Sangdo Yook

Food Science and Human Nutrition Ph.D. Candidate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PI: Jin)

Recent Publications

• Engineering and Evolution of Yarrowia lipolytica for Producing Lipids from Lignocellulosic Hydrolysates
• Toward Rapid and Efficient Utilization of Nonconventional Substrates by Nonconventional Yeast Strains
• Reshaping the 2-Pyrone Synthase Active Site for Chemoselective Biosynthesis of Polyketides
• Complete and Efficient Conversion of Plant Cell Wall Hemicellulose into High-Value Bioproducts by Engineered Yeast
• Engineering Xylose Metabolism in Yeasts to Produce Biofuels and Chemicals

Recent Datasets

• Engineering and Evolution of Yarrowia lipolytica for Producing Lipids from Lignocellulosic Hydrolysates
• Reshaping the 2-Pyrone Synthase Active Site for Chemoselective Biosynthesis of Polyketides
• Complete and Efficient Conversion of Plant Cell Wall Hemicellulose into High-Value Bioproducts by Engineered Yeast