Lindblad group

Design, manufacture, engineering and analysis of cyanobacteria for solar fuels.
Our research
Research in my group is focused on the design, engineering, construction and analyses of photosynthetic microbial cell factories (cyanobacteria) for the direct production of solar fuels.
Our research projects
- Metabolic and genetic engineering of cyanobacteria for enhanced H2 production.
- Genetic engineering of cyanobacteria for butanol production.
- Genetic engineering of cyanobacteria for increased CO2-fixation and redirected carbon metabolism.
- Design and characterisation of molecular tools for a Synthetic Biology approach towards developing cyanobacterial biotechnology.
Group members
Publications
Part of Photosynthesis Research, 2025
- DOI for Probing substrate water access through the O1 channel of Photosystem II by single site mutations and membrane inlet mass spectrometry
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Part of Communications Biology, 2025
- DOI for Development of a CRISPR activation system for targeted gene upregulation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
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Part of Energy & Fuels, p. 4987-5006, 2025
- DOI for Outlook on Synthetic Biology-Driven Hydrogen Production: Lessons from Algal Photosynthesis Applied to Cyanobacteria
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Part of Metabolic engineering, p. 250-260, 2025
- DOI for Exploring and increased acetate biosynthesis in Synechocystis PCC 6803 through insertion of a heterologous phosphoketolase and overexpressing phosphotransacetylase
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Part of Algal Research, 2025
Part of Microbial Cell Factories, 2025
- DOI for dCas12a-mediated CRISPR interference for multiplex gene repression in cyanobacteria for enhanced isobutanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol production
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Genome Engineering by RNA-Guided Transposition for Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
Part of ACS Synthetic Biology, p. 901-912, 2024
- DOI for Genome Engineering by RNA-Guided Transposition for Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
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Part of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ECOTECHNOLOGY, 2024
- DOI for Harnessing photosynthetic microorganisms for enhanced bioremediation of microplastics: A comprehensive review
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Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024
- DOI for Triple-Gene Overexpression of the AcrA-AcrB-TolC Transporter System in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Contributes to a Higher Secretion of Free Fatty Acids in Response to Nitrogen Shortage and Salt Stress
- Download full text (pdf) of Triple-Gene Overexpression of the AcrA-AcrB-TolC Transporter System in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Contributes to a Higher Secretion of Free Fatty Acids in Response to Nitrogen Shortage and Salt Stress
Lipid Accumulation and Biodiesel Production from Filamentous Cyanobacteria Native to Pakistan
Part of Journal of Oleo Science, p. 1295-1310, 2024
- DOI for Lipid Accumulation and Biodiesel Production from Filamentous Cyanobacteria Native to Pakistan
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Part of Plant Physiology, p. 397-408, 2024
- DOI for Absence of alka(e)nes triggers profound remodeling of glycerolipid and carotenoid composition in cyanobacteria membrane
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Engineering a Photoautotrophic Microbial Coculture toward Enhanced Biohydrogen Production
Part of Environmental Science and Technology, p. 337-348, 2024
- DOI for Engineering a Photoautotrophic Microbial Coculture toward Enhanced Biohydrogen Production
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Part of Heliyon, 2023
- DOI for Recent developments in the production and utilization of photosynthetic microorganisms for food applications
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2023
- DOI for Improved lipid production and component of mycosporine-like amino acids by co-overexpression of amt1 and aroB genes in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
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Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
- DOI for Overexpressing Carotenoid Biosynthetic Genes in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Improved Intracellular Pigments and Antioxidant Activity, Which Can Decrease the Viability and Proliferation of Lung Cancer Cells In Vitro
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Part of Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
- DOI for Novel concepts and engineering strategies for heterologous expression of efficient hydrogenases in photosynthetic microorganisms
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Part of Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, 2023
- DOI for Sustainable production of photosynthetic isobutanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
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Part of Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, 2022
- DOI for Enhanced productivity of extracellular free fatty acids by gene disruptions of acyl-ACP synthetase and S-layer protein in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
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Part of Bioresource Technology Reports, 2022
- DOI for Anchoring the ethylene-forming enzyme to photosystem-related proteins to improve ethylene production in engineered Synechocystis PCC 6803
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Part of Current Opinion in Biotechnology, p. 143-150, 2022
- DOI for Current advances in engineering cyanobacteria and their applications for photosynthetic butanol production
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Current strategies and future perspectives in biological hydrogen production: A review
Part of Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 2022
Part of Green Chemistry, p. 9602-9619, 2022
