Albert Mas

Highly parallelized laboratory evolution of wine yeasts for enhanced metabolic phenotypes

This study develops a parallelized ALE platform to evolve wine yeasts with enhanced metabolic traits, finding that expanded replicates and lineages improve the chances of evolving improved strains with desirable industrial performance.

Predictive evolution of metabolic phenotypes using model-designed selection niches

This paper predicts the evolution of fitness-costly traits by designing selection niches using metabolic models and validates it in yeast for increased aroma compound secretion.

Brettanomyces bruxellensis wine isolates show high geographical dispersal and long remanence in cellars

This study analyzes genetic diversity and dispersal patterns of Brettanomyces bruxellensis wine isolates across 21 countries, revealing long-term remanence and geographic spread.