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Yong-Su Jin

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UIUC

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The Grainger College of Engineering

Bioengineering

Department of Bioengineering

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Yong-su Jin is currently serving as a Bioengineering Professor at Uiuc.

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Yong-Su Jin

UIUC

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biotechnology microbial cell factory biological engineering biochemical engineering metabolic engineering process biochemistry yeast microbiology biochemistry biomolecular engineering biosynthesis biomanufacturing bioproducts pathway engineering biotechnology advance molecular metabolism bioresource technology fungal cell factory metabolic pathways enzymes food fermentation applied microbiology fungal genetics biomolecules biofuels cell metabolism food bioprocessing hemicelluloses biocatalysis cellular enzymology chemical biotechnology cellulose biomass conversion xylose fermentation biorefinery product biochemical sciences xylose metabolism escherichia coli genome biology polysaccharides biotransformation food microbiology microbial genetics metabolic models microbial physiology engineered saccharomyces alcohol dehydrogenases bioenergetics natural product biosynthesis molecular microbiology metabolic networks fungal cell biology crispr metabolic pathway analysis food science probiotics bacteriology industrial mycology biomass resource gene editing enzymatic modification lactic acid xylose reductase ethanol production glycosylation xylose assimilation xylose utilization cellobiose fermentation simultaneous saccharification saccharomyces cerevisiae algal product dysbiosis xylose consumption lignocellulosic biomass acetic acid sugar alcohols nanobiotechnology nanotoxicology nanoparticle research food nanotechnologies strain improvement

Notable Scholarly Works

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Abstraction Hierarchy to Define Biofoundry Workflows and Operations for Interoperable Synthetic Biology Research and Applications. Nature Communications (2025)

Haseong KimNathan J HillsonByung-Kwan ChoBong Hyun SungDae-Hee LeeDong-Myung KimMin-Kyu OhMatthew Wook ChangYong-Su JinSusan J RosserPeter VeghRennos FragkoudisRosalind Le FeuvreNigel S ScruttonMarko StorchWonjae SeongPaul S FreemontSeung-Goo Lee

biomedical informaticsbiological engineeringunit operationsystems biologyartificial intelligenceabstraction hierarchyscience gatewaymolecular informaticssynthetic biologyscientific workflow systembioinformatics

Acetate Metabolism During Xylose Fermentation Enhances 3-Hydroxypropionic Acid Production in Engineered Acid-Tolerant Issatchenkia Orientalis. Bioresource Technology (2025)

Deokyeol JeongDahye LeeJunli LiuSoo Rin KimYong-Su JinJikai ZhaoEun Joong Oh

biomanufacturingbioresource technologybiotransformationbiotechnologymicrobial cell factorymetabolismbiochemistryprocess biochemistrybioproductsbioenergybiochemical engineeringmetabolic engineeringbiosynthesisacetate metabolismfood fermentationbiotechnology advancebiological engineeringacid-tolerant issatchenkia orientalisxylose fermentationpathway engineering

All You Can Eat Yeast: Substituting Hexose Transporters With Atsweet7 Alleviates Glucose Repression, Enabling Simultaneous Utilization of Sugars in Renewable Feedstocks. (2025)

Nurzhan KuanyshevDegaulle DaiJungyeon KimNam Kyu KangMing-Hsun ChengVijay SinghYong-Su Jin

yeastbiochemical engineeringfood fermentationenabling simultaneous utilizationbiotechnologybiomolecular engineeringhexose transportersmetabolismbiotechnology advancerenewable feedstocksbiochemistrycell metabolism

Engineering of Xylose Metabolic Pathways in Rhodotorula Toruloides for Sustainable Biomanufacturing. FEMS Yeast Research (2025)

Hyunjoon OhHyun Gi KohSuk-Chae JungQaunhui YeSujit Sadashiv JagtapChristopher V RaoYong-Su Jin

process biochemistrybioproductsbiochemical engineeringxylose metabolismfungal cell factoryxylose metabolic pathwaysbiomolecular engineeringenzymesnative xylose reductasemicrobial cell factoryindustrial mycologymetabolic pathwaysmetabolic engineeringcellular enzymologybiochemistry

Engineering Saccharomyces Cerevisiae for Growth on Xylose Using an Oxidative Pathway. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2025)

Kenya TanakaTakahiro YukawaTakahiro BambaMiho WakiyaRyota KumokitaYong-Su JinAkihiko KondoTomohisa Hasunuma

biomanufacturingprocess biochemistrypathway engineeringyeastphylogenetic tree analysisiron metabolism engineeringbiochemical engineeringethylene glycolbiotechnologyenzymesbiocatalysismicrobial cell factorymetabolic pathwaysmetabolic engineeringbiological engineeringbiochemistry

Enhanced Production of 2-Fucosylgalactose From Renewable Substrates via Gdp-L-Fucose Pathway Optimization in Escherichia Coli. Food Bioscience (2025)

Kyung Mun ChoDong Ki HongShuaiwen WangYong Su JinEun Ju YunKyoung Heon Kim

biomanufacturingprocess biochemistrybioresource technologybioproductspathway engineeringgdp-l-fucose pathway optimizationbiological engineeringbiochemical engineeringbiotechnologyrenewable substratesbiomolecular engineeringbiotechnology advancebiocatalysisescherichia colimicrobial cell factorymetabolic engineeringmicrobiologybiosynthesis

Enhancing the Persistence of Engineered Biotherapeutics in the Gut: Adhesion, Glycan Metabolism, and Environmental Resistance. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (2025)

Yujin LeeHyun Gi KohKyoung Heon KimYong-Su JinBong Hyun SungJungyeon Kim

gut microbesglycobiologyglycan metabolismenvironmental resistanceengineered biotherapeuticsgut barriermolecular gastroenterologybiomolecular engineeringcell adhesionglycosylationbiological engineeringextracellular matrix

Exploiting Endogenous Cas9-Based Genome Editing of Lacticaseibacillus Rhamnosus Gg (Lgg) for Precision Food Fermentation and Live Biotherapeutics. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Zifan XieYong-Su JinMichael J. Miller

microbiologylactose-positive lgggene editingnative crispr-cas9 systemgenome editingbiotechnologybiomolecular engineeringprecision food fermentationbiomoleculesmicrobial cell factorygenetic engineeringfood microbiologysynthetic biologycrispr

Long-Term Innovative Potential of Genetic Research and Its Suppression. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Junghun ChaeWooJoong KimWoochul JungDawoon JeongRoktaek LimManoj ChamlagainGiju JungJuneil JangJae Won LeeNam Kyu KangKwangryul BaekJonghyeok ShinYe-Gi LeeHyun Gi KohChanwoo KimSangdo YookAllen Ka Loon CheungYong-Su JinHyejin YounPan-Jun KimCheol-Min Ghim

research commercializationtechnologygenome editinglong-term innovative potentialresearch policyquantum computinggeneticsartificial intelligencebiotechnology advancepatent informationgenetic engineeringrecombinant innovationsynthetic biology

Resourceful and Economical Designing of Fermentation Medium for Lab and Commercial Strains of Yeast From Alternative Feedstock: ‘Transgenic Oilcane’. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts (2025)

Shraddha MaitraBruce DienKristen EiltsNurzhan KuanyshevYoel R. Cortes-PenaYong-Su JinJeremy S. GuestVijay Singh

bioresource technologybioenergybiochemical engineeringbiomass conversionfatty acidsethanol titerbiotechnologybiomolecular engineeringfood bioprocessingbiorefinery productsugarcane plantcellulosebiological engineering