Project description:In this project we aim to construct a tyrosine-producing E. coli strain through iterative steps of genome engineering. High PEP availability through knockout of the PTS was combined with the precise, in-place genomic integration of several engineering interventions, known to increase L-tyrosine production yields, to create a tyrosine-overproducing E. coli strain that can function as a platform for further engineering and optimization. Utilizing a design-build-test-learn (DBTL) cycle, an evolved pts-knockout E. coli strain was equipped with optimizations of the aroG, aroB and tyrA genes and cultivated under batch and fed-batch conditions. Subsequently, metabolomics, transcriptomics and proteomics samples from the fed-batch experiments were analyzed to inform the design of new genomic interventions.
Project description:Time-course transcriptomic profilling of the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, during a controlled fed-batch. A nitrogen limitation was applied during the course of the fed-batch to initiate de novo biolipid synthesis.
Project description:Time-course transcriptomic profilling of the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, during a controlled fed-batch. A nitrogen limitation was applied during the course of the fed-batch to initiate de novo biolipid synthesis. Dual staining, one replicate per slide. On each slide, a time point sample and a reference sample are spotted. Reference samples were obtained by pooling the RNAs from the time-course samples.
Project description:Fed-batch cultivation of recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines is one of the most widely used production mode for commercial manufacturing of recombinant protein therapeutics. Furthermore, fed-batch cultivations are often conducted as biphasic processes where culture temperature is decreased to maximize volumetric product yields. However, it still remains to be elucidated which intracellular regulatory elements actually control the observed pro-productive phenotypes. Recently, several studies have revealed microRNAs (miRNAs) to be important molecular switches of cell phenotypes since single miRNAs are capable of regulating entire physiological pathways. In this study, we analyzed miRNA profiles of two different recombinant CHO cell lines (high and low producer), and compared them to a non-producing CHO DG44 host cell line during fed-batch cultivation at 37 versus 30 °C culture temperature. Taking advantage of next-generation sequencing combined with cluster, correlation and differential expression analyses, we could identify 89 different miRNAs, which might be interesting for CHO cell engineering. Functional validation experiments using 19 validated target miRNAs confirmed that these miRNAs indeed induced changes in process relevant phenotypes such as recombinant protein production, apoptosis, necrosis and proliferation. Furthermore, computational miRNA target prediction combined with functional clustering identified putative target genes and cellular pathways, which might be regulated by these miRNAs. Taken together, our study systematically identified novel target miRNAs during different phases and conditions of a biphasic fed-batch process and functionally evaluated their potential for host cell engineering.
Project description:Fed-batch cultivation of recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines is one of the most widely used production mode for commercial manufacturing of recombinant protein therapeutics. Furthermore, fed-batch cultivations are often conducted as biphasic processes where culture temperature is decreased to maximize volumetric product yields. However, it still remains to be elucidated which intracellular regulatory elements actually control the observed pro-productive phenotypes. Recently, several studies have revealed microRNAs (miRNAs) to be important molecular switches of cell phenotypes since single miRNAs are capable of regulating entire physiological pathways. In this study, we analyzed miRNA profiles of two different recombinant CHO cell lines (high and low producer), and compared them to a non-producing CHO DG44 host cell line during fed-batch cultivation at 37 versus 30 °C culture temperature. Taking advantage of next-generation sequencing combined with cluster, correlation and differential expression analyses, we could identify 89 different miRNAs, which might be interesting for CHO cell engineering. Functional validation experiments using 19 validated target miRNAs confirmed that these miRNAs indeed induced changes in process relevant phenotypes such as recombinant protein production, apoptosis, necrosis and proliferation. Furthermore, computational miRNA target prediction combined with functional clustering identified putative target genes and cellular pathways, which might be regulated by these miRNAs. Taken together, our study systematically identified novel target miRNAs during different phases and conditions of a biphasic fed-batch process and functionally evaluated their potential for host cell engineering. 36 miRNA libraries from three different CHO cell lines and two process condition. In the control run temperature was maintained at 30°C, while temperature was reduced to 30°C after reaching mid exponential phase
Project description:In the current study, we present iSMNN, a supervised batch effect correction method for scRNA-seq data via multiple iterations of mutual nearest neighbor refinement. To validate the performance of iSMNN, we performed single-cell RNA-seq for adult murine heart using 10X Chromium platform.