Akihiko Kondo

Research interests

Publications

• Building a global alliance of biofoundries

  Nature Communications · 2019 · 10.1038/s41467-019-10079-2

• Deaminase-mediated multiplex genome editing in Escherichia coli

  Nature Microbiology · 2018 · 10.1038/s41564-017-0102-6

• Targeted base editing in rice and tomato using a CRISPR-Cas9 cytidine deaminase fusion

  Nature Biotechnology · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3833

• Bioprocessing of bio-based chemicals produced from lignocellulosic feedstocks

  Current Opinion in Biotechnology · 2016 · 10.1016/j.copbio.2016.02.031

• Targeted nucleotide editing using hybrid prokaryotic and vertebrate adaptive immune systems

  Science · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf8729

• Recent insights into biohydrogen production by microalgae – From biophotolysis to dark fermentation

  Bioresource Technology · 2016 · 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.12.104

• Perspectives on engineering strategies for improving biofuel production from microalgae — A critical review

  Biotechnology Advances · 2014 · 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2014.09.002

• Bioethanol production using carbohydrate-rich microalgae biomass as feedstock

  Bioresource Technology · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2012.10.015

• A review of enzymes and microbes for lignocellulosic biorefinery and the possibility of their application to consolidated bioprocessing technology

  Bioresource Technology · 2012 · 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.10.047

• Development of yeast cell factories for consolidated bioprocessing of lignocellulose to bioethanol through cell surface engineering

  Biotechnology Advances · 2011 · 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.10.011

• Metabolic pathway engineering based on metabolomics confers acetic and formic acid tolerance to a recombinant xylose-fermenting strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  Microbial Cell Factories · 2011 · 10.1186/1475-2859-10-2

• Biotechnological production of enantiomeric pure lactic acid from renewable resources: recent achievements, perspectives, and limits

  Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · 2009 · 10.1007/s00253-009-2280-5

• Exercise exerts neuroprotective effects on Parkinson's disease model of rats

  Brain Research · 2009 · 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.10.075

• Enzymatic production of biodiesel from Jatropha oil: A comparative study of immobilized-whole cell and commercial lipases as a biocatalyst

  Biochemical Engineering Journal · 2007 · 10.1016/j.bej.2007.09.002

• Yeast cell-surface display?applications of molecular display

  Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · 2004 · 10.1007/s00253-003-1492-3

• Synergistic Saccharification, and Direct Fermentation to Ethanol, of Amorphous Cellulose by Use of an Engineered Yeast Strain Codisplaying Three Types of Cellulolytic Enzyme

  Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2004 · 10.1128/aem.70.2.1207-1212.2004

• Direct Production of Ethanol from Raw Corn Starch via Fermentation by Use of a Novel Surface-Engineered Yeast Strain Codisplaying Glucoamylase and α-Amylase

  Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2004 · 10.1128/aem.70.8.5037-5040.2004

• Nanoparticles for the delivery of genes and drugs to human hepatocytes

  Nature Biotechnology · 2003 · 10.1038/nbt843

• Direct and Efficient Production of Ethanol from Cellulosic Material with a Yeast Strain Displaying Cellulolytic Enzymes

  Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2002 · 10.1128/aem.68.10.5136-5141.2002

• Biodiesel fuel production by transesterification of oils

  Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s1389-1723(01)80288-7

• Biodiesel Fuel Production by Transesterification of Oils.

  Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1263/jbb.92.405

• Effect of Methanol and Water Contents on Production of Biodiesel Fuel from Plant Oil Catalyzed by Various Lipases in a Solvent-Free System.

  Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering · 2001 · 10.1263/jbb.91.12

• Whole cell biocatalyst for biodiesel fuel production utilizing Rhizopus oryzae cells immobilized within biomass support particles

  Biochemical Engineering Journal · 2001 · 10.1016/s1369-703x(00)00133-9

• Pretreatment of immobilized Candida antarctica lipase for biodiesel fuel production from plant oil

  Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering · 2000 · 10.1016/s1389-1723(00)80107-3

• Biodiesel fuel production from plant oil catalyzed by Rhizopus oryzae lipase in a water-containing system without an organic solvent

  Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering · 1999 · 10.1016/s1389-1723(00)87091-7

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