
Eerika
Vuorio
Doctoral Student, Molecular Plant Biology
PhD student
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Areas of expertise
Alkanes
Akenes
Cyanobacteria
Hydrocarbons
Molecular biology
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Synthetic biology
Research
The research in our group focuses on enhancing cyanobacterial cells to function as carbon neutral cell factories to produce high value compounds from CO2, water and sunlight. My focus is in native hydrocarbons, which are compatible with existing combustion engines, and utilization of acetate as an additional carbon source when light is scarce. I have also been involved in projects studying ethylene production in cyanobacteria. In addition my projects validate sophisticated synthetic biology tools generated in our group.
More information: Synthetic Biology of Cyanobacteria
Publications
Enhanced stable production of ethylene in photosynthetic cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 (2019)
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
The effect of enhanced acetate influx on Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 metabolism (2017)
Microbial Cell Factories
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Sequence optimization of efegene from P. syringae is not required for stable ethylene production in recombinant Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. (2016)
International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology and Science
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Light acclimation involves dynamic re-organization of the pigment-protein megacomplexes in non-appressed thylakoid domains (2015)
Plant Journal
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Positive Regulation of psbA Gene Expression by cis-Encoded Antisense RNAs in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (2012)
Plant Physiology
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)