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Research Overview
Professor Lauersen's research interests are shared between the fundamental understanding of gene regulation and metabolism in eukaryotic organisms and the use of synthetic biology to enable sustainable biotechnology with microalgae.
Algae are fascinating organisms and can serve as elegant platforms for the development of sustainable biotechnological processes using light and CO2 to generate high-value as well as bulk consumer products. His research leverages the future-focussed technologies collectively known as synthetic biology and metabolic engineering to enable eukaryotic algal genetic engineering aimed at broadening their use as model organisms and green industrial work-horses.
He is interested in the use of microalgae as model organisms to probe the nature of eukaryotic genetic regulation, carbon metabolism, and to translate this fundamental understanding into sustainable light-driven green biotechnology concepts.
Key Research Areas
Chemical and Biological Engineering, Functional Biology, Epigenetics, Marine Science
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education
Biology, Ph.D., Bielefeld University
2011 → 2014
Biology, M.S., Queen's University Kingston
2009 → 2011
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Publications
- 740 Citations
- 17 h-Index
- 21 Article
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Green algal hydrocarbon metabolism is an exceptional source of sustainable chemicals
Wichmann, J., Lauersen, K. J. & Kruse, O., Feb 1 2020, In: Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 61Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Scopus citations -
Turning a green alga red: engineering astaxanthin biosynthesis by intragenic pseudogene revival in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Perozeni, F., Cazzaniga, S., Baier, T., Zanoni, F., Zoccatelli, G., Lauersen, K. J., Wobbe, L. & Ballottari, M., Jan 1 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Plant Biotechnology Journal. 18, 10, p. 2053-2067 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access26 Scopus citations -
Characterization of the GPR1/FUN34/YaaH protein family in the green microalga Chlamydomonas suggests their role as intracellular membrane acetate channels
Durante, L., Hübner, W., Lauersen, K. J. & Remacle, C., Jun 1 2019, In: Plant Direct. 3, 6Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations -
Eukaryotic microalgae as hosts for light-driven heterologous isoprenoid production
Lauersen, K. J., Jan 31 2019, In: Planta. 249, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
28 Scopus citations -
Intronserter, an advanced online tool for design of intron containing transgenes
Jaeger, D., Baier, T. & Lauersen, K. J., Sep 1 2019, In: Algal Research. 42Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Scopus citations -
Birth of a Photosynthetic Chassis: A MoClo Toolkit Enabling Synthetic Biology in the Microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Crozet, P., Navarro, F. J., Willmund, F., Mehrshahi, P., Bakowski, K., Lauersen, K. J., Pérez-Pérez, M. E., Auroy, P., Gorchs Rovira, A., Sauret-Gueto, S., Niemeyer, J., Spaniol, B., Theis, J., Trösch, R., Westrich, L. D., Vavitsas, K., Baier, T., Hübner, W., De Carpentier, F., Cassarini, M. & 13 others, , Sep 21 2018, In: ACS Synthetic Biology. 7, 9Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
71 Scopus citations -
Engineered Fusion Proteins for Efficient Protein Secretion and Purification of a Human Growth Factor from the Green Microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Baier, T., Kros, D., Feiner, R. C., Lauersen, K. J., Müller, K. M. & Kruse, O., Nov 16 2018, In: ACS Synthetic Biology. 7, 11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
25 Scopus citations -
Intron-containing algal transgenes mediate efficient recombinant gene expression in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Baier, T., Wichmann, J., Kruse, O. & Lauersen, K. J., Jan 1 2018, In: Nucleic Acids Research. 46, 13Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
52 Scopus citations
Prizes and Honors
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Cluster of Industrial Biotechnology Graduate program (CLIB-GC) Scholar, Bielefeld, Germany
Lauersen, Kyle (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Award or Honor › Early Career or Student Award
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Doctoral Completion Scholarship, Bielefeld Young Researcher’s Fund, Bielefeld, Germany
Lauersen, Kyle (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Award or Honor › Early Career or Student Award
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Jennings Scholarship in Life Sciences Laureate
Lauersen, Kyle (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Award or Honor › Early Career or Student Award
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Nominated for the 2019 DFG Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize by Bielefeld University
Lauersen, Kyle (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Scientific Recognition › Other Achievement
Research News
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Desert greenhouses offer growth opportunities
08/17/20 → 08/18/20
6 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Desert Greenhouses Offer Growth Opportunities
08/17/20
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media