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Professor Yongchul Park from the Department of Convergence Bioengineering at Kookmin University has been chosen for the 2026 Core Research (Type C) program under the Basic Research Project led by the Ministry of Science and ICT and supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea. The title of the undertaking is “Development of a Genetic Tool Kit for the Food Yeast Candida utilis for Precision Fermentation and Its Application in Food Ingredient Production.”
Professor Yongchul Park and his analysis group from the Department of Convergent Bioengineering at Kookmin University. Kookmin University
The Basic Research Project is a government-led initiative aimed toward strengthening inventive and difficult primary analysis and fostering excellent researchers to reinforce future capabilities in science and know-how. Among its varied classes, the ‘Core Research’ area is designed to assist extremely inventive particular person analysis, domesticate glorious primary analysis abilities, and supply a basis for researchers to grow to be leaders of their fields. Eligible candidates embody school members in science and engineering at universities, in addition to researchers at nationwide, public, government-funded, and personal analysis institutes.
The undertaking led by Professor Yongchul Park at Kookmin University goals to develop a genetic software package (together with parts and modules for genome and gene modification) for the meals yeast Candida utilis based mostly on artificial biology applied sciences, and to make use of this as a basis for growing precision fermentation applied sciences essential for the longer term provide of meals components. Through this analysis, it’s anticipated that the event of secure home manufacturing applied sciences for meals components resembling proteins and amino acids will type the premise for addressing uncertainties in meals ingredient provide as a result of local weather change and broaden the probabilities for growing and producing a wide range of meals supplies.
Professor Park’s analysis group has lately proposed white biotechnology-based microbial artificial biology and precision fermentation applied sciences able to mass-producing varied biohealth supplies, together with human milk oligosaccharides, glutathione, agarose, and terpenes. Building on this, the group is increasing its analysis into the biochemistry area, together with the manufacturing of biodegradable plastics and plastic degradation. Previously, in 2022, the group revealed a paper in Bioresource Technology on the event of carbon dioxide-capturing yeast microbes, demonstrating the scalability of their know-how.
Professor Park has carried out a variety of research on industrialization applied sciences based mostly on biology, together with CRISPR-based engineering of meals yeasts and micro organism, in addition to microbial process-based artificial biology and precision fermentation applied sciences. As a results of these achievements, he has been acknowledged with awards from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. In addition, by founding the yeast-specialized firm BioCraft Co., Ltd., he has performed a number one function within the industrialization of laboratory applied sciences.
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This choice for the core analysis program is one other demonstration of Kookmin University’s analysis competitiveness within the area of biotechnology, the place the college has specific strengths. Professor Yongchul Park’s analysis is predicted to contribute to securing industrialization applied sciences within the fields of artificial biology and precision fermentation for meals ingredient manufacturing sooner or later.
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