Slowly but surely, bioproducts with a sustainable life cycle are being preferred. Hence, the center identifies and develops a cell factory system that is capable of producing useful metabolites and proteins for industries, including energy, environment, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. The center currently focuses on the production of these products from microalgae using genetic, ecological, and fermentation engineering. The center’s goal is to research these organisms and associated processes, and develop novel and highly efficient technologies/products from the resources.
Research Areas
Development of microalgal cell factory
Production of microalgae-based biofuel/biomaterials
Increased lipid productivity in microalgae used for industrial application. A three pronged strategy for achieving high lipid productivity with enhanced growth.
Construction of omics information and genetic network
Development of industrial microalgae using genetic engineering
Selected Publications
Lipid turnover between membrane lipids and neutral lipids via inhibition of diacylglyceryl N,N,N-trimethylhomoserine synthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Algal Res. 27:162-169.
Hee-Mock Oh and Hyung-Gwan Lee (Co-corresponding)
Pusillimonas caeni sp. nov., isolated from a sludge sample of a biofilm reactor
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 110(1):125-132.
Hyung-Gwan Lee and Chi-Yong Ahn (Co-corresponding)
Higher production of C-phycocyanin by nitrogen-free (diazotrophic) cultivation of Nostoc sp. NK and simplified extraction by dark-cold shock.
Bioresour Technol. 227:164-170.
Chi-Yong Ahn (Corresponding)
Light intensity as major factor to maximize biomass and lipid productivity of Ettlia sp. in CO2-controlled photoautotrophic chemostat.
Bioresour Technol. 244:621-628.
Hee-Mock Oh (Corresponding)
Floating rice-culture system for nutrient remediation and feed production in a eutrophic lake.
J Environ Manage. 203(1):342-348.
Hee-Mock Oh (Corresponding)
1-palmitoyl-2-linoleoyl-3-acetyl-rac-glycerol ameliorates arthritic joints through reducing neutrophil infiltration mediated by IL-6/STAT3 and MIP-2 activation.
Oncotarget. 8(57):96636-96648.
Jae Wha Kim (Co-corresponding)
Abundant iron and sulfur oxidizers in the stratified sediment of a eutrophic freshwater reservoir with annual cyanobacterial blooms
Sci Rep. 7:43814.
Hee-Mock Oh (Co-corresponding)
Microalgal diversity fosters stable biomass productivity in open ponds treating wastewater.
Sci Rep. 7:1979.
Hee-Sik Kim (Co-corresponding)
Periphyton effects on bacterial assemblages and harmful cyanobacterial blooms in a eutrophic freshwater lake : a mesocosm study.
