Oviita has three main wet lab components that allow Yarrowia lipolytica to be easy and safe to work with in communities, and be as nutritionally valuable as possible. This year we did extensive planning of experiments, including trouble-shooting plans. Check out our work below!

BELLATRIX

Integrating cellulase genes into the Y. lipolytica genome, thus allowing the yeast to use agricultural waste as a carbon source for energy.

GAUSHAUS

Integrating cellulase genes into the Y. lipolytica genome, thus allowing the yeast to use agricultural waste as a carbon source for energy.

STICKS

Engineering the different strains to be dependent on each other so they can only survive within the bioreactor and not in the environment

METABOLIC FLUX

Engineering the different strains to be dependent on each other so they can only survive within the bioreactor and not in the environment

HARDWARE

Engineering the different strains to be dependent on each other so they can only survive within the bioreactor and not in the environment

ENDOGLUCANASE

Engineering the different strains to be dependent on each other so they can only survive within the bioreactor and not in the environment