Introducing curcumin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis enhances lignocellulosic biomass processing, Oyarce P, De Meester B, Fonseca F, de Vries L, Goeminne G, Pallidis A, De Rycke R, Tsuji Y, Li Y, Van den Bosch S, Sels B, Ralph J, Vanholme R, Boerjan W, Nature Plants, 2019, 5, 225-237.
Degradation of lignin β-aryl ether units in Arabidopsis thaliana expressing LigD, LigF and LigG from Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6, Mnich E, Vanholme R, Oyarce P, Liu S, Lu F, Goeminne G, Jørgensen B, Motawie M, Boerjan W, Ralph J, Ulvskov P, Møller BL, Bjarnholt N, Harholt J, Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2017, 15, 581-593.
Introduction of chemically labile substructures into Arabidopsis lignin through the use of LigD, the Cα-dehydrogenase from Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6, Tsuji Y, Vanholme R, Tobimatsu Y, Ishikawa Y, Foster CE, Kamimura N, Hishiyama S, Hashimoto S, Shino A, Hara H, Sato-Izawa K, Oyarce P, Goeminne G, Morreel K, Kikuchi J, Takano T, Fukuda M, Katayama Y, Boerjan W, Ralph J, Masai E, Kajita S, Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2015, 13, 821-832.
Metabolic engineering of novel lignin in biomass crops, Vanholme R, Morreel K, Darrah C, Oyarce P, Grabber JH, Ralph J, Boerjan W, New Phytologist, 2012, 196, 978-1000.
Education
PhD, Bioenergy and Bio-aromatics lab, PSB-VIB, Gent University, Belgium, 2016
BSc, Bioengineering, University of Concepcion, Chile, 2010
Professional Profile
2022-present: Postdoctoral Researcher, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
