Sakkie Pretorius
Professor
Department of Microbiology
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Professor Sakkie Pretorius is internationally recognised as a pioneer in molecular microbiology, biotechnology and translating research outcomes into innovative industry applications. He joined Macquarie University in 2013 and in 2014 his passion for academic excellence and research drove the creation of the University's strategic research framework, World-leading research; World-changing impact. The framework will shape Macquarie's research priorities over the next decade and build upon the Our University: A Framing of Futures project. Originally from South Africa, Professor Pretorius studied agriculture at the University of the Free State from 1977 until 1986, when he was awarded a PhD for his work on physical, genetic and biochemical characteristics of yeast. He was appointed Professor of Microbiology at Stellenbosch University in 1993, where he later became the founding director of South Africa's Institute for Wine Biotechnology.
Research Interest
Microbiology
Publications
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Synthetic genome engineering forging new frontiers for wine yeast Pretorius, I. S. 2 Jan 2017 In : Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. 37, 1, p. 112-136 25 p.
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Synthetic biology stretching the realms of possibility in wine yeast research Jagtap, U. B., Jadhav, J. P., Bapat, V. A. & Pretorius, I. S. 3 Jul 2017 In : International Journal of Food Microbiology. 252, p. 24-34 11 p.
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Positive-feedback, ratiometric biosensor expression improves high-throughput metabolite-producer screening efficiency in yeast Williams, T. C., Xu, X., Ostrowski, M., Pretorius, I. S. & Paulsen, I. T. 29 Jan 2017 In : Synthetic Biology. 2, 1, p. 1-13 13 p., 1