- DOI for A combined photobiological-photochemical route to C10 cycloalkane jet fuels from carbon dioxide via isoprene
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Part of Archives of Microbiology, 2022
Expressing 2-keto acid pathway enzymes significantly increases photosynthetic isobutanol production
Part of Microbial Cell Factories, 2022
- DOI for Expressing 2-keto acid pathway enzymes significantly increases photosynthetic isobutanol production
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Enhancing microalgal lipid accumulation for biofuel production
Part of Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
- DOI for Enhancing microalgal lipid accumulation for biofuel production
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NordAqua, a Nordic Center of Excellence to develop an algae-based photosynthetic production platform
Part of Physiologia Plantarum, p. 507-513, 2021
- DOI for NordAqua, a Nordic Center of Excellence to develop an algae-based photosynthetic production platform
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Part of Microbial Cell Factories, 2021
- DOI for Production of succinate by engineered strains of Synechocystis PCC 6803 overexpressing phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and a glyoxylate shunt
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Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021
- DOI for Overexpression of lipA or glpD_RuBisCO in the Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Mutant Lacking the Aas Gene Enhances Free Fatty-Acid Secretion and Intracellular Lipid Accumulation
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Part of Marine Drugs, 2021
- DOI for Biotechnological Production of the Sunscreen Pigment Scytonemin in Cyanobacteria: Progress and Strategy
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Part of Physiologia Plantarum, p. 579-590, 2021
- DOI for Photoautotrophic production of renewable ethylene by engineered cyanobacteria: Steering the cell metabolism towards biotechnological use
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Part of Physiologia Plantarum, p. 555-567, 2021
- DOI for Photosynthetic hydrogen production: Novel protocols, promising engineering approaches and application of semi‐synthetic hydrogenases
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Part of Metabolic Engineering Communications, 2021
- DOI for Engineered cyanobacteria with additional overexpression of selected Calvin-Benson-Bassham enzymes show further increased ethanol production
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Doing synthetic biology with photosynthetic microorganisms
Part of Physiologia Plantarum, p. 624-638, 2021
- DOI for Doing synthetic biology with photosynthetic microorganisms
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Part of Cell Reports Physical Science, 2021
- DOI for Semisynthetic [FeFe]-hydrogenase with stable expression and H2 production capacity in a photosynthetic microbe
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Hints at the Applicability of Microalgae and Cyanobacteria for the Biodegradation of Plastics
Part of Sustainability, 2020
- DOI for Hints at the Applicability of Microalgae and Cyanobacteria for the Biodegradation of Plastics
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Oligomerization and characteristics of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in Synechococcus PCC 7002
Part of Scientific Reports, 2020
- DOI for Oligomerization and characteristics of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in Synechococcus PCC 7002
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Part of Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2020
- DOI for Increased ethylene production by overexpressing phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2020
- DOI for Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 overexpressing genes involved in CBB cycle and free fatty acid cycling enhances the significant levels of intracellular lipids and secreted free fatty acids
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Part of Algal Research, 2020
Part of Journal of Applied Phycology, p. 2937-2945, 2020
Part of Current opinion in chemical biology, p. 69-76, 2020
- DOI for Current processes and future challenges of photoautotrophic production of acetyl-CoA-derived solar fuels and chemicals in cyanobacteria
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Part of Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
- DOI for Membrane-Inlet Mass Spectrometry Enables a Quantitative Understanding of Inorganic Carbon Uptake Flux and Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms in Metabolically Engineered Cyanobacteria
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Part of Biotechnology for Biofuels, p. 1-13, 2019
- DOI for Improved lipid production via fatty acid biosynthesis and free fatty acid recycling in engineered Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
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Part of Metabolic engineering, p. 77-84, 2019
Building an Inducible T7 RNA Polymerase/T7 Promoter Circuit in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
Part of ACS Synthetic Biology, p. 655-660, 2019
Multifaceted biofuel production by microalgal isolates from Pakistan
Part of Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, p. 1187-1201, 2019
Part of Algal Research, 2019
- DOI for CyanoFactory, a European consortium to develop technologies needed to advance cyanobacteria as chassis for production of chemicals and fuels
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Modular engineering for efficient photosynthetic biosynthesis of 1-butanol from CO2 in cyanobacteria
Part of Energy & Environmental Science, p. 2765-2777, 2019
- DOI for Modular engineering for efficient photosynthetic biosynthesis of 1-butanol from CO2 in cyanobacteria
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Part of Journal of Applied Phycology, p. 3527-3536, 2019
Glycogen Production in Marine Cyanobacterial Strain Synechococcus sp NKBG 15041c
Part of Marine Biotechnology, p. 109-117, 2018
Contact
- If you have questions about our research, you are welcome to contact professor Peter Lindblad.
- Peter Lindblad