broadening the valorization potential of ugt72e-mediated growth restoration of low-lignin plantsFrom1 Jan 2019 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Unraveling the mode of action of the natural growth-promoting
phenylpropanoid cis-cinnamic acidFrom1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Unraveling the function of new O-methyltransferases in phenylpropanoid metabolismFrom1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: FWO research project
- Optimisation of poplar for a bio-based economyFrom1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
Publications
1 - 10 of 133
- CRISPRU+2010Cas9 editing of Caffeoyl Shikimate Esterase 1 and 2 shows their importance and partial redundancy in lignification in Populus tremula x P. alba(2021)
Authors: Lisanne de Vries, Marlies Brouckaert, Alexandra Alvarenga Chanoca, Hoon Kim, Matthew R. Regner, Vitaliy I. Timokhin, Yi Sun, Barbara De Meester, Jan Van Doorsselaere, Geert Goeminne, et al.
Pages: 2221 - 2234 - Rewired phenolic metabolism and improved saccharification efficiency of a Zea mays cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase 2 (zmcad2) mutant(2021)
Authors: Xinyu Liu, Rebecca Van Acker, Wannes Voorend, Andreas Pallidis, Geert Goeminne, Jacob Pollier, Kris Morreel, Hoon Kim, Hilde Muylle, Mickael Bosio, et al.
Pages: 1240 - 1257 - Incorporation of catechyl monomers into lignins : lignification from the non-phenolic end via DielsU+2013Alder cycloaddition?(2021)
Authors: Daisuke Ando, Fachuang Lu, Hoon Kim, Alexis Eugene, Yuki Tobimatsu, Ruben Vanholme, Thomas J. Elder, Wout Boerjan, John Ralph
Pages: 8995 - 9013 - Behind the scenes : the impact of bioactive phenylpropanoids on the growth phenotypes of Arabidopsis lignin mutants(2021)
Authors: Ilias El Houari, Wout Boerjan, Bartel Vanholme
Number of pages: 1 - Seeing the forest for the trees : retrieving plant secondary biochemical pathways from metabolome networks(2021)
Authors: Sandrien Desmet, Marlies Brouckaert, Wout Boerjan, Kris Morreel
Pages: 72 - 85 - Two chemically distinct root lignin barriers control solute and water balance(2021)
Authors: Guilhem Reyt, Priya Ramakrishna, Isai Salas-González, Satoshi Fujita, Ashley Love, David Tiemessen, Catherine Lapierre, Kris Morreel, Monica Calvo-Polanco, Paulina Flis, et al.
Number of pages: 1 - Improved chemical pulping and saccharification of a natural mulberry mutant deficient in cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase(2021)
Authors: Tsutomu Ikeda, Naoki Takata, Shingo Sakamoto, Shi Hu, [missing] Nuoendagula, Shojiro Hishiyama, Nobutaka Mitsuda, Wout Boerjan, John Ralph, Shinya Kajita
Pages: 968 - 977 - Seedling developmental defects upon blocking CINNAMATEU+20104U+2010HYDROXYLASE are caused by perturbations in auxin transport(2021)
Authors: Ilias El Houari, Caroline Van Beirs, Helena Arents, Huibin Han, Alexandra Alvarenga Chanoca, Davy Opdenacker, Jacob Pollier, Véronique Storme, Ward Steenackers, Mussa Quareshy, et al.
Pages: 2275 - 2291 - Maize specialized metabolome networks reveal organ-preferential mixed glycosides(2021)
Authors: Sandrien Desmet, Yvan Saeys, Kevin Verstaen, Rebecca Dauwe, Hoon Kim, Claudiu Niculaes, Atsushi Fukushima, Geert Goeminne, Ruben Vanholme, John Ralph, et al.
Pages: 1127 - 1144 - Characterization of the UDP-glycosyltransferase UGT72 family in poplar and identification of genes involved in the glycosylation of monolignols(2020)
Authors: Nathanael Speeckaert, Nassirou Mahamadou Adamou, Hadjara Amadou Hassane, Fabien Baldacci-Cresp, Adeline Mol, Geert Goeminne, Wout Boerjan, Pierre Duez, Simon Hawkins, Godfrey Neutelings, et al.
Number of pages: 1