Björn Johansson
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Minho
Portugal
Biography
My main interest is metabolic engineering of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae for consumption of new substrates and production of biotechnologically interesting molecules. Me and my group are currently working on fatty acid overproduction and secretion for the future goal of producing fuel and other molecules of interest by fermentation. I am also interested in new technical developments in the fields of molecular biology and bioinformatics. We have developed new methods for engineering and transferring entire metabolic pathways in and between S. cerevisiae strains and associated software for planning and documentation.
Research Interest
Metabolic engineering,
Publications
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Marques F, Azevedo F, Johansson B, Oliveira R. (2011) Stimulation of DNA repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Ginkgo biloba leaf extract. Food and chemical toxicology; 49 : 1361-1366.
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Oliveira R, Johansson B. (2012) Quantitative DNA damage and repair measurement with the yeast comet assay. DNA Repair Protocols: 101-109.
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Bessa D, Pereira F, Moreira R, Johansson B, Queirós O. (2012) Improved gap repair cloning in yeast: treatment of the gapped vector with Taq DNA polymerase avoids vector selfâ€ligation. Yeast; 29 : 419-423.
