Trey K. Sato

This study examines how drought at different developmental stages affects switchgrass physiology, metabolism, and biofuel yield, finding that vegetative-stage drought increases resilience but reduces biofuel production.

The paper identifies genomic targets for improving anaerobic chemical tolerance in Zymomonas mobilis using orthogonal gene perturbation screens and validates findings through gene deletions.

This study evolved Spathaspora passalidarum to produce ethanol from lignocellulosic hydrolysates by improving tolerance to inhibitors like acetic acid.

This study shows that adjusting pH and using SAA pretreatment improves biofuel production from drought-switchgrass hydrolysates.

The paper shows that ploidy reduction in yeast populations evolved for maltose utilization is driven by an interaction between cell type and metabolism, with haploid-like transcriptional programs conferring fitness advantages.

CRISpy-pop designs and predicts CRISPR/Cas9 guide RNA activity across diverse yeast and bacterial strains, including human genome cross-referencing for biosafety.