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
1 - 10 of 31
- 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
41 - 50 of 153
- Opportunities and challenges for biomass conversion processes(2019)
Authors: Kevin Van Geem, Arturo González Quiroga, Dirk De Vos, Frederik Ronsse, Wolter Prins, Wout Boerjan, Guy Marin, Vadim Yakovlev
Pages: 12 - 13 - A metabolomics characterisation of natural variation in the resistance of cassava to whitefly(2019)
Authors: Laura Perez-Fons, Adriana Bohorquez-Chaux, Maria L Irigoyen, Danielle C Garceau, Kris Morreel, Wout Boerjan, Linda L Walling, Luis Augusto Becerra Lopez-Lavalle, Paul D Fraser
- Lignin engineering in forest trees(2019)
Authors: Alexandra Alvarenga Chanoca, Lisanne de Vries, Wout Boerjan
- Forest genomics and biotechnology(2019)
Authors: Isabel Allona, Matias Kirst, Wout Boerjan, Steven Strauss, Ronald Sederoff
- Passive membrane transport of lignin-related compounds(2019)
Authors: Josh V Vermaas, Richard A Dixon, Fang Chen, Shawn D Mansfield, Wout Boerjan, John Ralph, Michael F Crowley, Gregg T Beckham
Pages: 23117 - 23123 - COSY catalyses trans-cis isomerization and lactonization in the biosynthesis of coumarins(2019)
Authors: Ruben Vanholme, Lisa Sundin, Keletso Carol Seetso, Hoon Kim, Xinyu Liu, Jin Li, Barbara De Meester, Lennart Hoengenaert, Geert Goeminne, Kris Morreel, et al.
Pages: 1066 - 1075 - cis-Cinnamic acid is a natural plant growth-promoting compound(2019)
Authors: Ward Steenackers, Ilias El Houari, Alexandra Baekelandt, Klaas Witvrouw, Stijn Dhondt, Olivier Leroux, Nathalie Gonzalez Sanchez, Sander Corneillie, Igor Cesarino, Dirk Inzé, et al.
Pages: 6293 - 6304 - Lignin biosynthesis and its integration into metabolism(2019)
Authors: Ruben Vanholme, Barbara De Meester, John Ralph, Wout Boerjan
Pages: 230 - 239 - Introducing curcumin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis enhances lignocellulosic biomass processing(2019)
Authors: Paula Oyarce Sgro, Barbara De Meester, Fernando Campos De Assis Fonseca, Lisanne de Vries, Geert Goeminne, Andreas Pallidis, Yukiko Tsuji, Yanding Li, Sander Van den Bosch, Bert Sels, et al.
Pages: 225 - 237 - Bioactivity : phenylpropanoidsU+2019 best kept secret(2019)
Authors: Bartel Vanholme, Ilias El Houari, Wout Boerjan
Pages: 156 - 162
Patents
1 - 8 of 8
- 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)