Section: Application Domains

Alternative fuels and bioconversion

Oleaginous yeasts are capable of synthesizing lipids from different substrates other than glucose, and current research is attempting to understand this conversions with the goal of optimizing their throughput, production and quality. From a genomic standpoint the objective is to characterize genes involved in the biosynthesis of precursor molecules which will be transformed into fuels, which are thus not derived from petroleum. Magnome 's focus is in acquiring genome sequences, predicting genes using models learned from genome comparison and sequencing of cDNA transcripts, and comparative annotation. Our overall goal is to define dynamic models that can be used to predict the behavior of modified strains and thus drive selection and genetic engineering.