Researcher
Wout Boerjan
- Keywords (Ghent University):metabolomics, CRISPR/Cas9, maize, biotechnology, poplar, bioenergy, lignin biosynthesis, phenyl propanoids, genetic engineering, biomass processing
- Disciplines (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology):Cell death and senescence, Invasion biology, Epigenomics, Auto-ecology, Biogeography and phylogeography
- Disciplines (Ghent University):Plant cell and molecular biology, Forestry breeding and biotechnology, Agricultural plant breeding and biotechnology, Plant genetics
- See also: Wout Boerjan (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology)
Affiliations
- Boerjan Lab (Research group)
Responsible
From1 Jan 2017 → Today - Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 1993 → Today
Projects
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- Lignin engineering to improve lignocellulosic biomass processing efficiencyFrom1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Functional characterization of NIC: a new player in the phenylpropanoid metabolic networkFrom1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - mobility
- Investigating O-methyltransferases potentially involved in lignin biosynthesis in maizeFrom1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Unraveling the function of an O-methyltransferase potentially involved in lignin biosynthesis in maizeFrom1 Sep 2021 → 30 Sep 2022Funding: 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 → 31 Dec 2023Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- 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 → 31 Mar 2023Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
Publications
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- Alterations in the phenylpropanoid pathway affect poplar ability for ectomycorrhizal colonisation and susceptibility to root-knot nematodes(2020)
Authors: Marc Behr, Fabien Baldacci-Cresp, Annegret Kohler, Kris Morreel, Geert Goeminne, Rebecca Van Acker, Claire Veneault-Fourrey, Adeline Mol, Gilles Pilate, Wout Boerjan, et al.
Pages: 555 - 566 - 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.
- Tailoring poplar lignin without yield penalty by combining a null and haploinsufficient CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE2 allele(2020)
Authors: Barbara De Meester, Bárbara Loreto Madariaga Calderón, Lisanne de Vries, Jacob Pollier, Geert Goeminne, Mingjie Chen, John Ralph, Ruben Vanholme, Wout Boerjan
- Chorismate mutase and isochorismatase, two potential effectors of the migratory nematode Hirschmanniella oryzae, increase host susceptibility by manipulating secondary metabolite content of rice(2020)
Authors: Lander Bauters, Kris Morreel, Wout Boerjan, Hannes Lefevere
Pages: 1634 - 1646 - PIRIN2 suppresses SU+2010type lignin accumulation in a noncellU+2010autonomous manner in Arabidopsis xylem elements(2020)
Authors: Bo Zhang, Bernadette Sztojka, Sacha Escamez, Ruben Vanholme, Mattias Hedenström, Yin Wang, Halbay Turumtay, András Gorzsás, Wout Boerjan, Hannele Tuominen
Pages: 1923 - 1935 - ARABIDOPSIS DEHISCENCE ZONE POLYGALACTURONASE 1 (ADPG1) releases latent defense signals in stems with reduced lignin content(2020)
Authors: Lina Gallego-Giraldo, Chang Liu, Sara Pose-Albacete, Sivakumar Pattathil, Angelo Gabriel Peralta, Jenna Young, Jan Westpheling, Michael G. Hahn, Xiaolan Rao, J. Paul Knox, et al.
Pages: 3281 - 3290 - A century-old mystery unveiled : Sekizaisou is a natural lignin mutant(2020)
Authors: Masanobu Yamamoto, Hirokazu Tomiyama, Akio Koyama, Hisato Okuizumi, Sarah Liu, Ruben Vanholme, Geert Goeminne, Yuta Hirai, Hu Shi, Nuoendagula Nuoendagula, et al.
Pages: 1821 - 1828 - Polyploidy affects plant growth and alters cell wall composition(2019)
Authors: Sander Corneillie, Nico De Storme, Rebecca Van Acker, Jonatan Ulrik Fangel, Michiel De Bruyne, William George Tycho Willats, Bartel Vanholme, Wout Boerjan
Pages: 74 - 87 - Certification for gene-edited forests(2019)
Authors: Steven H Strauss, Wout Boerjan, Vincent Chiang, Adam Costanza, Heather Coleman, John M Davis, Meng-Zhu Lu, Shawn D Mansfield, Scott Merkle, Alexander Myburg, et al.
Pages: 767 - 768 - Analytical Py-GC/MS of genetically modified poplar for the increased production of bio-aromatics(2019)
Authors: Sri Bala Gorugantu, Hilal Ezgi Toraman, Steffen Symoens, Annabelle Déjardin, Gilles Pilate, Wout Boerjan, Kevin Van Geem
Pages: 599 - 610
Patents
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- Novel mutant plant Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase proteins (Inventor)
- Novel mutant plant Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase proteins (Inventor)
- Means and methods to increase coumarin production (Inventor)
- MEANS AND METHODS TO INCREASE PLANT BIOMASS (Inventor)
- Means and methods for altering the lignin pathway in plants (Inventor)
- Means and methods for altering the lignin pathway in plants (Inventor)
- AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PHENYL-PROPANOIC ACID DERIVATIVES FOR CROP YIELD INCREASE (Inventor)
- Means and methods to increase coumarin production (Inventor)